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Gem Societies
Hme Officets
The following new officers were elected
to head the East Bay Mineral Society of
Oakland, California: Harold Mahoney,
president; Emmett Murray, vice president;
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Rhodes, treasurers;
Dorothy Miller, secretary; and Fred Cochran,
director.
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New officers of the Chicago Rocks and
Minerals Society are Louis Holtz, president;
Edward Rushton, vice president; Margaret
Laehr, recording secretary; Dorothy Smith,
corresponding secretary; Lorenz Gleiser,
treasurer; Gerald Ostrum, editor; and Selma
Jenner, curator-historian. — Pick and Dop
Stick
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Glen Gipson was elected president of the
Arrowhead Mineralogical Society of Fontana,
California. Serving with him will be
Jerry Almind, vice president; Loren Mc-
Croskey, secretary; Lucia Mehring, treasurer;
John Kelly, trustee; Vivienne Dosse,
federation director; and Eula and Johnnie
Short, co-editors.—Arrow Points
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The following officers were elected by
the Colorado Mineral Society of Denver:
Ralph C. Ellis, president; Arthur J. Ermish,
first vice president, Bernard Bench, second
vice president; Jean Walker, secretary-treasurer;
and Grace Neill, corresponding secretary.—Mineral
Minutes
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Election of the organization's first woman
president, Dorothy Harrington, was announced
by the San Jose, California, Lapidary
Society. Other officers are Bill Fuller,
vice president; George Gillespie, secretary;
and Lucille Scott, treasurer.-—Lap Bulletin
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New officers elected for the 1957-58 club
year by the Montebello, California, Mineral
and Lapidary Society were Albert D. Carter,
president; Gertrude F. Nagele, vice president;
June Ross, secretary; Robert A. Carter,
financial secretary; W. N. Ewing,
treasurer; John Morrell and Miriam Taylor,
directors; Walter K. Nagele, federation director;
and Clarence Jenni, editor.—The
Brag gin' Rock
CHINESE NAMED THOUSANDS
OF DIFFERENT JADE COLORS
The classic nine colors of nephrite jade
during the great ages of its carving in China
were: translucent white, indigo blue, moss
green, plume-of-the-kingfisher, yellow, cinnabar
red, blood red, lacquer black and
opaque white. The last mentioned color
was and still is the most highly prized of
all jade hues.
These are by no means all the names
given to the colors of jade—sunflower, cassia,
melon peel, date skin, moss, fruit flesh,
spinach, cow hair, water, candle red, redof-a-child's-face,
purple-of-the-veins, silk,
porcelain and duck bone are just a few of
the thousands of names used in the jade
trade.
In addition to the color of jades, the
Chinese also speak of the fragrance of jade,
but this probably alludes to those jade
pieces buried so long with the spices and
perfumes of the grave that they took on
distinctive fragrances.—San Gabriel Valley,
California, Lapidary Society's Stone Tablet
H-BOMB BLAST PRODUCES
TWO NEW ELEMENTS
The first full-scale hydrogen bomb explosion
in the Pacific in late 1952 produced
two new elements which have been added
to the conventional list of basic substances.
Three groups of researchers recommended
that the new elements be named after the
late Dr. Albert Einstein and the late Dr.
Enrico Fermi, scientists who played important
roles in the development of atomic
energy. Such recommendations usually are
accepted in the scientific world.
The new elements were numbered 99
(einsteinium) and 100 (fermium) in the
roster of chemical substances. Some of the
details concerning these elements are classified.—Sacramento,
California, Mineral Society's
Matrix
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Wyoming Jade, varying in color from a
light pea green to a very dark green that is
almost black, is in demand by rockhounds,
collectors and jewelers. Specimens also have
been found in white, yellow and mottled
jade colors. There are two kinds of Wyoming
Jade, jadeite, silicate of aluminum and
sodium; and nephrite, calcium and magnesium
silicate.—Fresno, California, Gem and
Mineral Society's Chips
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