CREDITS

Publisher

The Gem & Mineral Council
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: 213-763-3328; Fax: 213-749-4107
Email: jbrandt@nhm.org

Developers

Dr. George Gerhold
Retired Professor of Physical Chemistry at Western Washington University
Multimedia author and developer

Dr. Anthony R. Kampf
Curator of Mineral Sciences
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

 

Design and Implementation

Kris Bruland
Lead programmer at Logos Software in Bellingham, Washington

Dorothy L. Ettensohn
Collections Manager, Mineral Sciences
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Photography Partners

Dan Behnke
Micromount collector and photographer
Associate Photographer for The Mineralogical Record and Rocks & Minerals

Lou Perloff (deceased)
World famous micromount collector and photographer

Jeffrey A. Scovil
Professional photographer of minerals and gems
Associate Photographer for The Mineralogical Record and Rocks & Minerals

Dr. Wendell E. Wilson
Editor-in-Chief of The Mineralogical Record and noted mineral photographer

Photography Contributors

Paul M. Adams
John Betterton
Volker Betz
Dr. Bruce Cairncross
Rick Dillhoff
Georges Favreau
Anthony de Goutière
Monica Graeme (deceased)
Gary Grenier (deceased)
Patrick Haynes
Jim Hamblen
Dr. Donald G. Howard
Dr. John A. Jaszczak
Dr. Erik J. Jonsson
Dr. Anthony R. Kampf
Tom Loomis

Tony Nikischer
Luciano Pasetti
Ken Roberts
Dr. George R. Rossman
Henry Smit
Milton Speckles (deceased)
Julius Weber (deceased)
Sugar White
Wolf Windish
Dr. William S. Wise
Stephan Wolfsried

Providers of Content and Supplementary Features

David Barthelmy
Mineral data and crystal drawings

Forrest Cureton
Mineral name pronunciations

Dr. Robert T. Downs
XtalDraw atomic structure drawing program and structure data

Alexander Hoelzel
Strunz classification system

Lanny R. Ream
Mineral data (mostly carried over from version 1)

Dr. Steffen Weber
JCrystal crystal drawing program

Beta Testers
Although a great many people assisted with the testing of the Photo-Atlas,
the following persons deserve particular recognition for their efforts.

Paul M. Adams
Charlie Crutchfield
Jim Etzwiler
Charley Frey

Yulia Grossman
Dennis Hurowitz
Mary L. Johnson
Tom Katonak
Lee Peterson
Gail Poulson
Mike Roney
Carol Socash
Eckhard D. Stuart
Rick Vazquez
Bruce Vick
Dana Wilson
Anne Woods
 

Sales Manager

Jean Brandt
Coordinator of the Gem & Mineral Council
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County


The Photo-Atlas of Minerals
is produced by the Gem & Mineral Council
of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.