Back Issues: July/August 2002


Colorado gem localities, p. 218			Colorado thunder eggs, p. 252		James W. Minette, p. 273		Museum Notes, p. 280

ABOUT THE COVER: Mount Antero, Colorado, aquamarine crystal intergrown with albite and orthoclase, 5.8 x 9.6 x 4.3 cm, Denver Museum of Natural History (DMNH, now Denver Museum of Nature and Science) specimen (DMNH 15983)and three faceted gems, from left to right, an 18.95-carat rectangle (DMNH 15979), a 6.65 carat rectangle (DMNH 15980) and a 3.5-carat oval (DMNH 15990). See related article on Colorado gemstone localities beginning on page 218.

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Rocks & Minerals (77:04)
July/August 2002

FEATURES

218 A Tour of Colorado Gemstone Localities
Jack A. Murphy, Peter J. Modreski

239 Twenty-Eighth Rochester Mineral Symposium: Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy, Part 2

246 Micromineral Artist David Babulski (b. 1944)
Susan Robinson

248 Connoisseur's Choice: Pyrargyrite, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
Robert B. Cook

252 Occurrence and Genesis of Thunder Eggs Containing Plume and Moss Agate from the Del Norte Area, Saguache County, Colorado
Daniel E. Kile

270 Through the 'Scope: Making your Own Photomicrography Light
David Babulski

273 In Memoriam: James Wellman Minette (1936 - 2002)
Dona Leicht

274 Let's Get It Right: Cavansite or Pentagonite?
John S. White

276 Media Reviews
Russell M. Kemp, Robert B. Cook, Quintin Wight, Mark Jacobson

DEPARTMENTS

213 Chips from the Quarry

217 Letters to the Editor

280 Museum Notes & Announcements

283 Coming Events

284 Internet Directory for the Earth Sciences