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[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 3 Issue 2 has just been published and you can find it here – https://sorrellpublications.mineralcollective.com/index.php/2020/02/13/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-2/.

This month, in this 70 page full-colour issue, we have:

* An article on the Last Chance Mine, Courtland, Arizona. Who knew that one mine could produce so many different habits of azurite?
* Retgersite Mineral Snippet.
* A look at the Broken Hill (New South Wales) smelters, and some of the slag minerals that occur there.
* A Collector’s Guide to Paramount Canyon, New Mexico, one of the few localities worldwide that produces red beryl.
* In Case You Missed It
* The Loxton (South Australia) Gem and Mineral Show.

[ALshawani]

Hello
Thank you for this great effort ... but I am asking about the password to download the files, and is it one word or each version with its own word and my respect goes up

[crocoite]

Thanks :)

It is a different password for each issue.

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 3 Issue 3 has just been published and you can find it here – https://sorrellpublications.mineralcollective.com/index.php/2020/03/12/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-3

This month, in this 135(!) page full-colour issue, we have a number of reports from Tucson.

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 3 Issue 4 is now available.

This month, in this 127 page full-colour issue, we have lots of examples of things you can do while you are isolated. Also, articles on darkfield illumination, the Defiance Mine, Gleeson, Cochise Co., Arizona, the minerals of the Don Hill Cutting, Devonport, Tasmania and reports on the Hobart Mineral Show, Tasmania, the International Mineral Show, Rijswijk, Netherlands, and more on the Tucson Show with Paul Stephen Cyr.

After I received Brian Beyer’s article on darkfield illumination, I had a go at building something using black card. It works quite well.

Available here https://sorrellpublications.mineralcollective.com/index.php/2020/04/14/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-4/

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 3 Issue 5 is now available.

This month, in this 50 page full-colour issue, we have the first in a short series of the story of Broken Hill, a report on the 2020 Scottish mineral, fossil and jewellery show, an article on the San Diego Mine, Tombstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona, and more.

Available here - https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2020/05/13/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-5/

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles Vol 3 Issue 6 is now available here https://sorrellpublications.mineralcollective.com/index.php/2020/06/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-6/

This month, in this 70 page full-colour issue, we have a report on a “candle” quartz locality in Tasmania, the second part of a short series of the story of Broken Hill, an article on fossils from Cochise Co., Arizona, an article on focus stacking and how to deal with its issues, and a Dealer Focus.

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles vol 3 issue 7 is now available here https://sorrellpublications.mineralcollective.com/index.php/2020/07/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-7/

This month, in this 70 page full-colour issue, we have an article on rare minerals from volcanic fumaroles such as Etna and Tolbachik, the third part of a short series of the story of Broken Hill, an article on the Rowley Mine, Arizona, an article on Wagholi, India, more on focus stacking, a Dealer Focus, and golden barite from Tasmania.

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 3 Issue 8 is now available here - https://sorrellpublications.mineralcollective.com/index.php/2020/08/13/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-8/

This month, in this 57 page full-colour issue, we have a short editorial, the following articles: Dobšiná – Flos Ferri Paradise in Slovakia, Greaterville Arizona Gold Search, Part 1 of the Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga, Victoria, and a Mineral Snippet – Allanite.

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 3 Issue 9 is now available here - https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2020/09/14/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-9

This month, in this 62 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles:

* Minerals from the Renison Bell Tin Mine, Western Tasmania
* The Element of Surprise
* The Johnson Mine, Cochise County, Arizona
* Dealer Focus Alan Benson
* Miller Indices
* Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga Part 2

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles vol 3 issue 10 is now available - https://sorrellpublications.mineralcollective.com/index.php/2020/10/16/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-10/

This month, in this 53 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles:

* 2020 – the year that keeps on giving!
* Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga Part 3
* The Destiny of a Collection
* The Denver Show 2020
* Silver Cloud Mine, Dragoon Mountains, Arizona
* Mineral Snippet – Datolite

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles vol 3 issue 11 is now available - https://sorrellpublications.mineralcollective.com/index.php/2020/11/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-11

This month, in this 71 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles:

* Show News
* Franklin Gem & Mineral Show
* NY-NJ Gem Show
* Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga Part 4
* Mineral Snippet – Luinaite-(OH)
* Gallagher and Manila Mines, Cochise County, Arizona
* Mineral Snippet – Columbite-(Fe)

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 3 Issue 12 is now available.

This month, in this 77 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles:
* Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga Part 5
* Preserving Provenance – every specimen has a story… until it doesn’t
* Tres Alamos Wash Prospect, north of Benson, Arizona
* Mineral Snippet – Bustamite
* Dealer Focus – Pristine Minerals
* The Australian Amateur Mineralogist Magazine
* Obscure Mineral Locality – Island Magee

Available here - https://sorrellpublications.mineralcollective.com/index.php/2020/12/12/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-3-issue-12

[crocoite]

Monthly Mineral Chronicles vol 4 issue 1 is now available.

For the start of a new year, one full of hope(!), we have a new look. This month, in this 58 page full-colour issue, we have the following articles:

* Cutting Cabochon Days, Rolf Luetcke. Rolf takes us back to the days when he used to cut and polish cabochons.
* Mineral Snippet – Hellyerite
* Collector’s Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga Part 6, Steve Sorrell. This part of the Lake Boga series looks at the remaining copper species.
* Widmanstätten Structures, Noel Kennon. Ever wondered about those odd markings on some cut faces on meteorites? Noel digs into these patterns.
* The Ironclad Mine – Farmcote Station, Broken Hill District, New South Wales, Trevor Dart. Trevor describes the interesting mineralogy of this lesser-known silver mine near Broken Hill.

Available here - https://sorrellpublications.mineralcollective.com/index.php/2021/01/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-4-issue-1/