Many years ago we came across a fun find – one of Peter Zodac’s leftover copies of Rocks and Minerals first issue published in 1926.
This magazine is now and has been for decades, a bold, colorful magazine, since 1979 under the direction of Marie Hunzing.
Back in the 1960’s it was a digest sized black and white magazine with short articles and monthly articles devoted to sand and fossils.
Here is the very first issue, purchased from Alfredo Petrov, who got it from Tony Nickischer, who got it from Peter Zodac’s house.
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It is a curious document, showing that the first issue was heavy on personal advertising, more of a catalog than a magazine.
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