Dickinsonite was named in honor of Reverend John William Dickinson (1835-1899) of Redding, Connecticut, per Anthony et al. (2000). John W. Anthony, Richard A. Bideaux, Kenneth W. Bladh, and Monte C. Nichols, Eds., (2000) Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. 4, (Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, VA 20151-1110, USA. [www.handbookofmineralogy.org]). http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,252969#msg-252969 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:28:27 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,260516#msg-260516 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,260516#msg-260516 Harold Moritz Minerals Fri, 11 May 2012 18:32:22 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,260510#msg-260510 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,260510#msg-260510 Uwe Kolitsch Minerals Fri, 11 May 2012 17:13:01 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,260316#msg-260316 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,260316#msg-260316
Born July 18, 1835 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, died February 1, 1899 in Los Angeles, California, USA. First a Quaker, then a Methodist preacher, he studied natural sciences in California in the 1850s and 1860s. He returned east and studied at Yale College 1868-9. While a pastor at Redding, Connecticut, beginning in 1876 he visited the pegmatite quarry newly opened by Abijah Fillow in nearby Branchville where he found and gave to James Dana minerals later described by George Brush and Edward Dana of Yale. During 1886-1889 he was back in California teaching, among other things, evolution at the University of Southern California, where he also headed the geology and mineralogy department, and founded and curated the Natural History Museum there. His last teaching post in the 1890s was at the Throop Polytechnical Institute (later Caltech).]]> Harold Moritz Minerals Wed, 09 May 2012 15:21:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,258217#msg-258217 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,258217#msg-258217
Januzzi, Ronald E. (1997): The Branchville Quarry and the Dickinson/Fillow Controversy. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut.]]> Harold Moritz Minerals Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:39:16 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,252969#msg-252969 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,104,252969,252969#msg-252969 John William Dickinson (1835-1899) of Redding, Connecticut, per Anthony et al. (2000).

John W. Anthony, Richard A. Bideaux, Kenneth W. Bladh, and Monte C. Nichols, Eds., (2000) Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. 4, (Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, VA 20151-1110, USA. [www.handbookofmineralogy.org]).]]> Peter Cristofono Minerals Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:06:14 +0000