At a recent little lapidary yard sale we held, several people expressed interest in obtaining some lapidary equipment. Needed @ resonable prices: -Cabbing...
I have heard a lot of different opinions about collecting "whalebone" on the beaches north and south of Santa Barbara. Some of this bone has been in the...
Craig writes... ... I am looking for one or two small tumblers, 3# and 6#, for a friend who wants to start rockhounding. I recommended he get a pair and use...
HAPPY NEW YEARS ONE & ALL!!!! AND MAY WE ALL BE BLESS WITH GOOD HEALTH, LUCK, ROCKS & THE GEM OF OUR LIFE TIME WE ARE SEARCHING FOR....HAPPY HUNTING AND...
Happy New Year to everyone! I'm interested in any help locating a good used rock saw. Ours is old and broken, so we're finally giving up on it. We're looking...
Nancy Frampton
nframpton@...
Jan 2, 2007 4:56 pm
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For those who will be able to get to Tucson this year, here is something new and special, and FREE. ... For those who have not yet discovered the Tucson...
Jim, My understanding is that it is legal to collect whale bone (or any other fossilized material) within the intertidal zone. Any place subject to tides is...
Sbogosian@...
Jan 3, 2007 2:51 am
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Go to Walmart and: 1. Take boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's carts when they weren't looking. 2. Set all the alarm clocks in housewares to go...
we just got our first rocks and we are wondering how to polish it. is there a fast way to get some sort of shine on our fire agate and cut geodes? my water...
Since there are very few photos of Mojave Blue, except for sales on EBay showing a fortified blue chalcedony, I thought I would post some images that show this...
Some interpret the stones as gizzard stones that dinosaurs used to aide digestion. I like the interpretation they are coprolites, which proves that sometimes...
Having finally had the opportunity this past week to visit the Hauser Geode beds and collect from 4 sites, I thought I would post a few of the nicer geodes I...
Thanks for all the photos. That Hauser beds obsidian is very nice. Is it all obsidian or are the large inclusions something else (not just a different ...
Bozo5@...
Jan 6, 2007 9:07 pm
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Unused MK 20inch x 0.064 diamond rock saw blade for sale. $200 Still in original package. Lancaster, Calif. (661)943-5157 Jules / Mary...
All good questions. Brecciated Obsidian. I collected the obsidian breccia thinking it was Mahogany Obsidian. Cutting shows its more likely brecciated black...
Hi this is Lew Thanks to the V.V.L.S. and the Sierra Paloma Lapidary Soviety This Saturday Jan 13th here will be a fun Field trip going to Sierra Paloma...
Bakersfield people will meet at the old plaza on Clay Mine Road in North Edwards by 8:30 those comming from another direction will meet at the Burger King at...
The Mineralogical Society of Southern California Proudly Presents the 42nd Pacific Micromount Conference January 26-28, 2007 at the San Bernardino County...
I noticed the Quartzsite powwow dates on rockhoundnotes are all wrong. They have the schedules for 2005 and links are not working or lead to the 2006...
Don't know what's up with the rockhoundnotes.com site. It appears met the fate of too many sites on the web which is that they are now longer maintained and...
Newberry nodulex are smaller thunder eggs than the Hauser Beds, but have very nice agate cores to them. I have posted a set of rough cut nodules. Sorry that...
(I forgot to put several important details in my last message) 18" Rock saw in good condition. Located in Marin County. $900 I recently purchased a 24" saw...
Has anyone been to the Acton-area agate site, as listed in Mitchell's "Gem Trails of Southern California?" Does anyone know if the site is still open? I'm...
I easily forget that LA-Rocks is read all over the U.S. and that some don't know the geography of the Mojave Desert well. So, to be clear, the "Newberry...
Yes, the site is open and accessible. It is a good collecting site. Good luck, Brett FTC-OGMS ps. Our Club will be at Kanan Dume rd in Agoura Hills this Sat....
Hi LA Rocks, We are planning on visiting the Laughlin, Nevada area and I know that Oatman, Arizona is not too far from there on the other side of the Colorado...
Kanan-Dume Road Agate Hunt - Jan. 13th @ 10am Saturday. General info: We will be looking for Plume Agate, Saginite, Calcite, Agate, and Chalcedony. This will...
IM looking for a few Desert Magazines April & August 1940 December 1939 I have Lots of extras James [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
