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Rock, Mineral, and Gem Magazines and Journals

This page was updated on 28 February 2008 .


When ordering from this catalog please refer to this catalog number:

Catalog:   # 1 / Rock, Gem, & Mineral  Journals / 2008


>also see the separate listing of Rock, Gem & Mineral Books or go to the Geology catalog, mineralogy section for related titles

>all Mineralogical Records are listed in separate catalogs depending on the primary content of each issue, i.e., articles concerning Nevada will be in the Mining History Geology I catalog under Nevada, etc.


Rocks and Minerals:

23 of the early issues of Rocks and Minerals
Vol. 3 # 2 The Story of Gold; Gem Names; Phosphorescence
Vol. 3 # 4 Romance of Rocks and Minerals: Discovery of Alder Gulch, Montana
Vol. 4 # 2 Diamonds in the U.S.; Old Mineral Shops; Photo of Silver City, Idaho on cover
Vol. 5 # 1 Millerite; Gold was discovered 65 years ago at Last Chance Gulch, Montana
Vol. 5 # 3 Corundum Hill; Field Museum of Natural History
Vol. 6 # 2 Malachite of White Plains, New York; Silver Producing Mines of British Columbia
Vol. 7 # 2 Barringer Hill; Stereoscopic Photography of Minerals
Vol. 8 # 1 Special Opal Issue
Vol. 8 # 3 Optics of brilliant cut gems; visit to Lithia and Plainfield, Massachusetts
Vol. 8 # 4 Luminescence of Fluorite, Clay Center, Oregon
Vol. 9 # 5 Discovery and Introduction of Coal
Vol. 9 # 7 Hawley Mineral Belt, Massachusetts
Vol. 9 # 9 Topaz and Herderite, Topsham, Maine
Vol. 9 # 10 Geology of the Connecticut Valley
Vol. 9 # 12 Determination of Cat’s Eye Gems; Mineral Collecting at Paris, Maine
Vol. 10 # 1 Petrified Wood of Central Oregon; Geodes from Hamilton, Illinois
Vol. 10 # 2 Zinc Industry in the Saucon Valley; Muscovite crystal cavity..Mt. Mica, Maine
Vol. 10 # 3 Zinc Industry in the Saucon Valley II; Ceylon
Vol. 10 # 8 Boulder County Colorado Tungsten Area; Early Check List of Black Hills Minerals; Lake City Mining District, Colorado
Vol. 10 # 9 ...Glaciers of Colorado; Gold at Camp Smith, New York
All of these early issues of Rocks and Minerals, $ 100 for the set

Rocks and Minerals:

Listed by Volume (Issue), Year, Topic, and Cost

56(4) 1981  /  Amber: Dominican Republic,  $ 6
61(1) 1986  /  Rhodochrosite: Hot, Pink and Pretty, $ 10
62(1) 1987  /  Ubiquitous Quartz, $ 8
64(1) 1989  /  Galena from Mississippi Valley-Type Deposits, $ 10
63(1) 1988  /  Beryl: A Summary, $ 10
67(1) 1992  /  Pyromorphite: A Review, $ 16
74(5) 1999  /  Crystal Twinning Issue, $ 10

Matrix - Journal of the History of Minerals:

Volume / Issue / Year / A single Title from that issue / Cost
1/1           1988 S.C.H. Bailey Mineral Collection, $ 5
1/2,3,4      1988 Benjamin Silliman, Yale’s Early Mineral Mineral Collections, Peabody Museum, $ 15
1/5, 6        1988 William Boyce Thompson: The Man from Alder Gulch (who formed Newmont Gold Company) , $15
2/1, 2        1991 A History of Mineral Collecting: Continental European Collections from Stone Age through the 17th Century, $ 10
2/3            1991 Columbia School of Mines Collection, $ 8
2/4            1991 Michigan - Ontonagon Boulder, $ 8
2/5, 6        1991 Rambles of an Amateur Mineralogist, part 1 and 2, $ 10
3/1            1993 Pennsylvania - Brinton’s Serpentine Quarry, $ 10
3/2            1993 Michigan’s Cliff Mine, $ 10
3/3,4         1994 Peabody Meteorite Collection, $ 15
3/5,6         1994 Maryland Mineralogy, Copper, Gold, $ 20
4/2            1995 Maine - Lead Mines of Lubec, $ 20
4/3            1995 New York - 1st Millerite Locality, $ 20
4/4            1995 Arkansas - Zinc Field Mines, $ 20
5/1            1997 South Carolina - Mineralogy / Collections, $ 20
5/3            1997 New Hampshire - Strafford Mica Mine, $ 15
5/4            1997 New York - Anthony’s Nose, $ 15
6/1            1998 South Carolina - Dorn Gold Mine, $ 15
6/3            1998 New York - Mineralogy of St. Lawrence County, $ 20
6/4            1998 Life and Times of Benjamin Shaub, $ 15
7/1            1999 England - B.M. Wright - Mineral Dealer, $ 15
7/2,3         1999 Virginia-Missouri Lead Industry I and II, $ 35
7/4            1999 Travels of California Gold, $ 15
8/1            2000 Utah - Red Petrified Wood, Yellow Cat Area, Grand County, $ 10
8/2            2000 Arthur Montgomery, $ 15
8/4            2000 Michigan - Reeder Mineral Collection, $ 20
9/1            2001 Pennsylvania - Garnet Mines of Chelsea, $ 20
9/2            2001 New York - Tilley Foster Iron Mine, $ 20
9/4            2001 Michigan - A. E. Seaman, $ 20
10/1          2002 New South Wales - Mineral and Mining History, Torrington Region, $ 20
11/1          2003 Michigan Gold, Magnet Cove, $ 25
11/2          2003 Pennsylvania - Ecton-Perkiomen Mine, $ 25
11/4          2003 Georgia - Mineral History of Georgia, $ 30


Where are the issues of the Mineralogical Record?  They are located in various catalogs on this website depending on the primary content of each issue


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