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| OF ROCKBY THE CORROSIVE LOCALDECOMPOSITION ACTIONOF PRE-GLACIALPEAT-BOGS EDWIN W. HUMPHREYS AND ALEXIS...JULIEN While the layer of decayed rock which once overlay the region aroundNew York City has been generallyplaned...generallyplaned off by the continental glacier, certain small isolated spots have been noted from time to...commonlyattributedto weatheringaction, and their escape from the glacial scour at such points, to their probableprotection...cellar on the east side of the junction of Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue, Borough of the Bronx |
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| Pennsylvania Lapidary Meeting The pouring rain and howling wind which dominated the weather scene on February...prevent the gathering of the lapidary clan of M. S. P. at Quarry Garden Farm, Lansdale, the home of Gene...appeared forty strong, coming by car and train for the combined meeting and valentine party, clothes wet...Chairman, Gene Belz called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m. and after the reading of the minutes by Secretary...she started the program with a talk on Variscite and Turquoise. First, she sketched the historical background |
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| o__Quartz var. Citrine (yellow), Bedford, N. Y. 3—Tourmaline (brown), Broadwav’and 218th Street, Manhattan... BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS ENVIRONS...ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY ...PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author has been a student of the rocks and...collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally kept of the min erals collected |
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| 5ilver Spring, Md. 20901 Minerals affiliated with the Eastern Federation or not, and Eastern Federation... Pittsburgh, Pa. 15211, and ask to be placed on the mailing list. Surely Mr. Jamriska will be glad to...will enjoy your letters. To recap some of the items covered in the bulletin: A complete listing of names...addresses of district representatives and advice for the clubs to contact these representatives for aid; An...poisonous snakes in Pennsylvania directed toward the field trip chairmen and safety committee chair men; |
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| Education Opens New Horizons Reports reaching me from the eastern Unired States each month record the clos ing...permitted in the past. The main reasons for such closing are usually one or more of the following: 1...their area counts against them. 3. Disregard of the owner's rules, such as climbing walls, entering blasting...cases, lack of liability insur ance carried by the club. 6. Trespassing, such as re-entry after closing...without permis sion. 7. Interfering with the flow of traffic within the quarry or mine by parking 674 in restricted |
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| ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=:::: CURRENT EVENTS of the EASTERN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL AND LAPIDARY...20901 TREASURER Carl Krotki 140 West End Ave. New York, N. Y. 10023 2ND VICE PRESIDENT Frederick Kraissl...August 2017 the Bulletin Editors' meeting, the Old Timers' affair, and somewhere along the line squeezing...squeezing in a conference on the anti-litter campaign being backed by the Federations. Very likely she will...will report more on the Conventions in later issues of Rocks and Minerals. Incidentally, Eastern Federation |
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| Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...circulation manager for rates.) •Individuals (outside the U.S.): $46 for one year, $89 for two years. (Airmail...Number Six Articles Barite after paralstonite, a new pseudomorph from Cave-in-Rock, I llin o is ........by M. Calvo & ]. Ramon Garcia Columns Notes from the Editor............................................................442 by W. L. Wilson Abstracts of new mineral descriptions............................ |
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| 33556 Treasurer—Carl Krotki, 170 West End Ave., New York, N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer—Jack Burrus...is written the middle of Septem ber. I n Maryland the heat of the sum mer is gone and the Clubs are...some of the quar ries where it was too warm and uncom fortable to hunt during the summer. I n the bulletins...with several "firsts for M a r y l a n d ! " I n the nearby area there is but little "cut ting material"...materials go to the same location 674 time after time, more or less proving that the "one timer" is missing |
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| 21206 Treasurer—Carl Krotki, 170 West End Avenue, New York, N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer—Jack T. Burrus...20901 The Bulletins of the Eastern Federa tion Clubs offer an ever-changing picture of the Federation...note some of the changes. The continued and steady growth of the Federation and in the number of its...growth in the member ship of the clubs; the stress that is placed on familiarizing the new members with...with the many activities of the hobby, and the effort that is made to offer both the new and the "old |
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| Education Opens New Horizons CHIPS and BITS MARYLAND At the annual meeting of the Gem, Lapidary and...Prince George County, President Howard Shipp gave the officers a balance sheet of the Club's disappointments...disappointments and accomplish ments. Under the accomplishments he counted: Established a Library; made ad...Junior section; experi mented successfully with a new meeting format; built two club display cases; have...of shows, including the AFMS Show in Charlotte, N. C . ; ended the year with the best display of all |
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| 21206 Treasurer—Carl Krotki, 170 West End Avenue, New York, N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer—Jack T. Burrus...9707 S u therland Rd., Silver Springs, Md. 20901 The AFMS Silver Anniversary Cele bration held in Washington...was a success. Many of the people who attended took pictures at the ceremonies. The American Federation...If you have any which you would like to give to the AFMS please mail them at once to Mrs. Kay Jensen...member of the Pied mont Mineral Club, Greensboro had a lovely display at Festival Two, and the Greensboro |
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| C a r l K r o t k i , 170 West End A v e n u e , New Y o r k , N. Y . 10023 A s s i s t a n t T r e a...him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away."—Thoreau. Now that the Secondary school...increase in F.arth Science courses Although the growth is relatively new. Earth Science courses have been of...or so, ago physical geology was taught in many of the Nation's high schools. These courses were primarily...degree, ocean ography. This introduced a student to the planet Earth. Then, as a result in rapid advances |
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| CURRENT EVENTS of the EASTERN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIETIES (OFFICERS LISTED BELOW)...22207 TREASURER Carl Krotki 140 West End Avenue New Cork, N. Y. 10023 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. D. E....written the current events editor is on her way to the eighteenth annual Convention and Show of the Eastern...Club in the Federation will be represented at the business meeting. Each should be as it is at the Convention...Convention that the groundwork is laid; and the goals established for the coming year; officers are elected; |
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| Theme: Education Opens New Horizons When reporting Club programs, we often mention the Eastern Federation...Committee P.O. Box 142 Colts Neck, N . J. 07722 Under the direction of retiring Chair man, Jack (Jacob P.)...Co-Chairman, the selection of programs has been enlarged over the past few years. With the help of our...our Clubs, the selection may be further enlarged. If any Club has an educational slide program which it...with the Federa tion, please write to Dave to arrange for its screening and evaluation by the Com mittee |
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| CURRENT EVENTS of the EASTERN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIETIES FEDERATION OFFICERS...TREASURER Carl K r o t k i 140 West End A v e . New Y o r k , N. Y. 10023 EDITOR Mrs. Vernon W e r t...attending a Club meeting for the first time can usually sense the personality of the Club. Some groups are warm...warm, friendly and sociable. Other groups generate the impression that they are indifferent and reserved...(2) Are these visitors introduced from the floor and given the opportunity to take a bow? (3) Are prospective |
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| Theme: Education Opens New Horizons This Chips and Bits column is gleaned, for the most part from April...prepared a week early due to the Wertz' having to be ready to leave for the Midwest-AFMS Convention at...clubs scheduling a show for the same week as the Federation Show or the combined Federation-National...these top shows, but due to loyalty to the club, forego (the top shows. Almost without exception all...Since I will not have seen the 'bulle tins reaching my address during June the 458 Chips and Bits column |
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| NEW # CHIPS a n d BITS EFMLSTLUBS EFMLS OFFICERS: 1974-1975 President—Frank Mayo 3340 Wood Valley...CHIPS AND BITS May the year bring you all many fine days for rock collecting.' In the October issue of...of ROCKS AND MINERALS I repeated a query by the Lakeshore Gem and Mineral Club, ( N . Y . ) about inactive-paid...a perennial question in all clubs. The No vember 1974 issue of The Petrified Log, (Santa Monica, Calif...Myron: "During the past year an effort has been made to involve the newer members in the administration |
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| Treasurer: Carl K r o t k i , 170 West End A v e n u e , New Y o r k , N. Y . 10023 Assistant Treasurer: J a c...decentralize and diversify the Federation committees. There are now nearly 10,000 people in the 160 or so clubs...clubs that make up the Eastern Federation. For our committees, we need experienced people for contin uity...equally important, i f not more so, are the new people with new ideas. I believe we have some very important...and the name of the one you wish to commemorate will be inscribed forever in the archives of the A.F |
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| this Department Edward W . Rushton II, Pres., of the Camden Mineral Co., 55 Washington St., Camden, Maine...(sursassite, from Woodstock, New Brunswick) are now available from the second known world location. "We...quartz) running through manganiferous hematite. The sursassite is present as fairly bright "tarnished...what you can afford and let me select a specimen on the basis of your desires -— study, display, or typical...have started a M M company dedicated to the purpose of serving the micromounter with fine micro specimens |
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| — C a r l K r o f k i , 170 West E r d A v e . , New Y o r k , N. Y . 10023 Assistant T r e a s u r e...collecting activities i n England to the Boston Mineral Club The North Shore Rock and Mineral Club, S...has two active study groups: Crystallography and the Mineral Study Group. ALABAMA T h e Nashua Mineral...it w i t h the proper cards. Specimens may be marked " D o Not T o u c h ! " Dia monds—the Hardest Mineral...to Man was the subject when Norman G a u lin, local jeweler, spoke to the South eastern New Hampshire |
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| 32955 Treasurer: Carl Krotkl, 170 West End Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10023 Asaistant Treasurer: Jack T. Burrus...05443 The bulletins from which these items are selected range from February to April -from the end of...of winter into the beginning of spring-It is a pleasure to read of the clubs, some in the north that have...have held winter field trips, to the out-of-doors collecting areas. Others have held just as important...museums, and in cases to the Smithsonian Institution and the American Museum, to the science departments and |
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| famous localities around the world. Send 750 for our new catalog at our new address. Stolove's, 5 2 2...Quality Filters, Literature York HOUSE 101 S I3.75. Products, New Street, FOSSILS-BUYING, L A...fluorescents, lights, supplies. Horn North Country New York Road, Minerals, 2 6 3 Smithtown, L . I., ...AND MINERALS GEMSTONES Mar. 19,1972 1972 Eastchester, N. Y . CATALOGS SENT These of list all ...00; $3.00. of New Mexico, $1.00; to Rd., Rochester, SPANGOLITE—Malachite The Freemansburg, Pa |
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| LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA f ?P QjAAiQ ERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY...CALIFORNIA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA iO LIBRARY TO stz^sz,. ^ OF THE ^f3^, UNIVERSITY... OF THE ~ UNIVERSITY OF r?^\ /fD CALIFORNIA % ^) ilTY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY... Publisfifd monthly by the New University of the State of BULLETIN York OCTOBER 298 New York FREDERICK Museum...Director Bulletin 70 MINERALOGY 3 LIST OF* NEW YORK MINERAL LOCALITIES BY H. \YHITLOCK P. C. |
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| BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 3STo. 3. March, 1888. BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE...JOHN C. NEW SMOCK. PRINTED FOR THE MUSEUM. ALBANY CHARLES VAN BENTHUYSEN & SONS. YORK, : BULLBTIN...BULLBTIN NEW YOEK STATE MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY. ZN"o. 3. March, 1888. BUILDING STONE IN THE STATE OF...JOHN C. NEW SMOCK. PRINTED FOR THE MUSEUM. ALBANY CHARLES VAN BENTHUYSEN & SONS. 1888. YORK, PREFACE...a division of the New York State Museum, its work the examination and description of the mineral staples |
