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BUYING NATURAL GEMSTONE ROUGH FOR FACETING
TIPS FOR SAVING TIME AND MONEY AND AVOIDING AGGRAVATION
8 min |
August 2020
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Fueling a Passion for Paleontology
Getting to Know Father-Daughter Duo Paleo Joe and Paleo Jen
6 min |
July 2020
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Spectacular Silver Boulder TREASURES
An Exhilarating New Arizona Find
9 min |
July 2020
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Mineral County: WANDERINGS
Chance Encounter Creates Opportunity to Mine for Variscite in Nevada
8 min |
July 2020
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HOT ROCKS
A Rockhound’s Guide to Radioactivity
10+ min |
July 2020
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TIPS FOR ACTIVITIES: Maximize Tumbling Results for Kids' Prizes and Projects
Tumble-polished stones are an honored, time-tested stock-in-trade at the kids’ booths of local gem club shows all around the world.
9 min |
July 2020
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METEORS AND METEORITES: HISTORY AND MYSTERY
The earliest meteorite with a documented place and date of fall came to Earth in France’s Alsace region in 1492. With a lack of understanding of meteors and meteorites at the time, townsfolk chained the two-foot-diameter piece of stone and iron to a tree to prevent it from escaping.
3 min |
July 2020
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PART II Summer in the San Juan Mountains
Gold, Quartz, and a Cast of Characters
7 min |
July 2020
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New Mexico: The Tyrannosaur State
Fossils of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and his relatives have been discovered in several places around New Mexico. The rich fossil record there spans about 500 million years, with some very unique fossil vertebrates that include fishes, amphibians, reptiles (turtles, dinosaurs, and birds) and mammals.
4 min |
July 2020
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CRYSTAL TWINNING
Examining the Attributes of Various Twin Forms
6 min |
July 2020
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Crystal Habits
Whenever we talk about minerals, especially our favorite minerals, we use all sorts of descriptive terms that don’t seem to have anything to do with one of the six crystal systems.
7 min |
July 2020
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SOUTHWEST SUMMER
EXPLORING THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN MINING HISTORY
8 min |
June 2020
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Terrific Trillion
There is something quite remarkable about the way the trillion cut design captures and then seemingly radiates an abundance of color and light. However, it is not surprising, since the trillion cut is an extension of the brilliant cut, with a vast number of facets.
1 min |
June 2020
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The Village Smithy Opals
STEPHEN AND DARLENE NEWSTROM
5 min |
June 2020
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TEOTIHUACAN
JADE, OBSIDIAN AND SHELL TREASURES FROM ANCIENT MEXICO
10+ min |
June 2020
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Using the Wax Pen to Create Wax Models
Now that you have fabricated the tip for the wax pen and formulated the wax, it’s time to start using the pen for making the wax models.
2 min |
June 2020
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METAMORPHIC INDEX MINERALS
Revealing Secrets of Earth’s Deep Crust
8 min |
June 2020
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SILVER MINING SURVIVOR
Creede Colorado Navigates Economic Transition While Preserving History
10+ min |
June 2020
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Valuing Vanadinite
WITNESS TO MOROCCO’S MODERN MINING RUSH
9 min |
June 2020
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FIELD TRIP FOCUS
Making Memories and Discoveries As a Club
9 min |
June 2020
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Classic Blue: Pantone's Color of the Year 2020
Transparent vs. Opaque Blue Gemstones
5 min |
June 2020
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WHAT TO CUT - PURPLE COW AGATE
Purple Cow agate comes from the McDermott area of Nevada, one of the many stones you can get straight from the Caldera Rock Shop, which is owned by the Kemp / Zuccone family.
3 min |
May 2020
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Non-Zeolite Minerals
Constant Companions of Zeolites
7 min |
May 2020
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Pterosaurs Fossils Shine In the Spotlight
Pterosaurs have held the limelight of late. In the past decade or so, whole books have been written about them, such as Mark P. Witton’s Pterosaurs or David M. Unwin’s The Pterosaurs from Deep Time. More recently, Scientific American featured them with a cover story last October, and a new research article appeared in a January issue of Scientific Reports.
2 min |
May 2020
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POLKA DOT AGATE
RICH IN ANCIENT HISTORY AND MODERN MINING
9 min |
May 2020
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MINERALS AS DECORATIVE ART
Showcasing the Beauty of Science
8 min |
May 2020
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Microscopic View of Minerals
Appreciating Minute Details
3 min |
May 2020
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Making Homemade Wax
In my two most recent columns, I discussed the process of using flexible wax and a homemade wax pen to draw the shapes of a wax model used in casting a jewelry object.
2 min |
May 2020
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Hall of Famer Bernie Emery
Inspiring and Educating Generations In the Appreciation and Technique of Lapidary Art
4 min |
May 2020
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Field Trip and Fossil Fun
It was field trip fun for a group of nine, including members from the Oxnard Gem & Mineral Society (OGMS), Conejo Gem & Mineral Club (CGMC), and the Ventura Gem & Mineral Society (VGMS), in early February with an adventure at the Nuevo Silica Mine, according to a report by David Springer, Field Trip Chair for VGMS, published in a recent issue of the club’s Rockhound Rambling newsletter.
2 min |