Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 8 Issue 12…

is now available here.

This month, in this 61 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:

  • Mineral Snippet – Goethite. A common, but interesting mineral.
  • Not all that Glitters is Gold. Paul shares an analysis of a goethite specimen from the Czech Republic.
  • Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 5, Part 7 – Metaschoepite to Microcline.
  • Locality Snippet – Rock Island Dam, Douglas County, Washington, USA, a place where zeolites were first discovered during the deepening of a channel in a river.
  • Courtland and Gleeson Mine Confusion, Cochise Co. Arizona. This month, Rolf tells us about the challenges of putting names to mines.
  • Minerals and Elements: Iodine, an element that, when gently heated, transforms directly from a solid into a cloud of purple vapour.