THE AUTHORS

John W. Anthony - Emeritus Profesor of Geosciences, University of Arizona

              Principal author, Mineralogy of Arizona, 1st ed. (1977) to 3rd ed. (1995)

              Received Ph.D. degree under direction of Clifford Frondel, Harvard University

              Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America; Geological Society of America

              The mineral species anthonyite was named for John Anthony in 1963

Richard A. Bideaux - Co-author, Mineralogy of Arizona, 1st ed. to 3rd ed.

               Life Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America

               Prepared the Glossary of Mineral Species, 1st ed., 1971, for Michael Fleischer

               The mineral species bideauxite was  named for Richard Bideaux in 1970

Kenneth W. Bladh -  Head of Geology Department., Wittenberg University

                Received Ph.D. degree under direction of John W. Anthony

Monte C. Nichols -   Co-author, Mineral Reference Manual (1990)