TABLE OF CONTENTS 1976 |
| January/February | Whole #435 | 51:1 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Flint Ridge and the Mound Builders | William Klunk | 13 |
| Color Photographs and Mineral Identification | David M. Seaman | 18 |
| Unusual Jade-Like Quartz from Georgia | Cecil Boatwright | 20 |
| Minas Gerais, Brazil - A Happy Hunting Ground | Linda Kase | 22 |
| Letters | 4 | |
| Coming Events | 6 | |
| Micromounters Corner | Robert L. Cox | 26 |
| Showmanship and Competition | Ruth Cole Wertz | 28 |
| Fossil Department | A. G. Zvirblis | 30 |
| The Study of Minerals | Vandall T. King | 32 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 34 |
| The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 35 |
| Chips and Bits from EFMLS Clubs | Vernon Wertz | 38 |
| New Publications | Peg Marble | 44 |
| Swapping Corner | 54 | |
| Mineral Localities Department | 55 | |
| Classified Advertising | 56 | |
| March | Whole #436 | 51:2 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Caves - A Resource to be Preserved | Louise Strong | 77 |
| The Importance of Mineralogy to the Lapidary | Bruce L. Harding | 80 |
| The Apatite of Hormuz Island, Iran | H. Fayaz and A. H. Forghani | 85 |
| The Early Days of Geology in Britain | Pat Berry Barker | 87 |
| Letters | 68 | |
| Coming Events | 69 | |
| News from the Eastern Federation | 89 | |
| The Micromounters Corner | Robert L. Cox | 90 |
| Fossil Department | A.G. Zvirblis | 91 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 93 |
| The Study of Minerals | Vandall King | 94 |
| Chips and Bits from EFMLS Clubs | 96 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 101 | |
| Swapping Corner | 102 | |
| Classified Advertising | 104 | |
| April | Whole #437 | 51:3 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Ewald Gerstmann and Gerstmannite | Colonel Ervan F. Kushner | 125 |
| Pyromorphite | Richard Green | 130 |
| Some Upper Cretaceous Index Fossils | Richard L. Coulton | 135 |
| Coming Events | 117 | |
| The Micromounters Corner | Robert L. Cox | 142 |
| Showmanship and Competition | Ruth Cole Wertz | 143 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 145 |
| Chips and Bits from EFMLS Clubs | Vernon Wertz | 147 |
| Book Review | Anthony G. Zvirblis | 151 |
| Swapping Corner | 157 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 158 | |
| Classified Advertising | 161 | |
| New Mineral Hall To Open At Museum of Natural History | 152 | |
| Faceting | Gilbert Wegad | 153 |
| Molybdenite | Frederick H. Howell | 154 |
| Lapis Lazuli From Edwards, N.Y. Is Verified | David E. Jensen | 155 |
| Cancelled Stamps | 155 | |
| Powellite | 156 | |
| What's New | 159 | |
| May | Whole #438 | 51:4 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Crazy Corundum | Bruce L. Harding | 180 |
| How To Tumble | Ronald E. Morin | 183 |
| For The Field Collector: What To Take Along | David and Kay Jensen | 185 |
| The Rock- Swapper's Check Last | Sande H. Zirlin Betty Battista | 188 |
| The Trilobites of Swatara Gap, Pennsylvania | William Klunk | 189 |
| Indian Artifacts and Museums in Illinois and Missouri | R. H. Boyd | 206 |
| Letters | 172 | |
| Coming Events | 173 | |
| News From the Eastern Federation | 191 | |
| The Micromounter's Corner | Robert L. Cox | 194 |
| The Study of Minerals | Vandall King | 195 |
| Fossil Department | A. G. Zvirblis | 199 |
| Chips and Bits from EFMLS Clubs | Vernon Wertz | 202 |
| Mineral Localities Information | 209 | |
| Swapping Corner | 210 | |
| Classified Advertising | 211 | |
| June | Whole #439 | 51:5 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Where Minerals Matter | Pete J. Dunn | 221 |
| Our Mineral Heritage '76 | Rudy Bradbury | 222 |
| Eastern Federation Show: Boston, 1959 | Pat Berry Barker | 224 |
| Eastern Federation Show Program | 226 | |
| Bog Iron: Massachusetts Mineral Heritage | Palmer F. Sevrens | 228 |
| Massachusetts Fossils | Margaret A. McBrien | 234 |
| Three Recent Discoveries in New England | John Marshall | 237 |
| Harvard's Mineralogical Museum | I. Philip Scalisi | 242 |
| Chiastolite - A Massachusetts Classic | Jim Taparowsky | 245 |
| The Geology of Cape Cod | Rudy Bradbury | 248 |
| The Lead Mines of Loudville | John Marshall, Pete J. Dunn | 250 |
| The Association of Massachusetts Mineral Clubs | Marie H. Grande | 256 |
| Suggestions from A Veteran Collector | John Refiner | 258 |
| Swapping Corner | 263 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 265 | |
| Coming Events | 266 | |
| Classified Advertising | 273 | |
| July/August | Whole #440 | 51:6 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Chips and Bits from EFMLS Clubs | Vernon Wertz | 303 |
| Garnet Quiz | Bruce L. Harding | 307 |
| 200th Birthday? | 308 | |
| Faceting - Basics | Gilbert Wegad | 309 |
| Acids | Rudy Bradbury Charlotte Brown | 310 |
| Magnetite | Frederick H. Howell | 311 |
| Kyanite, Fuchsite | Bernard M. Dubeski | 312 |
| Coming Events | 313 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 321 | |
| Swapping Corner | 323 | |
| Letters | 324 | |
| Classified Advertisements | 327 | |
| Anaclime and Thompsonite in Humboldt County, Nevada | Ed L. Schrader and William J. Furbish | 283 |
| The Quality of Mineral Specimens | Kay Jensen and David Jensen | 286 |
| Special Gemstone Exhibit at the National Museums of Canada | Willow Wight | 288 |
| Trapezohedral Pyrite in Ohio | Henry H. Fisher | 293 |
| Micromounters Corner-A Tale of Two Cities, Where are all the Old Stereo Microscopes? | Robert L. Cox | 294 |
| The Study of Minerals - Labeling and Cleaning of Mineral Specimens | Vandall T. King | 296 |
| Thumbnails-Lost, Found, or Strayed | John Reiner Clayton Ford | 298 |
| Fossil Department - Fossil Quiz | Anthony Zvirblis | 301 |
| September | Whole #441 | 51:7 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| An Update on Collecting Around Ellenville, New York | George Heusser | 339 |
| The Thing From Out of The Sky | John Hanahan Jr. | 342 |
| 100 Years of History: Nevada's Comstock Lode | Dana Martin Batory | 345 |
| The Fluorite of Gomsheche Mine, Natanz, Iran | Hashem Fayaz | 350 |
| Micromounters Corner - Why Collect Micromounts? | Robert L. Cox | 353 |
| Fossil Department - Loch Ness Update | Anthony G. Zvirblis | 354 |
| Chips and Bits from EFMLS Clubs | Vernon Wertz | 356 |
| Crestmore Quarry Reopened for Collecting | 361 | |
| New Jersey-A Rockhound's Paradise | 362 | |
| New Long Island Museum | 363 | |
| Natrolite | Bernard M. Dubeski | 364 |
| Coming Events | 365 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 371 | |
| Letters | 372 | |
| Swapping Corner | 374 | |
| Classified Advertisements | 375 | |
| October | Whole #442 | 51:8 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| Fossil Pearls in the United States | Peter Thorne | 386 |
| A Turquoise - Like Mixture of Chalcedony and Celadonite from Conejos County, Colorado | Richard S. Mitchell | 394 |
| Galena - A Simple Mineral | Ronald E. Morin | 396 |
| Pyrrhotite | Bernard M. Dubeski | 398 |
| Micromounter's Corner - Sand Micromounting | Robert L. Cox | 401 |
| The Study of Minerals - The Common Minerals | Vandall T. King | 403 |
| Thumbnails | John Reiner | 405 |
| Chips and Bits from EFMLS Clubs | Vernon Wertz | 407 |
| Working with Opal | Edgar Wengerd | 411 |
| The Copper Twins | Frederick H. Howell | 412 |
| On Coloring Agate | 413 | |
| Florida's State Gem | 413 | |
| Coming Events | 414 | |
| Swapping Corner | 419 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 421 | |
| Classified Advertisements | 422 | |
| November | Whole #443 | 51:9 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| An Easy-To-Build Micromount Cabinet | C. C Rich | 435 |
| Storing Mineral and Gem Collections | Dave and Kay Jensen | 441 |
| Tips for Preparing A Display Case | Simone Wood | 443 |
| A Modified Method for Dopping Stones | S. L. Godshalk | 446 |
| Minerals from Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Connecticut | Joseph Molon | 449 |
| The Micromounters Corner - Illumination and Illuminators | Robert L. Cox | 450 |
| The Study of Minerals - Hardness | Vandall T King | 452 |
| Thumbnails - Francon Quarry | Norman B. Biggart and John Reiner | 455 |
| Chips and Bits from EFMLS Clubs | Vernon Wertz | 456 |
| Cassiterite | Frederick H. Howell | 460 |
| The Inclusions of Quartz | Bruce Maier | 461 |
| Two Specimens of Garnet | Bernard M. Dubeski | 463 |
| Coming Events | 464 | |
| Swapping Corner | 469 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 470 | |
| Classified Advertisements | 471 | |
| December | Whole #444 | 51:10 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| September, 1926 - Mineral Collecting - The Oldest Hobby Known | Peter Zodac | 483 |
| Looking Back - 50 Years of Rocks and Minerals | Linda Dove | 485 |
| December, 1929 - Editorial | Peter Zodac | 487 |
| June, 1935 - Ilmenite from Bedford, N. Y. | Peter Zodac | 488 |
| April, 1936 - Occurrences of Hyalite in North Carolina | John R. Henderson | 490 |
| April, 1936 - Fluorescent Minerals from Little Known Localities | David Seaman | 493 |
| June, 1948 -Mineral Collecting in Magnet Cove, Arkansas | Woodland G. Shockley | 495 |
| July, August, 1949 - Columbian Emerald Sources | Ronald L. Ives | 507 |
| September, 1951 - Borates of California | M. Vonsen | 511 |
| September, 1951 - Brookite Crystals from Franklin, N. J. | Samuel G. Gordon | 519 |
| July, August, 1958 - 'Old Plantation' Emerald Mine | Douglas B. Sterrett | 521 |
| Coming Events | 525 | |
| Swapping Corner | 529 | |
| Mineral Localities Information | 530 | |
| Classified Advertisements | 531 |