| Montgomery, Arthur, 1997, Reminiscences of a Mineralogist, Minerals, Localities, and Mineralogy
, 83 p.
, soft cover
First famous for specimen mining, Arthur Montgomery
was later an organizer of the national Friends of
Mineralogy, and was instrumental in starting The
Mineralogical Record. He was a professor at Lafayette
College in Easton, Pennsylvania, during which time he
wrote this book, although it was not finalized and
published until some years later. In fifteen chapters
covering 83 pages, the author describes the start of his
interest in minerals, and then traveling, collecting, and
investigating minerals through his career. Chapters
include bixbyite (including topaz in the Thomas Range,
Utah), wulfenite (Red Cloud Mine), beryl (Harding
Mine), tourmaline, diamond, mica, quartz, topaz
(Thomas Range again), epidote (including Cornog, PA),
zircon, olivine group, variscite (Fairfield, Utah),
sterrettite, and kolbeckite.
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