Pegmatites

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWe thank Dr. Larry Stifler, Mary McFadden, and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, Bethel, Maine, for their continued support of the MP2 research lab. We thank Carl Francis, Mark I. Jacobson, and Mike Wise for their thorough reviews that improved the manuscript.Additional informationNotes on contributorsWilliam B. SimmonsPegmatite experts Dr. William B. Simmons, Dr. Karen L. Webber, and Alexander U. Falster are the founders of the MP2 Research Group (Mineralogy, Petrology, Pegmatology), begun thirty years ago at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans. Professor Emeritus Simmons and his wife, Webber, have retired but continue their research with Falster, experimental chemist and researcher, at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, Bethel, Maine, where their research laboratory was relocated in 2014. They are organizers of the annual Maine Pegmatite Workshop and principal authors of the book Pegmatology.Karen L. WebberPegmatite experts Dr. William B. Simmons, Dr. Karen L. Webber, and Alexander U. Falster are the founders of the MP2 Research Group (Mineralogy, Petrology, Pegmatology), begun thirty years ago at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans. Professor Emeritus Simmons and his wife, Webber, have retired but continue their research with Falster, experimental chemist and researcher, at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, Bethel, Maine, where their research laboratory was relocated in 2014. They are organizers of the annual Maine Pegmatite Workshop and principal authors of the book Pegmatology.Alexander U. FalsterPegmatite experts Dr. William B. Simmons, Dr. Karen L. Webber, and Alexander U. Falster are the founders of the MP2 Research Group (Mineralogy, Petrology, Pegmatology), begun thirty years ago at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans. Professor Emeritus Simmons and his wife, Webber, have retired but continue their research with Falster, experimental chemist and researcher, at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, Bethel, Maine, where their research laboratory was relocated in 2014. They are organizers of the annual Maine Pegmatite Workshop and principal authors of the book Pegmatology.