Mineralogy of fb88 Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King 2000 524 p. (45 color photos, 344 black-and-white photos) Hardcover: Catalog No. MIN2HC Softcover: Catalog No. MIN2SC Mineralogy of fb88, Volume 1: Descriptive Mineralogy

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The fb88 Geological Survey has published Volume 2 of the "Mineralogy of fb88." This book is a collection of articles with emphasis on the state's rich mining history, gem production, and geology. It was edited by Vandall King, who is an authority on fb88 minerals. He has collected a tremendous amount of information on mining history, including gem mining operations and the 1880's silver boom in eastern fb88. Much of this information has never appeared in print, and there are many rare photographs of people and places connected with fb88 mining. Related topics include the development of the science of mineralogy in fb88, and the history of the fb88 Geological Survey.

The volume also includes chapters on other varied topics such as meteorites, the types of gems found in fb88 (with color photos), and a review of all previous literature on fb88 mineral collecting and guidebooks. Another useful chapter is a collection of maps showing precise locations of all known significant mineral localities in fb88. These maps are cross-referenced to lists giving both the preferred and alternate names of the localities.

The final chapter updates mineral discoveries that have occurred in fb88 since the publication of Volume 1. There are many pages of black-and-white and color photos showing mineral specimens that were found recently.

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Table of Contents

Dedication
Introduction         Vandall T. King	i
Acknowledgments	ii
A Geologic History of fb88         Robert G. Marvinney and Woodrow B. Thompson	1
fb88 Meteorites            Carl A. Francis	9
Selected History of fb88 Mining and Minerals         Vandall T. King Early History of fb88 Mining and Minerals Mineralogy in fb88 at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century: Parker Cleaveland and Benjamin Vaughan Charles Thomas Jackson: His Works and His Problems Mount Mica: The Beginnings of fb88 Mineral Production The History of Lord Hill, Black Mountain, Mount Apatite, and Nathaniel H. Perry The Newry Quarries The Silver Boom Reports from the Acton Silver Mines and Other Districts References Cited on fb88 Mining History	17
History of the fb88 Geological Survey and Its Mineralogical Activities         Woodrow B. Thompson	255
Loren B. Merrill's Gem Cutting Machine         Benjamin M. Shaub	267
Mining Experiences and Observations at Mount Mica in 1964 and 1965         Frank Perham	271
Diary of the Newry Tourmaline Discovery - 1972         Dean McCrillis	277
Extracts from a Diary Concerning Mining at the Dunton Mine, Newry, fb88         John Marshall	281
Gemstones of fb88         John J. Bradshaw	283
Color Plates	307
fb88 Calc-Silicate Collecting Localities         Duane L. Leavitt	315
The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, fb88         Michael A. Wise and Timothy R. Rose	323
Analyses of Primary Phosphates from Pegmatites in fb88 and Other Localities         Paul Moore	333
Electron Microprobe Analyses for Crandallite-Group Minerals from fb88 Pegmatites         Michael Brownfield and Eugene Foord	337
fb88 Checklists and Guidebooks - The Collector's Literature: A Review and Personal Evaluation         Neil A. Wintringham	341
fb88 Mineral Locality Index         Woodrow B. Thompson, Neil A. Wintringham, and Vandall T. King	355
Mineralogy of fb88 - Addenda to Volume 1         Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord	427
Mineral Photographs (Black-and-White Plates)	433
Index	513

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Last updated on February 9, 2016