Tucson, Arizona/tucson160-collage
Previous | Home | NextThis collage shows only a meager sampling of the many mineralogy colleagues at the Tucson Show who have participated in the "Rediscovery" project.
Upper left: Tony Nikischer, owner of Excalibur Mineral Corporation in Peekskill, New York, is an expert in procuring specimens from classic sites such as Elba, Freiberg, the Pyrenées, etc. Nikischer has guided the authors to specific mineralogists at European universities and museums; it is from his contacts with the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, for example, that the authors found the original samples of uranium minerals studied by Klaproth. Nikischer publishes a journal Mineral News and has a mineral (nickischerite) named after him.
Upper right: Peter Lyckberg (left) is an international inspector of nuclear plants and has access to unusual minerals in remote localities in Europe, for example contributing an authentic sample of fluorite from the mine where Scheele procured his sample for analysis (Garpenberg, Sweden). Fluent in many languages, he has helped the authors translate archaic passages in old documents, principally Swedish.
Lower left: Udo Behner has actually met with the authors at mineral shows in Europe, and has helped them procure mineral samples, principally from his home country of Germany.
Lower right: Jaroslav Hyrsl of Prague, Czech Republic (right), has written perhaps the best modern book on minerals, Minerals and their Localities. His collection of European minerals is stunning; he has furnished classical specimens to the authors from eastern European countries.
