This video is focussed on the Platt Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, best known for its specimens of crocoite and pyromorphite. It takes me back. I collected underground here at the Platt Mine many many years ago. I was in the pyromorphite zone with my daughter and then leaseholder, Bruce Stark, when...
…is now available here. This month, in this 63 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Locality Snippet – French Guiana. Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 1, Part 16 – Clausthalite to Cobaltaustinite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in...
…is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/05/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-5/ This month, in this 67 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Minerals and Elements: Boron – The next in the series on elements and minerals. Boron occurs mainly in borates and borosilicates. Locality Snippet – Marie Mine, Carbon Co., Montana, USA Micros of...
Micromount Club Zoom Session 22 07 – Introduction to WordPress is now available here. I walked through the basics of WordPress and explained how I set up and use my site, pebblecollection.com, for cataloguing minerals. Check out previous videos here.
Last weekend, I headed over to South Australia to visit the Tea Tree Gully Gem and Mineral Club Show. Here is a short video report…
…is now available here. This month, in this 70 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Locality Snippet – Bieber, Germany. The Bieber area is the Type Locality for bieberite and rösslerite. Mineral Snippet – Newberyite. James tells us about James Cosmo Newbery and this rare cave mineral named...
This Collector’s Guide is now available as either an electronic issue or as a printed book. The Lake Boga quarry in northwest Victoria has been known to produce a range of interesting minerals. More than 70 species have been identified, including copper and uranium phosphates amongst others. Three minerals have...
…is now available here sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/03/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-3 This month, in this 91 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Editorial Sample Mineral Collection – Rolf tells us about the different types of collections he used to make. Minerals and Elements: Lithium – The next in the series on elements and minerals....
Gold, n.:“A soft malleable metal relatively scarce in distribution. It is mined deep in the earth by poor men who then give it to rich men who immediately bury it back in the earth in great prisons, although gold hasn’t done anything to them.“ Mike Harding, “The Armchair Anarchist’s Almanac”...
…is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/02/13/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-2/ This month, in this 81 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Minerals and Elements: Helium. – The next in the series on elements and minerals. A Location Named China Camp near Wickenburg Arizona – Rolf tells us about a find of minerals left...
…is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/01/14/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-1/ This month, in this 85 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Minerals and Elements: Hydrogen – The first of a series on elements and minerals. Washington Camp – Duquesne, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona – Rolf tells us about the mines and minerals in...
…is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2021/12/16/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-4-issue-12. This month, in this 121 page full-colour issue we have the following articles: Editorial The Graulai Quarry in the Volcanic Eifel in Germany. Henk describes recent finds from this prolific micromineral-producing locality in Germany. Mineral Snippet – Stichtite. James tells us everything we need to...
