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ABOUT THE COVER:
Crystallized gold specimen, 2.2 cm high, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California; Collector's Edge Minerals, Inc. specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. See related article on the mine beginning on page 392.
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September/October 2008
FEATURES
390 Talking about Earth Science to Students:
A Seven-Step Cheat Sheet
Diane K. Brownlee
392 The Mockingbird Gold Mine, Mariposa County, California
Robert B. Cook, Thomas M. Gressman
402 Minerals of the Wolftone Mine, Leadville Mining District, Lake County, Colorado
Tom Rosemeyer
410 The Vergenoeg Fluorite Mine, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Bruce Cairncross, Wolfgang Windisch, Henk Smit, Allan Fraser, Jens Gutzmer
428 Artist Irwin David Hoffman (1901–1989)
Susan Robinson
432 Geodiversity: The North Carolina Treasures Collection, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
R. Chris Tacker
DEPARTMENTS
381 Chips from the Quarry
387 Letters to the Editor
422 Connoisseur’s Choice: Creedite, Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek,Teller County, Colorado
Robert B. Cook
441 Through the ’Scope:
Collecting Microminerals in the
Creede Mining District—
The Amethyst, Commodore No.
5, and Bulldog Mountain Mines, Mineral County,
Colorado
Arthur E. Smith
451 Collector’s Note:
A Eulogy for the Underground
Workings of the Gold Hill Mine,
Tooele County, Utah
Patrick E. Haynes
457 In Memoriam:
Michael “Mick” Cooper (1946–2008)
Roy Starkey
Gus Meister (1910–2008)
Dona Leicht
460 Internet Directory for the Earth Sciences
463 Media Reviews
Robert B. Cook, John Rakovan, Megan Riggs, Daniel Hall
467 Museum Notes
469 Coming Events
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