Back Issues: January/February 1998

Rocks & Minerals (73:01)
January/February 1998

FEATURES

14 Alpine Minerals: A Review of the Most Famous Localities of the Central Swiss Alps
  Stefan Graesser

34 Chamonix and its Alpine Minerals
  Pierre-Nicolas Schwab

39 F.N. Ashcroft and His Collection of Swiss Minerals
  Andrew M. Clark, Peter C. Tandy

44 The Smithsonian Institution’s New Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals
   Jeffrey E. Post, Michale A. Wise, Russell C. Feather II, Paul W. Pohwat

52 Markus Usbelhart, Swiss Artist (b. 1961)
  Susan Robinson

54 Connisseur’s Choice: Fluorite on Quartz, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France
  Robert B. Cook

59 Through the ‘Scope: History of the Arthur M. Roe Memorial Micromount Symposium
  H. William Meinert

61 In Memoriam: Richard L. Rice (1911–1997), Tony Otero (1925–1997)
  Sharleen K. Harney, J. Blue Sheppard

65 Media Reviews
  Robert B. Cook, Alexander U. Falster, Carl A. Francis, Keith A. Williams

69 Index to Volume 72 (1997)

DEPARTMENTS

3 Letters to the Editor

5 Chips from the Quarry

6 Flashback!
  Joel A. Bartsch

9 Geo-Currents
  Jane M. Matty

62 Museum Notes & Announcements

77 Coming Events

79 Classifieds