Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 6 Issue 6…

…is now available here.

This month, in this 120(!) page full-colour issue we have the following articles:

  • Locality Snippet – Chaillac, France. This month, we look at a locality in France that has produced significant amounts of barite and fluorite.
  • How to distinguish between Cavansite and Pentagonite. Ed discusses the similarities and differences between these two rare minerals.
  • Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag prospect in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona. This month, Rolf takes us to a remote prospect in the Chiricahua Mountains.
  • Mineral Snippet – Strontio-orthojoaquinite
  • Minerals and Elements: Calcium. The next in the series on elements and minerals. This month, we look at Calcium.
  • Illustrated Minerals of Australia. Volume 2, Part 9 – Fluorite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
  • A visit to the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum, Bathurst. James takes us on a virtual tour the world-class Warren Somerville fossil and mineral collection, Bathurst, New South Wales.