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General Meeting Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:00 P.M June - September, 2012 Volume 44, No. 1, Page 1 General Meeting Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:00 p.m. Location: Clubhouse, 4619 69th Street North, St. Petersburg, FL Bring in items you collected over the summer, or what you have made. Did you go to a mineral mine out of state? Tell us about it! Special Presentation by Tom Smith Professional Gem and Diamond Cutter www.adamasfacet.com It’s September and DUES ARE DUE once again. Please give them to the membership chair- person, or Jerry Heer, Treasurer at our General Meeting. DUES ARE DUE! $15.00 Individuals—$20 per family If your last name starts with A-M, please bring goodies to our meeting to share. Page 2 Rock-A-Gram June-September, 2012 Board Members Julia Larson, President . ... ... .. .. ... 727-522-1254 Pat Davis, 3 Year Director/ Email: [email protected] Past President . .......... .. ... ... .. .. ... 727-323-2147 Email: [email protected] Dave Schwebel, Vice President .. ... 727-547-0364 Email: [email protected] Dave Kane, 2 yr. Director ... .. .. ... 727-799-2352 Email: [email protected] Jerry Heer, Treasurer .. ... ... .. .. ... 419-344-9999 Email: [email protected] Dave Watson, 1 yr. Director . .. .. ... 727-541-2917 Email: [email protected] Stephen Redden, Recording Secretary 727-546-2052 Email: [email protected] Bucky Joseph, 1 yr. Director .. .. ... 727-252-8142 Email: [email protected] Donna Sapp, Correspondence Debbie Bremer, Editor . ... ... .. .. 727-298-0061 Secretary . ... ... .. ... ... .. ... ... .. .. ... 727-420-0383 Rock-A-Gram Newsletter Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] SGAMS Clubhouse Address: 4619 69th Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33709, www.sgams.com Clubhouse Activities: Listed on mailer coversheet and announced at membership meetings. SGAMS Board of Director's Meetings: 7:00 p.m., 1st Thursday of each month; September - May. All members are in- vited to attend SGAMS Board of Director's Meetings at our clubhouse. We solicit your attendance, and constructive suggestions for improving our club. General Meetings: 7:00 p.m., 3rd Thursday of each month; September - May, at our clubhouse. 1st Annual Lapidary Yard Sale September 22, 2012 Starts 9:00 a.m. Open to rock club members. Lots of barging! Dealers bring your tax id. Artemis Trading Company 4710 W. Trilby Avenue Tampa, FL 33616 Directions: Take Cross-town Expressway to Gandy Blvd., Go west 2 traffic lights. Turn left on Manhattan Avenue. Cross RR tracks, then take 4th street to right. House in on left in 2nd block. Coral $2/lb Panama Agate $4/lb Tumble rough $.50/lb Botswana agate $10/lb Lake Superior Agate $10/lb Bloodstone $5/lb Unsorted agates $2/lb Ky Geodes $2/lb Ohio flint $4/lb Jade $4/lb Owyhee PJ $10/lb Mariposite $4/lb Mozarkite $4/lb Petrified Wood $3/lb (Quantity discounts) June-September, 2012 Rock-A-Gram Page 3 Monthly Bench Tips By Brad Smith The Vug, September 2012, Canaveral Moonstone, September 2012 CLEANING SOLDER OUT OF A BEZEL RAISING A CABOCHON Sometimes when you solder a bezel to a base plate, When a cabochon sits too low in a bezel, the bezel you end up with excess solder that needs to be re- hides a lot of the stone. Solution is to either sand moved before setting the stone. My choice of tool for down the bezel height or boost up the stone. Question this is called an "Inverse Cone" bur used in a rotary is what do you use to elevate your cab? tool or flex shaft. It cuts on both the bottom and the side and is shaped so that there's less chance of cut- I was taught to use fine sawdust but now think that ting into the bezel wall than if you used the more there's a better solution, especially for use in rings. I common cylinder bur shape. The 2 mm size is useful reason that rings will frequently get wet, which would for most any bezel. cause the sawdust to swell in size and push the stone against the bezel. Then when the sawdust dries out, FAUX SILVER the stone would be a little loose. In any case, I now I'm fortunate to live in a big city that has frequent prefer pieces of plastic sheet to boost up my stones. jewelry shows where I can buy supplies. But there are Pieces are readily available from product packaging certain risks in buying at one of these events or from or from old credit cards. I just cut a piece to loosely some of the online venues. Recently, a friend bought fit the bezel and drop in the stone (with some dental a package of 12 mm Sterling jump rings that became floss) to check it's height. copper plated in the pickle. TIP FOR A TRANSPARENT CAB There was no sign of any steel contamination, so I When bezel setting a transparent cabochon in silver, I tested them with a magnet to discover they were just worry that the silver will tarnish under the stone and plated steel. I ran into a similar misrepresentation a will destroy the brilliance of it's color and pattern. So couple years ago. I bought some "genuine" turquoise I take one extra step before setting the stone. I place a beads that I needed for 10mm cabs only to find they piece of thin silver Mylar plastic under the stone to were a white magnestie that had been dyed. The best act as a mirror that will never tarnish. solution is to carry a couple simple tools with you when you go to buy stones or findings. I usually carry This Mylar is readily available in craft and gift wrap a ten power loupe and a small vernier caliper to stores, or in a pinch from a party balloon supplier. measure things and a small, strong magnet with me. You may want to experiment with using colored or Dealers are not necessarily the problem. Many have patterned Mylar (i.e. diffraction pattern) under some no idea their metals are plated. They were duped stones. by their supplier. Regardless of who's to blame, I think it's worth reporting any problems you find to Have you ever wondered how to carve and polish a both the dealer and to the show promoter. freeform gemstone? Hans Meevis, a jeweler from Saint Martin, has a nicely done tutorial on his work with a 10 ct Aqua. It's definitely worth a read. Enjoy! http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/freeform- gem-carving.htm More Bench Tips by Brad Smith can be found at: Facebook.com/BenchTips or groups.yahoo.com/group/ BenchTips/ Page 4 Rock-A-Gram June-September, 2012 Upcoming Shows FEDERATION NEWS www.rockandgem.com, Stones and Bones, Vol. 9, Issue 9 American Federation of Mineralogical Societies April, 2012 September 21-23: Jacksonville, FL www.AMFED.org Jacksonville Gem & Mineral Society; Morocco Shrine Auditorium; 3800 Saint Johns Bluff Rd.; Fri. 2012-13 Regional Federation Shows and 1-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; adults $4; Web site: Conventions www.jaxgemandmineral.org California Federation Rocky Mountain September 22-23: Pompano Beach, FL TBA Federation TBA Wholesale and retail show; Intergalactic Bead & Eastern Federation Jewelry Show; Emma Lou Olson Civic Center; 1801 September 15-16 South Central NE 6th St.; Sat. 10-5, Sat. 10-5; adults $5, children Harrisburg, PA Federation (12 and under) free; precious and semiprecious gem- August 25-26 Midwest Federation Jasper, TX stone beads, sterling silver, findings, freshwater TBA pearls, hand-blown glass beads, vintage beads, crys- Southeast tals; Web site: www.beadshows.com Northwest Federation Federation TBA October 19-21 Tampa, FL October 13-14: Orlando, FL Florida Fossil Hunters; Central Florida Fairgrounds; 4603 W. Colonial Dr.; Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4; adults $4, children $1; fossils, rocks, minerals, artifacts, sup- Some links to help you keep track of plies, books, educational exhibits, children's dig pit, upcoming shows: silent auctions, raffle. Web site: Floridafossil- http://www.rockngem.com/showdates hunters.com http://www.jewelryshowguide.com/event/ October 20-2: Plant City, FL Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club; Strawberry Other Web Sites: Festival Expo Bldg.; 2301 W. Oak Ave.; Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-4; adults $5, students and children $4; more American Federation of Mineralogical Societies than 40 dealers gems, minerals, beads, fossils, tools, web site is at: http://www.amfed.org lapidary material, jewelry making supplies, jewelry, Southeast Federation of Mineralogical live demonstrations, jewelry classes, hourly door Societies Website at: http://www.amfed.org/sfms prizes; Web site: www.tampabayrockclub.com Check this site out for Wildacres & William Holland information October 27-18: Stuart, FL St. Lucie County Rock & Gem Club; Martin County The URL for CMGS web site is: Fairgrounds, 2616 SE Dixie Hwy. (A1A); Sat. 10-5, http://www.canaveral-mgs.com/ Sun. 10-5; demonstrations, displays, silent auction, raffle, Web site: slcrockandgem.org November 3-4: Melbourne, FL Canaveral Mineral & Gem Society; Melbourne Audi- torium; 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd.; Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-5; adults $4, children (under 12) free; jewelry, demon- strations, minerals, beads, fossils, gems, gold, silver, tools, books, children's activities, door prizes; Web Now here is a real “Rock Hound’s” dream car! site: www.canaveral-mgs.com/ Piedmont Prospector, May, 2012, Volume 55, #5, page 2 June-September, 2012 Rock-A-Gram Page 5 The Georgia Mineral Society, Tips and Trips, June 2012 GMS FIELD TRIP Just a Rock? Friday, September 21, 2012 By Erica Nathan 8:30 a.m. When you pick up an igneous rock, you may not recognize it Starke, FL as a common rock like granite or basalt.
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