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Editor’s Letter

Happy New Year! I hope this magazine finds

Two Big Quakes Give Seismologists Much to Unravel

And Policy Makers Much To Do

One Big Whale’s Tale!

Photos courtesy AdobeStock It’s become a truism taught

Carbon Capture Is All the Rage

In efforts to combat global warming caused by

Recreating the Jewelry of Our Ancestors

Archeologists have often pulled individual beads, pendants, rings

When Ice Covered Earth

They’ve dubbed it “Snowball Earth.” For a while

New Fossil Complicates the Emergence of Birds

In the days of old, bird evolution was

At Long Last, Settling on the Lunar South Pole

A Scientific & Political Win for India

Death by Fire

A New Twist on Pleistocene Extinctions

The Scientific Bounty in Returning Rocks from Mars

But Will Practical Costs Outweigh Invaluable Science?

Mapping the Effects of Mining Pollution

Photos courtesy AdobeStock It’s an absolute necessity :

Reviving Retired Mines?

On a visit I made to Calico Ghost

The Pink Diamonds of Argyle

Forged Long Ago in the Heat of a Vanished Land

Pegmatites: Large & In Charge!

Minas Gerais or ‘General Mines’ is a deceptively

Names & Numbers Keeping Track of 6,000 Minerals

A few hours at a mineralogical museum or

Reading Between the Lines: A Lighthearted Guide to Guidebooks

“What do you mean, no road?” I asked

DAVIS CREEK CAT’S EYE OBSIDIAN

Davis Creek Obsidian is a popular lapidary material

Space Rocks: Martian Meteors & More

Gibeon meteorites are older than the Earth and

EXCAVATING IDAHO SUNSET SEAM AGATE

As time moves forward, it seems as if

Rock & Gem Field Guide: Amethyst

A methyst’s almost universal appeal has made this

BLESSED EMPRESS

Danburite gemstone faceted in the Blessed Empress design.

Dazzling Pink Danburite Rivals Top Gemstones

They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend

Ultra Tec Meeting THE NEEDS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

For 58 years, ULTRA TEC has been at

HOW TO PREPARE & PRESERVE FOSSILS

How often do you find that treasured fossil

7 Tips for Using Mineral Models TO PRODUCE Digital Art

A question that crops up early on when

Life on Europa?

NASA’s 2024 Mission Seeks to Find the Answer

When Lightning Strikes: The Story of Fulgurite

Fulgurites — from the Latin fulgur, meaning “thunderbolt”

State Line Serpentine Barrens

Finding Magnesite & Chrysotile in Southeast PA

Geology Along New Mexico’s Turquoise Trail

MORE THAN THE BLUE-GREEN MINERAL

THE MANY FACES OF HEMATITE

Sheer abundance and a mundane chemistry identical to

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Mineral Collecting & Lapidary

With Tucson’s annual Gem and Mineral Show taking

BLUE-CAPPED TOURMALINE ON QUARTZ

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