Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 8 Issue 10…

…is now available here.

This month, in this 74 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:

  • Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico. This month, Rolf tells us about the very first of the Milpillas azurites reaching the United States.
  • Minerals and Elements: Antimony. The next in the series, antimony, an element that was used as ancient dark eyeliner.
  • Mineral Snippet – Sphalerite. The single most important ore of zinc.
  • Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 5, Part 5 – Mawsonite to Melonite.
  • Australasian Mining History Association (AMHA) Conference. A report on the AMHA conference held in Broken Hill.
  • Locality Snippet – Locality Snippet – Singer Mine, Goodsprings, Nevada, USA. This month, we visit a historic mining operation that has produced a range of interesting Cu, Cr, Pb, and Zn secondary minerals.