Members can borrow any of these publications from the library for one month by selecting from the items brought meetings by the Librarian, or by contacting the Librarian in advance to request a specific title. Or you may make alternative arrangements with the Librarian.
DVDs
Tourmaline for Breakfast
– Jeff Scovil's talk on his travels through Madagascar at our December
2008 Holiday Party
TOVECO, Tripp/Clark
Beryl Mine, Alstead, NH presentation by Jim Tovey, October 2010
Anorthosite and Native Brass - Collecting crystals with schiller on Miyake-jima,
Japan by Alfredo Petrov, December 2010 (available soon)
# 017 Lighting Effects in Mineral Photography by Dr. Wendell E. Wilson, 1989
# 021 Henry A. Ward: Merchant Naturalist by Dr. Sally Greggory Kohlstadt, 1989
# 033 Pseudomorphs by Dr. Carl Francis, 1990
# 035 Fluid Inclusions in Crystals: Clues to the Geologic Past by Dr. Edwin Roedder, 1990
# 047 Inclusions in Gem Crystals & Gemstones by John Koivula, 1991
# 051 Fluorite Collecting in the French Alps by Dr. Eric Asselborn, 1991
# 061 Mount St. Hilaire, Spice of Life by Dr. Frederick Pough, 1992
# 062 Reminiscences 3 by Dr. Frederick Pough, 1992
# 066 Gem & Mineral Mining in Maine by Vandall King, 1993
# 067 Rediscovering Old Mineral Localities in Alston Moor, 1993, Parts 1 & 2, Lindsay Greenbank, 1993
# 071 Green Fluorite Mining in England by Lindsay Greenbank, 1993
# 130 Collecting Pink Fluorites in the French Alps by Ernie Schlichter, 1999
# 138 Southern Illinois Fluorite Mining District by Roy Smith, 2000
# 176 Journeys to Pakistan in the Post 9/11 Era by Dudley Blauwet, 2004
# 200 Collecting at the Brushy Creek & Elmwood Mines by Joe Kielbaso, 2006
Magazines
Club subscriptions and special
issues purchased
The Mineralogical Record – 2008, 2009, and continuing. Plus
various special issues of previous years.
Rocks & Minerals -- 2008, 2009, and continuing.
Extra Lapis #10 Opal - The Phenomenal Gemstone
Extra Lapis #12 Bolivia - The Height of Mineral Collecting
Extra Lapis #13 Smithsonite - Think Zinc!
Extra Lapis #14 Topaz - Perfect Cleavage
MINERALup
The Magazine for Discriminating European Collectors - 2006/2
Back Issues of
the Mineralogical Record:
Colorado. Vol. 16, No. 3. May-Jun 1985
Australia. Vol. 19, No. 6. Nov-Dec 1988
New Mexico. Vol. 20, No. 1. Jan-Feb 1989
Michigan Copper Country. Vol. 23, No. 2. Mar-Apr 1992
Mines & Minerals of Peru. Vol. 28, No. 4. Jul-Aug 1997
Indian Zeolites and Related Species. Vol. 34, No.1. Jan-Feb 2003
China, Part I. Vol. 36, No. 1. Jan-Feb 2005
China, Part II. Vol. 38, No. 1. Jan-Feb 2007
Supplemental Issues
to the Mineralogical Record on Private Collections:
The Lindsay Greenbank Collection: Classic Minerals of Northern England - Supplement
to Jan-Feb 2010, Vol. 41, No. 1.
Private Mineral Collections in Italy - Supplement to Jan-Feb 2011 Issue
Private Mineral Collections in Texas - Supplement to Jan-Feb 2009 Issue
The Miguel Romero Collection of Mexican Minerals - Supplement to Nov-Dec 2008
Issue, Vol. 39, No. 6.
The Marc P. Weill Collection of Fine Minerals - Supplement to Jan-Feb 2008
Issue, Vol. 39, No 1.
Wilensky Fine Minerals, Vol. 3 - Supplement to May-Jun 2009The
Official Tucson Show Catalog, 1988. Pub. By Mineralogical Record Mines &
Minerals of Peru - Vol. 28, No. 4. July-Aug 1997 $15
Indian Zeolites and Related Species. Vol. 34, No.1. Jan-Feb 2003
Books
American Mineral
Treasures (New
April 2010)
Field Collecting Minerals in the Empire State: Stories of Modern Day North
Country Miners, Michael
Walter
Pennsylvania's Rainbow Underground, Kerry Matt *
The Mineral Kingdom, Paul E. Desautels (2 copies)
Rocks & Minerals, Paul E. Desautels (2 copies)
The Gem Kingdom, Paul E. Desautels
Mineral Recognition, Iris Vanders & Paul F. Kerr
The Collector's Encyclopedia of Rocks & Minerals, A.F.L.
Deeson, editor
Encyclopedia of Minerals, Roberts, Rapp, and Weber
Gemstone & Mineral Data Book, John Sinkankas
Gems, Minerals, Crystals & Ores: the Collector's Encyclopedia,
Richard M. Pearl
The World's Finest Minerals & Crystals, Peter Bancroft
Color Treasury of Crystals: Symmetry in the Mineral Kingdom,
Vincenzo De Michele
The Collector's Encyclopedia of Rocks & Minerals, ed. By
A.F.L. Deeson
Glossary of Mineral Species 1983, Michael Fleischer (spiral)
Dana's Textbook of Mineralogy, Edward Salisbury Dana rev. -
William E. Ford, 4th ed,
Crystals and Light: An Introduction to Optical Crystallography,
Elizabeth A. Wood, 2nd ed
Jade (Collectors' Blue Books), Louis Zara
The Art of the Lapidary, Francis J. Sperisen
Rocks and Minerals: A Guide for Collectors of the Eastern United States,
H.H. Nicolay & A.V. Stone
Secret Places: Scenic Treasure of Western New York & Southern Ontario,
Bruce Kershner
Rocks & Routes of the North Country New York, Bradford B.
VanDiver
10 ^9 (1 billion) Years: A guide to the Geology of Westchester
Co., NY. Thomas McGuire
Geology of NY: A Short Account. State Ed. Dept.
New Hampshire Mines & Mineral Localities, Philip Morrill
Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide, Richard M. Pearl
Exhibiting: The Show Biz Aspect of the Hobby, EFMLS
Minerals of New York State, David E. Jensen
A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities, W.B.
Thompson, D.L. Joyner, R.G. Woodman & V.T. King (FRAS). (New
January 2012)
The Identification of Some Maine Minerals and Rocks,
Joseph M. Trefethen
(New January
2012)
We Walk on Jewels - Treasure Hunting in Maine for Gems and Minerals,
Jean Blakemore (New
January 2012)
Field Guidebook for The Geology of the Genesee Valley Area of Western New
York, National Association
of Geology Teachers
(New January
2012)
Minerals and Man, Cornelius
S. Hurlbut, Jr. (New
January 2012)
Pamphlets:
The World of Ward's
(1960's?)
Toronto's Geological Past, An Introduction. Ministry of Natural
Resources
New Mountains from Old Rocks: the Adirondacks - The Geology of the
Lake Placid Region, NYS Geo. Survey, Leaflet 23,
Continental Collisions & Ancient Volcanoes - The Geology of Southeastern
NY, Yngvar W. Isachsen, NYS Geo. Survey, Leaflet 24
Texas Rocks & Fossils, State Dept. of Highways & Public
Transportation
The Minerals of Tsumeb, Otavi District, South West Africa (typed
list & map)
Exhibiting -- The Show Biz Aspect of the Hobby, Patricia A. Mummert and Willian Shelton, 1990, Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies, Inc.
Rochester Mineralogical Symposium Programs:
1984 (11th)
1986 (13th)
1987 (14th)
1988 (15th)
1989 (16th)
1991 (18th)
1993 (20th)
1994 (21st)
1998 (25th)
1999 (26th)
2000 (27th)
2002 (29th)
2003 (30th)
2004 (31st)