Supplement to March – April 2026, Collecting American Minerals, the Kevin Brown Collection

Contents
Introduction
“Why specialize?”
by Les Presmyk
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A Brief History of
Mineral Collecting in America
by Wendell E. Wilson
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American Mineral Museums
By Wendell E. Wilson
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A Memoir:
Fifty Years of
Collecting American Minerals
by Kevin Brown
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Introduction to the
Kevin Brown Collection
by Bill Larson
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Photo Gallery:
The Kevin Brown Collection
by Kevin Brown, László Kupi and Robert Mosley
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The American Mineral Heritage Awardees
by Wendell E. Wilson
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Epilogue
by Les Presmyk
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Acknowledgments
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Appendix I: Locality Articles
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Species-Locality Index

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