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| Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...rocks are exposed as thick bands around the entire mountain system. The rising granite mass intruded the famed...as the continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave...into this unit provide an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain snow melt water. Harney...some of the world’s most spectacular crystals of Beryl and Spodumene. For instance, a single Spodumene |
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| excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...concerned, Ohio is unique in but a single gemstone, an exceptionally high quality, colorful flint that is...chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD |
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| excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...concerned, Ohio is unique in but a single gemstone, an exceptionally high quality, colorful flint that is...chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD |
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| professional quality for lapidary craftsmen & hobbyists NEW! The Viscount Inter-Lok A premium blade, engineered...DIVISION FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION LENT AVENUE• LeROY, NEW YORK 144B2 Telephone AC 716 967-B10B Made under U...Porter, Treasurer P.O. Box 96, Burbank, CA 91503 Opal Enthusiasts Hold First Seminar ............................................................... 46 New Zealand Rockhounds to Attend CFMS Show In Las Vegas...Treasurer 3616 60th Ave. S.W. Seattle, Wa. 98116 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Officers |
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| Depending upon yield - 30 to 50% from our rough opal - and your market, profits should not be less than...cutting opal for profit, and WISH TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS ask for our leaflet on how to cut opal more...2242, NORTH PARRANATTA 2151 , AUSTRALIA SEND ROUGH OPAL TO THE VALUE OF ------------------------------ $...accuracy, tenth-degree angle specifications and getting an even girdle line are covered by Thomas J. Ricks ...faceted stone by Rich ard D. Austin THE WISHING WELL An intriguing and challenging project for faceters by |
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| Anywhere in the world. Salt Lake City , UT - June 4-7 South Bend, IN - July 23-26 H Orders filled at prices...CB by Mildred M. Lawrence DEPARTMENTS 24 WHAT'S NEW 28 QUESTIONS 30 NEWS NOTES OF COLLECTING AREAS 32...Treasurllf 8607 NW 21st St, Vancower, WA 98665 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Officers...For additional information and 11QUests to the South Cenllll Fecletallon , GEMS & MINERALS - 5 I ...several things : 1) Tweak the curiosity which is an essential part of the makeup of every hobby craftworker |
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| SPECIAL KIT PRICE .............. $15.95 AND NOW ... NEW FROM LAPCRAFT For Dressing and Truing . . . MICROMITE...............................................81 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Offlcera.........................................19 What's New ................................ ..................metal-bond wheels are held on a heavy steel ring by an extremely hard. heat-treated nickel alloy plating...We pay postage on Onie,. within U.S. Visit our new rock and gift shop Open 9AM - 5PM, Mon. thru Sat |
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| PRICES ARE BASED AT $180.00 per ounce, we will make an adjustment of price on day order is shipped. Prices...CARVING MICROMITE Diamond Carving Points AND NOW ... NEW FROM LAPCRAFT For Dressing and Truing . . . MICROMITE...rockhounds. Elsewhere in this issue, you will find an article about some of the many uses for this versatile..................... 16 A Method for Using Tecopa Opal by F.W. Seasholtz ............................................................................66 SOUTH C ENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Offlcera |
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| CHRISTMAS HOW-TO ISSUE and a HEAL THY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR from J J Jewelcratt 014KARATO GOLD STERLING...DIVISION FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION LENT AVENUE• LeROY, NEW YORK 144B2 Telephone AC 716 967-B10B Made Under U................................................ 17 An lndlan Style Necklace of Wood and TurquolH by James...Vignette, New York ........................................................................ 46 SOUTH CENTRAL...Antonio. Texas 78228 Mrs. Viola Smith, Treasurer 1215 South 41 st Street, Temple. Texas 76501 GEMS I MINERALS |
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| The Current Market Scene For The Jewelry Maker A New Bola Tie Design Jeweled Pen Caps The Art Of Sand...CARVING MICROMITE Diamond Carving Points AND NOW ... NEW FROM LAPCRAFT t For Dressing and Truing . . . MICROMITE...scintillating colors of Australian opal come to us through the courtesy of the Opal Spectrum company. For details...Our Cover feature. And, for a fascinating look at opal mining , plus more pictures, turn to page 8. AND...Treasurer 8810 37th s.w., Seattle. WA 98126 Don SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Offlc:era |
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| your own tumbling and grinding machineto cutting an emerald !The extensive reference section describes...mineral-collector and the experienced lapidary for whom itwill be an invaluable work of reference. FOKRieterehee 543...Left: Magnificent hexagonal crystals of chaiybite, an iron carbonate. The triangular 'growth shadows' that...are visible represent the form of the crystals at an earlier stage in th eir de veiopm en t This book...things, such as the wings of butterflies, can show an incomparable purity and brightness. In this connection |
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| your own tumbling and grinding machine to cutting an emerald! The extensive reference section describes...a... “he experienced lapidary for whom it will be an invaluable work of reference. LIBRARY CHICAGO PUBLIC...CEMSIONES Edited by Michael ODonoghve CRESCENT BOOKS - New York © Orbis Publishing Limited, London and Istituto...eft: Magnificent hexagonal crystals of chalybite, an iron This book has several purposes: to introduce...are visible represent the form of the crystals at an earlier stage in their development fashioned gems; |
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| Tory Peterson Institute HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Boston New 1996 COMPANY York J Text and illustrations copyright...Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003 PETERSON FIELD GUIDES and...great changes of emphasis in mineral collecting and an unforeseen growth in the number of collectors. Mineral...Mexican sources. New areas in Russia, Africa, and Asia have become significant sources. An increasing recognition...prices to levels that older collectors find shocking. New species have been described by the dozens in recent |
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| Publications CHAPMAN & HALL London • Glasgow • New York • Tokyo • Melbourne • Madras Published by...2NZ, UK Chapman & Hall Inc.. 29 Wesl 351h S1ree1. New York NY llXl0I. US;\ Chapman & Hall Japan. Thomson...Aus1rnlia. Thomas Nelson Aus1r.1lia. 102 Dodds S1rce1. South Mdbournc. Vic1oria 3205. Auslr.ilia Chapman & Hall...publica1ions) 'Third edi1ion'-Forcword. Rev. ed. of: An index of mim:ral species & varie1ics arranged chemically/...of Minemls was published and it soon proved to be an important and standard reference work for mineralogists |
