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Issue 11 is available on-line (see below).
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Newsletter archive:
October-November 2002 issue is available for download in .rtf format and can be opened with any word processor including WordPad. Features: Micromounting tips; Oxidation / reduction of an ore on charcoal; A closer look at Calcite
December 2002 / January 2003 issue is available for download in .rtf format and can be opened with any word processor including WordPad. Articles include: Vlasovite; How not to prepare micromount boxes; Scapolite lab project.
February / March 2003 issue is now on-line in an html archive version. Please click the link to access it. Articles include: Fluorite; Bead test for manganese; Review of "Mineral Analysis and Analysts" by M.H. Hey. This is the best issue yet.
April / May 2003 issue is now on-line in an html version. Please click the link to access it. Articles include: Monazite; Arsenopyrite lab project; Slide heater from common items.
June / July 2003 issue is now available in an html version. Please click the link to access it.
Contents: Analysis of a Mica; Benzene content of Gasoline; Cobalt Nitrate Lab Project.
August / September 2003 issue is now available in an html version. Please click the link to access it. Articles for this issue: Enzyme Experiment with Ethylene Glycol; Manganese Test Revisited; An Exercise in Periodic Law.
Issue #7 is available. Please click the link to access it.
Contents: Electrolysis of Sodium Carbonate Solution; Becquerels to Sieverts; An Interesting Trick With Equilibrium. As you can see, we're now going to number the newsletter issues consecutively instead of using the dates.
Issue #8 is on-line. Please click the link to access it.
Contents: Purification of Sulfuric Acid; Qualitative Analysis of Hemimorphite; Microscopic Examination of Common Fungi.
Issue #9 is on-line. Please click the link to access it.
Contents: Qual. Analysis of a Manganoan Scapolite from Sparta, NJ; Qual. Analysis of a Jade-like rock specimen from northwestern Washington state; Purification of Hydrochloric Acid.
Issue #10 is on-line. Please click the link to access it.
Contents: Anthocyanins From Red Cabbage (with experiments); How Hot Is a Propane Torch?
Issue #11 - the long-awaited new issue is now available (though in a somewhat under-construction state). Have a look. Questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome.
Contents: A Solar Retort Warmer; Phenol from Salicylic Acid (with experiments); Analysis of Uranophane (with experiments). This issue includes many photographs and is split into two parts.
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