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METHODS OF ARCHEOLOGY
DESCRIBED FOR AMATEURS
Archeological methods were outlined by
David Wenner when he spoke at an archeological
section meeting of the Earth Science
Club of Northern Illinois. "First, one
should describe the location of his site as
definitely as possible — with maps, landmarks,
natural features and a rough estimate
of size and distance relationships,"
said Wenner. "Material found should be
cleaned, marked, described and listed. Potsherds
should be washed with brush and
water, but they should not be allowed to
dry in the sun. India ink, soluble in alcohol,
is the best medium for numbering
specimens."
• • •
Patrick's Point and Big Lagoon, California,
were explored by Humboldt Gem
and Mineral Society on a recent rockhunting
expedition.
• • •
Orin J. Bell, vice-president of East Bay
Mineral Society and former president of
the California Federation of Mineralogical
Societies, discussed the "Rise and Fall of
the Sierras" for Northern California Mineral
Society members at a meeting in San
Francisco.
• • •
At the annual May banquet of Washoe
Gem and Mineral Society, plans were made
for a field trip to the Pyramid Lake Indian
reservation. Members would hunt geodes,
vesuvianite and calcite.
• • •
San Diego Lapidary society traveled to
Laguna Dam. north of Yuma, Arizona, for
geode hunting on a two-day field excursion.
Looking for cutting material, members were
disappointed until someone remembered the
location was known not for cutting quality
but for fluorescence. On later side-trips,
the San Diegans found petrified Ironwood,
lead specimens, agates, small geodes and
tluorite crystals.
• • •
At a recent meeting of the Gem Cutters
Guild of Los Angeles, C. A. Terry gave
an illustrated lecture on "Inclusions in Crystals
of Gem Materials."
• • •
Participants in a Chicago Rocks and
Minerals Society field excursion to the Lake
Geneva region of Wisconsin learned fundamentals
of geology from Dr. William E.
Powers, professor of geology at Northwestern
University. Lake Geneva is an old
valley scoured deeper by the last glacial
advance and blocked at each end with
glacial drift. It presents an excellent textbook
for the study of the effect of glaciers
on the earth's development.
• • •
Members of Compton Gem and Mineral
Club hoped to find jasper and jasp-agate
on a field trip to Lavic, California. Al Cook
was leader.
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Mineral and Lapidary Society, organized
five years ago in Costa Mesa, California.
Officers of the group are Ralph Best of
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Orange, treasurer, and Jennie Silkwood of
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• • •
Bruce Kramer demonstrated his method
of polishing cabochons at a meeting of the
Gem Cutters Guild, Los Angeles. Kramer
prefers slightly worn No. 220 and No. 320
sandpaper for grinding, and cerium oxide
as polishing agent on a leather or felt buff.
• • •
Forty-two members already are registered
in the newly-organized Modoc Gem and
Mineral Society of Alturas, California.
President A. R. Close reports the young
club is sponsoring weekly adult classes in
mineral studies at Modoc High School.
• • •
At a recent meeting, after telling members
of the Western Nebraska Mineral Society
about quartz family minerals, Gordon
Brooks demonstrated use of his field mineralight.
• • •
L. H. Murrell entertained the San Diego
Mineral and Gem Society with remarks
and colored slide pictures of Death Valley,
the Calico Mountains and Arizona's Castle
Dome. Murrell has taken several rock trips
into these areas. • • •
After election returns were in. Captain
Harry A. Reed was congratulated as new
President of Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem
Society. Jack Moore is vice-president; Dora
Anderson, secretary, and Hugh Baird, treasurer.
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Members of Sacramento Mineral Society
hunted for quartz Xls on a field trip to
Placerville, California.
• • •
Caravan Chairman Ray Erickson of Everett
Rock and Gem Club, Washington,
planned a May field trip to the Columbia
River near Vantage. Members would hunt
for arrowheads and other Indian artifacts.
• • •
Natural color slides of mineral specimens
were shown by Scott Lewis at a general
meeting of Whittier Gem and Mineral Society,
Whittier, California.
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