TABLE OF CONTENTS 1968

 

January Whole #340 43:1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

 

 

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