August 13, 2026

Upcoming Events!

It's that time of year again!


The Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium is happening

August 21-23!

Once again this year, the video presentations will be available online shortly after the Symposium is over. Below is the listing of the presenters.

Click on the following link or on the list below for more information: https://www.dallassymposium.org/2026

Enjoy!

And don't forget about the Symposium Benefit Auction which will begin at 7:00 pm CT on Thursday, August 13th and will end at 6:00 pm CT on Saturday, August 22, 2026. Be sure to check mineralauctions.com, for dozens of minerals, mineralia, and mineral collecting field trips! Auction benefits go to the Mineralogical Record, Rocks & Minerals, Mindat.org, and the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.

Less than a month away!

We will be at the indoor show again this year, and will be in the same place as last year in the south Westminster Foyer across from the South Courtyard (see the Floor Plan image below) As usual, we will be signing up new subscribers, renewing subscriptions and will have some back issues and books available for sale. Stop by and say hello!

(click on the above image for a video)


Unearthed: Raw Beauty is an outstanding example of modern museum exhibition design and presents an opportunity to see some positively wonderful mineral specimens.

- Christopher J. Stefano, The Mineralogical Record


Get tickets to see the exhibition here: nhm-buy-tickets


(Unearthed: Raw Beauty, is sponsored by the Gallery of Natural Art and The Arkenstone)

Author Honorarium!

We are extremely grateful for the expertise, dedication, and generosity of time and resources that our authors contribute to the articles we publish.


As a way of recognizing that contribution, we are offering a $1,000 honorarium for each topic-approved locality or feature article published in the Mineralogical Record. The honorarium is paid to the principal author, or to a co-author if the principal author is a Mineralogical Record staff member.*


So, if you’ve been thinking about writing an article—or if you’re already working on one for consideration—please go ahead and submit your idea for approval. If it’s a good fit for the Mineralogical Record, you now have an additional incentive to see it through to publication!


And remember, you don’t have to do it all on your own. We’re happy to help with locating references, photographs, illustrations, and other information that may be needed to bring your article to life.


For more information about writing and submitting articles, please see our “Guidelines and Pay for Authors & Photographers” at:

Guidelines-2/guide-to-writing-locality-articles/

 

*Honorarium is paid after publication. Honorarium is paid per article. It is up to the principal author as to the distribution of the honorarium if there is more than one author.

Curious about Digital?

There are so many advantages to reading the Mineralogical Record digitally! Search for exactly what you’re looking for, enlarge the text for easier reading, and zoom in on specimen photographs to see details you might miss in print.


And when it comes to case-shot photos from mineral shows, digital is especially amazing—you can enlarge the images to see the specimens up close and even read the labels!


Now, our What’s New Reports are even more exciting because they include videos! And some reports may even contain additional content that is not available in the printed issue!


And one of the best things about a Digital Subscription is the value: just $54 per year for a stand-alone Digital Subscription anywhere in the world. Already have a paper subscription? Add a Digital Subscription for just $24 per year—that’s only $2 a month!


Read more about digital here: Digital Guide

Get a Digital Subscription here: All Digital Subscriptions


Sign up for a $54 Digital Subscription or sign up for a paper/digital Bundle as a NEW Subscriber and get our current issue and a FREE digital King of Kashmir issue!


ALL of our digital issues have been digitized. You can order digital issues and supplements HERE: All Digital issues



IKONS!

We have them all!

If you’re a subscriber to our magazine—or even just to this newsletter—you’ve probably realized by now that we are a community of collectors, researchers, and educators who are interested not only in the history and science of fine minerals, but also in their beauty and the stories behind them.


The IKONS series of books is written and/or published by a number of these collectors, writers, and mineral dealers who are, indeed, “icons” themselves. These books are packed with beautiful photographs showcasing “the best of the best” from more than 100 different mineral types, accompanied by fascinating details about their provenance.


In addition to these individual mineral stories, the books include field-collecting adventures and helpful information about mineral collecting and the fascinating world surrounding this wonderful hobby.


If you’re a mineral collector, you should have at least one of these books—if not the entire series. They are absolutely wonderful!


Click HERE to browse these on page one of our bookstore:

https://mineralogicalrecord.com/new-books/


Click below for more information or the image above to see a video:

https://mineralogicalrecord.com/ikons-the-beauty-of-fine-minerals/


Browse the entire bookstore here!

Best of health to all,

 

Wendell Wilson 

and The Mineralogical Record Staff: 

Tom Gressman 

Tom Moore

Chris Stefano

Christi Cramer

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