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The British Columbia Rockhounder
Official magazine of the
Lapidary, Rock & Mineral Society of British Columbia
Published quarterly
December 2001
Older and slower?
Not you, but the club you belong to.
A brief human history of amber
This ancient gem was worked as early as 7,000 years ago.
Glaciers and the extinction of salmon in BC
A look at how salmon recolonized rivers after the Ice Age.
The origin of fossils
Analyzing the evidence of early life forms.
Beads
Short history of beads and their uses.
The beads of Lewis and Clark
On the first crossing of the US, these explorers chose beads carefully, to barter along the way.
The night before Christmas
A rockhound's plagiarized version of that old classic.
Mineral Museum strikes gold
Report on the special exhibit GOLD! at the Pacific Mineral Museum in Vancouver.
Agates with inclusions - sagenite and plume
A look at North America's favourite rockhound resource.
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Surrey Club Rock & Gem Show
Report
Ripple Rock Show
Report
Tumble polishing jewelry
Advice when using a rotary tumbler.
Thunder eggs
Unrelated to weather, and not affiliated with chickens.
Club Reports
Lakes District Rock & Gem Club
Special reports on field trips to Babine Lake, Marila Road, Francois Lake and Opal Bed Trails.
Murphy's Law No.3 on field collecting.
The name says it all.
September 2001
The Burgess Shale in Yoho National Park
OK, what's so special?
Kimberlite
Hunting those diamond pipes
Rose petal beads
This ancient art form is alive today
Petrifying wood
The process of turning living material into spectacular stone
Good advice bears repeating
The ettiquette of handling cut or polished stones.
Special Report: Damascus steel's lost secret found
An ancient metal is recreated by a blacksmith and a professor
Alberta scientists find prehistoric horse
A dry bed of the St Mary Reservoir reveals its paleo secrets
The Rock Show
A poem by Dick Stata
GMFC President's Report
The new president introduces himself
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Quesnel Summer Camp Reports:
- Eric Atkinson's take on the 2001 trip to the BC Interior
- De Singleton writes about the trip
- Sharon Hamelin's account of the annual field trip
- John Bowman writes that a good time was had by all
Club Reports
June 2001
It just kept getting larger
Giant agate found near Nazko River
A Renaissance geologist
So, you thought Leonardo da Vinci was a painter and engineer?
Amethyst and glass insulators
Examining trace elements in man-made glass
Secrets of mineral identification
A humorous step by step guide
The geological occurrence of semiprecious stones
Examines the host rocks containing gems
Feeling the heat in cool Tucson
Report on the 2001 Gem Show
What is a meteorite?
Help in identifying these interplanetary travellers
The Pinchi Fault Line
An important geological structure near Fort St James, BC
Minerals of the wrong feather don't flock together
Suggestions on identifying compatible material
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Ammonite and baculite
Explanation of these two members of the ammonoid family
BC Gem & Mineral Show
Report on the Spring LRMS-BC Show
Bear Mountain Field Report
When things go wrong and turn out right
Club Reports
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