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ELGAMBRISINOGem Crafters & Explorer's Club Bulletin,

P.O. BOX 3091, Las Cruces, NM 88003

Nov. 2013 - Volume 55 Issue 10

Affiliated with: American Federation of Mineralogical Societies www.amfed.orgMember of: Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies www.rmfms.orgMember of: Blue Ribbon Coalition www.sharetrails.org

2013 OFFICERS & volunteers:

President Cookie Saathoff 382-3464 [email protected] Vice President Sheri Gaines 526-7176 [email protected] Treasurer Pat Grace 202-2862 [email protected] Secretary - Brenda Gadberry 202-0200 [email protected] Refreshments- Patti Pickert 532-9351 [email protected] 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, NMat 6:30 pm for social and 7 pm for the meeting. There are no meetings in July and December. Duesare $10 per adult per year and each additional family member under eighteen is $2 per year. They aredue Jan.1st of each year. A membership form will be emailed or mailed to you in December to be filledout and returned with your check to the treasurer. There are no regular committees or board meetingsnor do we sponsor a show.

Our purpose shall be to gather knowledge and provide educationalbenefits to members on geological, archaeological, lapidary, andmineralogical topics of interest, to include assistance to members inall lapidary problems, the study and identification of minerals and gemstones in the rough, the field study of geological formations whichproduce minerals and gem stones, the collection of minerals andgemstones, and the exploration of any geological or archaeologicaltopic or area which may be of interest to the membership.

NOTE: All articles and photographs are by the Editor Maxine Wymanunless otherwise noted. Any address or email changes must be sent tome at: [email protected] 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 website related to gem crafting, rock collectingor exploring and would like to share please give me a call at 649-4900 or email me at [email protected] If youhave a good idea or story to tell I will be more than happy to help you write it up. Also if you have minerals, outdooror camping equipment, etc. that you would like to sell please let me know for our FREE "Classifieds."Maxine Wyman, Editor

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Gemcrafters and Explorers Club "EL Gambrisino" Nov. 2013 - 2 -

Meeting Minutes - Oct. 18, 2013Submitted by Maxine Wyman

Speaker Rod Blackford, NMSU PetrologyGeophysics teacher.

Visitors Phil & Jeanie Crumbles of Peoria, Illinois &Ken Littje.

Treasurers Report There is a total of $520.51 in thebank -. $50 was paid to Al Spencer for the HalloweenParty and $235 paid to Eric Fuller for new batteries forthe radios.

Nominating Committee Mitch Mauer announced thenew slate for 2014:

President Dave SmithVice President Sherri GainesTreasurer Pat GraceSecretary Bill Pickert

The volunteer positions No Changes

Programs & Field Trips Eric FullerHistorian Don SaathoffEditor Maxine Wyman

Old Business Al & Kathy Spencer will hold theHalloween Party at their home on Oct. 27

th.

New Business Voting for officers will be held at theNov. 15

thmeeting.

Announcements Pat Grace & Tony Nunez volunteered to hold the

Christmas Party at their home again this year. It will beheld on Friday, Dec. 6

th. For those wanting to

participate in the gift exchange please bring a non-gender gift with a $10 limit. It will be a pot luck andBYOB as usual.

Mike Gaines donated a number of slabs to the club.They were on the front table and priced at fifty centseach with proceeds to go to the club. Most are fromOregon.

Campout -Kathy & Eric Fuller will lead a campout toOld Hatchita on Nov. 22-25 (the weekend beforeThanksgiving). Contact Eric if planning on going.

Mineral Meeting It will be held this coming

Wednesday, the 23rd, at Don Saathoffs Lab. The gatesopen at 5:30, meeting at 6 pm. There will be adiscussion on the differences between England & therest of Europe and the U.S. as to how we look atcrystal systems. (Please note the change in time).

Campout Report Brecken Uhl gave a report on theBurro Mt. campout. He said there were a lot of roadsand mines to explore. The Blackhawk and theAlhambra mines were checked out. Don spoke up andsaid that Brecken had picked up an excellent

mineralogical specimen - more to follow on this veryradioactive specimen.

Program Notes Oct., 18, 2013

Rod Blackford

Our speaker was Rod Blackford, a petroleumgeophysics teacher and scientist at NMSU. He iscertainly enthusiastic about his topic and an excellentspeaker to boot. He talked to us about his time spent inIran and Kuwait trying to figure out how to get more oil,more economically out of the ground. This he did bycoming up with a procedure referred to as Under

Balanced Well Drilling. (I hope I got that right). Welearned of the problems had in dealing with thegovernment to drill a well. It takes three years to get anokay to drill. At least thats better than here where nodrilling is allowed on government land or sea.

My problem was that the topic was way over my headand what I did understand I can in no way relate it onpaper. Being unfamiliar with much of the terminology Iam just going to say that he is a nice guy and I hopethat he can come back sometime and talk to us interms that the average guy can understand.

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Reminders and Gen. Info:

The next meeting will be as usual on the third Friday ofthe month, Nov. 15

thin Room 118, Gardiner Hall on the

NMSU campus, 6:30 PM for socializing and 7 PM forthe meeting. Our speaker will be Howard Bash whoretired from the NYC Transit System as an AssistantDepartment Director. He will talk of his experiences

during the 9-11 tragedy in NYC. The planning, theimplementing, the movement of people and equipmentout of and into NYC was a monumental task of greatimportance. A must hear talk on one of the most tragicevents of our times.

We have our new slate of officers as you can see inthe minutes of the last meeting. Please note that thereare only two new names (much appreciated). Out of amembership total of 99 adults it shows a real lack ofparticipation. To keep our club healthy and viable weneed more folks to jump in and help out. Our club isvery laid back and there are no real difficult jobs to be

had (well except maybe for Erics-Programs & FieldTrips). Before voting next month the President will askfor other nominations from the floor and hopefully therewill be more response from members.

Speaking of response, how about some help here withyour newsletter. Articles or ideas about your travels,rocks that you have met, field trips, etc. would all beappreciated. The few regular contributors we have,such as Eric, Kathy, Brenda, Al and now Joan aredoing great but cant be expected to carry the wholeload. I hate to sound like Im begging but I am begging!

Be sure and check out the web site items, there wereseveral especially good ones sent in this month. Also Iam happy to report that someone has sent in an Ad torun this month. Check it out for our snowbird friendwho wont be able to come visit us this winter.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

From a Rock ClubFriendGettin' Outdoors ShowWith Big Daddy

Lawler's photo.

To all my friends whohunt, camp, or spendtime in the woods: Thepic below is of my leftleg after being struckby a 6ft timber rattler

today while turkey hunting. The snake bit through myhunting pants and Muck Boots (I usually wear snakeboots when turkey hunting, but could not locate themthis morning). The initial bite felt like being hit in thecalf by a baseball bat at full swing followed byexcruciating pain radiating out from the bite wounds.

Fortunately, I carry a snake bite extractor kit in myturkey vest, and was able to remove the majority (Iguestimated 3-4 cups) of the venom contaminatedblood. Following the instructions from the kit, I kept myheart rate down as best I could, and slowly limped the200 yds. to my vehicle, and was able to drive myself tothe hospital which, thank the good Lord, was about 20min away. Once there, I was administered the anti-venom, antibiotics, etc. The ER Doc told me that,based on the distance between the two fang puncturesand their diameter and depth, if I had not used the

venom extractor kit, I would have died before I evermade it to my truck. So, if you do not already own one,I want you to go to a sporting goods store andpurchase a venom extractor kit ASAP. I bought mine atAcademy and it was around $10.00. I would urge youto buy a couple. Put one in each vehicle in yourhousehold, in your hunting or hiking pack, andespecially your B.O.B. etc.,,,, they are about the size ofa bar of soap and can literally save your life orsomeone you love.

Please don't blow this off. Do it tomorrow!!!! I amspending one night (hopefully) in the hospital, and may

require some minor surgery to remove any damagedtissue from the poison, but that is a far cry from losingmy leg or passing through the pearly gates!!!!

Respectfully,Your Friend, Chad Cross (Chad just got out of the hospital today, this happenedSunday in Montgomery County Alabama)

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JOANS TALL TALES Chapter #2By Joan Beyer

Photos courtesy of Eric & Kathy Fuller

Club Characters: Pete and Bill

Pete Chadman was an

authentic Club Character,joining in 1969, and well-remembered by many ofyou, I'm sure! A well-educated, eruditeMidwesterner,he enjoyedplaying the role of theold-time desert rat, hencehis CB handle, "DesertPete". And he looked it,with his straggly whitebeard, and battered hat.

Pete loved to talk and had a million stories. None ofour misadventures ever ruffled his laid-back calm;more often they just reminded him of anotheranecdote. I think he saw himself as the Grand Old Manof the Club, and the rest of us as eager listeners. Heknew something about everything, had an opinionabout everything, and was always ready to instructanyone who would listen. On the other hand, if youchallenged him on some particularly outrageousstatement, he'd chuckle and admit he didn't really knowwhat he was talking about. Pete found it amusing toplay devil's advocate in any discussion. It made forsome lively campfire conversations when he pulledsomeone's chain a little too hard

He drove a Scout that had previously been Leroy's.When Pete's eyesight deteriorated, some of us tookturns driving the Scout for him. Macular degenerationprevented him from seeing straight ahead, but he hadgood peripheral vision. I think all of us who drove himhad the embarrassing experience of a being told by alegally blind man that we had missed a turnoff. Drivingduties were eventually taken over by Bill Young, andthe two of them were a field trip team as long as theyremained active. And that brings us to Bill...

Bill Young was the opposite of Pete in every way. An

old country boy, he had worked for the CCC (he calledit the Triple C), and was in the Cavalry back when theystill rode horses. Bill was as silent as Pete wastalkative. He was also quite deaf, which must havemade for some interesting hours on the road...Petetalking non-stop, and Bill not hearing anything. He hadtunnel vision, which I guess balanced out with Pete'speripheral vision, but it made his driving interesting.We always thought he deliberately aimed for thepotholes.

Eric Fuller & Bill Young listening to one ofPetes endless stories

It was as good as a play to see Pete and Bill in camp;Pete bossing Bill around, Bill arguing if he heard him,and ignoring him if he didn't. Just watching them cookbreakfast was enough to make your cholesterol levelrise. They would toss half a pound of bacon into thecast iron frying pan, wait till it rendered about a quarter

inch of grease, then drop in several eggs and let themfloat, sizzle and pop. The condition of their camp stovewas unspeakable, and the less said about their kitchenclean-up the better. But hey, they were both around 80,too old and tough to care. At any rate, they survivedseveral years of their camping style... and appeared toenjoy every minute of it.

Pete getting up at the Wood Tin camp. Yep! Pete sleptout in the open on the ground and in that great sweater

for which he took quite a ribbing.

So cold that Pete actually set up a tentTo be continued...

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Mineral Mtg. 10-23-2013

It all started at our new time of 5:30 pm. I dont know ifthat had anything to do with the small attendance wehad but there were only eight of us mineral crazies thatshowed up this time. Both Jerry Cone and Larry Howellhad a number of items to be identified so most of thetime was taken up by that.

Jerry Cone

Jerry brought his micro specimens he had found on theStephenson Bennett Mine field trip. Don checked themto make sure he had labeled them correctly. They wereall mounted and labeled and numbered good jobJerry. Dobbs brought us samples from his latest forayinto the hills also.

Larry Howell, Don Saathoff & Russ Franzgoing thru Larrys box of minerals

We never did get around to discussing our named topicbut that was okay. Theres always next month. We gotto see and talk about a lot of interesting minerals andhad a jolly good time, as usualI might add.

This is especially for all you knappers in our group butit is quite beautiful and I thought all would enjoy seeingit. It was sent to us by Jon Stewart, a snow birdmember from Michigan. Read his note below.

:

This "Point in Stone" was flint knapped by a friend ofmine who is just 19 years old. He goes by the nicname, "The Kidknapper". He is a really talentedknapper. The rock that he made in the "Point in Stone"looks to me to be mookite that is found in Australia. Afriend of mine, Mike Cook taught The Kidknapper",

Doug Alcorn Jr, and is trying to teach me to knap.

Jon Stewart

Dont forget to setyour clocks back onehour at midnight onNovember 3rd.

Big Brother has

spoken as usualthe governmentknows whats best forus and knows betterthan Mother Nature

(There, I got my two cents worth in once again)

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The Treacherous MineralBy Bill Cordua,University of Wisconsin, Fall River

Mineral names are often given to commemorate afamous scientist or locality. Sphalerite (ZnS), however,has a name based on the Greek word fortreacherous. Blende, a German synonym forSphalerite, means blind or deceiving. What is itabout this common mineral (which forms very attractivecollector specimens) which led its names to be sonegative about it? The name comes from the tendencyof people to misidentify it. It was often mistaken forgalena which was mined for its lead, and sometimessilver, content. Sphalerite yielded neither at thesmelter, and, until the nineteenth century, there werefew if any uses for the zinc that was mined. So, to old-time miners, the mistaken identity was a costly error.

Things changed for Sphalerite in the 1850s with theadvent of galvanizing. In Wisconsin, many deposits

worked for lead suddenly became zinc mines as well,with hundreds of thousands of tons of the mineralproduced. This was also true for deposits elsewhere,notably in the Tri-state district and other Midwesterndeposits, now prized for the beautiful Sphaleritecrystals found during mining. So this is a bum rap forpoor Sphalerite. It is actually a relatively easy mineralto identify, and has a number of very distinctiveproperties that can be tested with little equipment. Yet,true to form, I find many students misidentifying it withdepressing regularity.

Sphalerite crystals,Telluride, CO., Twinnedcrystals of gemmy redSphalerite. Photowww.wikip[edia.org

First, when wellcrystallized, its form isvery distinctive. Sphaleriteforms complex crystalsthat have a generally

tetrahedral habit, although many modifying formscommonly occur. A tetrahedron has 4 faces, each onean equilateral triangle.

Even with the complex modifications frequently presenton Sphalerite crystals, the generally triangular outlineis usually visible. Few minerals have this crystal habit.The color of Sphalerite is extremely variable, and thisis probably part of the identification problem. Thoughusually found in some shape of brown to nearly black;red, yellow, green, blue and clear Sphalerite is known.The colors represent the effects of chemical impurities,generally iron. The percentage of iron controls howdark the brownish hue is. Chemically pure Sphalerite isclear (a variety called cleiophane).

Gemmy, 1.8 cm, twinned,cherry-red Sphaleritecrystal from HunanProvince, ChinaPhoto www.wikipedia.org

Translucent redSphalerite is sometimescalled ruby jack. Thestreak plate helps even

out the color problems. Sphalerite will generally give apale yellow streak. The hardness of 3-4 on the Mohsscale, distinguishes Sphalerite from quartz or feldspar.You can scratch Sphalerite with a steel nail, but notwith a copper penny. Sphalerite breaks readily along anumber of regular cleavage planes. Ideally, there aresix preferred direction of break (the so-calleddodecahedral cleavage). While it is not usuallypossible to count all six directions on any particular

specimen an observer will clearly see this is a mineralwith at least four cleavages. Few minerals have morethan three.

A chemical test is also helpful. When powdered andmoistened with weak HCl (muriatic or brick cleaningacid), Sphalerite emits a potent rotten egg odor ofsulfur compounds. Kids generally love to do this test.So, Sphalerite gives many clues to its identity, yet it isstill viewed a treacherous. Many minerals mistakenfor Sphalerite, such as calcite, fluorite, siderite orgoethite, will never emit sulfurous fumes. Among thesulfur bearing minerals, few have the color, luster,streak and cleavage of Sphalerite. Galena, for which itis most frequently mistaken, is always metallic; alwayssome shade of gray, breaks along 3 sets of cleavagesas cubes and never crystallizes as tetrahedrons. Whocould honestly mistake it for Sphalerite? PoorSphalerite. Sometimes life aint fair.

Last fall I took my mineralogy students to visit the corelabs at the proposed Crandon copperzinc mine inWisconsin. While viewing a length of core, I pointed outto my students what I though was an interesting zoneof coarse siderite in one of the cores. The mine-sitegeologists looked at me and said, Oh, no, thats one ofour main ore minerals up here its Sphalerite. Boy

was my face red! The treacherous mineral had struckagain!

Via Clippers Chatter, 01, 2009Via Pick- Hammer News 03-2013

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MORE BENCH TIPS FROM BRAD SMITH

MARKING YOUR TOOLSIt makes sense to mark your tools if you ever lendthem to friends or take them out to classes orworkshops. Question is how to mark thempermanently. For metal tools, I use a very small ballbur running fast in the Dremel or Foredom to "engrave"

my initials. Other times I'll form the initials with anumber of hits with a center punch.

But for hammer handles and other wooden tools, thecountry boy in me came back and thought "Why notmake a branding iron?" If you'd like to try one, all youneed is a little scrap copper or nickel about 22-24gauge, a piece of heavy brass or copper for a base,about 6 inches of metal rod and a piece of wood for thehandle

I formed my initials from a couple 4mm strips of sheetnickel. The "S" was one piece, but the "B" was three

pieces soldered together with hard. (Remember toform the letters backwards). I then soldered the letterswith medium onto a piece of 1/8 inch thick brass bar toact as a heat sink. Finally, I soldered a piece of 1/8round rod on the back of the brass bar as a shaft to

join to a wooden handle.

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Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarmclock (MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 a.m. While his coffeepot(MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with hiselectric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG). He put on adress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans(MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE INKOREA).

After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet(MADE IN INDIA) he sat down with his calculator(MADE IN MEXICO) to see how much he could spendtoday. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN) tothe radio (MADE IN INDIA) he got in his car (MADE INGERMANY) and continued his search for a goodpaying AMERICAN JOB.

At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitlessday, Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on hissandals (MADE IN BRAZIL) poured himself a glass ofwine (MADE IN FRANCE) and turned on his TV(MADE IN INDONESIA), and then wondered why hecan't find a good paying job in.....AMERICA.....

Via Blue Agate News April 2009

If you would like to leave footprints in the

sand of time, you had better wear work boots.

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Burro Mt. Campout ReportReport & Photos by Don & Cookie Saathoff

Friday, the eleventh of October found us on the road tothe North end of the Burro Mountains looking forwardto a couple of days of rockhounding. Traveling Weston hwy. 180 watching for the Saddle Rock Road cutoff

we spotted a PU Truck waiting for us on the cutoff.Iguess Brecken didnt think we could find it on ourown(?). He led us to the small camper campgroundwhich was in a beautiful little box canyon. Because ofthe recent rains the grasses were almost waist-high next time we will bring a swing scythe!! Brecken &Julie were already set up so Cookie & I popped upthe camper had a quick lunch, climbed in RITA, theRED RANGER and took off following Brecken & Julieto the Purple Heart Mine in the Telegraph District on arecon mission. We found most of the advertisedminerals on the dumps somebody did a lot of diggingfor not much reward. Maybe the pyrite assayed tracesof gold or silver or maybe they were hoping for someeconomic fluorite. Maybe they took some manganeseore out.I dont know. The prospect pit was large andthe adit below the pit was also large lotta work!!When we got back to camp we were greeted by Kathy& Eric Fuller and Breckens friends Ron & Art andhappy hour commenced! We FROZE OUR _____ offon Friday night. Ron didnt bring his blankets and Artbrought everything BUT thetent.

Saturday mornings sunshine was a welcomeblessing!!! Brecken, Julie, Art & Ron headed out toparts unknown prospecting. The Fullers headed outfor parts unknown exploring and Cookie & I headed for

the Black Hawk Mine and the Alhambra Mine bothmajor silver producers of the late 19

th century Black

Hawk dumps were so picked over we found nothingbut thorns however we did make the acquaintance oftwo old-timers in the district, Bob & Poncho. Both ofthese gentlemen had done work at various times at themines of the district and knew the territory well. Theypointed us to a road up the hill which went to theAlhambra Mine and mentioned that if anyone stoppedus we were to say that Bob & Poncho said we hadpermission to be there well, we headed up the hillwith high hopes! Until we came to a locked gate withplenty of warning to go no farther!! We turned around

and headed back to camp where we were greeted byJannette Hale and her trusty canine companionMandy. Julie then arrived with the news that she hadto return to Las Cruces. Shortly after her departureBobby & Wilma Hutson rolled in to the campsite andset up their tent. Brecken, Ron & Art rolled in a whilelater and then the Fullers.and Happy Hourcommenced!

Brecken had done his due diligence and found anotherroad to the Alhambra Mine with no locked gate. Whenhe arrived back in camp he asked if my Geiger counter

was handy which it, of course, was. He produced atypical OLD-TIME specimen from the Alhambra Mineshowing the typical combination of silver, nickel-skutterudite, acanthite and uraninite which drove theGeiger counter crazy!!! He found it beside the road ashe was leaving the location. Under the microscope ITHINK I saw some purplish metallic crystals of the raremineral siegenite. More work is required to confirm

this.

Sunday morning dawned clear & beautiful! Everyonetook off on their various exploration paths and Cookie& I just decided to hang out at the campsite until timefor us to strike camp & head home. The trip was notgood mineralogically for Cookie & I but what fun to seethe forest green, water in some creeks, good company& conversation and quiet nights with a good campfire!

!The campsite is straight ahead in the canyon

Jannette Hale & Kathy Fuller

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The Blackhawk Headframe

Don at Camp

Balancing Rock by camp

A NEWSLETTER STORY

I find some of the Mineral clubs in North America haveunusual and inventive names for their Newsletters.Here are a few from the Scribe membership list. ByDick Stata 03-10-2005

Out west Im known as THE ROCKCOLLECTOR, Iwas traveling down the ROCKYROAD, headingthrough the canyon, hearing the ROCKY ECHOES;the noise chased a ROADRUNNER away. I washeading for an old ROCKMINE Id heard about, if Ihad any luck I would find a MINERAL VEINor maybesome OUTCROPPINGS.

I had my COLLECTING BAG; in it was my oldSTONE CHIPPERand my trusty ROCK CHIPPER. Iwas in luck I found the TAILINGSpile. In seconds Ibecame an AGATE EXPLORER and in thosePICKINS AND DIGGINS I found to my amazementan AMMONITE.

It was around about then that I startled by a ROCKRATTLER who scared me so bad I made aYELLOWSTONE DEPOSIT on the ROCKPILE, Ithought for a minute Id be writing my MINERALMEMOSto the SCRIBE HISTORIAN.

I recovered my wits and picked up my AGATIZER, Iused it to locate STRATA DATA, it was in my bagwith THE DOPSTICK and that water sprayer I usedso I wouldnt have to be a ROCK LICKER, you knowCHIP AND LICK. I love to hear the CHIPPERSCHATTER and those GRANITE CHIPS flew as I

hammered with all my MINERAL MITE in thatSHAWNEE SLATE.

I was startled again, this time by a HOUNDS HOWLitwas a ROCKHOUND HEROLDof sorts, seems it wasahead of a ROCKHOUND ROUNDUP from theMINGUS ROCKY TIMES, it was all SHIN SKINNERNEWSto me.

I met with a Mr. BEEHIVE BUZZERand had a littleSTONE CHAT about me being a HI GRADER theyhad me in a COLLECTORS CORNER. After a littleROCK CHATTER and a few QUARRY QUIPS he

calmed down. I told him I was broke so he gave me aGRUBSTAKE. I couldnt stand all thoseROCKHOUND RUMBLINGS, so I threw my PINKDOLOMITE SADDLEon my old horse ROCK-ITandrode off. I made like a SILVER CAMELION and Idisappeared into MOTHER NATURES BASEMENT, Ihad a few bucks in my pocket but I didnt have asingle CRYSTAL, not even a single PRAIRY GEM, itwas a bad day for the T-TOWN ROCKHOUND.

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Gemcrafters and Explorers Club "EL Gambrisino" Sept. 2013 - 10 -

Once again Al and Kathy Spencer hosted our Halloween Party and did it up in spooky style. The weather cooperatedand with a beautiful warm fall day so most of us stayed outside while the children gathered around the TV inside. Thepot luck was varied, good as always and Kathys tempura was delicious. I must say that Als medical getup was a littleholey (yes I mean holey and not holy) and he finally had to go in and put a gown on before we got raided. Their homewas full of decorations; even their Dragon Lizard had a huge rat in his aquarium. Imaginations gone wild is the onlyway I can explain the costumes. It was a fun party and we want to thank Al and Kathy again.

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UP COMING SHOW Dates:NOV 2-3MIDLAND, TEXAS:Annual show; Midland Gem & Mineral Society; Midland Center; 105 N. Main St., corner of Wall

and Main; Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5; adults $5, students $2, children (5 and under) free; artist Beverly Hartman, dealers, demonstrations,exhibits, silent auction, kids' corner, geode cutting, fluorescent mineral room, door prizes, grand prize; contact Bill Halepeska, POBox 5043, Midland, TX 79704, (432) 694-5945; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site:www.midlandgemandmineral.org

DEC 6-8EL PASO, TEXAS:Annual show; El Paso Mineral & Gem Society; El Maida Auditorium; 6331 Alabama; Fri. 10-6,Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; adults and students $3, seniors $2, children (under 12) free; gems, minerals, fossils, beads, jewelry,tools, books, equipment, geode cutting, silent auction, demonstrations; contact Jeannette Carrillo, 4100 Alameda Ave., ElPaso, TX 79905, (877) 533-7153; e-mail: [email protected]

JAN 1-28QUARTZSITE, ARIZONA:Wholesale and retail show; Desert Gardens RV Park; Desert Gardens RV Park; 1064Kuehn St., I-10 Exit 17; Daily 10-6; free admission; Arkansas quartz crystals, rough and polished minerals, fossils, jewelry, gifts,lapidary equipment; contact Sharon (manager), 1055 Kuehn St., Quartzsite, AZ 85346, (928) 927-6361; e-mail:[email protected]; Web site: www.desertgardensrvpark.net

FEB 13-16TUCSON, 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; contactTGMS Staff, PO Box 42588, Tucson, AZ 85733, (520) 322-6031; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.tgms.org

FEB 22-23LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO; 2nd

annual show, Friends of the NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, NewMexico Farm & Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, Rock, Gem & Mineral Show, 575-522-1232, www.LCMuseumROCKS.com

MAR 5-9--DEMING, NEW MEXICO; Retail show; Deming Gem & Mineral Society; SWNM State Fairgrounds; Raymond ReedBlvd.; Daily 9-5; free admission; contact Shirley Krasinski, PO Box 1459, Deming, NM 88031, (575) 494-5971; e-mail:[email protected]; Web site: www.DGMS.bravehost.com

For further information or shows please check: www.rockngem.comWho knows, there just might be a good rock show in the area of your travels.

A Thought to Ponder:

IF ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE, WHERE IS THE AUDIENCE SITTING?

Some Interesting Web Sites for you to CheckOut Please send me any of your favorites that youthink others might be interested in and I will pass them along.

http://www.miningartifacts.org/Mining-Photo-Index.html a great site for anyone interested in mines, mining history,artifacts, etc. Mining info and history by state also. Sent in by Eric Fullerhttp://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/07/crystal-expands-under-pressure/ an article titled Shapeshifting CrystalExpands Under Pressure - Science in action. Anotherfascinating article sent in by Eric Fullerhttp://www.zmescience.com/research/gold-growing-on-trees-offers-a-new-prospecting-tool/ more interesting science.Sent in by Jan Hoffman

Classified Ads: WANTED Im looking for some small chunks of mostly blueturquoise. Small piecesare good as I am going to crush it into a powder and inlay it into designs on my hiking sticks. I am willing topay for it and for the postage to have it sent to me. Contact: Jon Stewart [email protected]

Late arrival from LeRoy: The Doa Ana Archaeological Society will meet at 7 PM Tuesday, 12 November 2013, atthe Good Samaritan Auditorium, 3011 Buena Vida Circle, Las Cruces. New Mexico State University graduate studentsKristin Corl and Angel Pea will give a presentation "Cottonwood Spring Pueblo: Recent Excavations" They willpresent the preliminary results of the university's 2012 and 2013 archaeological field school excavations at theCottonwood Spring pueblo on the west flank of the San Andres Mountains. This site is one of the largest El PasoPhase villages on the western frontier of the Jornada culture area. Excavations at the site will provide importantcomparative data for study of human behavioral variability in El Paso Phase (A.D. 1300-1450) sites. The meeting is

free and open to the public. Info 575-524-9497.

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