Turning MINERALS Into ART

Editor’s Letter

My daughter took ceramics last semester. It was

PER THE FOSSIL RECORD, Early Mammals Sported Brawn over Brain

Conventional wisdom is that mammals survived and thrived

A Carbon-Neutral Future with “Green” Steel and Cement?

Steel and cement, built from natural earth resources,

Cell Phones Enable Citizen Scientists to Help

Photos courtesy to Getty Images Per recent articles

Green Mining? It Might Be On the Way

Per an article in Time magazine, green mining

A New Way to “See” Underground and Help Save Lives

There are many ways to “see” underground to

The Story That Refuses to Die: The Day the Dinosaurs Died!

For many months, in the popular and scientific

Viking Ivory Discovered in Ukraine

Photos courtesy to Getty Images While daily political

New Takes on Spinosaurus

Go to any gem show and you will

EXPLORING QUARTZ INCLUSIONS

Understanding the Science Behind the Beauty

EXPLORE NEW YORK’S HELDERBERG ESCARPMENT

One of the World’s Richest Fossil- Bearing Formations

Heathergems: Scottish Heather Turned into Jewelry Gems

This bluish-green ring captures the essence of ocean

JURASSIC FOREST

“Life Finds a Way” Excited about the new

FALLEN TREE THUNDEREGGS

Somewhere in the mid-1960s in the Ochoco Mountains

HOW TO MAKE A HOMEMADE WOOD BUR

There may come a time when you can’t

ROCK & GEM FIELD GUIDE: Fluorite

F luorite(CaF 2 ) is one of the

The Magical MONSTONE

Moonstones in various colors. Moonstone is one of

RINGING ROCKS &STRIKE A TUNE

Everyone loves a mystery, especially when it sounds

Back to the School House Rocks

Tourmaline The versatile apophyllite Photo by Jan Haerer

COMMON OPAL . . . UNCOMMON BEAUT Y

When it comes to the value and popularity

An Australian Rock Hound Trip

Specimens collected by Bob Jones were used to

ARAGONITE

ROCKS, MINERALS AND JEWELRY