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Out-of-print Mineral Books and Mineral Magazine Back Issues

Below is a listing of mineral magazine back issues and out of print mineral books for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals in New York City, NY. Included on this page are back issues of Rocks & Mineral, Mineralogical Record, Lapidary Journal as well as various USGS publications.

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Index to The Mineral Collector

Lapidary Journal Back Issues

Rocks & Minerals Back Issues

Rock & Gem Back Issues

Gems and Minerals Back Issues

Books from my Private Library

MinDex 2007 -The Mineral Locality Periodical Index - Index to Mineralogical Record, Rocks and Minerals magazine and Other

Index to the 15 volumes of The Mineral Collector; March, 1894 to February, 1909 Compiled and Edited by John Betts, $25 (plus $3 shipping)

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES FROM MY MINERAL LIBRARY

#42740, An Abbreviated Manual of Franklin Minerals, 1970, by Kushner, Ervan F. (lc) $35	#42725, Set of Six Geology and Earth Science Books, by various authors (lc) $20	#42754, Minerals and Man, 1970, by Hurlbut, Cornelius S. (lc) $25
#42742, Mineral Recognition, 1967, by Vanders, Iris and Kerr, Paul (lc) $18	MinDex 2007-The Mineral Locality Periodical Index Index to Mineralogical Record, Rocks and Minerals magazine and Other Mineral Journals $46.40 net	#42729, Gems, Minerals, Crystals and Ores - The Collector's Encyclopedia, 1964, by Pearl, Richard M. (lc) $30

#45003, Rocks & Minerals Magazine May-June 2009,
vol. 84 #3 - New York State Special Issue III,
featuring The Minerals of New York City, by John H. Betts $8

Lapidary Journals
Month	Year	Price	Comments
May	1998	$3.50	Annual Buyers Guide with listing by category and geography of dealers and suppliers to mineral collectors, gem and jewelry suppliers and local mineral clubs.
October	1998	$3.50	Special Bead Issue with many article on collecting beads, creating your own beads and jewelry created using beads. Plus Fred Pough's column on Rhodonite
December	1998	$3.50	articles on collecting at the Rose Creek Mine in NC; smoky quartz from various localities, The Bead Project in NYC; bezel-set pendant; intarsia; making Mokume Gane pt. 4.
March	1999	$3.50	Articles on sculptural jewelry and ojbects of art; Zuni jewelry craft; woven bead art; collecting at Morenci, Arizona

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Rock and Gem
Month	Year	Price	Comments
July	1974	$3.95	Fluorite; Lost Wax casting; Gemstone Fireplaces; Agate Boxes; Seashell Jewelry; Gold mines reopen due to high prices; Selenite in Oklahoma
March	1975	$3.95	1975 Rockhound and Lapidary Guidebook; New Minerals; profile of Dave Wilbur
April	1977	$3.95	1977 Rockhound and Lapidary Guidebook; New Minerals; making a bezel setting; making cabochons; collecting in Utah.
December	1977	$3.95	Soldering gold; Montana sapphires; calcite; olivine bombs in the California desert; Ed Swobodda collection; how to make a gold pendant
March	1978	$3.95	collecting at Cerro Gordo, Ca.; field trip for Utah Plume Agate; gold in Canada; collecting staurolite in Georgia; enamelling pendants, the best legrandite
March	1979	$3.95	collecting petrified wook in Yakima, Washington; jasper from Nevada; concretions from the Salton Sea, California; update on Silverton
August	1979	$3.95	Growing crystals; zeolites; simple castings; prong settings; quartz twins from Copper Creek, Arizona; coprolites from Henry Mountain, Utah
February	1981	$3.95	Color in gems and minerals; setting small stones; working with copper and silver; Ohio fossils; field trip to Copper Mountain, California
June	1981	$3.95	How to file mineral claims; classic US minerals; secrets of inlay technique; amazonite from Kern Knob, California; Graham Pass sagenitic agate
February	1982	$3.95	Build a gold harvester; setting faceted gemstones; Santo Domingo Cave of Swords in Mexico; field trip to Hackberry Wash in California; lead minerals; the Old Woman Meteorite
March	1983	$3.95	Field trip for gold in Virginia; synthetic gemstones; metal weaving; fossil collecting in Socorro, New Mexico; Top 20 collector minerals

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Gems and Minerals
Month	Year	Price	Comments
May	1973	$3.50	Collecting localities in North Carolina, Notes on New Mineral Species, Making a Jade Pin and Bracelet, The Spectrabril Facet Cut, Collecting at the Turtle Mountains, Ca.
January	1978	$3.50	Gold collecting localities in Georgia, Iowa, South Dakota and the Tropico Mine in California; profile of Pyrite mineral specimens from various localities; Rockhounding in S. Africa