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1 September 2016 issue of Rok Tok by Mike Andrews & Sean Neeley Unless otherwise noted, permission is granted for non-commercial repro- duction of articles, provided they remain essentially intact and credit is given to the author and original source. Where noted, the author retains rights, and must be contacted for permission to reproduce the article. All articles may also be used as reference, provided citation is given. RokTok September 2016 2016 Club Officers President - Diana Case 1st VP (Programs) - Jim Senseman 2nd VP (Shop) - David Pirnie Treasurer - Jack Sorrow Secretary Burt Breedlove 6th Board Member - Mike Rus- sell RokTok Editors- Mike Andrews & Monthly Meetings ***3rd. Tuesdays of every month at 7 p.m.*** The American Legion Hall 10205 Plano Rd. 105 Dallas, TX 75238- Lapidary Workshop Hours Mon. & Thur. 69 PM Sat. 8AM 1PM DGMS Purposes To promote: 1. Interest, knowledge, and lapidary art s k i l l s and metalworking (embodying the use of polished gems and minerals when appropriate). 2. Interest in rock and mineral collection and increase knowledge of geology and related earth sciences. T h i s includes holding annual shows cooperation, the sharing of common interests and a bet- ter understanding of m e m b e r activi- ties. PROGRAM FOR MEETING Inside: September Rocks! 1. Cover Page 2. At The Aug Meeng 3. Meeng Minuets 4. Meeng Minuets cont. 5. Message from the Prez 6. September Calendar 7. Amazing Minerals by Dan Cosan 8. Tips and Techniques 9. Classes, Rain and Sunshine Report 10. September Births Stones 11. Gem and mineral show around Texas 12. Local Events of Interest 13. The Mohs Hardness Scale 14. Other clubs and addresses PAGE # No Program Scheduled at the me of publican

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September 2016 issue of Rok Tok by Mike Andrews & Sean Neeley Unless otherwise noted, permission is granted for non-commercial repro-duction of articles, provided they remain essentially intact and credit is given to the author and original source. Where noted, the author retains rights, and must be contacted for permission to reproduce the article. All articles may also be used as reference, provided citation is given.

RokTok September 2016

2016 Club Officers President - Diana Case 1st VP (Programs) - Jim Senseman 2nd VP (Shop) - David Pirnie Treasurer - Jack Sorrow Secretary – Burt Breedlove 6th Board Member - Mike Rus-sell

RokTok Editors- Mike Andrews &

Monthly Meetings

***3rd. Tuesdays of every month at 7

p.m.***

The American Legion Hall

10205 Plano Rd. 105

Dallas, TX 75238-

Lapidary Workshop Hours

Mon. & Thur. 6–9 PM

Sat. 8AM – 1PM

DGMS Purposes

To promote:

1. Interest, knowledge, and lapidary art s k i l l s and metalworking (embodying the use of polished gems and minerals when appropriate).

2. Interest in rock and mineral collection and increase knowledge of geology and related earth sciences. T h i s includes holding annual shows cooperation, the sharing of common interests and a bet-ter understanding of m e m b e r activi-ties.

PROGRAM FOR MEETING

Inside: September Rocks! 1. Cover Page 2. At The Aug Meeting 3. Meeting Minuets 4. Meeting Minuets cont. 5. Message from the Prez 6. September Calendar 7. Amazing Minerals by Dan Costian 8. Tips and Techniques 9. Classes, Rain and Sunshine Report 10. September Births Stones 11. Gem and mineral show around Texas 12. Local Events of Interest 13. The Mohs Hardness Scale 14. Other clubs and addresses

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The lapidary shop is to be used only by CURRENTLY PAID MEMBERS of DGMS.

Shop Equipment is only to be used when the SHOP SUPERINTENDENT IS ON SITE.

We’re updating our records. (email, address, phone numbers….etc.). Therefore, we are requiring all members to fill out a fresh MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION. A copy of the Membership Application can be found on the DALLAS GEM AND MINERAL web page (http://www.dallasgemandmineral.org/membership/)under the membership page. It looks like:

DGMS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

***REMINDER: DUES as of January 1, 2016 will be $30/individual member and $40 Family membership.***

We Are On FACEBOOK! Search and like: Dallas Gem and Mineral Society

Over 600 + FB likes and climbing!

We Are On World Wide Web at

At the meeting August 2016

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General Meeting Dallas Gem and Mineral Society

August 16, 2016

Call to Order: 7:00 p.m.

Announcements:

Diana Case, President

The shop will be open the next three Wednesday evenings because of classroom usage. Shop equipment will be available for use by the club members.

Wednesday evening classes will be by Jean Stephens. Steph Bair will be holding a metal clay class on Saturday, Aug. 20.

The fall parking lot Swap Meet will be held on Saturday, Oct. 1st.

A new event, a Garage Sale, will be held on Oct. 15th. Bring your unused and stored personal items (not just lapidary related) to clean out your own garage & closets and to benefit the club.

There are about two dozen heavy-walled cardboard boxes available to members who need them. They are suitable for hold-ing your field finds and are of a manageable size. Check with the shop supervisor if you are interested.

Upcoming rock shows will be listed in an upcoming Weekly Items email.

The Deming field trip September 15-19 is still on and there is still room for more participants. It has been opened up to the Arlington Club as well. Some of the successful sites visited this last spring will be revisited, as well as some new locations.

If you would like to join, contact David Dudich at [email protected] or 940.321.9252.

Presentation:

Club member Dan Costian explained the nomenclature of rock and mineral shapes with a vivid slide presentation titled, “Odd Shaped Stones.” The base of the various terms for mineral shapes is the Greek morphe meaning “shape.” There are metamor-phic, polymorphic, paramorphic, and pseudomorphic / epimorphic. Examples of each form were shown by slide and/or actual stones and the \

Officer Reports:

Jim Senseman, 1st V.P. (Programs)

Jim will head the nominating committee for 2017 board members.

David Pirnie, 2nd V.P. (Lapidary Shop)

The shop equipment is generally in good condition with the exception of one saw starter that needs replacement.

Jack Sorrow, Treasurer

Diana reported on Jack’s behalf that the club is solvent.

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Burt Breedlove, Secretary

Ten name badges are still on the cork board in the shop waiting to be picked up. There are currently two new name badges on the “to order” list. Will wait a month or two before ordering another batch.

Be sure to put your name on the sign-in sheet by the door so we can keep track of attendance.

Darrell Harrison, Show Chair

Darrell was out of town, but Diana reported that a second reminder was sent to vendors who have not sent in their reservations. We also have a waiting list to draw from, so there will not be a shortage of vendors this year.

Mike Andrews, Rok Tok Editor

Mike is always looking for articles for the newsletter. Photos and a write-up of field trips is always welcome. Also, shop tricks or other informative stories of your lapidary activities that you are willing to share are welcome.

Jonnie Goodwin, Class Schedule

Jean Stephens will be doing Basket Bezel, Braided Bezel and Kumihimo classes on Wednesday evenings this month. Steph Bair will do a Metal Clay Textures class on Saturday, Aug. 20th.

Old Business:

The minutes for the July meeting were approved by vote of the membership.

New Business:

A nominating committee was formed for 2017 board member candidates. Jim Senseman will supervise the committee. Jonnie Goodwin volunteered as committee member. More committee members are needed so that candidate names can be announced next month to the membership and voted on in October.

Raffle: $63.00 proceeds

Adjourn: It was moved, seconded and carried that the meeting be adjourned at 8:38 p.m.

Attendance:

Members signed-in: 25

Guests: 4

_____________________________________

Burt Breedlove, Secretary

Attached: Sign-in Sheets for Members and Guests

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From the Prez I would like to discuss the fact that we don’t seem to be cleaning the shop as well as we have in the past.

I would like to say keep it as clean as you would your house or car……. But I have seen some cars that look “lived-in” so how about “clean enough to eat off the floor”, but then we are a bunch of rock-lickers, so that bar is not quite high enough ei-ther……. So I’ll remind you with the following:

This is everyone’s shop, I know that sometimes we are in a hurry and forget, but you should be stopping with enough time to clean up your equipment and area before we close the shop.

I have noticed that the Big Saws are not getting cleaned after each use. Even if we leave a rock in for the next Open Shop, we still need to “wipe” it down so that the gunk doesn’t become hard.

We are leaving the water buckets for the grinders empty. They should be filled up after your use, along with cleaning of the equipment.

We are leaving the Flat Lap wheel on the Flat Lap. It needs to be sprayed down and, using a brush, scrubbed, wiped off and then put in the vertical slots to dry. The 80 and 100 have started to rush and the other disks have dried into concrete so they are useless. We have change out the pads so they are brand new. Please clean them off after use so that they will last a longer time.

The Genies seem to be having a lot of spitter problems. We are finding that the cleaning of the Genies is also getting lax. You should also be cleaning:

The inside of the cover

Spray down the wheels to make sure the rock dust is not packed into the diamond on the wheels.

Spray under the arbor (when the cover sits) and also spray the belt located under the spitter pump.

The tray itself

Wipe up around the base and area.

REMEMBER: All this cleaning will be done in a bucket under the Genies. NOT in the wash station. Then the buckets are to be carried across the street and dumped in the field.

Also, if you work on any piece of equipment, you must let the Supervisor know so they can mark it down on our usage/repair list. This will allow us to know if we need to address problems per machine. If we don’t know it has a problem, we can’t fix it correctly or know its history.

The drip pan under the Trim Saws is going to have oil in it. That is OK. We will use the shop-vac as necessary to suck it up and we will then recycle it. We can’t do that if you soak it up with paper towels.

Thanking you all for your help in and around the shop, for the past and the future.

Diana

Rocks Seen Around the Shop

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AMAZING MINERALS by Dan Costian

HUMBLE, CUTE SILICATES (II): 1 – danburite (Mexico); 2 – labradorite (Ukraine); 3,4 – sunstone / oligoclase (OR); 5 – idem (India); 6 – gyrolite balls on laumontite (India); 7 – thomsonite (India); 8 – thomsonite (MN); 9 – thomsonite and chlorastrolite (MI); 10

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AMAZING MINERALS by Dan Costian cont.

Polishing Cabochons

Polishing can be very confusing for a beginner. There are hundreds of methods. If you buy a new cabochon cutting ma-chine, it’ll probably come with a polishing system. That’s a good place to start. Here are some tricks of the lapidary trade:

Use aluminum oxide on suede, soft side out. This is the most versatile polishing method available. It’ll put a high polish on more materials than any other method.

Quartz responds best to cerium oxide. This does well for opal, too, but be very careful about heat buildup with opal. Stones get hot quickly during polishing, and heat can destroy opals.

Jade, on the other hand, needs a lot of heat and friction to polish. Use chromium oxide on leather or felt.

Diamond polish can be used on leather or specially made pads. However, it has never gained the popularity with cab cutters that it has with faceters. It’s more expensive than aluminum oxide and doesn’t offer any significant improvements, except on ruby and sapphire.

These are the most common and most useful polishing methods. With them, you’ll be able to get a mirror polish on any material. That mirror polish is important. It takes a fair amount of work to procure a cabochon cutting machine, learn how to use it, find the rough, orient it, and finally cut a cab. Getting that mirror-high polish on a beautiful stone makes it all worth-while.

Tips and Techniques

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Sept. Sunshine Birthdays

Sept. Rain Report

Bobby and Vicki Thornton continue to have health problems

Monika Brown still has health concerns

Bill Henderson—Has Passed Away

Craft Classes At Our Shop CLASS INSTRUCT. CLASS SIZE COST* Materials DATES

BASKET BEZEL JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd BEADING JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd BRAIDED BEZEL JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd GEM TREE /w WIRE & GEMS LAURIE 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd KUMIHIMO JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd METAL CLAY MOLDS STEPH 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd METAL SMITHING MIKE 4 max.-1min. $ 20.00 $ 5.00 tbd SHOP QUALIFYING LEE 6 max.-4min. $ 30.00 ? tbd SHOP SUPERVISOR DAVID 6 max.-4min. $ - - tbd WIRE WRAPPING CABS LAURIE 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd WIRE WRAPING WITH TABS LAURIE 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd WIRE WRAPPING /w PRONGS LAURIE 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd

CLASS INSTRUCT. CLASS SIZE COST* $ Materials DATES WIRE WRAPPING CABS LAURIE 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 $ 3.00 SHOP QUALIFYING LEE 6 max.-4min. $ 30.00 ** METAL SMITHING MIKE 4 max.-1min. $ 20.00 $ 5.00 BRAIDED BEZEL JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 10.00 ** SHOP SUPERVISOR DAVID 6 max.-4min. $ - - BASKET BEZEL JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 **($10. Kit)

Sept Classes At The Shop

Jonnie –972-881-0104 Shop -214-349-2022

PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN-UP SHEETS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING A CLASS.

** Read instructions for class

*NOTE Wednesday only $10.00

Alvin Brewton 9/10 Dan Eley 9/11

Franklin Woodis 9/16 Alexsandrah Clement 9/17

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September Birthstones

Source: https://www.americangemsociety.org/sept-birthstone

September Birthstone

Sapphire

Sapphire, the September birthstone, has been popular since the Middle Ages and, according to folk-lore, will protect your loved ones from envy and harm. Medieval clergy wore sapphires to symbolize heaven, while commoners thought the gem attracted heavenly blessings.

Blue sapphires range from very light to very dark green-blue or violet-blue, as well as various shades of pure blue. The most prized colors are a medium to medium dark blue or slightly violet-blue.

Sapphire is a variety of the gem species corundum and occurs in all colors of the rainbow. Pink, purple, green, orange, or yellow corundum are known by their color (pink sapphire, green sapphire). Ruby is the red variety of corundum.

Learn more about birthstones or find an AGS jeweler near you.

Chemical Formula: Al2O3, Aluminum oxide

Crystal Structure: (Trigonal), double pointed, barrel-shaped, hexagonal pyramids, tabloid shaped

Color: Blue, colorless, pink, orange, yellow, green, purple, black

Hardness: 9.00 on the Mohs scale

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September 2016

16-18—SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: Wholesale and retail show; Event Show Management, San Antonio Event Center; 8111 Meadow Leaf Drive; Fri. 11-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; Admission $20; If you are a wholesaler or manufacturer of jewelry, gifts or accessories, then this show is for you! It is your chance to sell in a professional, cash and carry, trade-only marketplace. Space is limited, ensur-ing greater return on your booth investment with an excellent buyer-to-exhibitor ratio. This event sells out every year and we are anticipating explosive attendance in 2016. So, if you are serious about retail success, then make this golden opportunity an im-portant part of your selling strategy. ; contact Ellen Andrus, 1826 N Loop 1604 W Suite 100, Studio 54, San Antonio, TX 78248; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.parkertradeshow.com

October 2016

8-9—TEMPLE, TEXAS: Annual show; Tri-City Gem and Mineral Society, Mayborn Center; 3303 North 3rd; Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-5; Adults $5, Children $2; Treasure wheel, silent auction, grab bags, and demonstrations.; contact Chip Burnette, 2630 Polk St, Killeen, TX 76543; e-mail: [email protected]

21-23—AUSTIN, TEXAS: Annual show; Austin Gem and Mineral Society, Palmer Events Center; 900 Barton Springs Rd; Fri. 9-6, Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5; Adults $8, Seniors $7, Children ages 13-18 $2 / 12 and under free; Gem & mineral show vendors of jewelry, beads, gemstones, minerals, crystals, fossils & spheres. Exhibits like the touch table of rocks and fossils and member collections. Demos in faceting, cabbing, fossil cleaning, and polymer clay. Fri "Youth Education Day" w/field trips. For $1 each Gem Mine, Wheel of For-tune, Jewelry Making, or Illumination Station. Hourly door prizes Sat and Sun. Grand Prize Sun Fluorite specimen from Bingham, NM.; contact Chip Burnette, 6719 Burnet Ln, Austin, TX 78757, (512)-458-9546; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.gemcapers.com

November 2016

5-6—AMARILLO, TEXAS: Annual show; Golden Spread Gem & Mineral Society, Amarillo Civic Center, Amarillo, TX; 400 S. Buchanan Street , Regency Room; Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; Admission $3, Children under 12 free; Demonstrations, door prizes, exhibits, silent auction, wheel of fortune.; contact Skip Kendrick, P. O. Box 635, Vega, TX 79092, (806)-267-2567; e-mail: [email protected]

11-13—HUMBLE, TEXAS: Annual show; Houston Gem and Mineral Society, Humble Civic Center; 8233 Will Clayton Parkway; Fri. 9-6, Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5; Admission $8, Children under 10 free; There will be swap area, silent auctions, free gemstone, mineral and fossil identification, working exhibits, dino dig, kids daze on Friday, Special exhibits, dealers in jewelry, beads, lapidary rough and slabs, minerals, fossils, meteorites, decorative items, geode crackers.; contact Scott Singleton, 10805 Brooklet, Houston, TX 77099, (281)-530-0942; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.hgms.org

18-20—SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: Annual show; Event Show Management, San Antonio Event Center; 8111 Meadow Leaf Drive; Fri. 11-6; Admission $20; If you are a wholesaler or manufacturer of jewelry, gifts or accessories, then this show is for you! It is your chance to sell in a professional, cash and carry, trade-only marketplace. Space is limited, ensuring greater return on your booth investment with an excellent buyer-to-exhibitor ratio. This event sells out every year and we are anticipating explosive attendance in 2016. So, if you are serious about retail success, then make this golden opportunity an important part of your selling strategy. ; contact Ellen Andrus, 1826 N Loop 1604 W Suite 100, Studio 54, San Antonio, TX 78248; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.parkertradeshow.com

19-20—MESQUITE, TEXAS: Annual show; Dallas Gem & Mineral Society, Rodeo Center Exhibit Hall; 1800 Rodeo Drive, (I-635 & Mil-itary Parkway); Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; Adults $8, Seniors $8, Students $8, Children $3; 59th Annual Dallas Gem & Mineral Show. There will be be fluorescent displays, silent auctions, door prizes and much more.; contact Diana Case, PO Box 742033, Dallas, TX 75374, (214)-349-2022; Web site: dallasgemandmineral.org

Gem and Minerals Shows Around and Near Texas

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Gerald Pennington and Frank R. will return to coordinate the DGMS participation at InterGem in Dallas. The dates to remember are:

Wed Oct 12, 2016, set up from 1pm to 5pm Thu Oct 13, 2016, set up from 10am to 5pm

Fri Oct 14, 2016, InterGem noon to 6pm Sat Oct 15, 2016, InterGem 10am to 6pm Sun Oct 16, 2016, InterGem 11am to 5pm

Dallas Gem & Mineral Society

Rules for demonstrating at the InterGem Show In order to qualify to participate in the DGMS booth at InterGem, members must: 1. Be a member in good standing. 2. Have attended at least 2 monthly meetings in the past 12 months. 3. Help setup at InterGem on the Wednesday or Thursday before the InterGem Show. 4. Demonstrate a skill learned or taught at DGMS. Members have the privilege to sell items made with the skills learned or taught at the club. InterGem for DGMS is not a swap meet, is not an opportunity to buy and resell goods. InterGem is a time for DGMS members to demonstrate the skills they learned and practice at DGMS,

greet the public, explain our club operations, and invite the public to come look at our operations and join the Club.

Local events of interest

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LOCAL CLUBS AND SOCIETIES’ MEETING DETAILS

Arlington G&M Club, 1408 Gibbons, Arlington, 1st Tuesday, at 7:30 pm Cowtown Gem, Mineral & Glass Club, 3300 Bryant-Irving Road, Ft Worth, 2nd Tues., at 7:00 pm Dallas Bead Society, address pending, 3rd Thursday at 7:30 pm Dallas G&M Society, 10205 Plano Rd, off of Plano Rd, Dallas, 3rd Tuesday, at 7:00 pm Dallas Paleo Society, EMGI (Bldg. H, Brookhaven College, 3939 Valley View Ln), 2nd Wednesday at 7:30 pm Fort Worth Gem & Mineral Club, 3545 Bryan Avenue, Fort Worth, 4th Tuesday at 7:30 pm Lockheed-Martin Stone Steppers, 3400 Bryant-Irving Road, Fort Worth, 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 pm

Meeting Date and Location

Third Tuesday, each month at 7:00 PM at the American Legion Hall next to the shop off Plano Rd. (see map)

Member of South Central Federation of Mineral Societies

Affiliated With

American Federation of Mineral Societies

For members of DGMS only, The Rok Tok will gladly announce your rock showings at art shows, museums, or libraries, etc.,

Dallas Gem & Mineral Society *PO Box 550395 Dallas, TX 75355-0395 Shop Phone: (214) 349-2022

*Notice: This is a new PO Box and ZIP

Code*