TABLE OF CONTENTS 1972 |
| January | Whole #388 | 47:1 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Geology of Apollo 15 Moon Landing Site | 3 | |
| A Distinct Mineral | A. Hyatt Verrill | 5 |
| U. S. Heads for The Mineral Poorhouse | 7 | |
| Miserite from Arkansas - A Re-Naming of Natroxonotlite | 14 | |
| Dinosaur Footprints in The Judean Hills | Shmuel Vardi | 16 |
| Bear Lake Mine | Nicholas Rochester | 21 |
| Chromium | Gary Finiol | 38 |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 24 |
| Current Events | Vernon Wertz | 26 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 34 |
| Swapping Corner | 36 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 44 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 45 | |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 60 | |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 63 |
| Coming Events | 2, 67,68 | |
| Dotsero Diamond | Richard M. Pearl | 4 |
| Yazoo Co., Mississippi. A Haven for Rockhounds | Mrs. Hollis R. Williams, Jr. | 6 |
| Matrix Opal Treatment | Burt Prince | 12 |
| Collecting Down East | Bill and Joan Acord | 18 |
| From Poultry to Rock Collecting | Dot Groves | 31 |
| Diamond City Centenary | So. African Scope | 53 |
| On Garnets | Doris Crawford | 57 |
| February | Whole #389 | 47:2 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Mineral Localities Information | 116 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 117 | |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 132 | |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 135 |
| Coming Events | 74, 139 | |
| He Had a Germ of An Idea When Coal Mines Closed | 90 | |
| Donates a Fluorescent Display Box | 94 | |
| A View of Arkansas Quartz | Philip Barry | 112 |
| Wonderful Fossil Forest of the Yellowstone | 128 | |
| 12th Annual Geochemical Exploration Course Offered at Colorado School of Mines | 129 | |
| The Broken Hill Mining Industry | 130 | |
| American Federation of Mineralogical Societies | Russell MacFall | 138 |
| Classic Collecting | Richard and Lynne Stinchfield | 75 |
| Notes on Polishing Virginia Unakite | K. W. Henderson, Jr. | 82 |
| A Rockhound Goes to Madagascar | Hilda Munks | 86 |
| Let's Swap The Selling Out of The Swapping | Les and Marc Zakarin | 92 |
| Lapis Lazuli | Dorothea M. Thompson | 126 |
| Basaltic Formations | Herman Kraege | 136 |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 96 |
| Current Events | Vernon Wertz | 98 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 106 |
| Swapping Corner | 107 | |
| March | Whole #390 | 47:3 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Mines and Minerals of Austria | Philip Morrill | 147 |
| Unusual Cobblestone on an Acadian Beach | Paul M. Tilden | 154 |
| Harmotome | Donald J. Goodell | 158 |
| Butte Pegmatite Belt | Raymond Lasmanis | 160 |
| Mud Volcanoes, An Unusual Natural Phenomena | Tomasz Turley | 200 |
| Tungsten | Gary Finiol | 210 |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 168 |
| Current Events | Vernon, Wertz | 170 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 178 |
| Swapping Corner | 179 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 188 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 189 | |
| The Micromounters Corner | Pete J. Dunn | 198 |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 204 | |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 207 |
| Coming Events | 146, 211 | |
| Malachite, Azurite and Chrysocolla - The Copper Gems! | (Gem Time) | 152 |
| Carolina in the Spring | Lloyd A. Allison | 159 |
| Mineralogical Concretions | Herman Kraege | 166 |
| Dr. Diederichs on Gold - The Indestructible | (South African Scope) | 203 |
| April | Whole #391 | 47:4 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 240 |
| Current Events | Vernon Wertz | 242 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 250 |
| Swapping Corner | 251 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 260 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 261 | |
| The Micromounters Corner | Pete J. Dunn | 270 |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 277 | |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 280 |
| Coming Events | 218, 283, | |
| The Halite Domes of The Gulf Coast | Barry Gidman | 225 |
| The Scholarship Foundation | June Zeitner | 232 |
| Locality for Mordenite and Other Minerals in S.W. Montana | S.W. Rose | 247 |
| Rare Minerals From Arizona - (Rosasite) | Rockhound Record | 254 |
| Rockhound Quiz Show, Questions and Answers | Frank & Mary Rimer | 256 |
| 30th Anniversary Banquet, Min. Society District of Columbia | 272 | |
| Official Symbols for Pennsylvania | H. W. Bower | 282 |
| Mines And Minerals Of Austria - (Part II) | Philip Morrill | 219 |
| The Kimberley Mining District, S. Africa | Ingrid Pasutin | 226 |
| Welcome to Rockhound's Paradise,, U.S.A. (Marquette County) | Bob Markert | 234 |
| Famous West Paterson Minerals to be Displayed | Jim O'Donnell | 238 |
| Opal Hunting at Spencer, Idaho in 1971 | Clifford Older | 274 |
| May | Whole #392 | 47:5 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Mines and Minerals of Austria - (Part III) | Philip Morrill | 291 |
| The Practical Faceter | J. W. Maloney, Jr. (Tuscarora Bulletin) | 297 |
| Faceter wants to Start From Scratch | Archie Duffie | 300 |
| Sequoia Trunk produces opal and agate 'Jureano Wood' | Helen Maydole | 310 |
| Memoirs of a Rhodesium Tour During August and September of 1970 | (The South African Lapidary Mag.) | 344 |
| Platinum | Gary Finiol | 353 |
| The Amateur Lapidary | Helen MacLeod | 306 |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 312 |
| Current Events | Vernon Wertz | 314 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 322 |
| Swapping Corner | 328 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 332 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 333 | |
| Micromounters Corner | Peter J. Dunn | 342 |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 349 | |
| Thumbnails | 352 | |
| Coming Events | 290, 355, | |
| Faceting Corner | (Tuscarora, Bulletin) | 304 |
| The Romance of Rings | The T-Town Rockhound | 319 |
| Ground Rules for A Field Trip | Mrs. Martin Shemella | 326 |
| How Does Carbon 14 Dating Work | 'Ask Andy' - Tulsa Daily World | 347 |
| Nature Slides | The Gregory Museum | 348 |
| June | Whole #393 | 47:6 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Virginia Mines & Minerals - (Part II) | Philip Morrill | 363 |
| Minerals & Gems of N. C. | 376 | |
| Mining at Bumpass Cove May Resume | Richard Boyd | 396 |
| Midwest Shows-EM at Gem & Mineral Event | Tom Findley | 416 |
| Itacolumite: The Flexible Rock | Kip Hodges | 419 |
| Making Ivory Jewelry | Gems, British Lapidary Magazine | 426 |
| The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 378 |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 384 |
| Current Events | Vernon Wertz | 386 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 394 |
| Swapping Corner | 400 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 404 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 405 | |
| The Micromounters Corner | Pete J. Dunn | 414 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 424 |
| Coming Events | 362, 427, | |
| Aquas, Imitations, and Dichroscopes | Helen L. MacLeod | 372 |
| Mineral Litter | Vernon Wertz | 382 |
| 'Iron Nuggets' Pose Threat to Lakes | (Kalamazoo Gazette) | 399 |
| Mineralogy Crossword Puzzle | Harcher & LeRose | 421 |
| July/August | Whole #394-395 | 47:7-8 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Virginia Mines & Minerals - (Part II) | Philip Morrill | 435 |
| Gmelinite | Donald J. Goodell | 468 |
| 'Cesium' and The State of 'Connecticut' | Bernard W. Johnson | 488 |
| A Photographic Study of Brazilian Agate | Albert J. Copley | 498 |
| Amethyst Everywhere | Richard Boyd | 501 |
| Old Bones Are My Bag | Sandra L. Holmes | 505 |
| The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 450 |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 456 |
| Current Events | Vernon Wertz | 458 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 466 |
| Swapping Corner | 472 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 476 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 477 | |
| The Micromounters Corner | Pete J. Dunn | 486 |
| Thumbnail's | John Reiner | 496 |
| Coming Events | 434-500 | |
| Obsidian | Les Johnson - Canny Hound | 446 |
| G & M Merchandiser | 448 | |
| A Mini Course Field & Lab Work in Mineralogy | D. A. Buzzell | 452 |
| Rendezvous for Rockhounds - Crystal Cluster | 454 | |
| Obituary | 490 | |
| 1st Annual Show | N. Palahnuk | 491 |
| Mineral Crossword Puzzle | Harcher & LeRose | 492 |
| New Store for Mineral Collector & Lapidary | R. F. Toomey | 494 |
| September | Whole #396 | 47:9 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Brazil Has Reason To Thank Nazis | Dean C. Miller | 524 |
| C & M to Study Colorado's Mineral Economy | 526 | |
| Diamond Capitol Worries Over Competition | 570 | |
| 1972 Winners of The AFMS Scholarship Foundation Award | 571 | |
| Virginia Mines S Minerals - (Part III) | Philip Morrill | 515 |
| Home Laboratory Tests for the Identification of Zeolites and Related Silicates | Allen Northup | 530 |
| The Fossil Mystery | M. Casson | 532 |
| Levyne | Donald J. Goodell | 534 |
| Rice's Pit | Daniel E. Russell | 548 |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 536 |
| Current Events | Vernon Wertz | 538 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 546 |
| Swapping Corner | 552 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 556 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 557 | |
| The Micromounters Corner | Betty Lynch Williams | 566 |
| Thumbnail's | John Reiner | 568 |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 577 | |
| Coming Events | 514, 580 | |
| What Sort of Mineral is Soapstone? | 523 | |
| October | Whole #397 | 47:10 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Virginia Mines & Minerals - (Part IV) | Philip Morrill | 587 |
| The Tin Mountain Mine in The Black Hills, South Dakota | Paul L. Broughton | 602 |
| Manganese | Gary Finiol | 623 |
| The Dendrites of Bavaria | Richard and Lynne Stinchfield | 642 |
| Rubies of Wake County, N. C. | J. E. Norwood | 645 |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 608 |
| Current Events | Vernon Wertz | 610 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 618 |
| The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 620 |
| Mineral Localities Information | 628 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 629 | |
| The Micromounters Corner | Betty Lynch Williams | 638 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 640 |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 649 | |
| Swapping Corner | 650 | |
| Coming Events | 586 | |
| Minerals 'Afire' for Rock Viewers | 598 | |
| Custer City Hosts The South Dakota State Gem & Mineral Show | 614 | |
| Struck it Rich at Duck Creek | (Courier Mail) | 615 |
| Tremendous Trifles | 622 | |
| Helpful Hints | 639 | |
| How Hollow Is A Geode? | 652 | |
| November | Whole #398 | 47:11 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| The Luminescence of Calcite | Allen Northup | 659 |
| Rock Hunting is an Exciting if Chancy Passion (Whole Stone) | 678 | |
| They Slice a Rock and it's Crystally insides make 'A Painting on the Wall' | Steve Grison (Courier Times) | 714 |
| Lunar Rock | Novosti Press Agency | 718 |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 680 |
| Current Events | Vernon Wertz | 682 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 690 |
| The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 692 |
| Mineral Localities Information | 700 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 701 | |
| The Micromounters Corner | Betty Lynch Williams | 710 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 712 |
| Visiting Rockhound's Welcome | 721 | |
| Swapping Corner | 722 | |
| Coming Events | 658 | |
| State Stones - Alaska | 670 | |
| Rich Discovery of Black Opals | (Cairns Post) | 674 |
| Ruby and Sapphire | 696 | |
| What Kind of Rockhound are You? | Irene Kroetsch | 713 |
| Obituary - Purfield Kent | 716 | |
| Methods of Changing Color in Gemstones | (Gem News) | 716 |
| A Testimonial Dinner for Curt Segeler | 724 | |
| December | Whole #399 | 47:12 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| A Trip to Spruce Pines | J. E. Norwood | 731 |
| A New and Old Look at Copper | Dr. O. M. Dikshit & Prof. J. T. Henry, Sr. | 737 |
| Silver | Gary Finiol | 744 |
| Depending on Others for Minerals | Lester R. Brown (The N. Y. Times) | 748 |
| The Kelly Mine & Smithsonite | Robert P. Bates | 764 |
| There's More to New Jersey than Franklin Minerals | David Fontaine | 766 |
| Geodes Could Lead to Mineral Discoveries | Robert B. Finkelman | 790 |
| The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 752 |
| Current Events | Vernon Wertz | 754 |
| With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 762 |
| Mineral Localities Information | 772 | |
| Publications Recently Received | 773 | |
| The Micromounters Corner | Betty Lynch Williams | 782 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 784 |
| Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 793 | |
| Swapping Corner | 794 | |
| Coming Events | 730 | |
| Field Trip Survey | 742 | |
| Facts about Fossils | 768 | |
| Calcite (Pseudo-Octahedral Habit) | Amanda Knoll | 786 |
| A Few Facts on Turquoise | Charlene Berry | 787 |
| The Peculiarities of Tourmaline | T-Town Rockhound | 788 |
| 'Exhibit Themes' - 'Gems & Minerals on Parade' | T-Town Rockhound | 789 |
| What is a Trilobite ? | 792 | |
| Obituary - (Joseph F. Lizzadro, Sr.) | 796 |