Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 7 Issue 7

Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 7 Issue 7 is now available here.

This month, in this 65 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:

  • Actinolite Find in the 1960s in California. This month, Rolf tells us about an actinolite find from when he was a kid.
  • Minerals and Elements: Arsenic – The next in the series, arsenic, a very toxic and potent poison.
  • Mineral Snippet – Botallackite, a mineral that was thought to be a variety of atacamite for almost a hundred years.
  • Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 3, Part 12 – Ianthinite to Ilmenite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
  • A new book: A Practical Guide to Collecting Minerals and Crystals, by Tony Forsyth.
  • Locality Snippet – Bicker’s Quarry, Dargaville, New Zealand. This month, We look at the zeolites and other minerals from a small disused quarry in New Zealand.