[Rockhounds] Texas collectors MR supplement

[Alan Goldstein]

It was completely funded by the Texas collectors.

Perhaps a few of us can draft a letter to the editor to ask Min Rec to focus 
on education and not promotion of individual or groups of collectors. 
Wendell would more likely print it if written and signed by several readers. 
I don't mind full page ads taken out by wealthy collectors to support the 
magazine, but 180 pages of funding could be better spent to benefit the 
subscribers.

Any takers? You can contact me directly so the entire list doesn't have to 
hear about it, although we can present the result for comments if any other 
readers want to co-sign it.

Alan G.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Jokela Jr." <tjokela at execulink.com>
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" 
<rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Texas collectors MR supplement


> Well I'll be damned, I'm not the only one!
>
> I suspect it's completely funded by the wealthy Texas collectors 
> themselves, so not much point complaining to WW.
>
> If MR did put funds or time into it... oy. Who needs more mindless rock 
> porn? Somebody add up the beryl, rhodo, and tourmaline photos, how boring, 
> same old stuff. Perhaps two specimens in there of interest to the real 
> collector. I'd far rather have a full-color supplement on what's new from 
> Mont Saint-Hilaire, or Laurium, or Kola.
>
> NEWSFLASH TO MIN REC: if you've seen one 10k Pakistani aqua, you've seen 
> them all.
>
> While it's lovely to know what the idle rich of Texas are up to, a vanity 
> mag is of no use to me whatsoever, and will be in my club's next auction.
>
> Why MR is going down this path, I do not know. One suspects the editor is 
> getting far too cozy with his arrogant millionaire buddies.
>
> Tim Jokela Jr
> tjokela at execulink.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan Goldstein" <deepskyspy at insightbb.com>
> To: "Rockhounds List" <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 4:07 PM
> Subject: [Rockhounds] Texas collectors MR supplement
>
>
> I would like to hear comments from the list regarding the free Texas 
> mineral collectors freebie included with the current issue of 
> Mineralogical Record. It contains some pretty photos (a lot of Sweet Home 
> rhodochrosites and tourmaline crystals) along with a two paragraph bio 
> from each of the 29 collectors (or couples). There are some nice fluorite 
> specimens (one of my favorite species) scattered among them.
>
> While I like a bunch of pretty pictures as much as the next collector, I 
> would rather see those folks with deep pockets fund something more 
> educational or historically significant. How about a supplement of the 
> best self-collected specimens and the stories behind their discovery?
>
> Alan G.
>
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