Back Issues: July/August 2006


Canadian diamonds, p. 278			Pennsylvania fossils, p. 293		Cornelius S. Hurlbut Jr., p. 312		Epitaxy, p. 317

ABOUT THE COVER: A 3.2-cm twinned calcite showing phantoms, Fivemile Point, Keweenaw County, Michigan. Found by Bob Williams in 1975, it is now in the collection of Pam and Jerry Hall; John Jaszczak photo. See related article on new mineral finds in Michigan's Copper Country, beginning on page 260.

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Rocks & Minerals (81:04)
July/August 2006

FEATURES

260 News from the Keweenaw: Part 3—Recent Mineral Finds in Michigan’s Copper Country
Tom Rosemeyer

278 Canadian Diamonds—Obscurity to Center Stage
Warren F. Boyd

284 Sakura Ishi (Cherry Blossom Stones): Mica Pseudomorphs of Complex Cordierite-Indialite Intergrowths from Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
John Rakovan, Masao Kitamura, Osamu Tamada
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS

293 Collecting Ordovician Fossils at Swatara State Park, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
John S. White

DEPARTMENTS

253 Chips from the Quarry

257 Letters to the Editor

296 Connoisseur’s Choice: Covellite, Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado
Robert B. Cook

301 Through the ’Scope: The Year in Micromounting—2005 Was the Year for Europe
Quintin Wight

312 In Memoriam:
Cornelius Searle Hurlbut Jr. (1906–2005)
Carl A. Francis
Frederick H. Pough (1906–2006)
Quintin Wight

315 Let’s Get It Right: The Plagioclase Feldspars
John S. White

317 Word to the Wise: Epitaxy
John Rakovan

321 Internet Directory for the Earth Sciences

325 Museum Notes

326 Coming Events