FIELD NOTES

Working With Lab-Grown Quartz

In past articles, I have discussed utilizing synthetic

STUDYING WOODWARD RANCH ‘BISCUIT’ CABS

Editor’s Note: These features showcase interactions

Wulfenite, Molybdenite & Molybdenum

Of the 42 minerals that contain molybdenum as an essential

ZUUL CRURIVASTATOR CALLS ONTARIO HOME

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is preparing to unveil

SWEDISH PEAKS, HIDDEN LAKES, NEBRASKA ERRATICS

Sweden has a massif called Kebnekaise (keb-na kais-a)

Zimbabwe’s Mtorolite

Mtorolite is a chrome chalcedony that comes from a

Part 1 Post Denver Mineral Show

For many decades I’ve enjoyed attending the September

Chalcopyrite with Dolomite

Enchanting iridescent crystals of chalcopyrite reside

IDAHO’S PYROMORPHITE BONANZA

SILVER VALLEY MINES SOURCE FINE SPECIMENS

MINERALS THROUGH GEOLOGIC TIME

Part 2: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras

ROCK & GEM KIDS

Jim Brace-Thompson began and oversees the AFMS Badge

Artistic QUARTZ

OFFERING VERSATILITY AS A LAPIDARY MEDIUM

DINOSAUR ICHNOLOGY

THE STUDY OF TRACKS COMES OF AGE

Complexity, Appeal of Apophyllite

As is often the case within the mineralogical universe

Russia’s Lapidary Wealth

Russia could cover the world with gorgeous stones