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Editor’s comment review ...To me this is the greatest time of year – summer. There's a sense of freedom to not being locked into bulky clothes and blankets. Life seems abundant and even our rocks, minerals and gemstones

seem to sparkle that much more!Many of you attended the very successful IMA event in Sandton earlier this year. It really was quite a spectacular gathering of rocky fellas from over 40 countries. My mind muscle ached into action as I dredged up some long lost tongues of far flung places in an attempt to converse with the world, in a myriad of languages in a single rally.In this edition we have some revolutionary feats; after months of negotiation, we showcase our first international mineral show. This took quite a bit of email tangoing to circumvent both politics and willingness.We showcase some sparkling articles contributed by international jewellers on local treasures.Also featured is a by-product of rockhounding … antique bottle collecting. The author is offering to EITHER trade

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Editor’s Comment Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharon Flax Waddington

Mineral and Gem Show in Sante-Marie-Aux-Mines . . Hanaé Deborah Buiron

Ex Tellure - digging antique ash dumps - anotherrewarding collecting hobby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Botha

Dorathea Annandale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Stone

18 The Urals: A Mineralogical wonderland . . . . . . . . . . . Freddie Roelofse

24 Collecting outing to Vivo and Surrounding area 2 - 6/7.2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heidi Naudé

Gemboree: Friday 18 April to Monday 21 April . . . . . Johan Snyman31

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Mineral and Gem Show in Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, France

By Hanaé Deborah BuironAll photos by José Antenat

The legend says that a monk discovered the mine saint-barthelemy a loooong time ago… we are all eager for myths and ancient stories, that reminds us that since human beings have been living on the planet, they have always taken part in the oral tradition of passing on information to the younger generations. In the case of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, the History is particularly rich due to the geological context and all the transformations that have taken place through the centuries in this region. The focus today is the Mineral

& Gem Show, which testifies of the incredibly rich mineral heritage of the Silver Valley, along with its culture. We will start off by winding

Hanae Buiron was born in 1992 in Hong Kong. What characterizes her path, right from the start, is her double-education: on one hand attending an English school and on the other, speaking French at home with both parents and brothers. After having moved to Strasbourg and done a Literary and Bilingual course in High school, Hanae starts a Degree in Communication studies. This led her to work for Mineral & Gem; answering to their call for someone in charge of Press and Media Relations. Her current interests are intercultural communication, art and music.

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In the heart of an Alsatian Valley and on the foothills of the Vosges Mountains, the Mineral Trade Show of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines was born in a naturally rich context. Located over a geological fault, it is known to be the breeding ground for a particularly diverse mineral life. To this day, not less

than 170 mineral species have been reported (native silver, red silver, copper, lead, zinc, arsenic, chalcopyrite, lautite, pharmacolite, tyrolite, fluorite, malachite, aragonite and even high quality spinal specimens). These treasures of Mother Nature have drawn men's attention since

nd rdthe 2 and 3 century in Roman Times. In ththe 9 century, serious mining activity

began, to then become a real “Silver Rush” th thin the 15 and 16 centuries when it

reached its peak; such a phenomenon had never occurred in Europe before. Thousands of Miners brought the fruits of a technological revolution (extraction techniques, organisation of the mines, metallurgy), but also a social organisation. This particular regional dynamism was the

4 Mineral Zone- next to the Jewellers Area and Conference Room

Fossils

Professor giving explanations to them -1st floor of the Theatre

Birds Eye view of the Gem Zone by Denis Masson.


cradle of many innovations such as “la Caisse des Mineurs”; probably the first social security structure in the world, at the origin of today's social systems.

thBy the end of the mid 20 century, the evolution of markets, monetary fluctuations, production methods and technologies notably decelerated, marking a pause in the exploitation of mines in the Valley of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (the last arsenic mine was closed in 1940). Given the observable wealth of the ground, this only took two decades before inspiring a man, M François Lehmann, to create the Mineral Exchange Show, nowadays known as Mineral & Gem International Exhibition; one of the greatest events in terms of mineralogy and jewellery in Europe. Invitations to come and experience Earth Sciences, daze in front of marvellous specimens, observe and learn from them. !

Each year, the event takes place during the third week of June, -a particularly enjoyable seasonal implementation. In the Heart of Alsace, in a natural environment (medium-sized mountains), Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines becomes an extraordinary meeting place for exchange and discoveries, less than an hour away from Strasbourg. The Silver Valley charms by its

original features, its culture and local gastronomy. Over the years, it has become a significant scientific and commercial hub in the world of mineralogy. More than 1,000 enterprises originating from 52 countries (all 5 continents are represented) travel up to attend the Mineral & Gem Show and offer to European buyers an impressive array of merchandises (rare and diverse mineral specimens). A truly remarkable international event, where the marvels of the underground world are on display for all to see… under all their facets!

M. Claude Abel, Mayor of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mine, has been leading this great human adventure since 2011. With a dynamic organisation team by his side, and the collaboration of many specialists, he has managed to bring a new breathe of life to the event, while defining perspectives for the future.

The founding motivation for all Mineral & Gem co-workers is to keep on making the people happy. As I was working there, I gradually saw the city preparing for the upcoming show; thanks to the collaboration and team spirit of Mineral & Gem (organization, technical and security

Children attending the exhibition on ancient mining tradition

View from outside the Theatre - Prestige Exhibtion

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service) everything was ready in due time and we were all very excited for the event to begin! What is also striking is the number of museums, schools and associations taking part in the project (for example Alsatian Museum of Strasbourg, Mines ParisTech, Harvard Museum, Confluences Lyon, and many more); thus creating an engaging network of competences. Indeed, amongst the different participants, we find specialists such as geologists, mineralogists, gemmologists, jewellers, therapists and gold diggers… giving us a unique insight of their study throughout lectures, exhibitions, workshops and scientific encounters; on a total surface of 52000 square meters in the city-centre and beyond. The whole site is in fact distributed on two specific zones: the Mineral Zone and the Gem Zone. Visitors may easily pass from one to the other by hopping onto the mini-train!

Welcoming journalists from France and abroad was a big part of my work. The two

th thfirst days (26 and 27 of June) were

particularly lively due to the presence of 1300 children participating in the Educational Days: With 30 demonstrative or participative Earth science related workshops in the so-called “Children's Village”, they could experience life as it used to be in Prehistoric Times. It was very entertaining to watch for their arrival from my tent, located at one of the main entrances of the site, in the Jules Simon Park. Mineral & Gem is an opportunity for

parents and elders (professional and visitors) to work or stroll; and for the children to observe, recognize and learn about mineral formation, guided by Geology University Students (within the scope of the Educational Days). Learning chase techniques while getting their face painted in a tribal fashion is part of the program!

Two significant highlights this year as well:

The Cristal & Health Area (44 lectures and several stalls), and the inauguration of the Art and Patrimonial Interpretation Centre, a new building with The Jewellers Area and the Micro-Lab Workshop (Fab Lab and Lab

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AN INVITATION TO ALL COLLECTORS AND DEALERS!

We invite you to submit photographs of specimens from your collection. At present, the inside back cover is being used but any full page of the magazine is available.

The advantages are:

qYour advertising will help the finances of the MagazineqYou can publish photographs of your best specimensqYou can advertise your collectionqCollectors / dealers can also submit photographs and advertise their businessqYou only need submit the photograph. We will do the rest, i.e., insert text, type-

setting and layout.

Images must be in colour, in JPEG format, with a minimum quality of 300dpi. Photographs/images should be in proportion to an A5 page (full, ½, ¼ page, in portrait - not landscape orientation). Submissions should preferably be sent electronically to [email protected].

The editorial team reserves the right to: qaccept or reject submissions based on image and/or specimen the quality. qedit the image size according to allowance of space in that edition.

Please ensure that any material submitted to the magazine is not copyrighted by any other source, due to prior publication or other means.


Image), held by the French Association of Mineralogy.

Mineral & Gem offers a complete program for families, children and specialists to rejoice. In a committed approach to handle and maintain a sustainable positioning, the town of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines has adapted itself to the growing needs and requirements of a world-market. One of its great concerns is also to develop a policy of knowledge transmission; this characteristic worked effectively for me anyway (more into books than into rocks)! Thanks to Mineral & Gems' solid organization, and particularly Mrs Cordival – General

Coordinator of the Event, the Show goes on with a growing enthusiasm. In an environment where the presence of the mineral reign is a permanent source of discovery, get ready for 2015's eclectic program! I can already give you out the main Theme… CRISTAL. You may want to stay connected and satisfy your curiosity here:

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Get in touch with France's nature from the th th25 to the 28 of June 2015 at Mineral &

Gem, the celebration of all planet-lovers!

We all hope you'll stop by, Farewell.


Under the FOSAGAMS umbrella, we traditionally had four branches supporting our collecting hobby and relevant creative art. These are of course mineral collecting, gem stone collecting and faceting, lapidary work and silver smithing. The interest in and the development of these branches in some cases date back hundreds of years.

Over recent decades, new interest fields developed, like meteorite collecting, which featured in a recent Lapidary Magazine and searching/digging old dump sites for archeological artifacts. In Europe and along the ancient silk route, old dump sites may be hundreds, and even thousands of years old.

In South Africa an old dump site, known as the Transvaal, is in most cases max. 140 years old. In the

Western Cape we can be very lucky to find a site 300 years old.

More specifically, digging old dump sites is done by “Bottle Collectors” and that is what is mostly found. Old dump sites are often also referred to as ash dumps, because the bulk of what was dumped was the coal ash of the stoves used for cooking and heating. Amongst that you would find discarded household items, notably bottles

All ginger beer bottles, about 600 different ones known.

Paul is a rather compulsive collector; his specialities are minerals and bottles. He enjoys collecting, buying and selling, across Southern Africa as well at mineral shows across the globe. He travels frequently, enjoying the cuisine, cultures and stones of many diverse countries. We are fortunate to have such a keen and well-read historian with a quirky sense of humour among us.

By Paul Botha

Ex Tellure – digging antique ash dumps -another rewarding collecting hobby


enclosures as the most recent and still the method in use today. Ceramic bottles were in use as late as the 1930's.

In 2000, Ethleen Lastovica published the first and only book on South African ginger beer bottles “An Illustrated Guide – Ginger Beer Bottles – for South African Collectors”. At the time of writing 505 different South African ginger beer bottles were known. After publication approx another 100 came to light. My guess would be that in time another 50 to 100 will be found, and as much as another 50 to 100 will never be found.

The glass bottles for the sodas had even more patents and most collectable are certainly the so-called Codd bottles with

2the marble stopper inside. The CO was injected that forced the marble to the top and so doing, seal the bottle. Torpedo

of all sorts, broken porcelain, etc.

A true and diversified bottle assemblage collected in South Africa will accommodate as the most collectable: ginger beer bottles, soda bottles, tooth paste pot lids, other types of jars, chemist bottles, broken tobacco pipes, porcelain doll's heads, etc.

there are also the vast variety of medicine and poison bottles, mostly in green or blues. A vast array of liquor bottles; beer, case gins, whiskeys, inks and polishes, oils and foodstuffs, some of them still around today.

Ginger beer bottle patents developed over time with the earlier blob top dumpies found in RSA, being salt glazed pottery making way for transfer print dumpies. Later on came the champagne type bottles, some with cork-type seals or swing stoppers, and eventually the crown top

So-called soetolie at the back, some duplication

Whiskey's and case gin bottles, note the seals on the case gins, very

Pot lids, ointment jars, porcelain dolls heads and pipes.Some pot lids are South African!


bottles, with a sharp pointed bottom were used for a short time but proved to be market unfriendly despite its advantage of keeping the seal wet, increase its shelf life, much like how we would store wine today.

Amazing to think that today we have in RSA very few soft drink companies and just one monopoly beer brewer who absolutely dominates the local market.

Turn the clock back between 90 and 140 years and we would have found an Aerated Mineral Water Works company in more than 120 towns across the country. Some of them in very small towns; Zeerust had 3, Volksrust had 4 and Johannesburg more than 60! Same goes for the other provinces.

Beer Brewers were centered in the larger towns, in the time period mentioned, the Transvaal had over 40 breweries, including towns like Standerton, Barberton, Potchefstroom, Middelburg and even Machadodorp.

The discovery of diamonds and gold were almost exclusively responsible for the tremendous boom that early South Africa experienced. To make it even more amazing was that in the beginning. Virtually all bottles were manufactured in England and shipped to South Africa. (This was true for most of the British Empire and strangely enough Argentina – ginger beer type bottles

were not found in Europe, and only to a very limited scale in the USA). It was also a time where bottling underwent rapid improvement with new bottling methods and patents. This provided a unique but mostly unrecorded South African heritage. Antique bottle collecting in South Africa is one of the Cinderella collecting hobbies despite this very interesting historical

Mostly South African pharmacy bottles etc. One Pink Pills for Pale

All ginger beer bottles, about 600 different ones known.


importance that can be attached to it.

Bottle collecting was at its peak in the 1970's and 1980's when there were many first tier collectors seeking and digging old municipal and mining dumps for all the antique relics the dumps were holding.

With fewer active diggers today, collections has become more specialized, but is probably more challenging and rewarding than ever before.

Paul Botha is not only a very serious and active mineral specimen collector, but also an avid antique bottle collector. He would very much like to ask for some help from readers and fellow collectors to identify possible collecting sites and to source material that is for sale including collections. He always has bottles to swap or for sale. He can be contacted by email at [email protected] or cell phone 082 825 1197. (If no answer please always send an email)

An exposed dump site of the 1900's would

no longer be visible today but covered by as much as 30 cm of soil. However a variation in the type of vegetation to the surrounding areas can be a give away, where you find kikuyu grass, the tall growing “hanekam” plants with reddish leaves and flowers and the presence of pepper trees.

Many old dump sites still remain to be found especially on the Far East Rand, the gold mining areas of the Eastern Transvaal (Mpumalanga), as well as other small old towns throughout the country. Then we can add the old isolated mining towns like Stavoren, Argent etc.

Editor's note:

Interesting little bottles can or have been found while disturbing the earth, therefore please accept this delightful article as a by-product of rockhounding.

Paul has offered a reward for any

information

leading to the

whereabouts of

more pretty

bottles, whether

still sleeping

within the earth,

or if you'd prefer

to trade your

treasures for

some rather

worthwhile

crystals… he's all

ears.

I have included some

There are several general categories ...

There is even a Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bottle-Collectors-Club/346263671484

The Four Season Bottles Collectors Club was founded in 1976 to provide a forum for collectors to meet one another and...

Glossary of terms:

http://www.antiquebottles.co.za/Glossary.htm#Glossary

Bottle Collectors Club | Facebook

International websites for bottle collecting:

www.sha.org/bottle/Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors | FOHBC Site

www.fohbc.org/FOHBC, a non-profit org for collectors of historical bottles, jars etcmakezine.com/2009/06/22/antique-bottle-collecting/https://www.facebook.com/Alabamabottlecollecting www.mrbottles.com/ www.kovels.com› Bottle collecting has become a major American hobby.


South African books, the centre and right hand ones available from Paul Botha

mailto:[email protected]



Dorathea het Grafiese Skone Kunste aan

die Pretoriase Technikon bestudeer.

Aanvanklik het sy privaatklasse gegee en

het later 'n voltydse goudsmid geword. Die

media wat sy die afgelope 25 jaar van

gebruik gemaak het, is goud en silwer. Die

afgelope paar jaar maak sy ook van

platinum gebruik. Sy het vir 'n paar jaar (in

die 2000's) aan die 'Pretoria Gem and

Mineral Club' behoort. Dorathea het in 2011 'n derde plek en 'n meriete toekenning in die PlatAfrica Jewellery Design and Manufacturing Competition, soos deur AngloAmerican uitgeskryf, behaal. In 2012 ontvang sy vir

dieselfde kompetisie 'n meriete toekenning vir 'Most Creative Theme'. In 2014 behaal sy 'n tweede plek met haar armbandinskrywing getitel 'Nature Fantastique'. Hierdie werke van Dorathea kan op die PlatAfrica-webtuiste gesien word.

Dorathea is met Leon getroud en hulle het 3 kinders.

Sy kan by 0825513259 / gekontak

word.

Alle foto's is deur Veronica Anderson (Veronica Anderson Jewellery, Rosebank) geneem.

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Elected as President of FOSAGAMS at the Gemboree held at Springbok in 2012. Linda has served on the FOSAGAMS Executive for 20 years. She is also a member of the

FOSAGAMS Cabochon Judging Committee. Linda received her silversmith training from the well-known gold- and silversmith, Dorathea Annandale. She has entered pieces in the jewellery categories (manufacturing) at various National Shows and has obtained several first, second and third prizes. Linda's jewellery is worn in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. She is active in metalworking at her home-workshop. She has been chief organiser and tour guide for club outings for several years. She regularly arranges trips to Alldays, Bakerville, Burgersfort, Groot Marico, Lichtenburg, Lydenburg,

Musina, Pilgrim's Rest, Pontdrif, Roossenekal, Steelpoort, Thabazimbi, Vivo, Waterpoort, Zeerust as well as scouting trips in the ongoing search for new rock and mineral sites. Linda is a member of the Pretoria Gem and Mineral Club. Her appointment as workshop manager makes her the first and only female manager to date. Regarding Linda's career as an educator, she teaches Afrikaans as a specialist at a secondary school level for children with learning disabilities.

Deur Linda StoneAlle foto's is deur Veronica Anderson (Veronica Anderson Jewellery, Rosebank) geneem.

Dorathea Annandale



Akwakristalle, Druzekristalle, 9kt en 18kt goud

Akwamarynkristalle

Ametis, 18kt goud

Druzikwarts, Toermalyn, 9kt goud

Granaat, 9kt goud

Groen Ametis, Karneool, pêrels, 9kt goud


Koraal, ongeslypte Granaat (by strand opgetel), Toermalyn

Labradoriet, 9kt en 18kt goud

Opaal, 9kt goud, Opaal (oranjekleurige stene)

Robyn cabochons en -krale, 9kt en 18kt goud geöksideer

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I recently had the distinct privilege to travel to Yekaterinburg, Russia, as part of an international group of scientists attending

ththe 12 International Platinum Symposium. Apart from a fully packed scientific programme, delegates were also afforded the opportunity to visit three museums within the city, showcasing the rich geological, mineralogical and stone craft heritage of the Urals.

T h e U ra l M i n e ra l o g i c a l Museum Pelepenko hosts the private collection of V.A. Pelepenko, an electrician by t ra in ing , but a minera l enthusiast by heart. The collection is described as one of the most spectacular in Russia (in my opinion, perhaps one of the most spectacular in the world) and hosts an enormous variety of mineral specimens from the Urals and other parts of Russia. The museum also contains a wide variety of stone art objects manufactured by local stone crafters, some of which are

truly breathtaking (Figure 1). The museum has a small (but expensive) shop selling mineral specimens, jewellery and stone objet d'art. We were fortunate to have a translator as the curator of the museum and the shop staff did not speak any English.

The Ural Geological Museum of the Ural State Mining University, the first higher education institution in the Urals founded by Emperor Nicholas II in 1914, is home to

Freddie is Senior Lecturer (Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology) and Head of the Department of Geology at the University of the Free State. He recently completed the Diploma in Gemmology of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain. He has been collecting minerals and rocks for many years and is lucky to have a wife who is also a geologist.

The Urals: A mineralogical wonderland

By: Freddie Roelofse

Miner loading his cart. Note the amethyst crystals in the cart and in his hands and the uvarovite

“grass”. Ural Mineralogical Museum Pelepenko.


more than 500,000 items showcasing the mineral treasures of the Urals. A new exhibition, “Platinum of the Urals”, was especially prepared to

thcelebrate the hosting of the 12 International Platinum Symposium. Upon entering the museum, one is greeted by a 784 kg quartz crystal suspended in a specially prepared cradle (Figure 2). The ground floor has no less than three shops selling some excellent and very reasonably priced mineral specimens, stone objet d'art, jewellery and loose gemstones. It should be noted that export of unfashioned mineral specimens require special permits, but I took my chances and managed to get everything that I had bought safely to South Africa, without any issues. The second floor of the museum is dedicated to a systematic mineralogy collection showcasing more than 10,000 mineral specimens from the Urals and further afield (Figure 3). The museum also has a small collection of meteorites, including a collection of the 14 February 2013 Chelyabinsk meteorite that caused widespread damage in the region (Figure 4). The gemmological wonder of the Urals is represented by numerous fine specimens of emeralds, diamonds, rubies, demantoid and malachite. The museum's “Golden room” contains a unique collection of precious metals including some excellent examples of gold nuggets, crystals and dendrites.

The Museum of Stone-cutting and Jewellery Art History situated close to

Quartz crystal weighing 784 kg in the foyer of the Ural Geological Museum.

A fine selection of pyrite crystals and clusters in the systematic mineralogy collection of the

Ural Geological Museum.


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the picturesque city pond showcases the rich stone-cutting heritage of the region and was opened in 1992. The museum houses numerous examples of carvings and other objet d'art (including excellent examples of Florentian and Russian mosaics) fashioned from a wide variety of materials including malachite (Figure 5), rhodonite, jasper and marble. The walls of one of the exhibition halls are lined with pictures depicting the rich mining folklore of the region. The museum has a small but expensive shop.

If you still have unfilled voids in your luggage after visiting the museum shops, a visit to the open-air marketplace next to the city's circus may find you leaving with some bargains. Here you will find a wide selection of stalls selling antiques,

Polished and etched slice of the Seymchan stony-iron meteorite. Ural

Geological Museum.

Russian mosaic, malachite vase. Museum of stone-cutting and

jewellery art history

numismatic items, and a small selection of militaria, typical Russian souvenirs and of course, mineral specimens and stone art. Mineral specimens and stone art objects at the marketplace are considerably cheaper than those sold at the Museum Pelepenko, but I would recommend that you compare prices at the Ural Geological Museum before buying at the marketplace.

If you depart Yekaterinburg by air, you might be tempted to blow the last of your roubles at one of the many airport shops selling mineral specimens, jewellery and stone art objects. So, if you're an avid mineral enthusiast finding yourself on the boundary between Europe and Asia, a couple of days spent in Yekaterinburg acquainting yourself with the mineral riches of the Urals, may be well worth your while.


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Once again Linda Stone (President of FOSAGAMS) organized this outing highlight for all interested SA-Rockhounds under the patronage of the PGMC club.

We joined the group of roughly 26 people originating from Pretoria, Johannesburg, Nelspruit and even as far as Durban, on Wed. 02.07.2014 at 11.00 am in VIVO, from where we departed in convoy to the Corundum site.

This private land is owned by a farmer; we had to locate “captain” Johannes, the chief of the community, donated a small amount of money towards community development and then followed his vehicle to the edge of the settlement, picking up some guides along the way. The vehicles were parked and we continued “on foot” through dense bushfeld vegetation, searching for the entrance path to the Corundum mine.

This must have been quite an operation in its days and corundum crystals were plenty for all to pick-up, dig out or smash

Collecting Outing to VIVO and surrounding areas, -2 - 06.07.2014

Report and photos by Heidi Naudé

Heidi was born in Germany and came to SA in 1985. Her Mineral and Gem collecting interests only really came into being after she joined the Pretoria Club in 2004. Heidi has been an active PGMC Committee member since 2007, responsible for Membership Administration and the Club Newsletter.Her interests in the hobby, besides collecting, are lapidary work ie slicing rocks, cutting cabochons, beading, wire wrapping, making gem trees, grinding eggs and small scale tumbling.

Crystals ranged from small to large – see photo, top rock containing corundum crystals and one nice big specimen(right) chiseled out of it's host rock.

out of the hosting rocks. After two exiting and exhausting hours, we returned to our vehicles and made our way back to Ari and Sannie Kruger's farm “Dankbaar” close to Alldays. The gravel roads were in good condition but still two of our vehicles suffered damage to their tyres/rims caused by rocks on the edge of the road. Everybody showed good team


Mountain of Garnets Plant Messina mine

Garnets Garnets Garnet collection

At the Green Quartz quarry

spirit and helped to get the stranded cars running again and shortly after sunset everyone had reached the farm safely. Sannie quickly helped the new arrivals to settle in and afterwards embarked on a telephone rescue mission to get the damaged tyres and rims repaired for the rockhounds – just amazing to experience such helpfulness and kindness.

On Thursday we went off early morning to the green Quartz site. After a short introduction meeting with the owner, we drove over fairly rough terrain to the Barry Venter (photos above). With the adrenalin still pumping from the drive, the group

could not wait to get their hands on the beautiful material available and everyone started “seeing” products being made: “this will be a nice sphere”, “will this be suitable for eggs”, “perfect for cabochons”, “can't wait to get this into the tumbler”. Then there was the old question - is it green Quartz or Aventurine? Apparently the absence of Mica particles in the material is the main reason that this is classified as green Quartz. Nobody seemed to mind in the end and vehicles were quickly loaded to capacity. Some of us took the short climb up to the original outcrop, which was reportedly discovered


by hunters using it as view point during their expeditions (a photo thereof was published in our NL08.2013).

Our next stop was a Garnet collection site; big rocks full of dark red Garnet crystals everywhere (photos above). The crystals could be hammered out of the host rocks or even picked-up on the road. Crystal sizes varied from very small to about 2 cm in

diameter. I also found one fist sized lump which still needs to be cleaned to see if one can do something with it (photo left below). When last did you stand on a “mountain” of Garnets (photo right below)?

Friday morning we took the long road to Musina and after about 2 hours we arrived and met the geologists Helge Dirr and

Copper minerals and lapidary material

Shaft 5 at old Messina mine

Dragon Stone

Empowerment shop/warehouse - scratching through their dump

Trip with geologists


Johan Potgieter who took us to Shaft 5 at the old Messina mine. After a short explanation and safety check they took us to the collection dumps. It was really a privilege to have such knowledge on hand and all our questions were patiently answered. Copper minerals as well as lapidary material was plentiful (see photos below); I got some Dragon Stone, can't wait to cut and polish those.

After that we visited a black empowerment shop/warehouse to buy some more lapidary material and ornaments. They also allowed us to their storage area, on a farm nearby, to scratch through big piles of Jasper, Aventurine, Unakite, Rose Quartz, Rhodonite, Magnetite and lots more (see photos below).

After that the geologists thought it was

time for some” field work” and they took us on an exhausting, but exciting drive through various river beads and up the mountain to a new collecting site for copper related minerals. Malachite and Azurite specimens where found amongst others in a narrow trench – well worth investigating by the look on the faces of our mineralogists (see photos below)..

On Saturday, we took a very scenic drive through big tomato and pepper plantations, beautiful cotton fields and

Mineral collecting field work in dry river beds

Selection of rocks collected and agate cut. Linda Stone and Sannie Kruger



massive Baobab trees to the Limpopo river bank in search of Agates. We got some nice pieces of normal and also moss Agate. From there we proceeded to the old Sita Diamond diggings to look for Garnets and any other interesting material catching our eyes. The Garnets were sparkling beautiful in the sunshine, unfortunately they were very small, but that could not deter our collecting spirits. Once more we jumped into our cars and drove to another location at the Limpopo river in search for more agates. En route we also visited

the crocodile farm which was flooded last year and saw hundreds of crocodiles

escaping their enclosures, many of them are still free today.

HISTORICAL TITBIT(Did you know that . . . ?)

MOUNTAIN GEOLOGY BY CHRISTO RAUBENHEIMER

Did you ever heard of a geologist named MOUNTAIN?? Not? Well, in the 1950s and 60s Rhodes University had a professor of geology whose name was Edgar D Mountain! His speciality was mineralogy and he discovered a number of minerals: As a young scientist at the British Museum, he co-authored the discovery article of the mineral Diaboleite – a wonderful, intense blue mineral. Later, during his tenure at Rhodes (also being Head of the Department for a time), he investigated the famous kimberlite pipe at Bultfontein in the Orange Free State and discovered two new minerals there (1957). He

named them Mountainite after himself and Rhodesite after Cecil John Rhodes. These two minerals are similar to Bultfonteinite in appearance, all three being white and fibrous and originating from the same kimberlite pipe. In 1968, he published a handy guide called “Geology of Southern Africa”, describing the geology of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Southern Mozambique. This book became the standard reference on Southern African popular geology. It is interesting to read and to compare to modern views of the geology of this region. Apart from being a renowned geologist, Mountain was an excellent athlete, competing in the Olympic Games of 1920 and 1924 in the 'half-mile' (800 meter) in which item he was a one-time World record holder!


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BACKGROUND

thThe 47 Gemboree of the Federation of South African Gem and Mineral Societies was hosted by the Cape Town Mineralogical Society of South Africa and took place at Klein Pella in the Northern Cape. It was attended by 56 participants from all over South Africa and 2 from Namibia.

The venue was at the farm Klein Pella and

Johan is a Civil Engineer, working in Windhoek, Namibia. In his spare time, he is a freelance Tour guide on 4x4 and overlanding trips.He has written and published 2 guide books on Namibia viz Discovering the Secrets of Namibia: Kaokoland and Discovering the Secrets of Namibia: Damaraland. These books are the most complete guidebooks of the respective areas available today. He is soon to publish Discovering the secrets of north-east Namibia.Johan is also a free-lance journalist for a number of Southern African magazine including; SA 4X4, Die Weg/Go and WegRy/Drive Out magazines and “Die Burger” the regional Afrikaans newspaper in Cape Town.

accommodation was provided on this farm as well at Oasis. A small hall at Oasis was used for registration purposes, to display goods for sale during the registration period and also to do a presentation on quartz. However, the main activities, such as the display of goods for sale, the auction, the opening ceremony and –dinner as well as the closing ceremony were held at Klein Pella.

Gemboree: Friday 18 to Monday 21 April 2014

By Johan Snyman

THE GEMBOREEParticipants started arriving on Thursday 17 April and registration continued until Friday evening the 18th. No field activities were scheduled for this period and it was mainly used to socialise and greet old friends from previous Gemborees and to make some new ones. Some of the dealers also set up shop in the hall.


Malcolm Jackson looking very pleased with his purchase

Malcolm Jackson doing a presentation on quartz crystals

Saturday 19 AprilWe departed at 08h15 to a nearby quartz deposit and along the way stopped at some small miners/traders.

Friday 18 April

Participants kept on arriving, and registering. Malcolm Jackson gave a presentation on quartz crystals the afternoon. Some of the dealers set up shop in the hall at the Oasis Guest Farm. That evening a communal braai was held as Oasis while the annual meeting of the FOSAGAMS committee took place. Convoy lining up

At the registration desk : l to r : Carol Coleman, Jenni Grandi, Margaret Jackson and Maureen Gallon

Linda Stone with Quartz

At the Orange River Quartz site




The traders set up their stalls at Klein Pella the afternoon.

That evening we had the formal opening of the Gemboree and dinner. Afterwards Johan Snyman gave a presentation on the Kaokoland, Damaraland and Bushmanland regions of Namibia.

Linda Stone opening the GemboreeMalcolm Jackson at the opening ceremony

Lovely Amethyst crystals for sale

Rob Smith brought along some machinery to sell


Sunday 20 AprilWe visited the small Mission Town, Pella, where specimens could be bought from small miners/traders and also had a look at the old Roman Catholic Church. This Church was built by missionaries with the aid of pictures in an Encyclopaedia in the late 1800's. It is still in use to this day and a National Monument.

At PellaAt Pella

At the dinner party

The old Roman Catholic Church at Pella

Johan Snyman giving a presentationon Kaokoland etc

Inside the church

At the dinner party

Having dinner at the opening ceremony


From there we returned to Klein Pella where we could scratch around on some stockpiles where amazonite, amethyst and picture stone could be collected.

During the afternoon the dealers were active again, and the auctions of donated goods were held.

The auction

At Klein Pella

That evening we had a communal braai, and afterward the closing ceremony was held. It was announced that the next Gemboree would be hosted by the Natal Mineral and Gem Society, and the anticipated venue, is Jozini in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

At Klein Pella

Henri Scramm auctioning. Ken Colemanlooking on.


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It was time to bid old, and some new, friends farewell as each went their separate way.

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This has been yet another memorable Gemboree with our fellow rock-hounds. Many thanks to the organising team, and the management of Klein Pella for making it all possible.

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