The New Mexico Faceters Guild
Selected Articles:
The Prez Sez: Montana Sapphires, Nancy Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, May-June, 1996.
The Prez Sez: Cutting Benitoite, Nancy Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, July-August, 1996.
Diamonds, The Most Compex Gemstones, Merrill O. Murphy, NMFG Newsletter, July-August, 1996.
Surface Characteristics of Some Faceted Gemstones, Many with Polishing History, Scott R. Willson, NMFG Newsletter, March/Apirl 1996.
The Prez Sez: Do you have a surplus of gemstones?, Moss Aubrey, NMFG Newsletter, November/Decemeber 96.
The Historical Significance of Turquoise, Nancy L. Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, November/Decemeber 96.
Grit Size Paradox, Stephen Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, January-February 1997.
SUCCINITE/AMBER/WHEELERITE -or WHATEVER, Merrill O. Murphy, with dopping advice from Scott Wilson, NMFG Newsletter, January-February 1997.
The Prez Sez: Montana sapphires, Moss Aubrey, NMFG Newsletter, January-February 1997.
The Prez Sez: History of American Sapphire Mining, Moss Aubrey, NMFG Newletter, March-April 1997.
My New Concentric Faceting
Machine Design,Introduction, History And Background, W.R. Deazley,
NMFG Newletter, March-April 1997.
The Prez Sez: Recent Developments in Mining and Marketing Montana Sapphire, Moss Aubrey, NMFG Newletter, March-April 1997.
In the Land of Wax N' Glue, Merrill O. Murphy, NMFG Newsletter, May-June 1997.
More Dopping Tips,Stephen W. Attaway, NMFG Newletter, May-June 1997.
Update on Synthetic Diamonds, Heidi Ruffner, NMFG Newletter, May-June 1997.
Program Speaker: Dr. Ralph Dawson, Crystal Grower, by Scott Wilson, NMFG Newletter, May-June 1997.
The Prez Sez: Gemstone Appeal, Moss Aubrey,NMFG Newletter, September-October 1997.
Program Speaker: Jane Ward, Diamond Expert, By Nancy Attaway,NMFG Newletter, September-October 1997.
Briolette Adhesion Technique, Steve Green, Rough and Ready Gems, Inc., NMFG Newletter, September-October 1997.
Fine Cabinet Makers Don't Use Chain Saws, Stephen Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, November-December 1997.
Planning for Adventures in Faceting, M. O. Murphy, NMFG Newsletter, November-December 1997.
The Causes of Color in Minerals and Gemstones, Paul Hlava, NMFG Newsletter, January-February, 1998.
A Short History of Light: The Spectroscope, Stephen and Nancy Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, January-February 1998
Faceting Pallasite Peridot, Nancy Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, January-February 1998
Yogo Sapphires, By Jane R. Ward (and Nancy L. Attaway), NMFG Newsletter, January-February 1998
Program Speaker: Paul Hlava - The Mechanisms of Color Phenomenon, NMFG Newsletter, May-June 1998.
Program Speaker: Arthur Skuratowicz on the problems encountered during gemstone identification, by Nancy Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, July-August 1998.
Program Speaker: Paul Hlava - Crystallography and Crystal Shapes, NMFG Newsletter, September/October 1998.
Program Speaker: Douglas Irving, a professional geologic engineer, NMFG Newsletter, November-December 1998.
Program Speaker: New Mexico Orogrande Turquoise, Virgil Lueth, NMFG Newsletter, Januaray-Feburary, 1999.
The Mystery of Gemstone Polish Part 1, (pdf file) Stephen Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, January-February, 1999.
Mineralogical Notes on the "New Tourmalines from Nigeria", Paul Hlava , NMFG Newsletter, January-February, 1999.
Optical Axis Tips, Charles W. Covill, NMFG Newsletter, January-February, 1999.
Program Speaker: Mines, Men, and Minerals - An Update on Mineral Collecting in The Hansonburg District, Michael R. Sanders and Thomas M. Massis, NMFG Newsletter, March-April 1999.
Preston Equation, Stephen Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, March-April 1999.
Usage of Snell’s Law, by Will Moats, NMFG Newsletter, May-June 1999.
Program Speaker: Bruce Bunker: enviromentally-caused fracture and crack growth in glass. by Stephen Attaway and Susan Wilson, NMFG Newsletter, May-June 1999.
Program Speaker: Dr. Jill Glass on "Brittle Material Fracture and Fractography," NMFG Newsletter, July/August 1999.
Selling Jewelry on Ebay, By Will Moats, NMFG Newsletter, September-October 1999.
Program Speaker: Scott Sucher, Replica Diamonds, by Nancy L. Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, September-October 1999.
Program Speaker: Robert Eveleth, Overview of early mining history in New Mexico, by Nancy L. Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, November-December, 1999.
Program Speaker: Mark Guerin, Master jeweler and Watchmaker, by Nancy L. Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, March-April 2000.
Program Speaker: Scott Sucher on The Marvelous world of diamonds,
Text by Nancy L. Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, May-June 2000.
Laser Gemstone Polisher, Scott Wilson, NMFG
Newsletter, July-August, 2000.
New Mexican Moonstone, Merrill O. Murphy, NMFG Newsletter, September-October 2000
Program Speaker: William Mansker: Prospecting for Diamonds, Text by
Nancy L. Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, September-October, 2000.
Program Speaker: Scott Gould,
Gem and Jewelry Appraising,
Text by Scott Wilson, NMFG Newletter, November-December, 2000.
The
Ledgen of Kitty Rock, by Merrill O. Murphy, NMFG Newletter, November-December,
2000.
Gems of Southern Caribbean, John Rhoads,
January-February, 2001.
Program Speaker: Paul Halva,
The Syntheses of Gemstones,
Text by Nancy L. Attaway, NMFG Newsleter, January-February, 2001.
Betty
Annis' Excellent Adventure, ANTARCTICA - My Tour, by Betty Annis, NMFG
Newsletter, March-April 2001.
Program speaker: Doug Irving on South Africa,
text by Nancy L. Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, March-April 2001.
In Sight of the Old Home Town, by Merrill
O. Murphy, NMFG Newsletter, May-June, 2001.
Program Speaker: Will Motes
on How to Sell Your Jewelry
on Ebay, NMFG Newletter, May-June, 2001.
Program Speaker: Paul Hlava
on Emeralds,Part I,
NMFG Newsletter, July-August, 2001.
Tribute to an Outstanding Man: Merrill O.
Murphy, by Ernie Hawes, July-August, 2001.
Program Speaker: Scott Wilson on Opal Synthesis, NMFG
Newsletter, November-December, 2001.
Program Speaker: Paul Hlava
on Emeralds, Part II,
NMFG Newsletter, January-February, 2002.
Faceting Gemstone Tablets, Nancy
L. Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, March-April, 2002.
Program Speaker: Scott Wilson
- How to make a calcite
dichroscope, by Scott Wilson and Nancy Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, March-April
2002.
Program Speaker : Joe Kast - Gem Stone Travels, by Nancy
L. Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, May-June, 2002.
Program Speaker: Paul Hlava - The Electron Microprobe and What It Can Do, text by Nancy Attaway, NMFG Newsletter, July-August, 2002
Faceters Guild Workshop: A Discussion of Polishing Laps, by Nancy L. Attaway , NMFG Newsletter, July-August, 2002
Program Speaker John Rhoads - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Rare Gems by Nancy Attaway, November-December, 2001.
Program Speaker Scott Sucher - The Hope Daimond is from the French Blue, by Nancy Attaway, November-December, 2001.
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