Lessons in Mineralogy
An Index to John White's "Let's Get it Right"
Rocks & Minerals Magazine by Dr. John White
As confusing as the naming of individual minerals, varieties, and descriptors can get, the quasi-monthly Rocks & Minerals article “Let’s Get It Right” published by Taylor & Francis and authored by John S. White does a fine job of clearing up some of the cloudy, nomenclature-related muck. A consulting editor of Rocks & Minerals and operator of Kustos, a museum/collector consulting business as well as having the distinct honor of being the recipient of the 2010 Salotti Mineralogical Award and having the mineral whiteite named after him, John White tackles everything from the varietal naming of elbaite species, perimorphs versus epimorphs, the commercial use of the word “granite,” and International Mineralogical Association’s Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature, and Classification. Below is a chronological listing of the existing “Let’s Get It Right” articles. Please contact us for available Rocks and Minerals back-issues at dakotamatrix@gmail.com. We have a limited supply at low costs. Back issues are also available online at http://www.rocksandminerals.org.
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Title |
Author |
Issue (month/month & year) |
Vol. |
No. |
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Clinozoisite and Epidote from Pakistan |
John S. White |
September/October 2001 |
76 |
5 |
|
Quartz (Not Chalcedony) "Fingers" from Jalgaon, India |
John S. White |
November/December 2001 |
76 |
6 |
|
More about Epidote and Clinozoisite |
John S. White |
March/April 2002 |
77 |
2 |
|
The Hope Diamond Weighs 45.52 Carats! |
John S. White |
May/June 2002 |
77 |
3 |
|
Cavansite or Pentagonite? |
John S. White |
July/August 2002 |
77 |
4 |
|
The -hedrals: Euhedral, Subhedral, and Anhedral |
John S. White |
September/October 2002 |
77 |
5 |
|
Disbelieving Dissolution |
John S. White |
November/December 2002 |
77 |
6 |
|
Scepters or "Decepters"? |
John S. White |
March/April 2003 |
78 |
2 |
|
The Cumberland Habit |
John S. White |
May/June 2003 |
78 |
3 |
|
Diaphaneity, or Looking through a Glass Darkly |
John S. White |
July/August 2003 |
78 |
4 |
|
Using the Proper "-morph" |
John S. White |
September/October 2003 |
78 |
5 |
|
Selenite—Die, You Accursed Term |
John S. White |
November/December 2003 |
78 |
6 |
|
Spessartine Garnet? |
John S. White |
March/April 2004 |
79 |
2 |
|
The Nomenclature Debacle |
John S. White |
May/June 2004 |
79 |
3 |
|
Misinformation about Mars on Earth |
John S. White |
July/August 2004 |
79 |
4 |
|
Taking It For Granite |
John S. White |
September/October 2004 |
79 |
5 |
|
A Response to "The Nomenclature Debacle" |
John S. White |
November/December 2004 |
79 |
6 |
|
A Second Response to "The Nomenclature Debacle" |
John S. White |
March/April 2005 |
80 |
2 |
|
Tajikistanian Heliodor |
John S. White |
July/August 2005 |
80 |
4 |
|
Lava, Magma, and Volcanoes |
John S. White |
September/October 2005 |
80 |
5 |
|
Reliable Sources |
John S. White |
November/December 2005 |
80 |
6 |
|
The Plagioclase Feldspars |
John S. White |
July/August 2006 |
81 |
4 |
|
Cleavage in Quartz |
John S. White |
September/October 2006 |
81 |
5 |
|
Single Crystals |
John S. White |
November/December 2006 |
81 |
6 |
|
Paraiba Tourmaline, or Not? |
John S. White |
March/April 2008 |
82 |
2 |
|
What to Include as Inclusions |
John S. White |
July/August 2007 |
82 |
4 |
|
Semi-precious Equals Semi-silly |
John S. White |
September/October 2007 |
82 |
5 |
|
Epitaxy—A Simple Concept? |
John S. White |
March/April 2010 |
85 |
2 |
|
Lepidocrocite—It Just Won’t Go Away! |
John S. White |
May/June 2010 |
85 |
3 |
|
Some Thoughts about Tourmalines (and Garnets) |
John S. White |
January/February 2011 |
86 |
1 |
