Life has changed a lot over the past 20 years; Rob Smith: a Life in Minerals, Part 3 - Mineral Shows; Famous Mineral Producing Regions Part 7 - Russia by Peter Rosewarne; this Month’s Curiosity is yellow smithsonite; and read also Duncan Miller’s faceting article “Just for Fun”.
Rob Smith: a Life in Minerals, Part 2 – Field Collecting; Famous Mineral Producing Regions Part 6: Madagascar by Peter Rosewarne; A Simple Guide to Quartz – Colours and Habits by Jo Wicht; Time, Time and Again by Duncan Miller; and this month’s Curiosity is Coconut Geodes.
In Defence of the Zeolites from the Deccan Traps of India by Jo Wicht, Rob Smith: a Life in Minerals. Part 1 - the Early Days by Peter Rosewarne, Separating the Twins by Lesley Andrews, Famous Mineral Producing Regions Part 5: Sri Lanka, Book Review; Ikons of the Mineral World: Natures Finest Art – PR and This Month’s Increasingly Interesting Curiosity is Fluorapatite. the Cabinet of Curiosities
An Ode to a Geode by Peter Rosewarne, The Amethyst Geodes of Sarusas by Jo Wicht, Trading in Mineral Specimens – An Update by Peter Rosewarne, and the latest find in the Cabinet of Curiosities
The Colour Purple by Peter Rosewarne, Mineral Specimen Labels by Peter Rosewarne, and the latest find in the Cabinet of Curiosities.
The mim Museum, the Andes on a Plate – literally, by Peter Rosewarne, a Green Streak by Peter Rosewarne, and another Curiosity
- Jo’s Quartz Specimens with Inclusions, The 5th Mineral Symposium recently held in Johannesburg by Lesley Andrews, a Visit to the WOMAG Factory in Epping, The Vredefort Dome (as you perhaps have never seen it) by Peter Rosewarne, The Blues by Peter Rosewarne, and another colourful Curiosity.
Quartz Inclusions seen down the Microscope by Eugene Oosthuizen, Orange by Peter Rosewarne, The Chapman’s Peak Contact (as you probably haven’t seen it before), some newly faceted gems, and another Curiosity.
In Search of the Green Gold - A Gem Hunting Trip to Tanzania by Mandy Freeman, the Topaz Seller; “If it’s brown”… by Peter Rosewarne; and another curious Curiosity.
Included Quartz by Peter Rosewarne, Mellow Yellow by Peter Rosewarne, A Blue Curiosity, and A Seagull and its Egg in the Lapidary section.