Occasional Papers

BMS Occasional Papers are written for amateur mineralogists. They are intended to be useful and concise. The editorial board consists of:-

  • General Editor – David Green
  • Editorial Board – Shirley Adrian, John Pearce, Malcolm Southwood and Roy Starkey

18 papers have been produced so far and are listed below together with prices:-

  1. An Introduction to Micromounts by Roy Starkey – £1.00
  2. Determining the Optical Properties of Minerals by Max Wirth – £1.50
  3. Minerals are Chemicals by John Pearce – £1.50
  4. Paper Chromatography by Max Wirth – £1.00
  5. Using the Mineralogical literature by Roy Starkey – £3.00
  6. Stereomicroscopes by Mike Edwards – £2.00
  7. Photography of Minerals through the Microscope by Elsie Hansford – £1.00
  8. A Guide to Micromounting: Part 1, Collecting by Peter Braithwaite – £1.50
  9. A Guide to Micromounting: Part 2, Micromounting by Peter Braithwaite – £1.50
  10. A Guide to Micromounting: Part 3, Cataloguing by Peter Braithwaite – £1.50
  11. Chemical Testing of Mineral Grains by David Green – £2.00
  12. A Select and Personal Bibliography from the Mineralogical Magazine by Roy Starkey – £2.00
  13. Minerals are Chemicals Part 2: The Periodic Table by John Pearce & Austin Woodbridge – £3.00
  14. The Formation of secondary Minerals by David Alderton – £1.50
  15. Zeolites of the British Isles by Oneta Wilson, Alan Dyer and Hassan Enamy – £3.00
  16. The Naming of Minerals by Austin Lockwood – £2.50
  17. Tourmaline (joint publication with Norfolk Mineral & Lapidary Society) by Paul Nicholson – £3.50
  18. Minerals of The Mendips (2nd ed – reprint for The Russell Society) by Gary Morse (Ed) – £3.00
  19. Zeolites of the World (excluding British Isles) by Oneta Wilson & Alan Dyer – £3.00
  20. A Practical Guide to Producing Combination Photographs of Micro-Minerals by David Green – £2.50
  21. Silicate Minerals: An Overview by Christopher Duffin – £3.00
  22. An Introduction to Radioactivity by John Taylor & John Pearce – £3.00
  23. UV – Induced Fluorescence in Minerals – Michael Doel, Gavin Malcolm & Richard Belson – £4.00

If you are interested in purchasing any of the above papers, please write to:

John Pearce
7 Condor Way, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9QB
Telephone 01444 233958

Cheques payable to BMS please.

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