TABLE OF CONTENTS 1968 |
| January | Whole #340 | 43:1 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| BRAZILIAN DIAMOND FIELD AT DIAMANTINA | Prof. Dr. Almeida Rolff | 3 |
| GEOGRAPHY IN ASIATIC RUSSIA | Roger H. Charlier | 9 |
| INTERNATIONAL MINERAL PROCESSING CONGRESS TO BE HELD IN USSR | Alexander Troitsky | 11 |
| SOME ROCKS AND MINERALS FOUND IN OHIO | 16 | |
| THERMOLUMINESCENT CALCITE FROM NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. | Peter J. Modreski | 18 |
| THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE HISTORY OF OCEANOGRAPHY | Roger H. Charlier | 24 |
| ON THE SCENT OF SCENERY | Wm. and Easter Ellis | 28 |
| MANGANESE IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS | R. W. Suhm | 34 |
| TO ENJOY AND SHARE | Webb Dycus | 37 |
| IMPRESSIONS OF THE PAST | Elizabeth W. Pearce | 44 |
| AMETHYST | Arleta Klock | 52 |
| GOLD OUTPUT TO BEGIN DECLINING BY 1970 | 54 | |
| COLLECTING FLUORESCENT MINERALS | Robert W. Jones | 30 |
| CURRENT EVENTS (Eastern Fed.) | Mrs. Robt. Dunning (Temp.) | 40 |
| PUBLICATIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED | 46 | |
| WITH OUR ADVERTISERS | James N. Bourne | 50 |
| FOSSIL DEPARTMENT | Ron Ratkevich | 56 |
| COMING EVENTS | 2, 72, 73 | |
| THE FAMILY AND COUSINS GO 'DIAMOND' HUNTING | Mrs. Joy Hintz | 15 |
| NOTICE OF THIRD ANNUAL MICROMOUNT CONFERENCE | Chas. Curtis | 21 |
| FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF GREGORY MUSEUM | 22 | |
| PSEUDOMORPHS - An Interesting phase of Collecting | Naomi McGregor | 27 |
| NEW JIG BLOCK AND DIAMOND SINGLE POINT WHEEL DRESSERS | 36 | |
| HELP THE BEGINNER | Robert Dunning | 39 |
| USES OF SOME IMPORTANT ELEMENTS | Wm. C. Berridge | 38 |
| THE NASSAU MINERAL CLUB CELEBRATES TENTH ANNIVERSARY | 58 | |
| February | Whole #341 | 43:2 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| BARITE - New York's Banded Gemstone | Ralph Gosse | 83 |
| Introduction to Mineralogy | John Albanese | 85 |
| Lapidary School Preserves Ancient Art of Gem Cutting | 87 | |
| Two Trading Tips | Donald A. Armistead | 91 |
| Rockhound's Paradise in Harney County | William J. Blake | 94 |
| Black Tourmaline Crystals from Haddam, Conn. | 98 | |
| Gift to Future Generations | A. V. Peive, Director of Geology | 104 |
| Koashva Mountain's 'Laminated Pie' | V. Antsiferov | 131 |
| History of Sulfur Mines in Sicily | James Smedley | 132 |
| I've Got Rocks in My Head | Ray Kurtz | 138 |
| Malachite | 139 | |
| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 110 |
| The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 117 |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 120 |
| Publications Recently Received | 126 | |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 130 |
| Fossil Department | Ron Ratkevich | 136 |
| Mineral Localities Information | 140 | |
| Coming Events | 82, 152, 1 | |
| Fourth Grade Holds Mineral Show | 89 | |
| Kansas City 1968 Gem and Mineral Show | 95 | |
| Michigan's Own 'Petoskey Stone' | 96 | |
| Micro Mineral Collecting - An Appeal! | 96 | |
| Californite | 99 | |
| A Public Image | Anna Marie Heald | 102 |
| Find Rich Ore Under Red Sea | 106 | |
| News Release - Gem & Mineral Society of La., Inc. | F. Carvajal | 108 |
| Guide to Mines of Past and Present | 108 | |
| Obituary - Mrs. George Braun | 113 | |
| Reward Offered | Milton S. Hershhorn | 115 |
| Priceless Giant Pearl | 119 | |
| Press Release - Stanford Research Institute | 119 | |
| Fossil Photo | V. R. Nicholas | 124 |
| Obituary - Stephen M. Blake | 150 | |
| Obituary - Lucy Cheek Allison | 151 | |
| March | Whole #342 | 43:3 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Turquoise Lore | N. Dianne Duncan | 163 |
| The Fossil Fishes of Granton Quarry | Jerry Case | 169 |
| 100 Years Ago - The Great Meteorite Shower at Pultusk | Tomaz J. Turley | 178 |
| Treasures Beneath My Feet in Ashe County, N. C. | Ruth P. Stanley | 184 |
| The Legends of Gem Stones | (Good Housekeeping) | 204 |
| All About Swapping | Ernest Naples | 218 |
| World News on Mineral Occurrences | Thomas J. McMahon | 174 |
| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 190 |
| The Micromounter | Neal Yedlin | 193 |
| The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 197 |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 200 |
| Publications Recently Received | 206 | |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 210 |
| Swapping Corner | 212 | |
| Fossil Department | Ron Ratkevich | 216 |
| Mineral Localities Information | 220 | |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 236 | |
| Eastern Federation 18th Gem and Mineral Show | 175 | |
| Symposium in April | 176 | |
| There May Be 'Gold' in Those Georgia Fields | 176 | |
| Invitation | 176 | |
| Gold | 182 | |
| Attapulgite | 182 | |
| Little 'Rock' Island Isn't There | 185 | |
| News Release - Ultra-Violet Products, Inc. | 211 | |
| April | Whole #343 | 43:4 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Our Appreciation of Gems | Forest L. Parmenter, Jr. | 243 |
| Origin of the Earrth and Evolution of Life as Revealed by Fossils | David L. Rife | 249 |
| A Visit with Mr. Koo | Dr. Frank Lewis | 258 |
| Alaska to Easter Island via South America Tour | 262 | |
| A Pennsylvania Trip | Larry Hardgrove | 264 |
| A Gravel Pit at Saratoga, N. Y. | Ralph Gosse | 266 |
| The Value of a Specimen | Lloyd A. Allison | 268 |
| Mountains in North Carolina's Northern Piedmont | Ruth P. Stanley | 273 |
| Emery Deposit in Southern New York | John T. Hiller, Jr. | 276 |
| Beauty from the Humble Pebble | 279 | |
| World News on Mineral Occurrences | Thomas J. McMahon | 254 |
| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 270 |
| The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 277 |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 280 |
| Publications Recently Received | 286 | |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 290 |
| Swapping Corner | 292 | |
| Mineral Localities information | 300 | |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 316 | |
| Coming Events | 242 | |
| Maine, Land of Splendor | Mrs. Cecil L. Smith | 256 |
| 106-Carat Diamond is dug up in Siberia | 259 | |
| A Member | Pebbles via Rock Rollers) | 259 |
| Genuine Natural Diamonds now available from Star Diamond | 260 | |
| A Rockhound | 269 | |
| 'Flint' - Ohio's Official Gemstone | 274 | |
| May | Whole #344 | 43:5 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Discover 'E=mc2' of Earth | 348 | |
| Striations | Harry M. Rieman | 353 |
| Garnet | Gene A. Farringer | 356 |
| New Brunswick's Fluorescent Stalactites | Peter J. Modreski | 358 |
| Gold | Kevin Green | 374 |
| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 350 |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 362 |
| Publications Recently Received | 366 | |
| With our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 370 |
| Swapping Corner | 372 | |
| Mineral Localities Information Department | 380 | |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 394 |
| Coming Events | 322 | |
| Put Teeth on old Jawbone | 336 | |
| New 6 inch Convex Head available from Star Diamond | 337 | |
| Gem World Rock Shop | 339 | |
| In the Missile Age | Mrs. Webb Dycus | 349 |
| Our Mineral Heritage | 355 | |
| Spots on Moon Await an Astro Rock-Hound | 365 | |
| Obituary - Gilbert R. Pugsley | 371 | |
| Sphalerite-Galena Occurrences of Central New York State | Adrian Labuz | 323 |
| Gold - Vermont's Elusive Metal | Ralph Gosse | 329 |
| Zoisite, A New Gem Discovery | George A. Bruce | 332 |
| 20-Million-Year Old Geodes Lure Thousands to Florida | 340 | |
| Ring Crystals of Madoc | J. A. Oldenburg | 344 |
| June | Whole #345 | 43:6 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Photographing Micro Mineral Specimens | Gardiner E. Gregory | 403 |
| Mexico Mineral Collecting - The Easy Way | James Smedley | 410 |
| Sedimentary Rocks | William A. Henderson, Jr., Ph. D. | 418 |
| Two Lost Gem Garnet Localities in Massachusetts | Ralph Gosse | 422 |
| Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, Connecticut | John A. Pawloski | 424 |
| The Bancroft Area and Its Minerals | (Vox Rox Bulletin) | 433 |
| Fluorescence | John S. Albanese | 434 |
| Telling Time With A Compass | Bill Hamilton | 436 |
| New Franklin Locality | Fred J. Parker | 438 |
| A 'Peach' of A Collection By a 'Pear' of Novices | Verna & Philip Skinner | 455 |
| Zeolites | Michael Britt, Jr. | 458 |
| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | 430 | |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 442 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 450 |
| Swapping Corner | 452 | |
| In A Salted Vein | Anna Marie Heald | 454 |
| Mineral Localities Information | 460 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 461 | |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 474 |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 476 | |
| Coming Events | 402 | |
| Jackie - A Rockhound? | 416 | |
| An Announcement | 426 | |
| A Crossword Puzzle | 428 | |
| On The Block, The Krupp Diamond | (N. Y. Post) | 428 |
| Obituary William F. Whalen | 439 | |
| July | Whole #346 | 43:7 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Let's Call A Jade, A Jade | Ernest Naples | 491 |
| Black Star Corundum | Mrs. Helen Peterson | 492 |
| Copper | John S. Albanese | 496 |
| Metamorphic Rocks | Wm. A. Henderson, Jr., Ph. D. | 498 |
| From Thumbnails to Giants | Peg Scouller | 501 |
| If You can't Find it any other Way - Try Sitting on it. | Mrs. Thomas Moore | 504 |
| Conrad Hill, N. C. | Lloyd A. Allison | 538 |
| In a Salted Vein | Anna Marie Heald | 508 |
| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 510 |
| The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 514 |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 522 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 530 |
| Swapping Corner | 532 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 540 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 541 | |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 554 |
| Coming Events | 482 | |
| Introducing a New Line of Slab Trim Saws | 490 | |
| Craftstones | 494 | |
| Eleven Yr. Old's Minerals on Exhibit at Museum | 495 | |
| Notes on, a Lead Mine in Maryland | Scott R. Furman | 497 |
| Fifth Annual Gem. & Mineral Show | 505 | |
| He Has been on the 'Rocks' for 60 years | 509 | |
| Workbench Introduced for Gem Making Equipment | 518 | |
| The Emerald | 527 | |
| Map for Rockhounds | 534 | |
| Welcome to Gouverneur, N. Y. | 535 | |
| Rockhound on the Moon | Elsie Popejoy | 536 |
| The American Federation | 550 | |
| Photographing Micro Mineral Specimens - (Part I - Continued) | Gardiner E. Gregory | 483 |
| Rock Hunters Vacation in a Non-Mineralized Area | John A. Oldenburg | 488 |
| August | Whole #347 | 43:8 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| A Systematic Study of the Minerals of the Niagara Stone Division Quarry | Eric G. Harnum | 563 |
| Magnet Cove, Arkansas | Carl M. Welch | 569 |
| Treasures Beneath My Feet | Ruth P. Stanley | 578 |
| Silicates | Paul Allen | 581 |
| Tourmaline of Acicular and Filiform Morphology from Pyrophyllite Deposits of North Carolina | Wm. J. Furbish | 584 |
| Rediscovered Quartz - Sulfide Prospect | John T. Hiller, Jr. | 587 |
| Early Canadian Collectors | Carl Bosiak | 588 |
| Azurite from New Brunswick, N. J. | Peter J. Modreski | 591 |
| Museums of the Sea aboard the Queen Mary | 593 | |
| Our Successful Show | Ruth W. Rogers | 599 |
| Wayne Geologist's Antarctic Find Backs Supercontinent Theory | Mark Pickett | 606 |
| Fossil Vertebrates an the Southern Calif. Coast | Kenneth Frazier | 614 |
| Welcome back the Cameo - 'Gem' | 618 | |
| Fluorescence | Steven Lonker | 630 |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 602 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 610 |
| Swapping Corner | 612 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 620 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 621 | |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 634 |
| Coming Events | 562 | |
| The Cullinan Diamond | 577 | |
| Italian Prospector Strikes it Rich | 589 | |
| Hunting For Herkimers This Summer? | Ruth W. Rogers | 590 |
| New Raytech Catalog is off the Presses | 595 | |
| El Monte Gem & Mineral Club | Ann Thornton | 596 |
| News from the University of Rochester | 597 | |
| A Once in a Lifetime | Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Messier | 598 |
| Haiti's Virgin Mineral Industry | 605 | |
| Mesolite | Paul Christianson | 635 |
| September | Whole #348 | 43:9 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| New Artinite Find on Staten Island, N. Y. | Julian R. Reasenberg, Ph.D. | 643 |
| Unusual Prehnite Crystals from Cornog, Penn. | Richard C. Haefner | 648 |
| Gem Stones from Western Australia | 651 | |
| Scientists Offer a New Theory for Why The Mountains There | Ruth Moore | 658 |
| Peculiarities of North Carolina's Gold | Ruth P. Stanley | 661 |
| To the 'Editors oaf Bulletins' of The Eastern Federation | Floyd N. Mortenson | 664 |
| The Death of Saint-Pierre | Paul Christianson | 673 |
| The Sounding Sands | James Cowan | 675 |
| Perry's Surprising Museum | Freda Sherbondy | 676 |
| Finding Our First Geodes | Bill Novak | 678 |
| Grinding and Cutting Wheels | The Lapi-Diary | 679 |
| The Mineral That Evaporates | Bill Hamilton | 694 |
| In a Salted Vein | Anna Marie Heald | 654 |
| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 655 |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 682 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 690 |
| Swapping Corner | 692 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 700 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 701 | |
| Coming Events | 642 | |
| Ants Caught With Stolen Diamonds | 647 | |
| Stone Fence Posts | 647 | |
| Hint Finding of Fifth State of Matter | 647 | |
| Mineral Display by 12 yr. old Boy | Florence E. Jacobson | 660 |
| Young Subscriber wins High Awards in Project of Mineralogy | 667 | |
| Clifton Mineral & Lapidary Society hold Mineral Display | Edward Murphy, Pres | 668 |
| Two Students named for 1968 Scholarship Foundation Grants | 670 | |
| Covington (News Release) | 674 | |
| Estwing Sportsman's Axe & knife Combination Special | 698 | |
| Fire Agate | 699 | |
| 100 Long Years Make a Party | 714 | |
| October | Whole #349 | 43:10 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| An Optical Study of the Minerals In Iron Deposit at Pilot Knob, Mo. | Alice Carol McDaniel | 723 |
| The Fossil Algae of Glacier National Park, Montana | Felix A. Scardapane, Jr., M.A. | 729 |
| Los Isles de la Madeline (Magdalen Islands) | Michael F. Kidzus, Curator | 734 |
| Acres of Diamonds | Samuel Feaster | 742 |
| Toughen Up That Opal | Bill Nobes | 744 |
| Collecting at Thomaston, Conn. | John Hiller, Jr. | 746 |
| Rhodochrosite - 1968 | John H. Marshall, Jr. | 748 |
| Notes on Rare and Unusual New England Gemstones | Ralph Gosse | 753 |
| A Trip to Michigan's Copper Country | Bill Nobes | 758 |
| Mexico - A Wonderful Place for Rockhounds | 790 | |
| Coming Events | 722 | |
| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 739 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 757 |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 762 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 770 |
| Swapping Corner | 772 | |
| In A Salted Vein | Anna Marie Heald | 778 |
| Mineral Localities Information | 780 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 781 | |
| Salt Of The Earth | 732 | |
| Maine State Museum | 741 | |
| Rockhound Humor | Bill Nobes | 747 |
| A Locality In New Mexico | Mr. & Mrs. Larry Hardgrove | 752 |
| Obituary - (E. Frey, Sr.) | 752 | |
| Fossil Camel Tracks | 759 | |
| The Lucky Fourth! | Kip Hodges | 771 |
| November | Whole #350 | 43:11 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| The Clarence S. Bement Collection - (Part 1 ) | David M. Seaman | 803 |
| The Midwest . . . Still Productive | William H. Smith | 809 |
| Man Who Mines With His Fingers Michael Seitz | (The Daily Item - Port Chester, N. Y.) | 816 |
| Diamond, Diamond, Whose Got the Diamonds? | Henry J. Kluk | 824 |
| Rock Swapping | Rev. Harry D. Robinson, Jr. | 827 |
| A Fluorescent, Phosphorescent Calcite Conglomerate Location | Michael Cristantiello | 832 |
| Lima Center Museum | Herman Kraege | 858 |
| Cone-On-Cone Formations | J. A. Oldenburg | 870 |
| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 819 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 837 |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 842 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 850 |
| Swapping Corner | 852 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 860 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 861 | |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 876 | |
| Coming Events | 802 | |
| New Book on Black Light Describes Basics & Uses | 814 | |
| Bancroft Gems | 826 | |
| Man Made Gem Diamond Soon | H. C. Dake, Ph. G., D.M.D. | 834 |
| Sand Calcite Crystals | 836 | |
| New Location for Fluorescent Calcite | Ronald Wolf | 838 |
| Mineral Specimens donated to Museum | 851 | |
| December | Whole #351 | 43:12 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| The Clarence S. Bement Collection - (Part 2) | David M. Seaman | 883 |
| Geology Through The Ages | Ruth P. Stanley | 887 |
| Minerals as an Investment | Dr. H. C. Dake | 896 |
| The Bumpus Mine, Albany, Maine | Gardiner Gregory | 904 |
| Fluorescence and Phosphorescence | Paul Allen | 910 |
| Rockhound's Find an Oasis In Arizona's Camel Country | Keith Barrette | 914 |
| Geology of Siberia and The Soviet Far East | Academician Andrei Trofimuk | 916 |
| Two Days to Remember | Peg Scouller | 938 |
| Some Thoughts on Geology of Textbooks | Richard M. Pearl | 951 |
| The Meaning of Luster | Ernest E. Fairbanks | 952 |
| Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 899 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 919 |
| Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 922 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 930 |
| Swapping Corner | 932 | |
| Mineral Localities Information Department | 940 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 941 | |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 956 | |
| Coming Events | 882 | |
| New Rare Find | Frank P. Jaeger | 886 |
| Team Solving Riddles of an Ancient Tribe | 892 | |
| Card System of Cataloging Rocks and Minerals | Ron Murry | 893 |
| Gem and Mineral Show is an Instant Museum | David E. Jensen | 897 |
| First Place for Mineral Exhibit | 939 |