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Sidney A. Williams 1933–2006

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Sidney Arthur William died in his home in Douglas, Arizona on the 8^th of December, 2006 from lung cancer. He is survived by his loving wife Betty Jo, and their daughter, Sandy.

Sid was born on the 26^th of December, 1933 in Ann Arbor Michigan, son of Edward Watkin and Helen (Southgate) Williams. He attended the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (currently Michigan Technological University), where he completed a Bachelor of Science programme in Geology and Master of Science programme in Mineralogy (1957) with a thesis entitled ‘A Study of Chlorastrolite’.

Sid’s interest in mineralogy was sparked at an early age when he found a 2.5 carat diamond that had been lost in the family driveway many years before. This interest was reinforced by Clarence Seebaldt, a neighbour. Seebaldt’s father was a practicing mining engineer in Colorado and had assembled a mineral collection that was eventually given to Sidney by the family. Dr Edward Kraus at the University of Michigan also encouraged Sid to pursue a career in . . . [Full Text of this Article]