Description
Supplement to March – April 2026
Contents
Introduction
“Why specialize?”
by Les Presmyk
A Brief History of
Mineral Collecting in America
by Wendell E. Wilson
American Mineral Museums
By Wendell E. Wilson
A Memoir:
Fifty Years of
Collecting American Minerals
by Kevin Brown
Introduction to the
Kevin Brown Collection
by Bill Larson
Photo Gallery:
The Kevin Brown Collection
by Kevin Brown, László Kupi and Robert Mosley
The American Mineral Heritage Awardees
by Wendell E. Wilson
Epilogue
by Les Presmyk
Acknowledgments
Appendix I: Locality Articles
Species-Locality Index




