 | | Journal (issue) | | this wonderful canyon, soon to be covered bv rising lake waters. Mexican Hat's GLEH CANYON BOATIM, Inc....assemble at Truckhaven. February 14-23 — Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, Parade on 22nd...UTAH February 12-14 — Jaycee Snow Cup Race, Salt Lake City. Publisher's Notes It is interesting to me...born. Cover photographer is Carlos Elmer of China Lake, Calif. FEBRUARY, 1959 The Desert Magazine is...term lease at $1 a year from the Coachella Valley County Water district on several hundred acres owned by |  | | Book | | it started, uniquenesses. $12.95. Jacksonville Oregon, Antique Town in a Modern Age — Documentary. Bert...National Historic Landmark. $12.95. Ashland — An Oregon Oasis; The Shakespeare Town. Janelle Davidson....Trail to Oregon in 1946. Ingludes the Pringle Diary. Bert Webber. South approach of the Oregon Trail via...Astounding pictures! Pringle genealogy. $13.95 Oregon Covered Bridges — Expanded Edition; Bert and Margie...Mining in Oregon — Documentary; Includes How to Pan for Gold. Edited by Bert Webber. Data from Oregon State |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...have skimmed over the water as you walked along a lake shore were some from which beautiful gems could...notably, opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure altogether, like glass. They are a...fluoride) gem minerals / when heated 15 in a glass tube with potassium disulphate gives off hydrofluoric...To from prehnite, heat the mineral in a closed glass tube. Smithsonite (zinc carbonate) becomes coated |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Black Hills, the Cascades and the Grand Canyon, the Oregon and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California...California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches of the Middle West, the broad plains and...difficulty but not jade. Feldspar, in turn, will scratch glass. Test pencils must be used to try most of the hard...notably opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure altogether, like glass. They are a mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | $1.50 per lb. Medium dark - moat popular color In USA$ .04 per carat ... $4.00 per tot Pata de Gallo Agate...50 to ORDERS MUST INCLUDE A $2.00 fee if in the USA receive our new Fall list of all others including...SHAPES in any slabbed stone - jade, quartz, agate, glass, etc. Faster and easier than grinding. HI-Strength...World's Fair of Gems and Minerals." Host. Clark County Gem Collectora. Las Vegas Convention Center. Las...Society. Annual Show In conjunction with Fresno County Fair. Fresno. CA. 10-10 dally except 31st, 10-6 |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...obtainable under the Be sure flap closure. to lake along a stout cord: before descending a steep...more miles from what is now Canada. In southern Oregon, hundreds of square miles are littered with fragments |  | | Journal (issue) | | FEATHER RIDGE PLUME R&G KIDS Labradorescence Oregon Agate FIELD TRIP: Sandia Mountains (NM) Travertine...December 2014 Display until 12/23/14 PRINTED IN USA RG_turquoise_cover_1214.indd 2 ROCKPICK LEGEND...Plume agate comes from a claim in the Strode Basin, Oregon, owned by Philip Stephenson. A single piece may...MidTennessee Gem & Mineral Society; Williamson County AgExpoPark; 4215 Long Ln.; Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5;...ARIZONA: 58th Annual Show; Gila County Gem & Mineral Society; Gila County Fairgrounds; 3 miles northeast |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodochrosite. A regular $1.75 value. Both for only $1.00 Snowflake Nephrite Jade (Wyoming) A new outstanding jade...Measurements: %V2 xlVi x 5%" Page JEWEL BOX OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA by Mary Frances HOW TO GO ROCKHOUNDING..."Jewel Box" in the northeast corner of Imperial County, Calif. The Wiley Well area (the name by which...basalt of a much later origin. Chimneys, scarps, and buttes, chiseled out of flat or tilted beds of this volcanic...Jade WA, 4-2130 CHICAGO 9, ILUNOIS COUNTY MPERIAL COUNTY Rl V " I E RS IDE l/£M£/VT6' "^^^ \^/j;t-4 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Below is wulfenite from the Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Photos by William Panczner, curator,...State University, Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary...group, found at the Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California. Examples of the new minerals will...RHYOLITE and TTLESNAKES Naval ~apons.Onflor CHINA LAKE GATE IDGECREST :A' TO TRONA Ne-vada Mountains ...vehicles were then used to reach Roaring Ridge, Red Buttes and the Petrified Forest from camp. Mining operations | | | Book | | precise maps needed can be cho sen are provided 5 LAKE SUPERIOR .,. #<:, 9 .. ___ _____ ; =~~= 0:;~~~=s--_...·=-'--~c--- TO COPPER HARBOR !ROCK SHOPSl r::::-::, LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...more miles from w hat Is now Canada In southern Oregon. hundreds of square miles are littered w ith fragme...an anc ient volcano and crea ted beautiful Crater Lake Such states as Nebraska and Kansas-the Hig h Plains-owe |  | | Journal (issue) | | over by the time this reaches clear , colorless glass bottle or jar with print. a wide mouth . The stone...STON A & B Rock Shop (517) 65~3608 MINNESOTA BIG LAKE Cork y·s Rock Shop (612) 263·21 42 MINNEAPOLIS Veberod...Tervo s House ot Spec1a1t1es (516) 486-6565 ILION County Mineral & Lapodar~ Shor (315) 89 -704 NASSAU Closs...YOUNGSTOWN Adamas Lapidary & Gem Shop (2161 758-3185 OREGON DUNDEE Dundee Rock Shop (503) 538-3859 MEDFORD...Shop 225-1063 SALT LAKE CITY Freshmans Jewelers Suppll (801) 21-6327 SALT LAKE CITY Ken Stew art Gem |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dec. 13 — 5th Annual Engen Cup Slalom, Alta, Salt Lake City. Dec. 13 — Community Sing, Kaysville. Dec....presentation of The Messiah at Tabernacle, Salt Lake City. DESERT MAGAZINE Publisher's Notes The...Mormon leader Joseph Smith never saw the Great Salt Lake. True False 14—Geronimo was a notorious Navajo chief...Dutchman from driving his cart to Laguna Dam. Ferguson Lake Road, right, was built a few years ago. Ehrenberg...NATURALIST 14 DESERT MAGAZINE parked near the dry lake, and began walking about in characteristic teetery |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rhodonite Rose Quartz Rhodochrosite Fine Quality Snowflake Ob: Sodalite Syn. Star Ruby/Sapphire 15.00 15...Since my shop is equipped with a cement floor, the glass lamp didn’t survive the fall. I must have had that...had just broken my was pretty appealing. I'll glass lamp, this have to confess that [ was a little...(PRICES Dumortierite BAG) Golden Lace Agate Snowflake Obsidian — +85 P Sodalite— pink royal blue with...RICH’S LAPIDARY & SUPPLY 6425 N.E. 23rd © Portland, Oregon 97211 © (503) 284-8027 ZEALAND’S ONLY 10-14-18-22-26-30-34-38- |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Deep, spinel red oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy |  | | Report (issue) | | Center, Rm. 1C402,12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Federal Bldg., Rm. 8105,125 South State...references (p. ) Supt. of Docs, no.: I 19.16:1523 1. Obsidian Composition. I. Smith, Robert L. II. Thomas, John...the occurrence, geology, and petrography of the obsidian subgroups Group I: Obsidians from the early stages...47 48 50 51 Application to the whole body of obsidian data Magma mixing and assimilation Vapor-phase...discrimination plots Geochemical features of main obsidian groups Group I: Obsidians from primitive island |  | | Book | | through a rather strange activity. magnifying glass, and you begin to see Yet go to a beach or any...Below are stones of the mineral onyx. magnifying glass you can see three different minerals. There are...to tell. magnifying glass might reveal tiny red spots under the magnifying glass. A rock hunter might... The Basin and Range Province of the south-west USA (right) formed in this way. and also when what are...historical record. If there has not been through glass. The longer the crack, both the Kobe (Japan) quake |  | | Journal (issue) | | Art Reno Gem and M ineral Societ y of San Mateo County things which cannot be broken down to any further...used for the fish bola are: Mouth - ruby slag (glass). Coral could be used. Gill area (around the eye)...Grossular Dumortlerlte ¼" Aquamarine Olivine Flowering Obsidian Vanadlnlte •Turquols Jasp-Agate Conlchalclte ·sapphire...Rhyolite Greywacke •Kaolinite Glaucophane Slate Black Obsidian Gabbro Dlopslde Enstalile Actlnollte Barkevlklte...Phylllte Gastropod Rock Crystal Quartz - xi Coqulna •obsidian "apache tears" 'Hexahydrlte Bryozoa Gay-Lusslle | | | Book (volume) | | Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Deep, spine! red oligoclase feldspar (5.04 et), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires, violetish blue (2...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy...Prescott, AZ; John H. Pugh, Steatite of Soutl1ern Oregon, Inc., Grants Pass, OR; Christopher W Ralph, Reno |  | | Journal (issue) | | and nearest dealer. Anywhere in the world. Salt Lake City , UT - June 4-7 South Bend, IN - July 23-26...56 IN SEARCH OF GOLD Rockhounds' Paradise in Oregon by Floyd Oles Where to prospect in the United States...uncommon for A specimen from El Portal, Mariposa County, California. Size, 2½"x1¾#x¾". 14 - JUNE 1981...one from the M inerva Mine, Cave In Rock , Hardin County, 1llinols. Size, 2"x1 ½ "x¾". The Many Forms..."x1 ¾". 0) From the Sherman mine; Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; 2"x2"x¼ " . E) "Rose" from near Norman |  | | Book (volume) | | mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Wyoming...on the production of Montana alluvial sapphires. Oregon chalcedonies were ably described by Chet and Marge...of Terrebonne, Oregon. Information was also supplied by Dowse’s Agate Shop, Salt Lake City, Utah, by...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken |  | | Book (edition) | | Hoodoos, and 4. Igneous Rocks Igneous Rocks: Obsidian Igneous Rocks: Granite 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10...slightly is best: first dissolve in a water-filled glass or plastic vessel all the dry acid crystals that...of vinegar) or hydrochloric acid in a plastic or glass container. Here, too, try out a small specimen first...utility to the collector is some sort of magnifying glass. For field work the inexpensive ones are ordinarily...thread. Test tubes from chemical supply houses are glass tubes 6 % or 8 in. (15 or 20 cm) long, and about |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gulch Rock Club found opal, petrified wood , obsidian , obsidian needles and carnelian. Restrooms and water...write to Santiam Lapidary, P.O. Box 771 , Cascadia, Oregon 97329. or call (503) 367-3147. - small - T...of San Mateo County will hold its 32nd annual show March 27 and 28 at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds...by hand with silicon carbide and water on plate glass. This technique was covered in detail in the article...are packaged either In plasllc begs or In corked glass vlalt. The fosali. and crystals range from about |  | | Book | | wet, were transparent —some of them as clear as glass. When they dried off, the surface was opaque from...masses of unbroken rock, to the western shore of Lake These two pictures show a complete wave in sedimentary...size of your head. From here, go to the beaches of Oregon and Washington, where there are miles of pebble...Collecting agates at the wrack line on Agate Beach, Oregon. 10 GEMSTONES AND MINERALS Igneous Rocks...gases trapped in it to make it flow as a froth. Obsidian, when very old, will become porous and absorb |  | | Book | | GEMSTONES [ yen a aN iar Selenei erry, 4 B KILKENNY COUNTY LIBRARY %s = ¥ “ Se veamnete uk PrAG Rete...manufacture of artificial pearls and iridescent — glass and to create smokescreens. There is also titanium...Andesite may also feature large quantities of natural glass. ndesite is named after the Andes, the great chain...Pacific seaboard through Alaska, California, and Oregon. rock on Earth, basalt. The main differences...driven off and forms a pool on the inside of the glass. The mineral belongs to the vivanite group, the |
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Glass Buttes, Lake County, Oregon, USA