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GIVE
HER
SOMETHING
TO
WISH
BY
This lovely STAR SAPPHIRE*
or
STAR RUBY* ringmakes
an
IDEAL GIFT
for
Birthdays and Anniversaries.Throughout
the
year
it is a
daily reminder
of
yourthoughtfulness.
No
gift could
be
more appreciated.
"NOTE: These
are
doublets made from genuine synthetic Sapphireor synthetic Ruby showing
a
strong star under
a
single light sourcesuch
as
sunlight
or an
incandescent lamp.
14-CARAT SOLID YELLOW GOLD RINGS
...
as
shown above,
set
with
an 8 by 10 mm. (1 in
equals
25
mm.) BLUE STAR SAPPHIRE*
or
RED
ST
RUBY* made
to
your individual finger size.
$23.50
plus 20% Federal
Tax
SAME RING
but
set
with
a 10 by 12 mm.
BLUE STAR SAPPHIRE*
or
RED
STAR RUBY* made
to
your individual finger size.$26.50 plus 20% Federal
Tax.
X20oo
MODEL X4250
A 14-Carat Yellow Gold
di-
agonal shank with Palla-dium tops mounts
two %-
carat TITANIA RAINBOWS.Price includes sizing.
$42.50
plus 20%
Fed. Tax
MODEL X2000
Your choice
of a
14-CaratYellow
or
White Gold shankwith
a
Palladium
top
mount-ing
a
TITANIA RAINBOW
of
approximately 60/100
car-
ats.
Price includes sizing.
$20.00
plus 20%
Fed. Tax
YOU WILL
BE
WEARING RAINBOWS
When
you
wear jewelry
set
with TITANIA. Thisnew wonder material
is a
synthetic titanium oxidewhich
has a
greater brilliance than
the
diamond.Facet
cut
round gems
of
synthetic TITANIA havefive times more ability than
the
diamond
to
breaklight into
its
component colors producing
a
magnifi-cent RAINBOW EFFECT.
The
two
rings illustrated. Models X4250
and
X2000,are
but a few of the
many rings that
may be pur-
chased.
A
large variety
of
rings
and
earrings
may
be seen
at our
store
or
seen
in our
free
illustratedbooklet. Your
old
ring mountings
can be
repairedand
set
with
a
lovely
gem of
synthetic TITANIA.Hundreds
of
satisfied customers have written
to
tellus
how
pleased they were with this
new
syntheticgem. Here
are a few
typical remarks from custom-
ers'
letters.
"Received
the
ring
of
Rainbow
TITANIA.
It's
beautiful,far beyond what
I
expected.""The
Titania
RAINBOW
is ALL YOU
CLAIM
IT TO BE.
The ever changing colors
are
beautiful
to
watch.
My
wifewas very, very pleased
and it
excites
the
curiosity
and
admiration
of
everyone
who
sees
it."
See Page
53
October, 1950, Reader's Digest
for an
interesting story about Titania.The 1950 Revised Edition
of
Grieger's"Encyclopedia
and
Super-Catalog
o
the Lapidary
and
Jewelry Arts"$1.00 per copy
This
is a
192-page Book
8V2 x 1
inches
in
size. There
are at
least
i
pages
of
instructive articles
by
authoiof national fame. There
are new ar
cles
by
EMIL KRONQUIST
and
LOU1WIENER
on
jewelry making.
The 1
page article
on
jewelry casting
by th
LOST
WAX
METHOD using
the ne-
KERR HOBBYCRAFT CASTING
UNI
is alone worth $1.00. "ROCK DETEIMINATION SIMPLIFIED"
by Mr. E.
 Van Amringe with illustrations
an
charts helps
you to
identify your fieltrip discoveries.
Two
excellent fieltrips
are
mapped.
Everything
you
need
in
MACHIIERY, TOOLS, SUPPLIES AND MATERALS
is
illustrated, described and pricefor your convenience.
VISIT
OUR
SHOP
AND
SECURYOUR COPY
OF
THIS UNIQUE BOOISent postpaid
in
U.S.A.,
its
territorieand Canada
for
only $1.00.
ONE CUSTOMER WRITES:
"Indeed
it is a
super catalog
and I
don't
kno
how
I
ever
got
along without
it.
People
dor
know what they
are
missing
by not
availithemselves
of
such
an
opportunity. They shou!write
for it at
once."
GRIEGER'S • 1633 E. Walnut Si • Pasadena 4, Californi
OUR STORE
IS
OPEN
EVE1
 
DESERT CALENDAR
Mar. 30-31-Apr.
1—Coachella
Val-
ley Annual Rock Show, FairGrounds, lndio, California.Mar. 31-Apr.
1—Sierra
Club NaturalScience camping trip
to
CottonwoodSprings, California.Mar. 31-Apr.
1—Imperial
Valley
Gem
and Mineral Society
and
LapidaryGuild annual Rock Show,
El Cen-
tro,
California.Apr. 1—Dedication
of
Desert Shrine.11
a.m..
Desert Magazine Pueblo.Palm Desert, California.Apr.
1—Second
annual Grand Prixsponsored
by
Sport
Car
Clubs, PalmSprings, California.Apr.
1—Saddle
Club Horse Show.Wickenburg, Arizona.Apr.
1-4—Ladies
Annual InvitationalGolf Tournament, O'Donnell GolfCourse, Palm Springs, California.Apr. 2-8—Country Club InvitationalGolf Tournament, Phoenix,
Ari-
zona.Apr. 5—Festival
of
Arts Mexican
Fi-
esta
and
Sunset Dedication Cere-monies, Tucson, Arizona.Apr. 6—Festival
of
Arts FolkloreNight, featuring Alan Lomax,
Tuc-
son. Arizona.Apr. 6-7—Arizona Educational
As-
sociation Conference, Tucson,
Ari-
zona.Apr.
6-8 —
Grubstake Days, spon-sored
by the
Chamber
of
Commerce,Yucca Valley, California.Apr. 6-8—Salt River Valley Cham-pionship Skeet Shoot, Papago Park,Phoenix, Arizona.Apr.
7 —
Desert Circus, WesternShow, Parade
and
Band Exhibition,Palm Springs, California.Apr. 7-8—Sierra Club Camping tripto Anza Desert State Park, Cali-fornia. Hikes
up
Whale Peak
and
Granite Mountain.Apr. 7-9—Long Beach Mineral
and
Gem Society Annual Rock Showin conjunction with Hobby Show,Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach.California.Apr.
8—Play
Day at
White SandsNational Monument,
New
Mexico.Apr. 8—Festival
of
Arts Southwest-ern Dance Drama. Tucson, Arizona.Apr.
8 — Los
Bandolleros trek
to
Castle Dome mining district. Yuma,Arizona.Apr.
9-13 —
Desert Caballero Ride.Wickenburg, Arizona.Apr. 13-15
—
World's ChampionshipRodeo with Parade. Phoenix,
Ari-
zona.Apr.
14-15 —
Sierra Club Campingtrip
to
Valley Wells, California.Tour American Potash
and
Chem-ical Corporation plant,
Trona.
Apr. 16—Invitational Golf Tourney,Country Club, Wickenburg,
Ari-
zona.Apr.
20-21 —
Eastern
New
MexicoUniversity Rodeo, Portales,
New
Mexico.Apr.
22 —
Apple Blossom Festival,Farmington,
New
Mexico.Apr. 27-29—Lion's International
dis-
trict convention. Palm Springs,California.Apr
—
Exhibition
of
southern Utahpaintings
by
Conrad
Buff,
South-west Museum, Highland Park,California. Daily except Mondays,1
to 5 p.m.
Volume
14
APRIL.
1951
Number
6
COVERCALENDARPOETRYADVENTUREFIELD TRIPTRUE
OR
FALSEPERSONALITYNATURESCIENCEINDIANSLETTERSDEDICATIONPHOTOSLOST MINEMININGNEWSCONTESTHOBBYLAPIDARYBOOKSCOMMENTWILDFLOWERS
YUCCATIME.
By
Josef Muench, Santa Barbara,CaliforniaApril events
on the
desert
3
Cactus Colors,
and
other poems
4
Summer Journey
on the
Devil's RoadBy GODFREY SYKES
5
Geodes
or an Old
Silver TrailBy HAROLD
O.
WEIGHT
7
Test
of
your desert knowledge
12
Desert Botanist
of
TucsonBy WILSON McKENNEY
13
Dipo—of
the
Desert SandsBy EVALYN SLACK GIST
15
Off Limits
to the
PublicBy DONLEY LUKENS
16
Attaki Spends
Bis
Poker WinningsBy SANDY HASSELL
17
Comment
by
Desert's Readers
19
"In Quest
of
Peace
and
Beauty"
20
Pictures
of the
Month
21
Pedro's Lost MineBy FRANK BECKWITH
22
Current News
of
Desert Mining
24
From here
and
there
on the
desert
25
Prize announcement
to
Photographers
.... 30
Gems
and
Minerals
31
Amateur
Gem
Cutter,
By
LELANDE QUICK
. . 35
Reviews
of
Southwestern Literature
.... 37
Just Between
You and Me, By the
Editor
... 38
Forecast
for
April
39
The Desert Magazine is published monthly by the Desert Press. Inc.. Palm Desert.California. Re-entered as second class matter July 17. 1948, at the post office at Palm Desert.California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered No. 358865 in U. S. Patent Office,and contents copyrighted 1950 by thf Desert Press. Inc. Permission to reproduce contentsmust be secured from the editor in writing.RANDALL HENDERSON, Editor BESS STACY, Business ManagerMARTIN MORAN, Circulation Manager E. H. VAN NOSTRAND, Advertising ManagerLos Angeles Office (Advertising Only): 2635 Adelbert Ave.. Phone NOrmandy 3-1509Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs submitted cannot be returned or acknowledgedunless full return postage is enclosed. Desert Magazine assumes no responsibility fordamage or loss of manuscripts or photographs although due care will be exercised. Sub-scribers should send notice of change of address by the first of the month preceding issue.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year $3.50 Two Years SO00Canadian Subscriptions 25c Extra, Foreign 50c ExtraSubscriptions to Army Personnel Outside U. S. A. Must Be Mailed in Conformity With
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0. D. Order No. 19687Address Correspondence lo Desert Magazine, Palm T>esert, California
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