TABLE OF CONTENTS 1969 |
January | Whole #352 | 44:1 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
The Economic and Cultural Opening of Siberia, The Russians last Frontierland | Roger Charlier | 3 |
Fossil & Mineral Collecting in Northwest Iowa | Patrick Brenner | 12 |
A Catalogue of Massachusetts Gemstones - Hampshire County | Ralph Gosse | 24 |
The Long Hill Tungsten Mine, Trumbull, Conn. | John Hiller, Jr. | 30 |
The Kimball Amethyst Pocket | Philip Morrill | 32 |
Identifying Fluorite | Richard A. Forrest | 34 |
How about Cutting a Cabochon | Hugh Splettstoeser | 58 |
Mississippi Wanderings | Ken Kyte | 70 |
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 19 |
Thumbnails | John Reiner | 39 |
Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 42 |
With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 50 |
Swapping Corner | 52 | |
Mineral Localities Information | 60 | |
Publications Recently Received | 61 | |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 76 | |
Coming Events | 2 | |
Nature Slide Sets | Gardiner E. Gregory | 22 |
30 Years Ago | Dr. H. C. Dake | 38 |
Au Revoir Madaleine | 51 | |
New York to Have a Gem & Mineral Show | 59 | |
Mineral Deposits Map of the Rowyn - Noranda Area | 72 | |
Gemboree of The Rockies - National Gem & Mineral Show | 78 | |
February | Whole #353 | 44:2 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
Photographing Micro Mineral Specimens. Photomicrography (Photography Through The Microscope) of Micro Mineral Specimens. | Gardiner E. Gregory, Director | 83 |
Stilbite | Donald J. Goodell | 94 |
Earthquakes and Continents | Bill Hamilton | 96 |
Identification: X-Ray Diffraction? | John V. Higgins, Jr. | 104 |
South America - Easter Island | Grace E. Fox | 107 |
To the Neophyte Lapidarist | Bill Nobes | 110 |
Mineralogy of a newly Exposed Granite Near White Oaks, Md. | Bill Cordua | 114 |
Eastern Localities - Minerals of New York City | Fred DeVito | 138 |
Nishapur Turquoise | 139 | |
Along Nevada Trailways | Joachim De Blasi | 150 |
World News on Mineral Occurrences | Thomas J. McMahon | 91 |
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 99 |
Thumbnails | John Reiner | 119 |
Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 122 |
With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 130 |
Swapping Corner | 132 | |
Mineral Localities Information | 140 | |
Publications Recently Received | 141 | |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 156 | |
Coming Events | 82 | |
Garnet Cutting | 90 | |
Morrill Collection at Dartmouth | 92 | |
Gold Producing States | 93 | |
National Gem & Mineral Show | 97 | |
Pugh Quarry, Custar, Ohio | Dana Batory | 101 |
An Aztec Treasure | 102 | |
7th Annual Show | Maggie McShan | 106 |
5th Annual Micromounters Workshop | 112 | |
Nickel - Australia | 126 | |
Mica | 127 | |
206 Carat Ruby found in Macon Co., Asheville, N. C. | 131 | |
March | Whole #354 | 44:3 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
Bonanza at The Wise | John Marshall | 163 |
Earth Science and The Slow Learner | Patricia S. Charlier | 172 |
Chabazite | Donald Goodell | 186 |
Some Common Superstitions Concerning Gems | 'Bulletin' (Brooklyn Min. Soc.) | 190 |
Return of The Jade | Hong Kong Trade Journal | 191 |
A Catalogue of Massachusetts Gemstones - Essex County (Part Two) | Ralph Gosse | 196 |
Fluorspar - Ultra Mineral For an Ultra Modern World | Kay Starbuck | 206 |
The Long Island Gem & Mineral Show (1968) | Ernest A. Naples | 230 |
Extrasensory Detection | Bill Hamilton | 218 |
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 179 |
In A Salted Vein | Anna Marie Heald | 181 |
World News on Mineral Occurrences | Thomas J. McMahon | 184 |
Thumbnails | John Reiner | 199 |
Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 202 |
With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 210 |
Swapping Corner | 212 | |
Mineral Localities Information | 220 | |
Publications Recently Received | 221, 233 | |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 236 | |
Coming Events | 162, 229 | |
Homemade Fluorescent Halite Crystals | Thomas Pochapsky | 171 |
Make Reservations for the National Show | 171 | |
Mercury - A Magnificent Metal | Gary Finiol | 182 |
Ten Day Course | 198 | |
Comstock Lode | 198 | |
April | Whole #355 | 44:4 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
The 'Herkimer Diamond Grounds' and Related Properties | A. L. Labuz | 243 |
Fluorite Where? | Richard A. Forrest | 252 |
Inspiration Mine, Arizona | Paul W. Johnson | 256 |
The Amethyst of Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada | George Robinson | 264 |
The 'Scope' on the 12th annual micromount Symposium | Scott R. Furman | 269 |
A Catalogue of Massachusetts Gemstones, Essex County | Ralph Gosse | 276 |
Eastern Localities - Herkimer County, N. Y. | Fred DeVito | 278 |
New Find at Route 295 Road Cut, in Cranston, R. I. | Gilbert G. George | 298 |
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 259 |
In a Salted Vein | Anna Marie Heald | 274 |
Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 282 |
With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 290 |
Swapping Corner | 292 | |
Mineral Localities Information | 300 | |
Publications Recently Received | 301 | |
Thumbnails | John Reiner | 310 |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 316 | |
Coming Events | 242, 314 | |
When Diamonds are Man-Made | 'The Lapi Diary' |
257 |
Dedication of Mount Jurupa | 261 | |
University of Minnesota Geology Prof. Elected Head of NAGT | 266 | |
Old Maps Lead Housewife to Huge Deposits of Jade | 267 | |
American Federation of Mineralogical Societies | 272 | |
A Lazy Rockhound | Ann Thornton | 280 |
Native Copper by the Ton | Bill Nobes | 311 |
May | Whole #356 | 44:5 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
Minerals of The Niagara Frontier Region | Clifford J. Awald | 323 |
Woman Creates Pictures Using Rocks | Gardiner E. Gregory | 332 |
Major Zinc Deposit Found by New Jersey Zinc Co. | Franklin -Ogdensburg Mineral Society | 336 |
The Archaean Rocks of Western Australia | Kelvin Green | 344 |
Future Energy Outlook | 348 | |
19th Eastern Federation Gem & Mineral Show and Convention, Rochester, N. Y. | 350 | |
Someone is Following Us | Miss Dorothy Lind | 351 |
A Catalogue of Massachusetts Gemstones, Hampden County | Ralph Gosse | 356 |
Heulandite | Donald Goodell | 378 |
Mining and Metallurgy | Ruth P. Stanley | 392 |
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 339 |
The Notebook | Theodore L. Agos | 341 |
In a Salted Vein | Anna Marie Heald | 354 |
Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 362 |
With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 370 |
Swapping Corner | 372 | |
Mineral Localities Information | 380 | |
Publications Recently Received | 381 | |
Thumbnails | John Reiner | 390 |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 396 | |
Coming Events | 322, 394, | |
The Right Care for all Kinds of Jewelry | 334 | |
AG & MSA Membership Drive | 347 | |
A Uranium Deposit | 349 | |
Rose Quartz | Stephen Gilbert | 353 |
Australia Glitters with Gems | 367 | |
What is Black Coral? | 371 | |
Mid-Atlantic Mineral Co. | 376 | |
Raytech Industries Introduces New Lapidary Saw and Blades | 391 | |
June | Whole #357 | 44:6 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
Pseudomorphs | Wm. Shelton | 403 |
Amateur Attacks Apache Tears | Paul E. Purser | 408 |
Selecting Cabochon Material with Pitfalls and Pointers for Beginners | Marilyn Pardo | 412 |
The Arizona Scene | George A. Bideaux | 416 |
A New Location for Concretions in Connecticut | John A.Pawloski | 417 |
A Visit to the Badlands of South Dakota | Patrick Brenner | 424 |
Analcime | Donald J. Goodell | 432 |
A Catalogue of Mass. Gemstones (Worcester Co.) | Ralph Gosse | 436 |
Oligocene Mammals Common to the Brule Formation in Western Nebraska | Raymond R. Eklund, Jr. | 456 |
Rock Collection to Remain Useful | Mrs. Midge. Drummond | 472 |
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 419 |
The Notebook | Theodore L. Agos | 428 |
In a Salted Vein | Anna Marie Heald | 430 |
The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 438 |
Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 442 |
With our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 450 |
Swapping Corner | 452 | |
Mineral Localities Information | 460 | |
Publications Recently Received | 461 | |
Thumbnails | John Reiner | 470 |
Fossil Department | Donald A. Schroeder | 471 |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 476 | |
Coming Events | 402, 474, | |
Rock & Mineral Show Scheduled for 1000 Islands | 407 | |
Bloomsburg Youth Pans Gold in 'Them Thar' Arizona Hills | 410 | |
Hunters missed Boar, hit Millions | 421 | |
Helpful Hint for Viewing Specimens under a Microscope | Arthur J.Weichsel | 431 |
'Just Rockin' | John Gholson | 435 |
Rush - Arkansas | Dana Batory | 440 |
New Silver Fever in Nevada Upland, could boom mines | 447 | |
Geode Industries issue New Brochure | 451 | |
July | Whole #358 | 44:7 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
The Lure of Gold | Ronald W. Gallup | 483 |
Exploring Oregon's Geologic Past | 486 | |
Crystallized Goethite and Associated Minerals | Michael Papcun | 488 |
Techniques for Cleaning Fossils | The Rockpile | 492 |
Two Plagioclase Crystals | Richard C. Haefner | 496 |
Mineral Identifications | Charles J. Kelly, Jr. | 504 |
The Colorado School of Mines | 507 | |
Laumontite | Donald J. Goodell | 509 |
Sphecomyrma Freyi | Michael F. Kidzus | 511 |
Vivianite | William Borden | 514 |
A Catalogue of Massachusetts Gemstones (Franklin Co.) | Ralph Gosse | 516 |
Xmas the Year-Round - By Trading | Philip and Verna Skinner | 527 |
A Horse Astragalus from the Hand Hills Conglomerate of Alberta | Tim Akinson | 536 |
B. R. - Before Rockhound | Ann Thornton | 551 |
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 499 |
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 | 550 |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 556 | |
Coming Events | 482, 554, | |
A Rock Drillability | Dr. C. G. White | 490 |
6th Annual Gem & Mineral Show | 493 | |
Mine is a Mecca on Weekends | 494 | |
Dinosaur Bone found by Va. Geologist | 510 | |
Geological Survey Report finds Mineral Potential in part of Proposed Voyageurs Park | 513 | |
Science Group will help hunt Ore's | 515 | |
Gold, A Noble Metal | Gary Finiol | 520 |
All in a Days Work | Walter T. Hansen | 531 |
Rich Gem Deposit Awaits Mining Try | 537 | |
Sapphire | Augusta Daines | 549 |
August | Whole #359 | 44:8 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
Manpower and Oceanographic Education in the United States | Roger R. Charlier | 563 |
Camping and Crystal Hunting in Central Arkansas | John & Sondra Bauernfeind | 584 |
Collecting Zinc, Lead & Other Minerals in the Picher, Oklahoma Area | G. E. Gregory | 587 |
The Mineralogy of the Ecton Mine, Montgomery County, Penns. | John B. Rankin, Jr. | 594 |
A Catalogue of Massa. Gemstones, Norfolk County | Ralph Gosse | 598 |
Tektites - Moon Dust? | Kevin Green | 616 |
An Encyclopedia of The Earth's Interior | Yekaterina Milyutina | 630 |
The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 572 |
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 579 |
Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 602 |
Fossil Department | Don Schroeder | 607 |
With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 610 |
Swapping Corner | 612 | |
Mineral Localities Information | 620 | |
Publications Recently Received | 621 | |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 636 | |
Coming Events | 562, 634, | |
Cutting & Polishing Jade | Lee Hascall | 570 |
Gems of Interior Decorating | 576 | |
Boom Grows in Search for Gems | 592 | |
Appointed Pres. of Pfizer Minerals, Pigments & Metals Division | 593 | |
'Bad' Ore may yield Good Gold | Russell Nielsen | 596 |
Wollastonite | Bernard M. Dubeski | 599 |
The Sixth Annual Atlantic Coast Gem & Mineral Exhibition | 600 | |
Utah Report on Uranium and Vanadium | 617 | |
Gold Terms used in Jewelry Making | 618 | |
Short Story of Rocks | Louis Dezseran | 632 |
September/October | Whole #360-361 | 44:9-10 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
World's Most Important Mineral Locations | Tomasz J. Turley | 643 |
The Switch-Back Railroad | Charles Graeff | 648 |
Fossil Mollusks from The California Miocene | Ken Frazier | 649 |
Agate at Saratoga, Springs, N. Y. | Ralph Gosse | 656 |
To and From The National Show - 1969 | Philip Marcus | 664 |
Thomsonite | Donald J. Goodell | 671 |
'Demings' ' Big Agate Diggings' | Harry J. Cheney | 674 |
The National Show | George Bideaux | 676 |
A Catalogue of Mass. Gemstones, Bristol, Middlesex, Suffolk Counties | Ralph Gosse | 678 |
Triphylite - Lithiophilite - Heterosite - Purpurite | Wm. Borden | 696 |
Helpful Tips for Staging a Rock Show | Bill Nobes | 710 |
Gem Studded Building Stone | Thomas R. Egan | 720 |
Rockhunting in July | Mrs. Allan Dalen | 724 |
Rt. 80 Site Yields Rare Rock in West Paterson, N. J. | Philip J.del Vecchio | 727 |
The Limecrest Quarry, North, N. J. | Russell M. Wood | 729 |
The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 651 |
Collecting Fluorescent Minerals | Robert W. Jones | 659 |
Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 682 |
Fossil Department | Don Schroeder | 686 |
With our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 690 |
Swapping Corner | 692 | |
Thumbnails | John Reiner | 695 |
Mineral Localities Information | 700 | |
Publications Recently Received | 701 | |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 716 | |
Coming Events | 642 714 | |
British Columbia, Canada Bus Tour | 653 | |
Clues to Gold Detected on Sea Floor off Oregon | 680 | |
A tribute to Tommy | Wilma R. Lung | 687 |
Gold Buried In Ancient River Channel | 697 | |
D.C. Mineralogists Hold Annual Banquet at Smithsonian Institution | 717 | |
Obituary | 723 | |
American Federation of Mineralogical Societies AFMS Trophy Winners, Salt Lake City, Utah | 726 | |
The Philosophical and Moral Effects of the artificial Disturbance of The Natural Process of Sedimentation | David Frost | 732 |
November | Whole #362 | 44:11 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
A Visit to Wind Cave | Patrick Brenner | 739 |
New York to New Mexico -(Part I) | Marilyn Pardo | 744 |
Minerals of The Dan Patch Pegmatite, Keystone, S. D. | Arthur E. Smith, Jr. | 747 |
A Catalogue of Massa. Gemstones - (Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, & Plymouth Counties) | Ralph Gosse | 758 |
Gmelinite From Wallingford, Conn. | Wm. A. Henderson, Jr. & E. W. Easter | 776 |
Nova Scotia - 1969 | Frederick C. Dippel | 800 |
Some Notes on Tumbling | Justin Blackwell | 808 |
The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 751 |
The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 754 |
Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 762 |
With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 770 |
Swapping Corner | 772 | |
Thumbnails | John Reiner | 775 |
Mineral Localities Information | 780 | |
Publications Recently Received | 781, 812 | |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 796 | |
Coming Events | 738 | |
Titanium | John W. Wierengo | 750 |
Happiness Is . . . | Ann Thornton | 760 |
Letter to The Editor | R. I. Stier | 790 |
For The Lapidary | Floyd Snyder, 'Gem Time' - Las Vegas | 791 |
State Museum Presents Major Gem Exhibit | 797 | |
19th Eastern Fed. Convention & Show | 804 | |
Rock and Minerals Exchange Service | 807 | |
December | Whole #363 | 44:12 |
Title | Author | Start Page |
Japanese River Stones Work 'Black Magic' at Dulles International Airport | Earl Davis | 855 |
A Trip to Idar-Oberstein, Germany | Wally Schardin | 880 |
Apatite . . . And Related Species | William Borden | 882 |
The Mystery of The Rocks | Joan Wiessmann | 884 |
Fossil Department | Don Schroeder | 828 |
The Amateur Lapidary | Helen L. MacLeod | 830 |
The Contact Zone | Robert W. Jones | 834 |
Current Events | Mrs. Vernon Wertz | 841 |
With Our Advertisers | James N. Bourne | 850 |
Swapping Corner | 852 | |
Mineral Localities Information | 860 | |
Publications Recently Received | 861 | |
Thumbnails | John Reiner | 874 |
Visiting Rockhounds Welcome | 876 | |
Coming Events | 818, 892 | |
Valuable Sand Deposits Revealed | 833 | |
Rock Glen - Fossil Hunting at its Best | Ingrid Pasutin, Geologist | 839 |
Missouri Rocks | Bryan Purteet | 840 |
Roadside Mineral Occurrence | J. Oldenburg | 846 |
Mining on-the-job Training Program Developed | 848 | |
Mozarkite . . . From Rockhound Favorite to Official State Rock | 858 | |
Clifton, N. J. Club Visits Strickland Quarry, Conn. | John Hiller, Jr. | 886 |
Gold Country - North Carolina | Ruth P. Stanley | 819 |
NEW MEXICO TO NEW YORK - (Part 2) | Marilyn Pardo | 824 |
Notes on Fossil and Relic Hunting in Florida | Gerald Pyles | 838 |