> Updates

Update history

Mar. 6, 2008 FOMS Spring/Summer 2008 schedule posted.
Sept. 4, 2007 FOMS Fall/Winter 2007 schedule posted.
Mar. 17, 2007 FOMS spring/summer 2007 schedule posted.
Sept. 5, 2006 FOMS fall schedule and Fall Show dates posted.
May 7, 2006 Photos from recent Trotter dig posted.
Feb. 4, 2005 Details on the Spring 2005 Trotter dig posted.
Jan. 21, 2005 Flyer for the Spring 2005 Mineral Show posted.
Jan. 13, 2005 Notice placed that Mr. John Cianciulli, curator of the FMM, passed away.
Oct. 29, 2004 Details on all seven historical treatise volumes, and the hardbound 2004 revised edition of the Dunn monograph, provided.
June 27, 2003 Information on the third volume in Dr. Pete Dunn's historical work on Franklin & Sterling Hill.
April 12, 2003 Link to our new photo gallery of fluorescent minerals from recent discoveries at Ilímaussaq Greenland. No zinc, but an astonishing variety of fluorescent specimens are coming to light.
April 12, 2003 Details for the 2003 Spring Show posted. Don't miss it!
November 17, 2002 Details for the Spring 2003 Trotter Collecting Trip posted. Don't miss it!
October 15, 2002 Details on two volumes of a new publication from Dr. Pete J. Dunn provided. See Dunn (2002) and Dunn (2003).
October 2, 2002 Photos from the Fall 2002 Mineral Show were added.
September 4, 2002 Show flyer for the Fall 2002 Mineral Show, held September 28th & 29th in Franklin, NJ. 
July 21, 2002 Some photos from the spring 2002 Trotter night dig are provided courtesy of Terry Wilson of the DVESS.
March 2, 2002 The long broken discussion Forum has been replaced with a fresh, new, clean one guaranteed not to break. Old content can still be viewed via a link on forum welcome page.
Jan. 26, 2002 Back again : the incredible one-time Trotter night dig is on! This year it will be held April 27 & 28. Don't miss this one!

August 31, 2001

Added show flyer for the upcoming 45th annual Franklin Mineral Show, Sept. 28 & 29.
July 17, 2001 Added animated hardystonite image with controls to home page.

July 14, 2001

New Palache biographical materials website launched.

June 19, 2001

New website for the Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence launched. Here, added some stunning 3-D pix of fluorescing clinohedrite & hardystonite.

June 11, 2001

A short (and humorous) 'Zinc oxide and you' film clip added. Two new excellent photos from Terry Wilson of DVESS added to Trotter 2001. 

May 12, 2001

Some photos from the 2001 Spring Show are now posted.

May 1, 2001

Posted Trotter 2001 pix. Splendid event made possible by Steve Phillips, Don Halterman and the DVESS.

March 16, 2001

Flyers for the Spring Show now posted

March 4, 2001

Additional spring 2001 FOMS speaker details provided by John Cianciulli.

February 24, 2001

Preliminary notice of FOMS Spring 2001 events, provided by Peter Chin. 

January 26, 2001

Photos by Tema Hecht of selected fluorescent mineral displays at the Fall 2000 Mineral Show.

January 15, 2001

Added links to a new Website: Dunn On-line. Major sections of the most comprehensive reference work ever written on the area's minerals is now available on-line.

January 14, 2001

Added a 'search' function to this Website.

January 13, 2001

Completely re-built the Palache On-line Website. Now includes a search engine. Note it's location has changed to http://simplethinking.com/palache

December 5, 2000

Added notice for the April 2001 Trotter collecting event.

October 24, 2000

Broke the 20,000 visit mark on this website. Added rotating images on site's homepage. Awaiting pix from the Fall 2000 show to post (send 'em if you've got 'em, please)..

September 10, 2000

Added Fall FOMS and Show details. More updates to come during late fall and winter, as time permits (I've moved from Asia back to the USA and am busy getting settled).

May 14, 2000

Added an on-line discussion forum for Franklin and Sterling Hill minerals.

May 13, 2000

Added photos taken by Terry Wilson of the DVESS showing the recent Trotter collecting trip (April 29, 2000).

May 11, 2000

Removed the Spring show notices; awaiting updates from folks who were there!

February 2, 2000

Updated/corrected the Spring 2000 FOMS Activity Schedule.

January 16, 2000

Added 1999 Fall show pix, FOMS spring 2000 schedule, and a year 2000 schedule for the Franklin Mineral Museum.

January 11, 2000

Added site map, splash page; migrated hodgkinsonite, roeblingite pages, corrected errors, etc.

January 10, 2000

A new, no-frames version (mark III) of the Franklin Minerals website uploaded. This version looks best (rendered most accurately) using Microsoft IE 5, requires browsers to be at least version 4, and makes use of Javascript.

Most old content migrated; some new material, like some classic articles from the Picking Table, to be added as time permits - if we have interested viewers.

The old 'Franklin at Night' web site has been merged into the main Franklin minerals web site. See the 'photo pages' under the 'Fluorescent Gallery' heading above for those glow pix.

This site is currently (January 2000) being cleaned up, so some things may not work properly. 

Also, if you are not using a recent version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, some things will definitely not look right!

Otherwise, if you find errors, problems, or have any suggestions for improvement, write to me.

I put this site together for fun (?), so updates are dependent on viewer response, and as spare time allows. 

Previous site received in excess of 10,000 visits as of January 9, 2000.

December, 1999

Note the upcoming Spring 2000 Mineral Show and Trotter collecting trip details under 'Local places & Events'.

August 23, 1998

 New 'frames' format (mark II) site uploaded. Many new fluorescent and SEM photographs provided. Previous site received 943 counts since April 28th!

April 28, 1997

 First version (mark I) of the Franklin Minerals website uploaded. New 'frames' format (mark II) site uploaded. Previous site received 943 counts since April 28th!