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GMS Member Writings

Original articles written by members of the Georgia Mineral Society, Inc.

Alphabetical List by Title
(Also available by category below)

A

Amber by Anita Westlake (Fossil)
Andy's Crystal by Andy (Junior)

C

Carcharodon Megalodon: What Happened to Them? by Harry Yingst (Fossil)
Care and Feeding of Crystals Begins in the Field by Julian Gray, P.G. (Rockhounding)
Cleaning Pyrites from the Pinellas Geological Society (Rockhounding)
Color in Minerals by Doug Daniels (Geology)
Constructing a Case Liner by Jim Haege (Rockhounding)
The Copper Basin: Minerals and Mining of the Copper Basin by Kim Cochran (Geology)
Copper Specimen Cleaning Instructions by Unknown (Rockhounding)
Cubic Garnets Found in Maryland and Virginia Streams by Jack Nelson (Micromount)
The Cumberland Furnace by Tom Batcha (Geology)

D

Diamond (C) by Julian Gray, P.G. (Mineral)
Diamond Hill Quartz Mine by Mike Streeter (Rockhounding)
Diamonds are Forever by Lowell Bailey (Mineral)
Dinosaur Paleobiology by Cameron (Junior)

E

Enhydros: Terminology that's all wet by Julian Gray, P.G. (Geology)

F

Feldspar by Anita Westlake (Mineral)
Feldspars (Ps-s-s-st...... They're Everywhere) by Louis Eldridge (Mineral)
Finding The Right Mineralogy Text: Dana's System of Mineralogy by Julian Gray P.G. (Geology)
Fluorescence and Other Color Changes in Minerals: Glowing Rocks, Mineral Chameleons, and Colorless Amethyst by Julian Gray, P.G. (Geology)
Fluorite (CaF2) by Julian Gray, P.G. (Mineral)
Fossil Collecting: Getting Started by Martha Brown (Fossil)

G

The Gee!-Ode: What a weird hide, With such joy inside! by Bob Jarrett (Geology)
Geologic Time Names by Greg McGill (Geology)
Georgia Dinosaurs by Martha Brown (Fossil)
Gold Nugget Auction by Lisa Flam (Mineral)

H

Hardness made harder by Julian Gray, P.G.(Geology)
High-Grader from Hades: A Poem by Anita Westlake (Just for Fun)
Historic Photographs of the Copper Basin by John J. Paton (Geology)
The History of Rockhounding: Comics by Jose Santamaria (Just for Fun)
How to Clean Quartz by Charles Carter (Rockhounding)

K

Kimberlites and Lamproites by Lowell Bailey (Geology)

M

Meteorites from Earth: The Tale of Tektites by Richard Jakiel (Geology)
Meteorites: From Heaven to Earth by Anita Westlake (Geology)
Miller Indices: What are those numbers in parentheses on crystal drawings? by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Moganite in Quartz by Lowell Bailey (Mineral)
My Arkansas Rock Trip by Nathan (Junior)
The Mystery of the Blue Stone by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)

Micromount Corner

Definitions and Introductions by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Equipment Required by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Image Superposition" by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Making 3D Photomicrographs" by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Making a Babulski-style Micromount" by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Micromount Symposium" by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
A new type of micromount box and Some notes on micro-minerals" by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Sources for mineral micromounts" by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Techniques and tools used to convert "big ones" to "micromount size" by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)

Micromount Corner Mineral Photomicrographs

Beryl by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Cavansite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Copper Arsenates by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Epidote by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Erythrite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Gillardite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Legrandite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Malachite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Mimetite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Mixite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Strengite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Uranium (Secondary Minerals Part 1) by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Vanadinite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Wulfenite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)

O

Organize and catalog your collection by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)

P

Paleo Preparation by Thomas Yancy (Fossil)
The Phantom Specimen by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Phosphate Minerals at Graves Mountain, Georgia by Dr. Henry Barwood (Mineral)
Preparing Your Fossils by Martha Brown (Fossil)
Purpose and Goals of the Micromount Section by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Pyrite: Some Little-Known Facts by Holly Camp (Mineral)

Q

Qualitative Analysis for the Mineral Collector by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)

R

Rose Quartz by Ana (Junior)

S

Starrockin': A Story by Jim Haege (Just for Fun)
Strengite by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)
Svanbergite at Graves Mountain, Georgia by Dr. Henry Barwood (Mineral)

T

Tools & Equipment for Field Trips By Drexel Pitts (Rockhounding)
Tourmaline By Kim Cochran (Mineral)
Trading Fossils by Mike Bruggeman (Fossil)
The Treasures of Graves Mountain by Jim Haege (Mineral)

W

Why Micromounting? by Julian Gray, P.G. (Micromount)
The Wolf Creek Formation by Dave Babulski, Ed.D. (Micromount)

Z

Zoning in Minerals by Julian Gray, P.G. (Geology)

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