 | | Report (issue) | | IN APPRECIATION To publish a directory of the California Federation sible \\;thout the cooperation of........................................ 15 Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc............................................................ 31-32 El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Society............................Mateo County, Inc ............................................. 37-38 Gem Cutters Guild, Los Angeles............................................ 47 Kern County Mineral Society, Inc.......................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | SINGLE COPY, 20c I MAY - 1944 ill CONTENTS Redondo Beach Schweitzer Texas Mineral Museum New Mexico Localities...Ail prior to 1939. Includes the big 120-page California number. $3.00 BIG BARGAIN BUNDLE 35 copies...copies. â All prior to 1941. Includes the special California number and the special fluorescent issue, with...the Mother Lode Min eral Society. of Modesto, California. Mo tion pictures were shown. * * * FORACE...Bell Mincralogical So ciety, of San Bernardino, California. Mem bers taking part in the program included |  | | Book (edition) | | acknowledgement should be Dr. W. B. S. Thomas Huntington Beach, N. J., A. S. made to: of Lyons, N.J., Marion...were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are... crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for Lava known...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........... 10~ A WORD ABOUT REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA . . . AND "BEACH PEBBLES". By De Wille Hagar ...ABOUT REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIAAND " BEACH PEBBLES" By DEWITTE HAGAR Past President of the Los Angeles...some wrong impressions concerning Redondo Beach, California, and beach locations in general with regard...twenty years ago Redondo Beach, which lies about twenty miles southwest of ' Los Angeles, was a real paradise...paradise for folk who liked to hunt for stones on the beach. In those days water-worn pebbles of chalcedony |  | | Journal (issue) | | FROM AUSTRIA ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡-¡ 237 GILPIN COUNTY, COLO., THEN AND NOW. By Rafael D . Stotts 238...ASSOCIATION ............ 242 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 10. Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes Estates. By...Value Some two dozen geologic materials in ¡up the beach from Cape Henry south to Back Bay and beyond and...Fredericksburg, and Washington, D. C., as well as nu- County. Under the stimulus of the urmerous other eastern...mining has recently been resumed in Spotsylvania County. Nonmetallic mineral resources that are being mined |  | | Journal (issue) | | Model 125 131-158 $195.00 Prices F.0 .8 . Los Angeles * ELECTROPLATER U"PEIIAITI FACTORY GUARANTEE...MODEL 185 131-159 * $285.00 Prices F.o.e. Los Angeles FULL FACTORY GUARANTEE Same as the above except...York Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90042, Telephone (213) 255-1488 Priers F.0.8. Los Angel" Add postage...postage and insurance Add Sales Tax in California HOBBY DOLLARS GO FARTHER with GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE...CITY ORDERS PLEASE ADD SALES TAX) ⢠PRICES F.O.B. LOS ANCELES, CALIF. Learn the p1¡ofessional way throitgh |  | | Book (edition) | | on collecting. by DAROLD J. HENRY Author of California Gem Trails, Gem Trail Journal, The Rock Collector's...naturalist, a miner alogist, and an educator in California schools as well as a writer of many articles...Lowell R. Gordon, 1810 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California No portions of this book may be reproduced... I l ti CALIFORNIA GEM TRAILS TABLE OF CONTENTS * FOREWORD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.................PENTZ QUARRY SONOMA COUNTY . HUMBOLDT COUNTY EEL RIVER BEAR CANYON CREEK TRINITY COUNTY 8 9 9 9 9 10 II |  | | Journal (issue) | | HEAT By MARGARET HORMELL North Palm Springs, California Midsummer heat has wrought a holocaust For all...LAND OF MY DREAMS By MARY PERDEW Santa Ana, California I long for the sweep of unfenced lands: Mountain...GASTON BURRIDGE By GRACE BARKER WILSON Downey, California We weigh a star beycnd our eye And fail to know...CALENDAR Aug. 29-30 â Tooele County Fair, Tooele, Utah. Aug. 29-Sept. 1âElko County Fair. Elko, Nevada. Aug...Aug. 30-Sept. 1âDesert Peaks Section, Southern California Chapter, Sierra Club, hike up the Thumb, Sierra |  | | Journal (issue) | | 29âAnnual Fall Roundup, Hi Vista, Lancaster, California. Oct. 31 â Hallowe'en Mardi Gras, sponsored by...Spanish villages. Nov. 4-5 â Sierra Club, Southern California chapter, will hike to Last Chance Canyon, near... November events on the desert 3 FIELD TRIP Agate Hunters at Double Butte ⢠By HAROLD WEIGHT 4 HISTORY...society, Fresno district fairgrounds, Fresno, California. Nov. 23âDesert Sun Ranchers Rodeo at Flying...23-26âDesert trip for members of Sierra Club, Southern California chapter. Base camp at Corn Springs, outings to |  | | Journal (issue) | | printed." 1633 EAST WALNUT STREET PASADENA 4, CALIFORNIA. PHONtSfe-6423 OPEN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY...will climb Mt. DuBois and White Mountain peak in California. July 1-2-3-4âReno Rodeo. Parade, races, all...desert 3 EXPLORATION La Mora Canyon in Baja California By RANDALL HENDERSON 4 FIELD TRIP Rocks Where...monthly by the Desert Press. Inc., Palm Desert, California. Re-entered as second class matter July 17, 1948...1948. at the post office at Palm Desert, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | taken by our hosts thorugh Oregon, Washington, California and the Canadian Rockies this past summer. These...because of the recent discovery of a big deposit in California which contains these elements in what appears...interesting talk was given on the minerals of Oxford County, Maine. Mr. Joseph Rothstein has become a summer...Sunstone from the Bear Mountain area in N. Y., and agate from Paterson, N. J. Within the past two months...Orange Belt Mineralogical Society San Bernardino, California The Orange Belt Mineralogical Society held its |  | | Journal (issue) | | BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90042 (213) 255-1488 MINUTE-MAN MAIL ORDER SYSTEM Prlcn F.O.B. Los Angeln...ART/ ADVERTISING DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR - CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES CIRCULATION...Correspondence and requests for Information to the California Federation should be addressed to: Mrs. Juanita...Executive Secretary 609 West 36th Street. Long Beach. Calif. 90806 NORTHWEST FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL...65th St., Lincoln, NB 68507. June 28 thru 30. CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES. Annual |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEMMARY, Box 816, Redondo Beach, species. One dollar brings you our periodic list California 90277. for one...Free List. NEW MEXICO MINING AND MILLING, INC., Los Cordovas Rt., Box 14, Taos, New Mexico 87571. ING...UNLIMITED, Box 877 Depart ment RM, Ridgecrest, California 93555. FREE CATALOG! Gemology school, Diamonds...prices. For free list, write to: BLAINE REED, 907 County Rd., 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301. specimens...WELLS LAPIDARYâ1234 W. Ridge crest, Ridgecrest, California 93555. Desert col lecting information and coffee |  | | Report (issue) | | affected by California earthquake of September 7_____________ Area affected by California earthquake of...affected by California earthquake of December 10___--_-_-_-___ Area affected by California earthquake...this work is received from the University of California Seismographic Station at Berkeley, the Seismological...than the precise location. Earthquakes in the California area are plotted when felt reports are received...earthquakes of the United States, exclusive of California and western Nevada; Introduction shown on |  | | Journal (issue) | | per copy. 1633 EAST WALNUT STREET PASADENA 4, CALIFORNIA. PHONt Sfc-6423 OPEN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...contest at Pegleg monument in Borrego valley, California. Jan. 1âAnnual presentation of "The Messiah"...Jan. 1âAnnual Pegleg Trek to Borrego valley. California. Jan. 1âRodeo at Slash Bar K ranch, Wickenburg...11 15 19 By JOYCE MUENCH Jan. 14-15âSouthern California chapter of Sierra Club will camp at Crystal Creek...lectures. Southwest Museum, Highland Park, Los Angeles, California. . . . By HAROLD O. WEIGHT Test your |  | | Journal (issue) | | to 5 p.m. Closed Saturday and Sunday F.O.B. Los Angeles. Add postage and Insurance. Add Salee Tax In...Telephone (213) 255-1488 4959 York Boulevard, Los Angeles, Callfornla 90042 LAPCRAFT'S DIAMOND PRODUCTS...stabbed t\o'fl (\ ,.._.,, ,'rl) stone - Jade, quartz, agate, glass. etc. Works 9 6 ~o 6 ot,O T-"-e(\,... well...46 A VISIT TO KOKOWEEF CAVERNS Rockhounding in California by Loran E. Perry MINERALS OF THE OZARKS FEATURES...way to redop by Gerald I. Hemrich FIELD TRIPS CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Offlcetl |  | | Journal (issue) | | GRIEGER'S ⢠1633 E. WALNUT ST. ⢠PASADENA 4, CALIFORNIA OUR STORE IS OPEN EVERY DAY 8:30 A . M . UNTIL...exhibit of paintings of historical landmarks of California and portraits of pioneer families, by Orpha Klinker...Klinker. Southwest Museum, Highland Park, Los Angeles, California. May 1 â Fiesta and Spring Corn Dance,...May 1-3 â Annual Spring Festival, Apple Valley, California. COVER "Goodbye, Death Valley!" Sculptured...May events on the desert 3 May 2-3âSouthern California Chapter, Sierra Club camping trip to Indian Cove |  | | Journal (issue) | | Annual Imperial County Fair, County Fair Grounds, Imperial, California. March 3-6âPima County Fair, Tucson...by Desert Gem and Mineral society of Blythe, California. March 5-6âThe Fourth consecutive World's Championship...Desert Cavalcade of Imperial Valley at Calexico, California. Pageant, parades, festivities. March 19âAll-day...Desert Circus, parade, dances, Palm Springs, California. March 31âSpecial public program "Atomic Physics...days, Southwest Museum, Highland Park, Los Angeles, California. MARCH, 1949 Volume 12 MARCH. 1949 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Liar's conlest New Year's eve, in Borrego Valley, California. Jan. 1âAnnual presentation of "The Messiah"...association convention. Phoenix. Jan. 6âEl Dia de los Tres Reyes, ceremonial dance, Taos pueblo, New Mexico...sponsored by Women's Ten Thousand club, El Centro, California. Jan. 13-14 â Annual downhill ski championship...heart of the Little San Bernardino Mountains, California. Dry camp in Box Canyon. Jan. 21âPhoenix Don's...at Cottonwood Springs, 25 miles east of Indio, California. Jan. 28âDesert Sun Ranchers rodeo at Slash-Bar-K |  | | Journal (issue) | | We invite you to write or visit us. BISHOPâS AGATE Maryhill, Washington SHOP & DH-1 TRIMMING ...TORRANCE Worldâs Piamend Largest Cut-Off CO. CALIFORNIA Manufacturer of Wheels and Equipment. 2 THE...A check in been sent first prize A Few California Locations 8 Agates from Glacial Source ]...Published by Graphic Press, 4314 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. $1.15. Legends of Gems tells the story... RE OR ES ) ) THE A Few EARTH SCIENCE California By DeWitte abounds in locations where interesting |  | | Book | | lapidary field. Beginning with a description of agate, he proceeds to an interesting account of the history...ever been written before. Tracing the history of agate from prehistoric days through events of the Bible...growing hobby. Chapters are devoted to the details of agate collecting, the varieties and forms of quartz and...varieties, with favorite location of quartz agate, opal wood â collectors. The petrified gems throughout...America 4567890 543210987 Dedicated The to Los Angeles Lapidary Society where I served and where |  | | Journal (issue) | | 0 .1. Los A111eles Add postot⢠oad h1S11roace. Add Sales Tax la Collfor11io 4959 YORK BLVD. LOS ANGELES...ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90042 2 - APRIL 1977 Open Mon. thru Frt. 9 a.m. to I :00 p.m. Cla11d Saturday and...and SHAPES In any slabbed stone - Jade, quartz, agate, glass. etc. Works well on Metalics such as Sliver...collecting of spectacular specimens by Mark C. Blazek CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Offlcen...Blackthome. Long Beach. CA 90808 Mrs. Jeanne Mager. Secretary 13245 Rhoda Or.. Los Altos Hills. CA 94022 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mexico Winifred Randle Jones, author of "Black Agate in Milky Wash," began writing 15 years agoâas a...North Broadway, Los Angeles. While he was still a baby, his family moved to Downey, California, and it was...service and supply company in Desert Center, California. His wife, Frances, is head cashier. The Jewells...Southern California and San Diego Chapters, Sierra Club, climb to Temple Crag in Southern California. August...dance, Zia Pueblo, New Mexico. August 15-17âQuay County Sheriffs Posse Rodeo, Tucumcari, New Mexico. August | | | Book | | lapidary field. Beginning with a description of agate, he proceeds to an interesting account of the history...ever been written before. Tracing the history of agate from prehistoric days through events of the Bible...the details of agate collecting, the varie ties and forms of quartz gems other than agate, opal and its...America 4567890 543210987 ⢠Dedicated to THE Los ANGELES LAPIDARY SocIETY '"here I served and where I...infor1nation on tl1c rockl1ouncl's favorite gem-tl1e agate. THIS IS LELANDÂŁ QUICK La Jolla ( ,5an l)irgo) |  | | Journal (issue) | | and SHAPES In any slabbed stone - Jade, quartz. agate, glass, etc. Works well on Metallcs such as Sliver...Caudle (RMFMS) P.O. Box 1512. Clifton. AZ 85533 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Otllcera...85 Mrs. Jeanne Mager, Secretary 13245 Rhoda Or.. Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Edwin Porter, Treasurer P.O...Executove Secrelary 609 West 36th Street. Long Beach. Cali! 90806 NORTHWEST FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL..................................64 FIELD TRIPS Agate on Flaking Stone Mountain by Ronald A. Person . |
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