El Gambrisino 2014-02

Gemcrafters and Explorers Club "EL Gambrisino" Feb. 2014 - 10 -

UP COMING SHOW Dates:

FEB 13-16—TUCSON, ARIZONA : Annual show; Tucson Gem & Mineral Society; Tucson Convention Center; 260 S. Church Ave.; Thu. 10-6, Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; adults $10, seniors and active military get $2 off on Fri., children (under 14) free; contact TGMS Staff, PO Box 42588, Tucson, AZ 85733, (520) 322-6031; e-mail: [email protected] ; Web site: www.tgms.org FEB 14-16—QUARTZSITE, ARIZONA: 1st Quartzsite Gold, Treasure and Craft Show; Quartzsite Improvement Association, Miners Depot, Natures' Nuggets, Quartzsite Metal Detector Club; QIA Bldg.; 235 E. Ironwood St.; Fri. 9-5, Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4; adults $5, children free; dealers, Quartzsite Metal Detector Club hunt, gold panning contest, speakers, author table, demonstrations, metal detecting and prospecting equipment Q&A; contact Richard Trusty, PO Box 4051, Quartzsite, AZ 85359-4051, (928) 927-5479; e-mail: [email protected] ; Web site: www.QuartzsiteAZGoldshow.com FEB 22-23—LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO; 2 nd annual show, Friends of the NM Farm & Ranch Herita ge Museum, New Mexico Farm & Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, Rock, Ge m & Mineral Show, 575-522-1232, www.LCMuseumROCKS.com FEB 22-23—MESA, ARIZONA: 48th Annual Jewelry, Gem and Rock Show; Apache Junction Rock & Gem Club; Skyline High School; 845 S. Crismon Rd.; Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4; adults $3, students $1, children free; dealers, jewelry, gems, cabochons, beads, rocks, specimens, slabs, fossils, lapidary equipment and supplies, door prizes, silent auction, gem tree-making activity, wheel-of-rocks, raffle; contact Katy Tunnicliff, (918) 440-9152; e-mail: [email protected] ; Web site: www.ajrockclub.com MAR 5-9--DEMING, NEW MEXICO; Retail show; Deming Ge m & Mineral Society; SWNM State Fairgrounds; Raymon d Reed Blvd.; Daily 9-5; free admission; contact Shirley K rasinski, PO Box 1459, Deming, NM 88031, (575) 494- 5971; e-mail: [email protected] ; Web site: www.DGMS.bravehost.com MAR 14-16—ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO: 45th Annual Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Expo; Jay Penn; Expo NM State Fairgrounds; Creative Arts Bldg., 300 San Pedro NE; Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; adults $3 ($1 on Fri.), children (under 13) free; Treasures of the Earth: 40 dealers, gemstones, mineral specimens, jewelry, beads, cabochons, carvings, fossils, meteorites, books, raffles, door prizes, silent auctions, mineral ID, displays; contact Paul Hlava, (505) 265-4178; e-mail: [email protected] ; Web site: www.agmc.info APR 10-12—WYOMING, MICHIGAN: Annual show; Indian Mounds Rock & Mineral Club; Rogers Plaza Town Center; 972 28th St. SW; Thu. 9:30-9, Fri. 9:30-9, Sat. 9:30-8; free admission; dealers, minerals, fossils, gems, jewelry, beads, rough, equipment, books, displays, demonstrations, children's table; contact Don Van Dyke, 4296 Oakview, Hudsonville, MI 49426, (616) 669-6932; e-mail: [email protected] ; Web site: www.indianmoundsrockclub.com

For further information or shows please check: www.rockngem.com

Who knows, there just might be a good rock show in the area of your travels.

A Thought to Ponder: It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.

Some Interesting Web Sites for you to Check Out Please send me any of your favorites that you think others might be interested in and I will pass them along. www.Mindat.org -Gives info on rocks, like locations, health warnings, composition. Example snowflake obsidian "snowflakes" are Cristobalite.


make the grooves round so they grasp the wire without distorting it, close the jaws and run a drill through the opening formed by the two rough grooves. Start with a small drill and follow up with a drill just slightly smaller than the wire size you want to grip. In my case that was 14 gauge wire, so I chose a #53 drill. Finally, polish the grooves with a rubberized disk.

More pictures and details, if needed, are available in the bench tips book.

MANAGING PRODUCTION Many readers of these BenchTips sell their jewelry at shows, in galleries or online. They are sole proprietors and constantly under pressure to design new pieces and make enough product to keep up with demand. So their options are few when a large order comes in. They can burn the midnight oil themselves, or they can be smart and get some temporary help. But you need good help, and you often need it fast. Jewelry assemblers are skilled, trustworthy and reliable craftsmen who make it their business to help others handle overloads and meet deadlines. Flexible arrangements are possible, working by the job, by the hour or by the piece. Each has a different mix of skills, from fabrication to enameling, casting, stonesetting, lapidary and others. Assemblers are known to the trade, so you may have to ask around to find some references. But some assemblers advertise on the Net. For instance, a good friend of mine, Janice Metz <[email protected]>, has been working with designers and fabricators in the West Los Angeles area since 1997. She specializes in silversmithing, wire-wrapping, beading and stringing. Get all of Brad's bench tips in "Bench Tips for Jewelry Making" on Amazon

IS YOUR COMPUTER MALE OR FEMALE? By Joe Yablonski, 6/98 Ripple Rock Bugle (BC) (Permission to reprint to nonprofit clubs if name &

address are included) Ships have long been characterized as female, e.g., "steady as she goes" and "she's listing to starboard". Recently, a group of computer scientists -all males- announced computers ALSO should be referred to as being female. Reasons to believe computers are female: • No one but the Creator understands their internal

logic. • Native language used to communicate with other

computers is incomprehensible to others. • "Bad command/file name" is as informative as

"YOU KNOW why I'm furious-with you!" • Even small mistakes are stored in long term

memory for immediate retrieval. • As soon as you commit to one, you spend half your

paycheck on accessories for it. Another group of computer scientists -all female- think should be referred to as “male” . Reasons to believe computers are male: • Lots of data, but are still clueless, • Supposed to help solve problems, but half the

time, they ARE the problem! • As soon as you commit to one, you realize -if you

waited- you could have obtained a better one. • To -even- "get their attention", you have to turn

them on. • Power surges shut them out for the night. Via Anglic Gemcutter 9/98 P.O. Box 826 Beavercreek, OR. 97004-0826

DID YOU KNOW? • Diamonds, emeralds, rubies and topaz are formed from molten rocks. • Amethyst, turquoise, opal and quartz are formed from ground water evaporation. • Staurolite and garnet are formed by metamorphic re-crystallization. • Jade is the most durable gemstone. • Amber, pearl, opal and turquoise scratch easily. Use care when wearing.


Chalcopyrite is the brassy crystal, about .4 mm wid e.

This group of Donnayites is about 1 mm wide .

These two Epididymite crystals look like snowflakes ,

about .3 mm wide each. Also in the photo is the pin kish Albite crystal, about .6 mm wide

This cluster of Franconite crystals is about 1.2 mm wide.

This nice reddish crystal of Rhodochrosite is about .7

mm wide. BRAD SMITH‘S BENCH TIPS FOR FEB. MODIFYING PLIERS Sometimes a few changes to your tools can significantly improve productivity and quality at the same time. Stock tools can be customized and improved using standard jewelry skills. Here's an example: Making jump rings and weaving them into chainmaile designs involves a lot of opening and closing of the rings. I typically use two square jaw pliers to do this, one for each hand. But sometimes the rings would slip out of the pliers, getting scratched, and requiring extra cleanup time. I solved the problem by forming a groove at the end of the jaw that would grasp the ring gently without scratching it. Use a triangular file or cutoff disk to cut the grooves about 1.5 mm back from the tip. Then to


Eric “the Chef” - 1993

Although I worried all weekend about driving back out through mud, the last day dawned bright and clear, the road was bone dry, and the old pickup sailed up the mountain with the greatest of ease. Incidentally, we found some nice obsidian points, and I think Kathy found a fetish as well. A Club trip a few years later had a much more dramatic ending, but someone else will have to tell that story.

THE MICRO CORNER

MINERALS OF THE POUDRETTE QUARRY

Article & Photos by Jerry Cone, I was fortunate to have lived reasonably close to the Poudrette Quarry near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I was able to collect there over a period of ten years. The nearest town is Mont Saint-Hilaire and the quarry is often referred to by that town name. The Poudrette Quarry incorporated what used to be the DeMix quarry which incorporated the Desourdy and UniMix quarries; although it, too, has been bought out by the Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire Company. Most people still refer to it as the Poudrette Quarry. The new owner has only allowed 3 field trips in the last 5 years and further collecting is questionable. It is one of the most famous quarries in the world. Most quarries or mines have from 5 to 12 or so different mineral types, but the Poudrette has 400 mineral species with 60 species first identified from there (type locality). Many of the minerals are hand or thumbnail sized, but the majorities are microminerals. Following are a few pictures of some of the minerals I’ve collected there over the years.

This beautiful pink Ancylite is about 2 mm wide .

The easily recognized Calcite is about 1 mm tall .

The hexagonal Catapleiite is about .7 mm wide.


Joan’s Ramblins’ - Episode 4 By Joan Beyer

Our introduction to Devil’s Park: Sliding Trucks and Flying Steaks

Eric had heard about Devil’s Park as a promising artifact locality, so in May of 1993, he and Kathy and I went on a scouting expedition to see if it would be a good place to take the Club. The Fullers were driving the Big Blue Tow Truck at the time. Anyone remember that monster? Big and noisy, but great insurance to have on any trip. The dogs rode in the back, covered by a net to prevent any impulsive jumping out.

The Big Blue Tow Truck in 1993

I was in the vehicle I drove for more years than I care to remember: a 1960 Ford F-100 half-ton pickup with a home-built camper shell. It was the stripped-down model: 2WD, manual transmission, no power anything, no air, no radio, but it had an ashtray and a bench seat. (Whatever happened to bench seats, anyway?) Under the hood was a straight-six engine surrounded by mostly empty space. It was a cranky beast, guzzled gas, and got stuck in sand or mud with equal ease. The Ford and I had an ongoing love/hate relationship; not doubt shared by every Club member who ever had to help me when I got into trouble. I suspect the Fullers figured that if the old pickup could make it into Devil’s Park, any vehicle could. After the long drive from Las Cruces, we went past Reserve and up the mountain to the Devil’s Park turnoff. As luck would have it, we were right behind a thunderstorm that had turned the forest road into slick, gooey mud all the way down the other side of the mountain. As we started down, the big heavy tow truck slipped and slid all over the road, leaving deep tracks in the mud. The much lighter pickup could neither stay IN the tracks, nor stay OUT of them. It was a constant battle with the steering wheel (remember, no power steering) as the pickup skidded in and out of the tracks, fishtailed and slid sideways. Fortunately there were no drop-offs, so if either of us had gone off the road we’d

have ended up in the trees, not at the bottom of a cliff. It took two solid hours, mostly in first gear, to travel the six miles to Devil’s Park. I was never so glad to reach journey’s end. The campsite had a little log cabin with a covered porch that sheltered us from rain, and was perfect for cooking and dining. There was even a little outhouse nearby, and when Eric rigged up an improvised shower enclosure behind the cabin, we had all the comforts of home. Next day, after a long hike and getting caught in the rain, we hung our hats, packs, rock scoops and wet shirts on handy nails stuck in the cabin’s log wall.

The Shower Enclosure

Home away from home - 1993

Eric and Kathy had brought some steaks to grill over the campfire coals. The steaks were already sizzling when Eric realized he didn’t have a metal fork to turn them with. I rummaged around in my gear and came up with a long-handled fork the kids used to use for hot dogs. It was a silly thing that was supposed to fold up for easy storage. It folded up, alright. Every time Eric tried to turn a steak, the fork would fold and the steak would flip out onto the ground. Every time it happened, the dogs thought they were in for a treat; but Eric would pick it up, brush it off and put it back on the grill. Steaks turned out a bit crunchy here and there, but tasted marvelous…….dogs had to be content with the bones.] (Cont’d. on Page 7)


Aleman Day Trip 1/18/2014 By Eric Fuller, Field Trip Director

Seventeen people, one dog and a great day was the story of the trip. While waiting at Ashley’s for all of our troops to arrive several strange (and I mean very strange!) people pulled their cars into our group and got out as if to join us. These weird folks wearing socks and crocks with dazed, blank looks were lost. They were part of some (unnamed to protect the ignorant) hiking club on the way to hike Broad Canyon. I can only hope people like that don’t vote or reproduce! The road from the Upham Exit to the Aleman RR crossing was not as rough and dusty as it could have been, but it still was a rough and dusty road. We went first to the carnelian collecting area to the south. The rains and winds of the preceding months had exposed a large number of carnelian chunks. We found some of the best and biggest carnelians we have ever found. A few pieces of P-Wood were scattered around and collected. We spent more time at that location than I had expected, but that was because the collecting was so good.

Eric & Kathy’s Carnelian

Eric Fuller photo

We next moved a few miles North West to the old Yost homestead. Someone had reconstructed the old stone cabin and placed a pipe fence around it. We all scattered and started collecting again. Some got out their metal detectors in hopes of finding something. The Yost family must have been poor as no riches were found. Some folks checked out the many grind holes in the big rocks.

The Yost Well –

Maxine Wyman photo

Patti & Bill Prickert checking the grind holes

Maxine Wyman photo Collecting and hiking were so good that most of us spent the remainder of the day there. Others drifted home in twos and threes. Of the last to leave ten of us went to the Cattle Baron restaurant and enjoyed a great meal. A GREAT END TO A GREAT DAY!

The Minnesota Museum of the Mississippi , http://www.wurlington-bros.com/Museum/exhibit.html is a sort of funky virtual museum. Click on The Stone Face: Fragments of an Earlier World . You need a vivid imagination for many while others are obvious. Click on through the many likenesses and say ―WOW-- to the uncannily accurate ones. When you think life is moving too fast, just sit back and watch the weathering of the rocks. Found in The Pegmatite, 01/ 2003, Via: Chipper’s Chatter 10/2010


GRANDMOTHER MOUNTAIN FIELD TRIP REPORT 1/11/2014

Metal Detectors in hand our group of twelve headed out on a quest hoping to discover where the Santa Rita to Janos, Mexico Copper Trail went thru the Grandmothers.

We parked by a deserted water tank quite a hike from the saddle in the mountains that Eric wanted to check out. I decided not to take my detector for what seemed a good reason at the time. It’s a vast area and some of us decided to just walk and see what we could see. After most of the morning spent without finding anything we decided to go around to the other side (north) of the mountain and check that out. As with most roads in the desert it was a long way around. Brecken and Eric walked the short way-over the mountain. A few of us stopped on the way to check out a good looking spot and while nothing was found Alan Gadberry found a bunch of grind holes in the rock of a deep wash. Doug took a great picture of them but unfortunately couldn’t figure out how to get it out of his

phone and to me. We then drove up to a tower to see if we could find the detectors further up the road. The tower was deserted and had been stripped of all wiring; even the doors to the building were wide open. The view was awesome however. We got the Fullers on our radios and found out where they were and decided to head that way. In the meantime, while walking

around the building, someone discovered a broken deer statue. It had a piece of steel rod through it but the head had been broken off. Doug tried to put it together but with no luck. Quite a discussion followed

as to how and why it was there. We came away with that problem unresolved and the deer still broken.

Alice Hall, Alan & Brenda Gadberry, the deer and me We finally left and went off to find the rest of the troops. Of course, we stopped at a couple of likely looking spots but once again we found nothing of interest. It certainly helped that it was such a beautiful day for those of us with adventure and exploration in our souls. About then we received a call that everyone was heading back. Nothing had been found but a few old cartridges nor had any real trace of the Copper Trail been found. That was a disappointment but there is always another day and another pass in the mountains to explore. Plans were laid while having dinner at Chilitos after the almost two hour drive back to Las Cruces. “Mineral collecting can lead the interested and inquisitive person into the broader fields of geology and chemistry. This progression should be the proper outcome. Collecting for its own sake adds nothing to a person’s understanding of the world about him. Learning to recognize minerals is only a beginning. The real satisfction in mineralogy is in gaining knowledge of the ways in which minerals are formed in the earth, of the chemistry of the minerals and of the ways atoms are packed together to form crystals. Only by grouping minerals into definite categories is it possible to study, describe, and discuss them in a systematic and intelligent manner.” Via Rock & Minerals, 1869, p. 260


More Toys that bring more people in 1. ATVs, 2. Motorcycles, 3. Metal Detectors

Miscellaneous 1. Loss of orientation 2. Loss of Tools 3. Vandals 4. Kids with free time & energy

What to do: Minor or/and major surface accidents – easy Underground – much more difficult

• Throw coat or blanket to victim • Call the Mine Accident Emergency Control

866-761-6039. The sad part is it may take them ten hours to get there.

One positive note about abandoned quarries is that they make great habitat for ducks, bats, fish, etc. but are also very dangerous for swimming as they are usually cold and deep with unknown objects and chemicals in them. Alan noted that the Red Mountains of Colorado are red due to the Iron Oxide and Sulfuric Acid which formed naturally. What is Being Done: New Mexico has spent some 113 Million Dollars to reclaim mines while the federal government has spent 7.4 Billion Dollars on reclamation. Of course, all historic value is ruined in the process. Alan had many pictures to go with this talk. He also showed us a video of the dangers in these mines with one young man falling down a shaft while his friends were taping.

JUST KEEP OUT - STAY OUT, STAY ALIVE.

Reminders and Gen. Info: The next meeting will be as usual on the third Friday of the month which is Feb. 21st in Room 118 of Gardiner Hall on the NMSU campus. We meet at 6:30 PM for socializing and 7 PM for the meeting. Mike Gaines will be our speaker. His topic will be “Agate Inclusions”. At the January meeting we signed up three new members, Ken Lilje and Ken and Gail Hennig. Let’s give them a big welcome to our club. The Doña Ana Archaeological Society will meet at 7 PM Tuesday, 11 February 2014, at the Good Samaritan Auditorium, 3011 Buena Vida Circle, Las Cruces, NM. The program will be a video presentation with a following discussion on the controversial Topper

archaeological site in South Carolina. Controversial artifacts dated at least 3,000 years earlier than the Clovis culture and radiocarbon dates over 50,000 years ago, if proven, would make Topper one of the earliest human habitation sites in the New World. The meeting is free and open to the public. Information; 575-524-9497. (Sent in by LeRoy Unglaub)

This is just a reminder for those of you who haven’t paid your dues yet to shake loose of that change and pay up. I’ve added the membership form this month again for your convenience. If you can’t make the next meeting please just drop it in the mail along with your

check. “The Museum Rocks ” The 2nd annual Rock, Gem & Mineral Show at the NM Farm & Ranch Museum is coming up this month on the 22nd and 23rd. It was a good show last year and promises to be even better this year. Let’s all get out there and support them.

UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS Eric Fuller, Field Trip Director On Saturday February 22nd, weather permitting I will lead a day trip to Foster Canyon in the Uvas Mountains. We will look for Petrified Wood, Geodes, Rhyolite in various forms plus do some hiking and exploration. The Clubs former Opal mine is in this area (common opal). Four wheel drive is probably necessary. We will leave Ashley Furniture’s parking lot at 8 AM. On Friday, February 28th, Saturday & Sunday March 1st and 2nd, weather permitting, there will be a campout to Cookes Peak, “Hidden Valley” RV Park. Their club rate is $15 per night, double occupancy, which includes full hookup. Their web site is www.hiddenvalleyranchrv.com 4X4s, ATVs and motorcycles are all welcome and can depart from the RV Park. What to find: Carnelian, Fluorite, Quartz, Fossil and all the minerals associated with silver, lead, and zinc mines. For history there is the Butterfield Trail and Fort Cummins. More information and updates to follow.


Meeting Minutes – January 17, 2014 Submitted by Secretary Bill Pickert Speaker : Alan Gadberry spoke on Abandoned Mine Safety. There are many hazards when you enter a mine some of which are not apparent without proper equipment so “STAY OUT, STAY ALIVE”. Treasurer's Report: $305.51 in the treasury. Expenses: $64 for PO Box; $5.59 for copies Income: Over $400 for 2014 membership. New Business: None Mineral Meeting: Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Gates open at 6:30pm. The topic of discussion is TBD. If you need directions, contact Don Saathoff. Field Trip: To Railroad Crossing at Aleman on the East side of the Cabello Mountains to search for Carnelian Agate, Petrified Wood, Invertebrate Fossils plus various Nodules and Concretions. Leaving at 8:30 am from Ashley's Furniture parking lot Announcement: Mike Gaines is getting rid of his supply of minerals starting early in February. Some will go for around $1/lb. but the rest will be more; information to follow. Show & Tell: Several members brought in minerals they collected and/or worked. Mike also gave some slabs to the club which are for sale @ .50 a piece Maxine Wyman was sorting through some of her old boxes and found a 21 year old club patch. Maxine also has Tucson mineral show guide for any one going to the show.

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Program Notes Jan. 17, 2014

Alan Gadberry

Alan once again gave an interesting and thought provoking talk. Titled “Abandoned Mine Safety” He started out by asking if anyone had ever been in an abandoned mine and, of course, most of us had. He then proceeded to tell us that if we don’t learn anything else tonight we should learn-STAY OUT- New Mexico alone has some fifteen thousand abandoned mines although he noted that a lot of those that the BLM describes as abandoned are just little pits (like those that we see Al make every week). Mining basically started in this country in 1849 with the California Gold Rush and then in 1890 with the Comstock Lode. We supplied most of the mining material for the world during this period. Each and every person in the U.S. uses some forty-eight thousand pounds of mined material each year with a total of seven billion tons used per year. Bad Conditions and Bad Hazards . Everything that we do has hazards. NM alone had eight abandoned mine deaths (all in falls) in the last forty-seven years, all of them but one being kids. This doesn’t sound so bad when compared with the seventy roofers and thirty-nine deaths by lighting. Some of the Hazards being:

1. High Faces and Deep Holes. 2. Bad Air Underground – Methane, CO2, etc. 3. Water Hazards – Old Quarries, Filled Shafts &

Stopes. 4. Critters – Owls, Snakes, Bats, Bees &

Javelinas 5. Miscellaneous – No up keep, Acid water

Radioactivity, Explosives. Drainages. Bad Judgment

1. More people 2. Thrill Seekers 3. High Risk People

EL GAMBRISINO Gem Crafters & Explorer's Club Bulletin,

P.O. BOX 3091, Las Cruces, NM 88003 Feb. 2014 - Volume 56– Issue 2

Affiliated with: American Federation of Mineralo gical Societies www.amfed.org Member of: Rocky Mountain Federation of Min eralogical Societies www.rmfms.org Member of: Blue Ribbon Coalition www.sharetrails.org

2014 OFFICERS & Volunteers:

President – Dave Smith 521-3103 [email protected] Vice President – Sheri Gaines 526-7176 [email protected] Treasurer – Pat Grace 202-2862 [email protected] Secretary - Bill Pickert 532-9351 [email protected] Historian - Don Saathoff 382-3464 [email protected] Programs Eric Fuller 524-0204 [email protected] Field Trip Director- Eric Fuller 524-0204 [email protected] Editor- Maxine Wyman 649-4900 [email protected]

We meet on the third Friday of the month at Gardiner Hall, Room 118, NMSU campus, Las Cruces, NM at 6:30 pm for social and 7 pm for the meeting. There are no meetings in July and December. Dues are $10 per adult per year. They are due Jan.1st of each year. A membership form will be emailed or mailed to you in December to be filled out and returned with your check to the treasurer. There are no regular committees or board meetings nor do we sponsor a show. Our purpose shall be to gather knowledge and provide educational benefits to members on geological, archaeological, lapidary, and mineralogical topics of interest, to include assistance to members in all lapidary problems, the study and identification of minerals and gem stones in the rough, the field study of geological formations which produce minerals and gem stones, the collection of minerals and gemstones, and the exploration of any geological or archaeological topic or area which may be of interest to the membership. NOTE: All articles and photographs are by the Editor Maxine Wyman unless otherwise noted. Any address or email changes must be sent to me at: [email protected] or 4680 St. Michaels, Las Cruces, NM 88011. Permission to reprint is granted if acknowledgement is given. We reserve the right to edit all material submitted for publication Info for the Newsletter: If you have information, articles, pictures or a we bsite related to gem crafting, rock collecting or exploring and would like to share please give me a call at 649-4900 or email me at [email protected] If you have a good idea or story to tell I will be more th an happy to help you write it up. Also if you have minerals, outdoor or camping equipment, etc. that you would like to s ell please let me know for our FREE "Classifieds ." Maxine Wyman, Editor

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