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A FIELD GUIDE
TO
ROCKS
AND
MINERALS
By FREDERICK
H.
POUGH, Curator
of
Minerals, American Museum
of
Natural HistoryYOU HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR
THIS BOOK—Con-tains
234
photographs,
72 in
full color,
and a
simplifiedField Guide
to
identification. Every mineral
the
Rock-hound
is
likely
to
encounter
is
described
in
detail. Thisis
the
most important
new
book that
has
ever beenprinted
for the
rockhound
and gem
hunter. This bookwill
be
available
for
delivery October
20, 1953.
Sendus your advance order
now. You
will receive
a
receiptand acknowledgment
of
order. This will
be the
bestCHRISTMAS GIFT
you
could
get for any
mineralcollector.PRE-PUBLICATION PRICK ONLY $3.75 postage prepaid
N€W FR€€
56
PAG6
1953
MIDYCAR
PRIC6
LIST
This catalog
is the
same
as our 1952
Fall Catalog.
It is
8V6"xll"
in
size
and it is
profusely illustrated.
Your
shopping will
be
made easy
—
order
by
mail
or
visitour shop
:o
select your gifts. This catalog lists
Gem
Cutting Equipment, Grinding Wheels, Diamond Blades,Sanding Cloth,
and
Polishing Powders, Jewelry Making
Tools,
Sterling Silver Sheet
and
Wire, Blank KingMountings, Jewelry Findings such
as
Earwires,
Bails,
Locket Loops, Chain
by the
foot, Bezel Wire,
etc.
Field Trip Books
and
Books
of all
kinds
on
Minerals,
Gems,
Jewelry Making, Prospecting, Uranium,
etc.
Fluorescent Lamps, Fluorescent Minerals, Geiger Count-
ers,
Uranium Samples, Magnifiers, Scales, Templates,
etc.
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Block DIAMONDDRESSER 10.902—Galvanized Splash Pans... 5.50TOTAL VALUE $69.10SPECIAL COMBINATION PRICE $62.00YOU WILL BE WEARING RAINBOWSWhen you wear jewelry set with TITANIA. Gems of syntheticTITANIA have five times more ability than the diamond tobreak light into its component colors producing a magnificentrainbow effect. These magnificent gems can be set in mount-ings you may now have from which you have lost theoriginal stone.Visit Our Shop and See Ladies' and Men's Rings Set withTitania. A Large Stock of Titania Earwires Is Also Available.
FREE LAPIDARY LESSONS
With
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purchase
of
cabochon
or
facet cutting equipmenthaving
a
value
of
$85.00
or
more,
an
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for
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saw has a
vise
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for
slabbing.This unit
md
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18"
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or
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plus
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ESTWING
ALL
STEELROCKHOUND PICKS
Gift Model—Polished
$4.10
Regular Black Finish $3.85Allow
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$1. Ask for our
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BRAZILIAN AMETHYST CRYSTALS with polished terminations—$3
ea.
MAGNIFICENT BLUE TIGEREYE—A slab
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$1.
INCA ROSE RHODOCHROSITE—Argentina. Banded Rose, cream, pink2
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$1.
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above items
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DESERT MAGAZINE
 
DESERT CALENDAR
Sept.
1-5—Annual
Rodeo, Silver City,New Mexico.Sept.
2 — St.
Stephen's Fiesta
and
ceremonial dances, Acoma IndianPueblo,
New
Mexico.Sept. 3-6—Onion Days Rodeo,
Pay-
son, Utah.Sept. 5-7—Rodeo
and
County Fair,Socorro,
New
Mexico.Sept.
5-7—'49
Show
and
parade,
Fal-
lon, Nevada.Sept.
5-7 —
Nevada Rodeo, Winne-mucca, Nevada.Sept.
5-7 —
Desert Peaks Section,Southern California Chapter, SierraClub climb
of Mt.
Jefferson,
Nev.
Sept.
5-7—Old
Time Mining Celebra-tion
and
Hermit's Convention,Randsburg, California.Sept.
6-7 —
World Champion SteerRoping, Clovis,
New
Mexico.Sept. 6-7—Labor
Day
Rodeo
and pa-
rade,
Benson, Arizona.Sept. 6-7—Lion's Club Rodeo,
Wil-
liams,
Arizona.Sept. 6-8—Harvest Dance,
San
Ilde-fonso Pueblo,
New
Mexico.Sept. 7—Round Valley Junior
Ro-
deo,
Springerville, Arizona.Sept.
10-12 —
Southern Utah Live-stock Show, Cedar City, Utah.Sept.
10-13 —
Antelope Valley Fairand Alfalfa Festival, Lancaster.California.Sept.
12-14 —
Valencia County Fair.Belen,
New
Mexico.Sept.
11-13 —
Navajo Tribal Fair,Tribal Fairgrounds, Window Rock,Arizona.Sept. 12-20
—
Utah State Fair, SaltLake City, Utah.Sept.
15 —
Ceremonial races
and
dance. Horse Lake
and
Stone Lake,Jicarilla Apache Reservation,
New
Mexico.Sept.
16 —
Mexican IndependenceDay,
Las
Cruces,
New
Mexico.Sept.
16-19 —
Curry County Fair,Clovis.
New
Mexico.Sept. 17-19—Lion's Club
19th An-
nual Rodeo,
St.
George, Utah.Sept. 18-20—San Juan County Fair,Farmington,
New
Mexico.Sept.
18-20 —
Colfax County Fair,Springer,
New
Mexico.Sept. 19—Annual Fiesta
and
dances,Laguna Pueblo,
New
Mexico.Sept.
19-20 — San
Miguel CountyFair,
Las
Vegas,
New
Mexico.Sept. 19-20—Desert Peaks Section,Southern California Chapter, SierraClub climb
of Mt. Tom in the
High Sierra. Climb from camp
at
Horton Lake, near Bishop,
Calif.
Sept.
19-21 —
Hidalgo County Fairand Sheriff's Posse Rodeo, Lords-burg,
New
Mexico.Sept. 23—Roosevelt County Fair
and
Rodeo, Ponales,
New
Mexico.Sept. 24-26—Quay County Fair,
Tu-
cumcari,
New
Mexico.Sept. 24-28—Dona
Ana
County Fair,Las Cruces,
New
Mexico.Sept. 26-27
—
Barstow Rodeo,
Bar-
stow, California.Sept. 26-Oct. 4—New Mexico StateFair, Albuquerque.Sept. 29-30—Fiesta
of San
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New
Mexico.
Volume
16
SEPTEMBER,
1953
Number
9
COVERCALENDAREXPLORATIONPOETRYFIELD TRIPBOTANYLOST MINETRUE-FALSEEXPERIENCELETTERSPHOTOGRAPHYFICTIONCLOSE-UPSFIRST
AID
MININGNEWSCONTESTHOBBYLAPIDARYBOOKSCOMMENT
Bryce Canyon, Utah. PhotographBy JOHN BLACKFORD of Libby, Montana.September events on the desert 3Seldom Seen Canyon in the San JacintosBy RANDALL HENDERSON 4Navajo Evening, and other poems 8Crystal Field at QuartzsiteBy JAY ELLIS RANSOM 9Confusing Quartet of the Plant WorldBy NATT N. DODGE 13Did They Find the Lost Breyfogle Mine?By JAMES P. HELM 17A test of your desert knowledge 19Life on the Desert, by INA M. WELLS .... 20Comment from Desert's readers 22Pictures of the Month 23Hard Rock Shorty of Death Valley 24About those who write for Desert 24How to Avoid, Treat Snakebite 24Current news of desert mines 25From here and there on the desert 29Prizes for photographers 32Gems and Minerals 34Amateur Gem Cutter, by LELANDE QUICK . . 40Reviews of Southwestern literature 41Just Between You and Me, by the Editor ... 42
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 1953 by the Desert Press, Inc. Permission to reproduce contentsmust be secured from the editor in writing.RANDALL HENDERSON, EditorBESS STACY, Business ManagerMARGARET GERKE, Associate EditorEVONNE RIDDELL, Circulation Manager•ledgedity for
.—1.
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O. D. Order No. 19687Address Correspondence to Desert Magazine, Palm D«6ert, California
SEPTEMBER,
1953
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