May 2005 Vol.35 Num.5
Table of Contents (pdf)
Features
Nature's Palette
Where do minerals get their colors?
by Bob Jones
Ramaura Cultured Rubies
Synthetics so good they fooled the experts
by Steve Voynick
The Frugal Collector: The Feldspar Group
Part I: The potassium feldspars
by Bob Jones
Roadside Panning Sites in California
Part II: Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, and Lake counties
by David and Clois Walker
The ChuanJie Dinosaur Graveyard
China's bone beds hold hundreds of fossils
by Timothy Huang
Rock & Gem Kids
How to choose rocks for your tumbler
by Steve Decker
The Terminal Rockhound
Some people just can't help finding rocks
by Banjo Bandolas
The Orphan Mine
A look back at the Grand Canyon's mining days
by Sheri Weinberger
African Blue Lace Agate
A fine quartz gem from Namibia
by Brad L. Cross
Field Trips
North Dakota Agates
Collecting on the banks of Trenton Lake
by Kenneth H. Rohn
Red Bed Mineral Collecting
Copper minerals abound at the Nacimiento Mine
by Gary Brown
Projects
Sculpt a Soapstone Candlestick
A perfect project for the beginning carver
by Diane Prokop
Table of Contents (pdf)
Features
Nature's Palette
Where do minerals get their colors?
by Bob Jones
Ramaura Cultured Rubies
Synthetics so good they fooled the experts
by Steve Voynick
The Frugal Collector: The Feldspar Group
Part I: The potassium feldspars
by Bob Jones
Roadside Panning Sites in California
Part II: Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, and Lake counties
by David and Clois Walker
The ChuanJie Dinosaur Graveyard
China's bone beds hold hundreds of fossils
by Timothy Huang
Rock & Gem Kids
How to choose rocks for your tumbler
by Steve Decker
The Terminal Rockhound
Some people just can't help finding rocks
by Banjo Bandolas
The Orphan Mine
A look back at the Grand Canyon's mining days
by Sheri Weinberger
African Blue Lace Agate
A fine quartz gem from Namibia
by Brad L. Cross
Field Trips
North Dakota Agates
Collecting on the banks of Trenton Lake
by Kenneth H. Rohn
Red Bed Mineral Collecting
Copper minerals abound at the Nacimiento Mine
by Gary Brown
Projects
Sculpt a Soapstone Candlestick
A perfect project for the beginning carver
by Diane Prokop
