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New AZ Calcite for Foundation Collection
By Harvey Jong
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Curators Corner
By Sue Celestian
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When I went to Home Depot to purchase the 20 tables approved at November AMMMF meeting, I was chagrined to discover that every folding plastic table in the area had been sent to California for use by fire relief groups. I feared that I would never get them. However, they have been recently stocked, and I snapped up 20 in time for Prospector's Day. What a joy it was to be able to easily transport 12 tables at a time from upstairs to downstairs, and to more easily set them up!
The "Monday Crew" is excited about the $500 the Foundation provided to be used for tools for the carpenter's shop.
I am very grateful for the $1000 for the Volunteer Recognition Banquet in April. Our volunteers are wonderful, hard working people who are very dear to the Museum. The money will provide an opportunity to pamper the people who work so hard to keep our programs going. Thank you for your generosity! It is very much appreciated.
P.S. I could use some flats, should anyone have some spares lying around.
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I figured it might be interesting to occasionally feature new additions to our Foundation's Collection. Here is a new calcite from the Portland Mine, Black Mountains, Mohave Co., Arizona. I had a hard time shooting this specimen; not much contrast to work with. (But this makes it perfect for a black and white picture in a Newsletter!-Ed.) The specimen's measurements are 18 x 13 x 4.5 cm.
The Foundation purchased the piece from Dick Morris and Mark Hay of Arizona Minerals during the Flagg Show. It was collected in March of 2003.
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Dave Shannon (cont. from pg. 5)
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drons. The difference is that chalcophanite has water and franklinite does not, and you cannot find water with an emission spectrograph.
Dave's copy of the Mineralogy of Arizona was full of hand written notes with additions and corrections on many of the pages. He shared this information so that several of the items in the third edition of the Mineralogy of Arizona were because of his records. In 1995 a new mineral, shannonite, was named after him. It was found in material he collected from the Grand Reef mine.
Mike and Colleen Shannon will continue to run the mineral business so we can look forward to more interesting minerals in the future.
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Dave Shannon in discussion with other collectors at the Red Cloud mine, New Years 1985.
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