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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 5 Issue 1...

...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 the Washington Camp – Duquesne area of Arizona.
* Mineral Snippet – Pyrrhotite – James tells us everything we need to know about the mineral, pyrrhotite.
* Sagenite and Sagenitic Quartz – Herwig explains what the term sagenite is and when we should use it.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 1, Part 11 – Calderite to Ceruleite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Don’t believe everything you read! It must be true. I read it on the internet!

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 5 Issue 2...

...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 behind by some unknown prospector or other person, and his attempts at identifying where they originally came from.
* Mineral Snippet Gmelinite – James tells us everything we need to know about the zeolite, gmelinite.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 1, Part 12 – Cerussite to Cervelleite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Riverland Gem and Mineral Show, Loxton, South Australia – Practically no shows for two years. This one was a welcome return, and conducted in a safe way. Hopefully more to come!

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles vol 5 issue 3...

...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.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 1, Part 13 – Chabazite to Chalconatronite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Mineral Snippet – Carletonite. James tells us everything we need to know about carletonite.
* Forgotten Mines at Worlds End, South Australia – Part 1. Zahn tells us the history of some mines near Burra, South Australia.
* A Change In Profession. Rolf tells us about a story that took on a life of its own.
* Mineral Snippet – Sulvanite. James tells us everything we need to know about sulvanite.

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A Collector's Guide to the Minerals of Lake Boga is now published.

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 not been found anywhere else (ulrichite, lakebogaite and bleasdaleite).

This book is one of a series of Collector’s Guides, designed to help mineral collectors identify minerals that they may have in their collections from the localities. This book includes 128 pages describing most of the minerals that occur, and 177 colour photographs.

Details here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/03/18/a-collectors-guide-to-the-minerals-of-lake-boga-victoria-australia/

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles vol 5 issue 4 is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/04/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-4/

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 after him.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia. Volume 1, Part 14 – Chalcophanite to Christelite. The next instalment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Locality Snippet – Toombeola Quarry, County Galway, Ireland.
* Bisbee Arizona Chalcoalumite Story. Rolf tells us about acquiring specimens of the uncommon copper aluminium sulphate, chalcoalumite. Lots of blue!
* Minerals and Elements: Beryllium. The next in the series on elements and minerals. Beryl is the best-known beryllium containing species, but there are lots more. Many specimens and photos courtesy Henk Smeets.

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles vol 5 issue 5...

...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 the Arroyos of the Caballos - Mike tells us about collecting micros in Arroyos (dry streambeds) in New Mexico.
* Show Report – Tea Tree Gully, South Australia.
* Calderonite and Brackebuschite - Rolf tells us about these two rare vanadium-bearing minerals, and the challenges in identifying them.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 1, Part 15 – Chromite to Claudetite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 5 Issue 6 is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/06/19/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-6/.

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 Australia.
* Show Report – Palmer, South Australia.
* Minerals and Elements: Carbon. The next in the series on elements and minerals. Carbon – the element of life!
* Middlemarch Mine Slag Locality, Dragoon Mts., Arizona. Rolf tells us about the minerals found is slag specimens that he collected at the Middlemarch Mine.
* Mineral Snippet – Coquimbite.
* Book Review – The Minerals of the Meadowfoot Smelter, by Steve Rust.

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 5 Issue 7 is now available here sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/07/16/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-7/.

This month, in this 93 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:

* Mineral Snippet – Henmilite.
* Hardness and the Hardness of Minerals. Do you know the difference between indentation hardness, rebound hardness, and scratch hardness? I didn’t. Noel Kennon explains.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 1, Part 17 – Cobaltite to Corrensite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Minerals and Elements: Nitrogen. The next in the series on elements and minerals. Nitrogen makes up around 78% of the air that we breathe, but isn’t in many minerals.
* Small Mine in the Northern Dragoon Mountains, Arizona. Rolf takes us to a copper mine about 110km east of Tucson.
* Locality Snippet – Csódi Hill, Dunabogdány, Hungary.

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 5 Issue 8...
...is now available here sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/08/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-8/

This month, in this 88 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:

* In case you missed it…
* Locality Snippet – Ma’ale Adumim, Palestine, a locality with some interesting and unique minerals and geology.
* Mineral Snippet – Narsarsukite.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia. Volume 1, Part 18 – Corundum to Crocoite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Minerals and Elements: Oxygen. The next in the series on elements and minerals. This month, we look at a very reactive element that is essential to life.
* History around Gold Camp, Arizona. Rolf tells us about lumber mills, mining, and bootlegging in southern Arizona.
* Mineral Snippet – Ludlockite.

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 5 Issue 9 is now available here. https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/09/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-9/

This month, in this 64 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:
* 2022 Ballarat Gem and Mineral Show
* Gold on Copper from the Carmen de Andacollo Mine, Chile. Rolf tells us about some interesting copper specimens from Chile.
* An Indian Mud Map. Noel gets really excited about the chance to dig some rubies!
* Minerals and Elements: Fluorine. The next in the series on elements and minerals. This month, we look at fluorine.
* Mineral Snippet – Pickeringite.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 1, Part 19 – Cronstedtite to Cyrilovite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Locality Snippet – Davier Mine, South Dakota, USA. A mine operated for uranium in the late 1800s.

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 5 Issue 10 is now available here sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/10/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-10/.

This month, in this 69 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:
* Locality Snippet - Wheal Remfry, Cornwall. A look at the China Clay industry in Cornwall, and in particular, minerals from Wheal Remfry.
* Cornish Mineral Heritage – A link to some of the mineral collection housed at the Royal Cornwall Museum.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 2, Part 1 – Danalite to Dietrichite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Mineral Snippet – Pentagonite
* Minerals and Elements: Neon and Sodium. The next in the series on elements and minerals. This month, we look at neon and sodium.
* The Harding Mine, New Mexico. Rolf takes us to the Harding Mine, a pegmatite that has the largest occurrence of microlite in the USA, and now owned by the University of New Mexico.
* Mineral Snippet – Metatyuyamunite

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 5 Issue 11 is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/11/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-11/.

This month, in this 91 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:

* Southwest Mine, Bisbee Arizona. This month, Rolf takes us to an old historic mine very close to the township of Bisbee, Arizona.
* Minerals and Elements: Magnesium. The next in the series on elements and minerals. This month, we look at magnesium.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 2, Part 2 – Digenite to Dolomite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Mineral Snippet – Minrecordite
* Australasian Regional News. A few show reports and the Australasian Mineralogical Societies Seminar.
* Locality Snippet - Akatore Creek, Dunedin, New Zealand. This month, we look at a manganese deposit at the southern end of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 5 Issue 12 is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2022/12/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-5-issue-12/
This month, in this 72 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:
* Minerals and Elements: Aluminium - The next in the series on elements and minerals. This month, we look at Aluminium.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 2, Part 3 – Doloresite to Dyscrasite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Mineral Snippet – Karibibite
* Locality Snippet – Les Montmins, France. This month, we travel to the Montmins mine in central France.
* Small Calcite Prospect in the Tombstone District. This month, Rolf takes us to some old mines near Tombstone, Arizona, that now appear to be off-limits on private property.
* A field trip to Mount Shadwell, Victoria.

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 6 Issue 1 is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2023/01/14/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-6-issue-1/.

This month, in this 82 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:
* New and Redefined Minerals, November 2022, and Tucson!
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 2, Part 3 – Eastonite to Eriochalcite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Mineral Snippet – Carpholite and Juangodoyite
* Locality Snippet – Ecuador. This month, we travel to Ecuador in South America, a country not generally well-represented in mineral collections.
* Small Cu-Ag Prospect in the Dragoon Mountains. This month, Rolf searches an area that has produced wulfenite but finds other species instead.
* Minerals and Elements: Silicon. The next in the series on elements and minerals. This month, we look at Silicon.
* Sticky Label Residue Removal - A method of addressing the challenge of removing that awful sticky residue that some labels leave behind.

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Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 6 Issue 2 is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/index.php/2023/02/15/monthly-mineral-chronicles-volume-6-issue-2/
This month, in this 77 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia Volume 2, Part 5 – Erionite to Evansite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.
* Density and Density of Minerals. Think you know about density? Check out Noel’s article to see if you really do!
* Mineral Snippet – Prehnite
* Locality Snippet – Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. This month, we travel back in time and look at an old specimen with a bit of history.
* Collecting at the Stewart Mine in California. This month, Rolf tells a tale of elbaite, oranges, and a near miss!
* A short note on Collecting Antique & Historic Minerals. James discusses the case for retaining historic labels.
* Minerals and Elements: Phosphorus. The next in the series on elements and minerals. This month, we look at Phosphorus, an element essential to life.