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ISSUE 1
OCTOBER 2004
UK Fossils Research Jurassic Crinoids of the Oxford Clay -
by E R Matheau-Raven

Fossil Focus - Florida, USA -
by E R Matheau-Raven

Panning for Gold and the history of the Kildonan Gold Rush at Baille an Or,
North East Scotland -
by Alister and Ian Cruickshanks

Road Trip - Warboys Clay Pit -
by Evangelos R. Matheau-Raven

Amateur Profile -
by Kris Howe of Carrollton, Texas, USA

Hastings Geology and Fossils -
by Ken Brooks


ISSUE 2
MARCH 2005
Fossil Focus - Editorial
by E R Matheau - Raven

Fossil Research - Megalodon Shark Ancestry -
by Steven A. Alter

What Is A Reptile? -
by David L. Rowe

Road Trip - Walton on the Naze -
by Editorial E R Matheau- Raven.

Amateur Profile -
by Harald “Harry” Meisner, Grevenbroich,

Germany Hastings Geology and Fossils -
by Ken Brooks, Part 2

New Research on Alachtherium cretsii Distribution -
by A. Cruickshanks


ISSUE 3
JUNE 2005

Fossil Focus -
by Kendal Martyn B.Sc.Ph.D

Fossil Focus North African Mosasaur Teeth Identification Morocco, Africa. -
by George Corneille, Limerick, Ireland

Fossil Research Red Chalk Formation Nautiloids from Hunstanton -
by S.M.Bowerman

Fossil Hunting in Oxfordshire, UK -
by Mike Thorn

A mineralogical tour of Ireland - Part 1: Leinster
by Stephen Moreton

William Smith Born 1769-Died 1839 -
by Roy Bullard

Amateur Profile -
by Clay Carkin, Marine, USA

When Dinosaurs Roamed Hastings -
by Ken Brooks, Part 3

Road Trip - Editorial
by A. Cruickshanks

Beginners Corner Meteorites Demystified -
by Helen Gould, Part 1

The Physical, Geochemical and General Properties of Granite -
by Alister Cruickshanks



ISSUE 4
OCTOBER 2005

Fossil Focus From the wet Clays of Peterborough to the sunny Caatinga of Brazil -
by David M. Martill

Road Trip -
by Angelos Raven and Stuart Handley

A mineralogical tour of Ireland - Part 2: Munster
by Stephen Moreton

Amateur Profile for the Love of Meteorites -
by Terry Boudreaux

Meteorites - a primer -
by Kendal Martyn B.Sc.Ph.D.

Tony Gill’s Corner -
by Anna Gill

Beginners Corner Meteorites Demystified -
by Helen Gould,
Part 2

A Highland Fishing Expedition -
by Clay Carkin, Maine, USA

Plight of the Stanton Harcourt Mammoths -
by Mike Thorn



ISSUE 5
FEBRUARY 2006

Fossil Focus Fossil Collecting 1000 Miles Away From Home -
by Clay Carkin, Maine, USA

Road Trip - Road Trip to Wangford Quarry, Suffolk -
by Alister and Ian Cruickshanks

Amateur Profile for the Love of Sea-Urchins -
by Andrea Clark

A mineralogical tour of Ireland - Part 3: Connaught
by Stephen Moreton

Tony Gill’s Corner -
by Tony and Anna Gill

Beginners Corner -
by Helen Gould

Quartz is more than Silicon Dioxide -
by Kendal Martyn B.Sc.Ph.D.

Fossil Research -
by Ray Fox

K-T Extinction - Sudden death impacts, slow decline or both -
by Stuart Handley

Art at the Rockface - Making an exhibition on the Fascination of Stone -
by Nigel Larkin



ISSUE 6
MAY 2006

Fossil Research - Smilodon Family Tree -
by Mike Thorn

Road Trip - Port Mulgrave, Nr Whitby -
by Stuart Handley and Byron Blessed

Fossil Research - Fossil Bones from the North Sea. An easy way to collect fossil remains from the Ice Age? -
by Dick Mol

A mineralogical tour of Ireland - Part 4: Ulster
by Stephen Moreton

Tony Gill’s Corner -
by Tony and Anna Gill

Amateur Profile - South Ferriby & East Yorkshire -
by Chris Traxon

Talking Shark Teeth -
by Lutz Andres, Germany

De Kaloot. A fossil treasure trove -
by Frank Wesselingh

Fossil Research - Notes on the Cambridge Greensand -
by Paul Pursglove

Amateur Profile -
by Roy Shepherd

A Letter of Interest - Donated
by Bob Markham

Beginners’ Corner - A closer Look at Plate Tectonics,
by Helen Gould, Part 2



ISSUE 7
AUGUST 2006

Trilobite Trouble -
by Bob Williams

Road Trip, Blockley, Gloucestershire -
by Stuart Handley

Amateur Profile, Wall to Wall Ammonites -
by Stuart Handley

Mary Anning and the Jurassic Dragons -
by Ray Goodwin

Collecting Microfossils from Folkestone -
by Joe Shimmin

A Brief introduction to Agates -
by P. W. Forster

Deep Time in Lyme -
by Stuart Handley

Fossil Focus, How to identify a pterosaur tooth! -
by By Paul Pursglove

A Geological Model for the Alluvial Gold Environment -
by Philip Dunkerley Part 1

Tony Gill’s Corner -
by Tony and Anna Gill

Beginners’ Corner. Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle -
by Helen Gould



ISSUE 8
NOVEMBER 2006

A Geological Model for the Alluvial Gold Environment -
by Philip Dunkerley Part 2

Small is beautiful: fossil voles as stratigraphic aids -
by David Mayhew

Road Trip, Herne Bay, Kent
by Stuart Handley and Les Lanham

Early Eocene London Clay deposits at High Ongar, Essex - Pt 1,
by Bob Williams

The Fascination of Microfossils -
by Joe Shimmin

Helping Scottish Pupils to Become Rock Detectives -
by Peter M Craig, Earth Science Education Services

Tony Gill’s Corner -
by Tony and Anna Gill

Philadelphia Fossils & Ferns -
by Paul Murdoch & Clay Carkin, USA

Do Mammoths warn of a Climate Crisis? -
by James O’Donoghue

Fabulous Fluorite- Derbyshire Blue John -
by Richard M. Haw

Breaking News! Complete Marine Crocodile Skull Found At Whitby -
by Byron Blessed

Beginners’ Corner, Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle -
by Helen Gould Part 2


ISSUE 9
FEBRUARY 2007

In search of Dinosaur Eggs in Mongolia -
by Steen Ballantyne

Bringing the best out of your Fossils: tips on the Preparation of Fossils -
by Bryon Blessed

Tony Gill’s Corner -
by Tony and Anna Gill

Sheppeyfossils.com the Genesis of a Website -
by Fred Clouter

Road Trip- The Ballroom, Nenthead -
by Stuart Handley

Early Eocene London Clay deposits at High Ongar, Essex - Pt 2,
by Bob Williams

Jade: the Imperial green Gem of the East -
by Sonja McLachlan

Beginners’ Corner -
by Helen Gould Part 3

Fossils re-united -
by Brandon Lennon

Barton Beds, Hampshire -
by Ray Chapman

Collector Profile: Richard Hawkes

Warboys - a follow-up Road Trip with a brand new pocket full of finds -
by Flavia Faedo

Mammoths and the Mammoth Ivory Trade -
by Dick Mol and Bernard Buigues

Book Review: Rockwatch Guide No. 1.  A Pocket Guide to the London Clay exposed on the north shore of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent -
by Adrian Rundle



ISSUE 10
May 2007

Triassic Fossils of West Texas -
by Rick Day

An Exceptional Mammoth Discovery from the North Sea -
by Dick Mol

Northern Rocks - Shetland

Amber - Frozen Moments in Time -
by Gary Platt

Location Profile 1: Wenlock Quarry, Shropshire -
by Alister Cruickshanks

The Extinction of the Mammoth and the Clathrate Gun -
by Joanne Ballard and André Bijkerk

Shark tooth collecting at Beltinge, Herne Bay, Kent -
by Les Lanham

Jade: the Imperial Green Gem of the East - Part 2: Decorative and ornamental Jade -
by Sonja McLahlan

Amateur Profile: Part 1: Locations in the Suffolk Area.
by Alison Glading

Disappearing Dunwich - The once thriving Suffolk coastal town, a victim of the North Sea -
by Roy Bullard



ISSUE 11
August 2007

Predator and Prey -
by Dan Quinsey

White Scar Cave - by William Bagshaw

Hastings: Iguanodon Foot-Casts -
by Ken Brooks - Hastings & Geological Society

Fossil Hunting at Seatown -
by Tony and Anna Gill

On the Trail of Shetland’s Volcano -
by Allen Fraser

Mineral Colours -
by Stuart Adams - Essex Rock and Mineral Society

Jade: the Imperial Green Gem of the East, Part 3: The Scientific Properties of Jade -
by Sonja McLachlan

Fossiling in Wyoming -
by Niels Laurids Viby

Location Profile 2: Danes Dyke, East Riding

The Return of Burmite Amber -
by David Lamb

Down and Dirty at a Dig, a Dinophile’s Dream comes true -
by Elena Victory

Amateur Profile: Part 2: Locations in the Norfolk Area
by Alison Cruickshanks

London Clay Minerals -
by Bob Williams



ISSUE 12
November 2007

Hard rock mining in the Brazilian `Garden of Gold’ -
by Graham Roberts

A living fossil in the petrified forest –
by James O’Donoghue

Dinosaur profile Megaraptor – the killer claw –
by Stephen Day

Location Profile Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire –
by Joe Shimmin

The geology of Mars Discoveries by Spirit & Opportunity part 1
by Alister Cruickshanks

Bryozoans: more than meets the eye –
by Dr Paul D Taylor

German miners in Cumbria –
by Jean Tyler

A brief flight with pterosaurs –
by Mark P Witton

Recent finds a day trip to the Sewerby area –
by Paul W Forster

A brief introduction to the Quaternary –
by Joe Shimmin

Imperial jade part 4: the symbolic and spiritual gem –
by Sonja McLachlan

Danger in Rotterdam! A saber-toothed cat prowls the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam –
by Dick Mol

Dinosaurs in Scotland –
by Dr Neil Clark

Dinosaurs down at the Farm –
by Martin Simpson

Amateur profile – Alison Cruickshanks part 3: locations on the Isle of Wight



ISSUE 13
FEBRUARY 2008

Fossil Hunting in Denmark
By Niels Laurids Viby

British Fossil Elephants
By Adrian M Lister

Building Stones of the Ancient World
By Ken Brooks

A Park County gem discovery: Tarryall fire agate
By Steven Wade Veatch (CSMS Pick & Pack)

Mineral collecting down under –
By Tony Forsyth

Shetland An archipelago on the edge –
By Allen Fraser

Hooks, paperclips and balls of string Understanding heteromorphy ammonites
By Dr Neale Monks

New Discovery Antarctic amphibian: a fossil from 245 million years ago –
By Sarda Sahney

The Geology of Mars Discoveries by Spirit and Opportunity part 2 –
By Alister Cruickshanks

Recent finds Ophthalmosaurus – the eye lizard –
By Paul de la Salle

Hints and Tips Building a fossil preparation box –
By Chris Pamplin

Jurassic Gorge –
By Dr Susan Parfrey

The Elgin Marvels –
By Dr Neil Clark

Arthropleura – a prehistoric bug hunt –
By Joe Shimmin and Stephen Day

Location profile East Wemyss, Scotland –
By Alister Cruickshanks

Imperial Jade part 5 The world marketplace –
By Sonja McLachlan



ISSUE 14
SPRING 2008

New Zealand rock hunting
Heather Wilson (New Zealand)

Orphan mine site taken into care
Tanya Piejus (New Zealand)

New publication - Geology of Snowdonia
Matthew Bennett

Carboniferous fossils protecting our Eocene coastline: Barton-on-Sea
David N Lewis (UK) and Stephen K Donovan (Netherlands)

Recent Finds – Crinoids and an introduction to them
Fiona Jennings (UK)

An excursion to Krakatau part 1
Dr G Trevor Watts (UK)

The exciting world of collecting fluorescent minerals
Clay Carking (USA)

Natural wonders of the Maghreb an expedition through Morocco’s geological history – Dr Sebastian Lüning (Germany)

Fossil Hunting in Denmark – part 2
Niels Laurids Viby (Denmark)

New publications – Ammonites and the other cephalopods of the Lower Cretaceous Gault Clay and Folkestone Beds – Fred Clouter

Fossil ecosystems of North America – John R Nudds & Paul A Selden

In the footsteps of T. rex and other prehistoric giants: my trip to the Hell Creek, Green River and Niobrara Chalk formations – George Corneille (Ireland)

Earthquake in Lincolnshire – 27 February 2008
Roger MW Musson (British Geological Survey, Edinburg)

Location Profile: Eype – Tony Gill (UK)

New publication – Rocks & minerals – the definitive visual guide
Ronald Louis Bonewitz

Chrissie and the fossil tree – Rosalind Jones (France)