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Mexico’s Electric Blue Azurites
The Milpillas mine produces beautiful crystal specimens
by Bob Jones
The Fastest Diamond Finds in Arkansas
Some people make it look so easy
by Glenn W. Worthington
Rock & Gem Kids
Kid-size articles, puzzles and prizes
Mineral Collecting in Northern Vietnam
Treasures from the Luc Yen mining district
by David Bright
Classic Agates
There are a handful of historically important sources
by Bob Jones
Baltic Amber
An emissary from the past
by Gaston Lacombe
Field Trip:
Yellow Water Reservoir Fossils
Collecting Cretaceous creatures in Montana
by Kenneth H. Rohn
Field Trip:
Collecting Badlands “Brain Coral” Cobbles
Exotic quartzite from Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin
by Carl F. Brink, G.G.
REGULAR COLUMNS
Picks & Pans
Museum exhibits, book reviews, hobby news
Craftsman of the Month
Stone rooster mosaic
by Peg Otto
Show Dates
Mark your calendar!
Shop Talk
Cabbing on the Cheap
by William A. Kappele
Rock Science
Observations on Obsidian
by Steve Voynick
Off the Dop
Aligning the Girdle
by Jim Perkins
Many Facets
DJG Quartz Cushion
by David Groncki
On the Rocks
Remembering Jeff Kurtzeman
by Bob Jones
Field Notes
Reader letters
