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The article discusses the author's experience as a mineral collector and the joy they found in sharing their collection with others. The author contrasts their collection, which was not behind glass and could be handled and examined closely, with private collections that are encased behind glass and are untouchable. The author also describes the challenges of collecting small single crystals and twinned crystals and shares their own methods of storing and displaying their collection. The article concludes by expressing the author's joy in collecting and sharing their collection, while also acknowledging the limited availability and affordability of certain types of crystals. [Extracted from the article]

For over 37 years the show known as the Munchner Mineralientage ('Munich Mineral Days') has been guided by the energy, creativity and inspiration of one man: full-time manager and Show [...]

Misconceptions about high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) abound in the scientific literature, the advice of health professionals to their patients, media reporting, product advertising, and the irrational behavior of consumers. Foremost among these is the misconception that HFCS has a unique and substantive responsibility for the current obesity crisis. Inaccurate information from ostensibly reliable sources and selective presentation of research data gathered under extreme experimental conditions, representing neither the human diet nor HFCS, have misled the uninformed and created an atmosphere of distrust and avoidance for what, by all rights, should be considered a safe and innocuous sweetener. In the first part of this article, common misconceptions about the composition, functionality, metabolism, and use of HFCS and its purported link to obesity are identified and corrected. In the second part, an emerging misconception, that HFCS in carbonated soft drinks contributes materially to physiological levels of reactive dicarbonyl compounds and advanced glycation endproducts, is addressed in detail, and evidence is presented that HFCS does not pose a unique dietary risk in healthy individuals or diabetics.

This past year Herb Obodda celebrated his 50th year as a mineral dealer, an occasion observed by displays at the 2007 Munich Show. The show theme was the minerals of [...]

Since I have been unable to personally visit many of the museums that merit reviews, I have asked several other writers to participate. I have been fortunate in being able [...]

What follows is a series of reports on the exhibit areas of various major mineral museums. Some represent revisits to galleries previously reviewed in this journal; others are comments on [...]

Introduction This year marks the tenth anniversary of Internet mineral sales, that is, of the founding of the first three websites devoted primarily to the direct sale of mineral specimens [...]

The Mineralogical Record has been a cornerstone of the mineral collecting world for over a third of a century, and many people today take its existence for granted. In the [...]