November/December 2009: In This Issue

A History of Mineral Collecting at the Chino Mine, Grant County, New Mexico

by Virgil W. Lueth, Ronald B. Gibbs, and Robert M. North

The Chino mine is probably one of the oldest collecting sites in North America.
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The Joaquín Folch Girona Mineral Collection, Barcelona, Spain

by Carles Curto Milà and Jordi Fabre i Fornaguera

The noteworthy Joaquín Folch Girona collection in Barcelona, Spain, is described and pictured.
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The Graphites of New York: Scientific and Aesthetic Surprises
by John A. Jaszczak, Steven C. Chamberlain, George W. Robinson
Tanakamiyama, A Classic Japanese Pegmatite District
by John Rakovan, Mieko Ono, Carl A. Francis
Arkansas Mineral Artist Chris Hughes (b. 1972)
by Susan Robinson
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Chips from the Quarry
by Marie Huizing
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Letters
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Connoisseur's Choice: Shattuckite, Kunene District, Kaokoveld, Namibia
by Rob Bowell, Robert B. Cook
Collector's Note: The Discovery of "Mongo"--Update on Collecting at Hallelujah Junction, Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada
by Paul Geffner
Word to the Wise: Felsic and Mafic
by John Rakovan
In Memoriam: Steve Alan Pullman
by Jean F. DeMouthe
Media Reviews
by Joan Rosell, Anthony R. Kampf, James St. John
Internet Directory
Museum Notes
Coming Events

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