Mr. Betts has also authored many articles in the earth sciences. His article Quarries and Minerals of the Dayton Rd. District, South Glastonbury, CT. won the 1996 George F. Kunz award for best article on New York regional mineralogy. This article will be published in Rocks & Minerals magazine in 1999. His most recent article Anthony's Nose, New York: Three Mineral Localities was recently published in Matrix and won the 1997 George F. Kunz award. Many of his best articles are available on this web site.Click here to go to online articles.
John is also featured columnist at Bob's Rockshop, the oldest hobby related webzine devoted to earth sciences on the web.
Bibliography of Articles Authored by John Betts
| Quarries and Minerals of the Dayton Rd. District, South Glastonbury, CT. | 1996 George F. Kunz Competition Papers (1st Prize winner), published by the New York Mineralogical Club, 1997, pp. 6-21. |
| Index to the 15 volumes of The Mineral Collector; March, 1894 to February, 1909 | Privately published, 1997, 94 pages. |
| Manhattan Mineral Collecting | Mineral News Volume 14, No. 1, January 1998, pp.1-8. |
| Anthony's Nose, New York: Three Mineral Localities | 1997 George F. Kunz Competition Papers (1st Prize winner), published by the New York Mineralogical Club, 1998. |
| Anthony's Nose, New York: A New Look at an Old Location (abridged version) | Matrix, The Journal of the History of Mines, Volume 5, No. 4, pp. 131-143. |
| Mineral Cleaning | Color & Light, The Journal of the International Gem Society, Volume 1, No. 2, Summer 1999, pp.39-46. |
| Quarries and Minerals of the Dayton Rd. District, South Glastonbury, CT.(revised and updated) | Rocks & Minerals Magazine, Volume 74, No. 2, March-April 1999, pp. 110-121. |
| Digital Mineral Photography | Rocks & Minerals Magazine, v.76 #2, March-April 2001, pp. 102-112. |
| Minerals of New York City | Rocks & Minerals Magazine, v.84 #3, May/June 2009, pp. 204-252. |
| Collecting Diamonds and the Kimberley Process | Rocks & Minerals Magazine, v. 89, #1, January-February 2014, pp.89 |
Photographs by John Betts in these publications:
| Word to the Wise, Greisen, by John Rakovan | Rocks & Minerals, Volume 82, No. 2 |
| Minerals from the Iron Deposits of New York State by Marian Lupulescu | Rocks & Minerals, Volume 83, No. 3 |
| Connoisseur’s Choice, Almandine, New York City, New York County, New York State by Robert B.Cook | Rocks & Minerals, Volume 84, No. 3 |
| History and Geology of the Chateaugay Mine, Lyon Mountain, New York by Cavallerano, Edward J. and Zimmer, Paul W. | Rocks & Minerals, Volume 84, No. 5 |
| Connoisseur’s Choice, Spessartine, Marienfluss, Northern Namibia by Robert B.Cook | Rocks & Minerals, Volume 85, No. 1 |
| Connoisseur’s Choice, Annabergite, Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurium District, Greece by Robert B.Cook | Rocks & Minerals, Volume 85, No. 2 |
| Connoisseur’s Choice, Datolite, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia by Robert B.Cook | Rocks & Minerals, Volume 85, No. 4 |
| Connoisseur’s Choice, Wavellite, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas by Robert B.Cook | Rocks & Minerals, Volume 86, No. 2 |
| Letters, April Fools by Jim Houran | Rocks & Minerals, Volume 87, No. 2 |