[cid:image001.jpg@01D8C36A.C334D980] September 14 Webinar Every first Wednesday of every month is Mineral Talks LIVE - the monthly LIVE interview series where we sit down the most fascinating people in the mineral world from all over the world and talk rocks. Collectors, Curators, Curatrixes, Artists, Researchers, Publishers, Dealers and more. We get into their origin stories and get updated on some of the things they're working on now. It's always fun, often educational and one of the best ways to learn more about the people who make the mineral world what it is. You are invited to the next Mineral Talks Live webinar: 14 September 2022 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this webinar: http://go.mineraltalkslive.com/register After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Webinar Speaker: John White [cid:image002.jpg@01D8C36A.C334D980] John Sampson White (1933- ) was born 30 September 1933, in Monessen, Pennsylvania, the son of John Sampson White, Sr., a metallurgist, and Frances Sickler White. He grew up in Baltimore County, Maryland where he first became interested in minerals in the eighth grade; his science class required that he assemble a “rock collection,” an assignment that established the direction his life would ultimately take. One of his early mentors was Paul E. Desautels, at that time a chemistry instructor at a local teachers' college but in later years destined to be curator of minerals at the U.S. National Museum (Smithsonian Institution<https://mineraltalkslive.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=29de2322958cd757b7752b3ec&id=65b9cb6c0d&e=7aa497567c>), and John's supervisor there. He was awarded his BS in Geology from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1956 and decided to enroll in Graduate School at the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1960. While in Arizona he also collected at a number of the more famous localities, including the Rowley mine, Old Yuma mine, Holland mine and (with Dick Jones) the Glove mine. In 1963, John was hired by the Smithsonian Institution as a museum technician/specialist in the Mineral Sciences Department, under his old mentor, curator Paul Desautels and in 1970 he founded The Mineralogical Record magazine. John got promoted to Museum Curator in 1973 which led him to hire Wendell Wilson to take over as editor of the magazine. Following the departure of Desautels, John was promoted to curator-in-charge in 1984, a position he held until his retirement in 1991. Capitalizing on his years of museum experience, John then established his own museum/collector consulting business in Philadelphia, and also began dealing in fine mineral specimens. John's personal mineral collection has focused on five specialties: (1) single “floater” crystals, (2) twinned “floater” crystals, (3) quartz, (4) specimens from the Pennsylvania – Maryland - Virginia area, and (5) gemstones. His collection today (described in a 2009 article by Tom Moore) numbers about 700 carefully selected specimens. John's publishing record is extensive. His personal bibliography includes two books on popular mineralogy, over 100 technical articles and hundreds of reviews and column installments. He has served to the Mineral Museums Advisory Council and the Commission on Museums of the International Mineralogical Association; is a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and an honorary member of three mineralogical societies as well as the Washington Guild and the American Gem Society among others. John was honored in February 2020 as the first recipient of the John S. White Legacy Award, established to honor “people who have striven to educate, inform, and create paths to enhance knowledge of minerals.” The award was presented at a social event cohosted by collectors Gail and Jim Spann and Spanish dealer Jordi Fabre. Contents Copyright © 2022 The Mineralogical Record, Inc. All rights reserved. [cid:image003.jpg@01D8C36A.C334D980] Picture of first issue of the Mineralogical Record by John White, 1970. Photograph courtesy of John White. *************** If you have missed a previous episode, they are posted 30 days after the event. 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