"Secondary minerals produced by weathering of the Wolf Creek meteorite"

(with E. P. Henderson and B. Mason) American Mineralogist, v. 52:1190-1197, 1967

"Aragonite and calcite in mollusks from the Pennsylvanian Kendrick shale" (with E. L. Yochelson and M. Gordon, Jr.) U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 575D:76-78, 1967

"Switzerite, (Mn,Fe)3(PO4)2.4H2O, a new mineral" (with P. B. Leavens) American Mineralogist, v. 52:1595-1602, 1967

"Olivine-garnet transformation in a meteorite" (with B. Mason and J. A. Nelen) Science, v. 160:66-67, 1968

"A lithiophosphate occurrence in North Carolina"

American Mineralogist, v. 54:1467-1469, 1969

"Mineralogy and petrology of Lunar samples" (with B. Mason, K. Fredriksson, E. P. Henderson, E. Jarosewich, W. G. Melson and K. M. Towe) Science, v. 167:656-659, 1970

"New data for plattnerite"

Mineralogical Record, v. 1:75-80, 1970

"Eakerite - a new tin silicate" (with P. B. Leavens and M. H. Hey) Mineralogical Record, v. 1:92-96, 1970

"Second occurrence of benstonite"

Mineralogical Record, v. 1:141-142, 1970

"Color Underground, the mineral picture book" (book) (with photos by L. Boltin) Scribner’s and Sons, NY, 62 pp., 1971

"Appendix" in Glossary of Mineral Species, by M. Fleischer, Mineralogical Record, 17 pp. 1971

"Tennantite-tetrahedrite from Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico" Mineralogical Record, v. 3:115-119, 1972

"A scanning microscopy study of minerals in geodes from Chihuahua, Mexico" (with R. B. Finkelman, J. J. Matsko, C. C. Woo and W. R. Brown) Mineralogical Record, v. 3:205-212, 1972

"Tetrawickmanite, tetragonal MnSn(OH)6, a new mineral from North Carolina, and the stottite group" (with J. A. Nelen) Mineralogical Record, v. 4:24-30, 1973

"Brannockite, a new tin silicate" (with J. E. Arem, J. A. Nelen, P. B. Leavens and R. W. Thomssen) Mineralogical Record, v. 4:73-76, 1973

"Extreme symmetrical distortion of pyrite from Naica, Mexico" Mineralogical Record, v. 4:267-270, 1973

"Levyne-offretite intergrowths from basalt near Beech Creek, Grant County, Oregon" (with R. A. Sheppard, A. J. Gude 3rd and G. A. Desborough) American Mineralogist, v. 59:837-842, 1975

"Levyne-offretite from Beech Creek, Oregon"

Mineralogical Record, v. 6:171-173, 1975

"Chromian alumohydrocalcite from California, and knipovichite discredited" (with G. E. Dunning and J. F. Cooper, Jr.) Mineralogical Record, v. 6:180-183, 1975

"Fersmite from North Carolina" (with J. A. Nelen) Mineralogical Record, v. 6:276-277, 1975

"A new mineral almost - III"

Mineralogical Record, 7:83, 1976

"The structure of crichtonite and its relationship to senaite" (with I. E. Grey and D. J. Lloyd) American Mineralogist, v. 61:1203-1212, 1976

"La collection de mineralogie de l’Institution Smithsonian" Le Monde et les Mineraux, no. 15:394-397, 1976

"A catalog of the type specimens in the mineral collection, National Museum of Natural History" (with A. Roe) Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences, no. 18, 43 pp.. 1976

"An experiment in specimen appraisal" (with W. E. Wilson) Mineralogical Record, v. 8:38-40, 1977

"The Kegel collection"

Mineralogical Record, v. 8:51-53, 1977

"Kingsmountite, a new mineral isostructural with montgomeryite" (with P. J. Dunn, D. R. Peacor and R. A. Ramik) Canadian Mineralogist, v. 17:579-582, 1979

"Boehmite exsolution in corundum"

American Mineralogist, v. 64, 1300-1302, 1979

"Lorettoite discredited and chubutite reviewed"

American Mineralogist, v. 64:1303-1305, 1979

"Sulfur in pyrite crystal-shaped cavities in quartz"

Mineralogical Record, v. 11:99-100, 1980

"Lyman House Memorial Museum, Hilo, Hawaii"

Mineralogical Record, v. 12:89-91, 1981

"Mineralogy of the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, North Carolina" in Geological Investigations of the Kings Mountain belt and adjacent areas in the Carolinas, Carolina Geological Society Field Trip Guide Book 1981, 39-48, 1981

"Grothine discredited, equals norbergite"

Mineralogical Record, v. 12:377-378, 1981

"Barian goyazite from Brazil"

Mineralogical Record, v. 12:379, 1981

"Collecting minerals"

Encyclopedia of Mineralogy, Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Inc., 82-86, 1981

"Wolframite group"

Encyclopedia of Mineralogy, Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Inc. 520-521, 1981

"Minerals of the Puu o Ehu quarry, Hawaii"

Mineralogical Record, v. 15:95-97, 1984

"The U. S. National Collection still grows"

Mineralogical Record, v. 15:165-170, 1984

"Vanadinite from Touissit, Morocco, and comments on endlichite"

Mineralogical Record, v. 15:347-350, 1984

"Hutchinsonite from Quiruvilca, Peru"

Mineralogical Record, v. 16:459-460, 1985

"The nation’s gem collection - one hundred years"

Earth Sciences History, v. 5:159-169, 1986

"Switzerite redefined as Mn3(PO4)2.7H2O, and metaswitzerite, Mn3(PO4)2.4H2O" (with P. B. Leavens and P. F. Zanazzi) American Mineralogist, v. 71:1221-1223, 1986

"Crystal structure of switzerite, Mn3(PO4)2.7H2O, and its relationship to metaswitzerite, Mn3(PO4)2.4H2O" (with P. F. Zanazzi and P. B. Leavens) American Mineralogist, v. 71:1224-1228, 1986

"Neotocite from the Foote mine, North Carolina"

Mineralogical Record, v. 18:133-134, 1987

"Pokrovskite, a common mineral"

Mineralogical Record, v. 18:135-136, 1987

"Monazite and calcioancylite from the Foote mine, North Carolina"

Mineralogical Record, v. 18:203-205, 1987

"An unusual quartz crystal from Zaire"

Mineralogical Record, v. 18:207-209, 1987

"The colorful vanadium minerals: a brief review and a new classification" (with H. T. Evans) Mineralogical Record, v. 18:333-340, 1987

"Strontianite, reference sample for electron microprobe and SEM analyses" (with E. Jarosewich) Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 57:762-763, 1987

"Classification of gemstone cuts, Part I" (with D. E. Udey)

American Gemcutter, Oct., 12 pp., 1987

"Classification of gemstone cuts, Part II" ( with D. E. Udey)

American Gemcutter, Mar., 6 pp., 1988

"Aesthetik und wettbewerb - sammeln und sammler in Amerika und Eruopa,

ein vergleich" Munich Show Catalog, Oct.., 44-47, 1988

"Why colored diamonds are, paradoxically, undervalued and often overpriced"

Jewel, premier issue, 61-62, 1988

"A gem-quality iridescent orthoamphibole from Wyoming" (with R. V. Dietrich)

Gems and Gemology, v. 24:161-164, 1988

"Some aspects of modern mineral collection curation" keynote speech given at Mineralogy and Museums Conference, British Museum (NH), London, July, 1988

"In memoriam: Dean A. McCrillis"

Rocks & Minerals, v. 64:418-419, 1989

"A catalog of the type specimens in the mineral collection, National Museum of Natural History" (with P. W. Pohwat) In house, 254 pp., 1989

"Described mineral specimens from Mexico in the U. S. National Museum of Natural History" (with E. W. Claffy) Boletin de Mineralogia, v. 4, 55-75, 1989

"Lithiomarsturite, a new member of the pyroxenoid group, from North Carolina" (with D. R. Peacor, P. J. Dunn, J. D. Grice and P. H. Chi) American Mineralogist, v. 75:409-414, 1990

"Introduction - Minerals of the Carnegie museum of Natural History"

Mineralogical Record, v. 21:12-13, 1990

"Amethyst occurrences of the eastern United States" (with R. B. Cook)

Mineralogical Record, v. 21:203-213, 1990

"Zanazziite, a new member of the roscherite group from Brazil" (with P. B. Leavens and J. A. Nelen) Mineralogical Record, v. 21:413-417, 1990

"Zoned eosphorite from the Lavra da Ilha pegmatite, Taquaral, Brazil"

Mineralogical Record, v. 21:418-422, 1990

"All about azurite"

Colored Stone, v. 4:24-26, 1991

"The case for locality"

Lapidary Journal, v. 45, no. 1:22-30, 1991

"Where to draw the line"

Lapidary Journal, v. 45, no. 3:58-62, 1991

"Calamine and James Smithson"

Matrix, v. 2:17-19, 1991

"Some aspects of modern mineral collection curation"

Mineralogical Record, v. 22:251-254, 1991

"Mangangordonite, a new mineral from Kings Mountain, North Carolina" (with P. B. Leavens, G. W. Robinson and J. A. Nelen) Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie Monatschafte, v. 1991:169-176, 1991

The Smithsonian Treasury: Minerals and Gems (book)

Smithsonian Press, 100 pp., 1991

"Chemistry or Crystal Size?"

Lapidary Journal, v. 45 (No. 7): 32-36,38, Oct. 1991

"World-Class Minerals, The Smithsonian Collection"

Minerals Today, 20-23, Dec. 1991

"George IV's Blue Diamond" Part I (with Mary T. Winters)

Lapidary Journal, v. 45 (No. 9): 34-40, Dec. 1991

"George IV's Blue Diamond" Part II (with Mary T. Winters)

Lapidary Journal, v. 45 (No. 10): 48-52, Jan. 1992

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"Kehoeite is not a valid species"

Mineralogical Magazine, v. 56:256-258, 1992

"An occurrence of bixbyite, spessartine, topaz and pseudobrookite

from Ash Creek near Hayden, Arizona"

Mineralogical Record, v. 23:487-492, 1992

"Crystals are habit forming"

Lapidary Journal, v. 46 (No. 4):32-36,38,40, 1992

"Cu-Ag eutectic mixture produced in a mineral specimen" (with R. V. Dietrich, D. E. Mikkola and L. Sutter) 1992

Unpublished, but cited in Minerals of Michigan (in preparation)

"Smithsonian Institution: La collezione mineralogica" (with Renato Pagano)

Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, v. 16:23-48, 1993

"Smithsonian Institution: Gli esemplari descritti e tipo" (with Esther W. Claffy and Renato Pagano)Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, v. 16:121-132, 1993

"Smithsonian Institution: La collezione gemmologica" (with Renato Pagano)

Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, v. 16:157-172, 1993

"Adularia from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland"

Mineralogical Record, v. 25:53-54, 1994

"Saddle-shaped rhodochrosite crystals from the Foote mine, North Carolina"

Mineralogical Record, v. 25:131, 1994

Guest editorial: "Do your minerals talk to you?"

Mineralogical Record, v. 25:322, 1994

"Der Sonnengott der Azteken, Die Opale der Neuen Welt: ein Uberblick"

Catalog, Mineralientage Munchen, 52-59, 1994

"The Tell-Tale Glow"

Lapidary Journal, v. 48 (No. 8), pp. 35-37,77-78,80, 1994

"Die bizarren Kristallspitzen von Elmwood"

Catalog, Mineralientage Munchen, 38-44, 1995

"Fluorit aus Kentucky & Illinois: die Ben E. Clement mineralien-sammlung"

Catalog, Mineralientage Munchen, 45-50, 1995

"For the Record: How the Mineralogical Record came to be" Matrix, v. 4 (No. 4), pp. 115-128, Winter 1995

"Henry Hope's wundersamer opal und zwei weitere bedeutende Steine" Opal, das edelste Feuer des Mineralreichs, extraLapis No. 10, Christian Weise

Verlag, Munchen, pp. 56-61, 1996

"Museum Support Groups" Guest editorial

Rocks & Minerals, v. 71 (No. 5), p. 304, 1996

"Clueless" (sidebar in "Bumpy Business") Lapidary Journal, v. 50 (No. 6):28.

"Frederick H. Pough - mit 90 Jahren 'top fit.' Wir gratulieren!" Catalog,

Mineralientage Munchen, pp. 24, 26, 1996

"All That Glitters Isn't Goethite: What's Inside Strawberry Quartz" (sidebar in "Strawberry Fields Forever") Lapidary Journal, v. 50 (No. 12),4pp. 2-43, 1997

"Garnet Gems"

Good News, v. 2, (No. 6), p. 16, Aug. 1977

"A Real Gemstone from York County"

Good News, v. 2, (No. 7), p. 18, 1997

"Blue Topaz"

Good News, v. 3, (No. 1) p. 21, 1998

"Collecting Single Crystals"

Rock & Gem, v.28, (No.6), pp. 72-75, 1998

Guest editorial, "Why Can’t They Get It Right"

Rocks & Minerals, v. 73 (No. 4), pp. 240-241, 1998

"Hope’s Wonderful Opal"

Lapidary Journal, v. 52 (No. 5), pp. 44-46,59, 1998

"A New Twin Law, or What?"

Calcite "pseudo-twin"
Annabel Lee mine, Cave-in-Rock, Illinois
Photo by Jeff Scovil

Rocks & Minerals, v. 73 (No. 5), pp. 344-346, 1998.

John White’s "Sort It Out" List (sidebar)

Lapidary Journal, v. 52(No. 10), pp. 50-51, 1999

"Luther Thomas" (sidebar)

Matrix, p. 40, Spring, 1999

"Chinese Beryl Crystals Mimic Twinning" (with R. Peter Richards)

Rocks & Minerals, v. 74 (No. 5), pp. 318-320, 1999.

"Observations on the Strength of Twin Planes"

Rocks & Minerals v. 74 (No. 5), pp. 321-323, 1999.

"The New Mineral and Gem Gallery at the British Museum" (Gallery Reviews)

Mineralogical Record, v. 30:373-377, 1999.

Guest editorial: "Curators in Glass Cages"

Mineralogical Record, v. 31:138, 2000.

"Factors in Assessing a Museum Gallery" (Gallery Reviews)

Mineralogical Record, v. 31:189-190, 2000.

"The Smithsonian’s Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals" (Gallery Reviews) Mineralogical Record, v. 31, 265-271, 2000.

Letter to the Editor, Australian Gemmologist, v. 20, 491-492, 2000

"Strawberry Quartz" (Erdbeer-Quarz) Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gemmologische Gesellschaft, v. 49, 67-74, 2000.

"The R. S. McLaughlin Mineral Hall: Royal Ontario Museum" (Gallery Reviews)

Mineralogical Record, v, 32, 147-151, 2001.

"Tourmaline -- Romancing the Stone: The Many Faces of Tourmaline" Harvard Mineralogical Museum. (Gallery Reviews)

Mineralogical Record, v. 32, 319-320, 2001.

"Let’s Get It Right: Clinozoisite and Epidote from Pakistan." Rocks & Minerals v. 76 (Nr. 5) p. 351, 2001.

"Let’s Get It Right: Quartz (Not Chalcedony) 'Fingers' from Jalgaon, India." Rocks & Minerals v. 76(Nr. 6) p. 419, 2001.

“Let’s Get It Right: More about Epidote and Clinozoisite.” Rocks & Minerals v.77(Nr. 2) p. 131, 2002

“Let’s Get It Right: The Hope Diamond Weighs 45.52 Carats!” Rocks & Minerals v. 77(Nr. 3) p. 191, 2002

“Let’s Get It Right: Cavansite or Pentagonite?” Rocks & Minerals v. 77(Nr. 4) p. 274-275, 2002

“Let’s Get It Right: The –hedrals: Euhedral, Subhedral and Anhedral.” Rocks & Minerals v. 77(Nr. 5) p. 350-351, 2002

Guest editorial, “Collection Disposal” Mineralogical Record v. 33, 458-460, 2002

“Let’s Get It Right: Disbelieving Dissolution.” Rocks & Minerals v. 77(Nr. 6) p. 416-417, 2002

“Let’s Get It Right: Scepters or de-scepters.” Rocks & Minerals v. 78(Nr. 2) p. 132-133, Mar/Apr 2003

Guest editorial, “Collection Disposal Via Executor.” Mineralogical Record v. 34, 130-131, 2003

“Let’s Get It Right: The Cumberland Habit.” Rocks & Minerals v. 78(Nr. 3) p. 196-197, May/Jun 2003

“Let’s Get It Right: Diaphaneity.” Rocks & Minerals v. 78(Nr. 4) p. 272-273, Jul/Aug 2003

“Let’s Get It Right: Using the proper ‘-morph’.” Rocks & Minerals v. 78(Nr. 5) p. 348-350, Sep/Oct 2003

Rock Corner, “I Just Couldn’t Resist!” Lapidary Journal v. 57(Nr. 6), p. 62, September 2003

“Let’s Get It Right: Selenite: Die You Accursed Term.” Rocks & Minerals v. 78(Nr. 6) p. 420-421, Nov/Dec 2003

“Let’s Get It Right: Pockets of Gold?” Rocks & Minerals v. 79(Nr. 1) p. 62-63, Jan/Feb 2004

“The Many Mysteries of Artichoke Quartz from China.” Rocks & Minerals v. 79(Nr. 2) p. 118-123, Mar/Apr 2004

“Let’s Get It Right: Spessartine garnet?” Rocks & Minerals v. 79(Nr. 2) p. 128-129, 2004, Mar/Apr 2004

“Let’s Get It Right: The Nomenclature Debacle.” Rocks & Minerals v. 79(No. 3) p. 192-193, 2004, May/Jun 2004

“Landlocked Coral.” Lapidary Journal, v. 58(No. 2) p. 51-53, May 2004

“Let’s Get It Right: Misinformation about Mars on Earth.” Rocks & Minerals v. 79(nr. 4) p. 277, Jul/Aug 2004

“Let’s Get It Right: Taking It For Granite.” Rocks & Minerals v. 79(nr. 5), p. 349-350, Sep/Oct 2004

“A Wonderful Quartz From China.” Rocks & Minerals v. 80(nr. 1), p. 58-59, Jan/Feb 2005

“Let’s Get It Right: Looking at Mineral Properties.” Rocks & Minerals v. 80(nr. 3), p. 200-201, May/June 2005

“Let’s Get It Right: Tajikistan Heliodor.” Rocks & Minerals v. 80(nr. 4), p. 285-286, July/Aug 2005

“Melikaria.” Lapidary Journal v.59(nr. 5), p. 60-61, Aug. 2005

“Let’s Get It Right: Lava, Magma, and Volcanoes.” Rocks & Minerals v. 80(nr. 5), p. 363-364, Sept/Oct 2005

“Let’s Get It Right: Reliable Sources.” Rocks & Minerals v. 80(nr. 6), p. 447-448, Nov/Dec 2005.

“Inside Quartz.” (with J. Koivula) Lapidary Journal v. 59(nr. 8), p. 24-25, Nov. 2005.

"Inside Gems” (hematite “nails”) (with J. Koivula) Lapidary Journal v. 59 (nr.10), p. 30-31, January 2006.

“Inside Gems” (precious conk opal) (with J. Koivula) Lapidary Journal v. 59 (nr. 11), p. 26-27, February 2006.

“Inside Gems” (cruciform inclusions in extraterrestrial peridot)(with J. Koivula) Lapidary Journal v. 60 (nr. 1), p. 20-21, April 2006.

“Inside Gems” (turquoise in gypsum from New Mexico) (with J. Koivula) Lapidary Journal v. 60 (nr. 2), p.62-63, May 2006.

“Inside Gems” (petroleum and water in quartz) (with J. Koivula) Lapidary Journal v. 60 (nr. 3), p. 30-31, June 2006.

“Internet Mineral Sales” (with J. Fabre, W. E. Wilson and T. P. Moore) Mineralogical Record v. 37 (nr. 3), p. 198-203, 2006.

“Inside Gems” (covellite in “pink fire quartz”) (with J. Koivula) Laidary Journal v. 60 (nr. 4), p. 20-21, July 2006.

“Collecting Ordovician Fossils at Swatara State Park, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania” Rocks & Minerals v. 81(nr. 4), p. 293-295, Jul/Aug 2006.

“Let’s Get It Right: The Plagioclase Feldspars” Rocks & Minerals v. 81 (nr. 4), p. 315-316, Jul/Aug 2006.

“Inside Gems” (aventurescent “star”obsidian) (with J. Koivula) Lapidary Journal v. 60 (nr. 5), p. 14-15, Aug. 2006.

“Inside Gems” (exploring agates) (with J. Koivula) Lapidary Journal v. 60(nr. 6), p. 20-21, Sept. 2006.

“Mineral Museums Update” (Gallery Reviews) Mineralogical Record v. 37 (nr. 4, p. 323-329, 2006.

“Inside Gems” (indialite in obsidian) (with J. Koivula) Lapidary Journal v. 60 (nr. 7), p. 20-21, Oct. 2006.

“Let’s Get It Right: Cleavage in Quartz” Rocks & Minerals v. 81(nr. 5), p. 389-391, Sept/Oct. 2006.

“Inside Gems” (“ribbons” in spodumene) (with J. Koivula) Lapidary Journal v. 60 (nr. 8), p. 18-19, Nov. 2006.

“Let’s Get It Right: Single Crystals” Rocks & Minerals v. 81(nr. 6), p. 471-472, Nov/Dec 2006.

“Gallery Reviews: The Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, Golden, Colorado” Mineralogical Record v. 38 (nr. 2), p. 137-139, 2007

“Let’s Get It Right: Paraiba Tourmaline, or Not?” Rocks & Minerals v. 82 (nr. 2), p. 153-155, Mar/Apr. 2007

“Let’s Get It Right: Prismatic Habit and Other Fusses” Rocks & Minerals v. 82 (nr. 3), p 245-247, May/June 2007

“Let’s Get It Right: What to Include as Inclusions” Rocks & Minerals v. 82 (nr. 4), p. 335-337, July/Aug. 2007

“Let’s Get It Right: Semi-precious equals Semi-silly” Rocks & Minerals v. 82 (nr. 5), p. 421-422, Sept/Oct. 2007

“Herbert P. Obodda, 50 Jahre Händler, Gentleman und aussergewöhnlicher Sammler – ein stolzes Jubiläum“ Catalog, Mineralientage München pp. 26-34, 2007

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Books edited, proofed, translated, etc.:

The Magic of Minerals, by Olaf Medenbach and Harry Wilk, 1977 (translation from German)

Gem & Crystal Treasures by Peter Bancroft, 1984 (edited, did complete overhaul)

Textbook of Mineralogy, by John W. Anthony, et al, five volumes, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003 (one of many proofreaders)

Jade, by Fred Ward, 1996 (proofread)

Jade, by Fred Ward, 2001 (proofread)

Emeralds, by Fred Ward, 2001 (proofread)

Rubies & Sapphires, by Fred Ward, 1995 (proofread)

Rubies & Sapphires, by Fred Ward, 1998 (proofread)

Pearls, by Fred Ward, 1995 (proofread)

Pearls, by Fred Ward, 1998 (proofread)

Diamonds, by Fred Ward, 1998 (proofread)

Opals, by Fred Ward, 1997 (proofread)

Opals, by Fred Ward, 2000 (proofread)

Gem Care, by Fred Ward, 1995 (proofread)

Gem Care, by Fred Ward, 2002 (proofread)

Gemstone Buying Guide, by Renée Newman, 1998 (proofread)

Gemstone Buying Guide, by Renée Newman, 2003 (proofread)

Gem & Jewelry Pocket Guide, by Renée Newman, 2001 (proofread)

Diamond Ring Buying Guide, by Renée Newman, 1996 (proofread)

Diamond Ring Buying Guide, by Renée Newman, 2002 (proofread)

Pearl Buying Guide, by Renée Newman, 2004 (proofread)

Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald Buying Guide, by Renée Newman, 2000 (proofread)

Within the Stone, by Bill Atkinson, 2004 (proofread text)

Diamond Handbook, by Renée Newman, 2005 (proofread text)

Masterpieces of the Mineral World, by Wendell E. Wilson et al., 2005 (edited text)

Ionic Compounds: Applications of Chemistry to Mineralogy, by Claude Yoder, 2006, (edited text)

Frozen Light, by Lawrence Stoller, 2007

 

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Feb. 24, 1990 - Independent Jewelers Organization, Washington, D.C. Show

Mar. 18, 1991 - Chicago Chapter, Women's Jewelry Association, IL

Apr. 11, 1991 - Keynote speaker, 18th Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, NY

Dec. 7, 1991 - Banquet speaker, Newark and North Jersey Mineralogical Societies

May 21, 1992 - Rotary Club, Albuquerque, NM

May 23, 1992 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM

July 27, 1992 - 1992 Chicago Jewelry Show (2 lectures)

Feb. 5, 1993 - AGTA, Tucson, AZ

Feb. 12, 1993 - MMAC, Tucson, AZ

Mar. 18, 1994 - Micromineralogists of the National Capital Area, Chevy Chase, MD

May 31, 1995 - Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences Alumni, Bangkok, Thailand

July 20, 1995 - GIA Alumni Association, Washington DC Chapter

Nov. 7, 1995 - Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore

Nov. 28, 1995 - York Rock & Mineral Club

Mar. 31, 1996 - Washington, DC Micromounters Conference, College Park, MD

June 17, 1996 - Chicago Chapter, Women's Jewelry Association, IL

Sept. 24, 1996 - York Rock & Mineral Club

March 20, 1998 - The Womanís Club of York, York, PA (American Gemstones)

April 7, 1998 - Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore

Sept. 26, 1998 - Franklin/Ogdensburg Annual Show, banquet speaker (Woeful State of Our Literature)

Nov. 7, 1998 - Friends of Mineralogy (Penna.) - Wilmington DE (Minerals of the Foote mine)

Born 1933, Monessen, Pennsylvania U.S. Army, 1956-1958 Has three daughters

Attended public schools in Baltimore Co., Maryland

B.S. Geology, Franklin and Marshall College, 1956

M.S. Mineralogy, University of Arizona, 1966

Reisterstown Jr. High School, Baltimore Co., Maryland, teacher,
9th grade science and math, 1958-1960

American Smelting and Refining Co., Tucson Arizona, field geologist, 1962-1963

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

•  Museum technician/specialist, Division of Mineralogy, 1963-1973
  
•  Museum curator, Division of Mineralogy, 1973-1981
  
•  Associate curator-in-charge, 1981-1984
  
•  Curator-in-charge, 1984-1991
  
  

Kustos ("means curation"), associate in museum/collector consulting business, 1991-present

Founder, editor and original publisher of journal The Mineralogical Record

Author of two books on popular mineralogy; technical consultant on two videos and a movie relating to minerals and gems; published more than 100 technical and popular articles and editorials about minerals and gems

Has served as officer in Mineral Museums Advisory Council and Commission on Museums, International Mineralogical Association

Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America and honorary member of three mineralogical societies and the Washington Guild, American Gem Society

Consultant with The Discovery Channel on the production of geology and mineralogy related portions of the Discovery Interactive Library, a series of video disc/software educational packages being produced for classroom use (1992)

Member, Board of Advisors, Jewelry Trade Center, Bangkok, Thailand (1992-1994)

Secretary, American Gemstone Mining Association, (1992-1994)

Consultant with Sandra S. Nichols in GEMART (1992-1995)

Consultant, The Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, (1992-1993) (developed new mineral/gem gallery which opened March 1993)

U. S. representative for Munich Mineral Show

Consulting editor, Rocks & Minerals (1996-present)

Adjunct curator, Clement Museum - Marion, Kentucky

Designing mineral exhibit, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA. (2006 – present)

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