CULVER CITY ROCK AND MINERAL CLUB P.O. BOX 3324 Culver City, Ca 90231 Monday, Dec 10th at 6:30 PM ................ROTARY PLAZA (Annual Holiday Party and Installation of Officers and Chairpersons) DEC 2007 PAGE 1 DEC 2007 THE NUGGET PARTY TIME!! “CCR&MC ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY” Come and join us for an evening of Celebration, the Installation of Our New Officers and Chair-persons Pot Luck Dinner The Famous White Elephant Grab Bag. Our Evening Special Featuring “Line Dancing with “Tom Hickey” The Rotary Plaza is located at 5100 Overland Blvd, Culver City. (on the corner of Virginia, on the east side of the street just north of Jefferson Blvd..Setup beginning at 5:30 PM and Dinner at 6:30 PM. For all that wish to participate please bring a” FUNNY & FUN” wrapped gift for the White Elephant Grab Bag. Take a number at that the door when you bring in your Gift. Itʼs a Pot luck dinner so all attending should plan on bringing a dish to feed at least 8 people. Thanks if you have already signed up! We still need more main dished, sweets, breads and sides. The Club is providing the Turkey, Ham, Drinks, plates and utensils... Sue Acosta is in charge of the refreshments so call with any questions you might have. There will be a short meeting before the feast to elect and install our new Officers and Chair-persons. Then followed by Our White Elephant and finally the remaining evening with LINE DANCING, thank you Rosalie Peschel for ar- ranging this Special Activity. Tom Hickey who teaches line dancing at Culver City Adult School and performs at Alpine Village and various other venues will be at our Holiday party trying to turn us into country girls and boys. So come on and learn to line dance or just listen to the music and you will be stomp- ing those feet along with the music.
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CULVER CITY ROCK AND MINERAL CLUB P.O. BOX 3324 Culver City, Ca 90231
Monday, Dec 10th at 6:30 PM ................ROTARY PLAZA(Annual Holiday Party and Installation of Officers and Chairpersons)
DEC 2007
PAGE 1 DEC 2007 THE NUGGET
PARTY TIME!! “CCR&MC ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY”Come and join us for an evening of Celebration,
the Installation of Our New Officers and Chair-personsPot Luck Dinner
The Famous White Elephant Grab Bag.Our Evening Special Featuring “Line Dancing with “Tom Hickey”
The Rotary Plaza is located at 5100 Overland Blvd, Culver City. (on the corner of Virginia, on the east side of the street just north of Jefferson Blvd..Setup beginning at 5:30 PM and Dinner at 6:30 PM. For all that wish to participate please bring a” FUNNY & FUN” wrapped gift for the White Elephant Grab Bag. Take a number at that the door when you bring in your Gift.
Itʼs a Pot luck dinner so all attending should plan on bringing a dish to feed at least 8 people. Thanks if you have already signed up! We still need more main dished, sweets, breads and sides. The Club is providing the Turkey, Ham, Drinks, plates and utensils... Sue Acosta is in charge of the refreshments so call with any questions you might have. There will be a short meeting before the feast to elect and install our new Officers and Chair-persons. Then followed by Our White Elephant and finally the remaining evening with LINE DANCING, thank you Rosalie Peschel for ar-ranging this Special Activity.
Tom Hickey who teaches line dancing at Culver City Adult School and performs at Alpine Village and various other venues will be at our Holiday party trying to turn us into country girls and boys. So come on and learn to line dance or just listen to the music and you will be stomp-ing those feet along with the music.
DEC PROGRAM & more
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE MTGNOV 12, 2007
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On Monday, December 10th we will meet at the Ro-tary Plaza Residential (Virginia & Overland Ave.), on the ground floor in the Recreation Room. We will feast on sumptious vittles, sip fine colas and 7UP. Gifts if you bring one, and entertainment. Thanks to Lili Gel-berg and the fine folks at Rotary Plaza for allowing us to meet there. However, their parking lot is off limits to non-residents. So, please park on the street. Across the street to the North, (on the same side) is a parking lot for a business building that closes at 5pm. Havenʼt been bothered there, Yet.
Hope to see you there,Edgar, the Prez
The Program for Monday, Dec. 10th will be: feast-ing, gifting, singing and/or line dancing. Arrive around 6:30. The gift exchange will be of the “White Elephant” variety (Ya gotta bring one to get one.) You select from the stack of wrapped boxes or pack-ages. You may think you are free and clear with your selection. Surprise! Someone may elect to select your selection. ! Uh ho! Sue Acosta will explain the various varia-tions of the rules which will then be immediately for-gotten. Oh, by the way, there will be an election and pictures of the new officers. Iʼll be there, hope to see you. Oh, by the way, there will be an election and pic-tures of the new officers.
Iʼll be there, hope to see you.Ed Montgomery,
Program Chair
• Those present: Ed Montgomery, Bruce Mensinger, Rosalie Peschel, Mary Ellen and Rick Shaffer, Dolo-res Dace, Lynne Lukert, Leda Rogers, Anthony Fer-rari, Sue Acosta• The meeting was called to order at 6:35 pm by presi-dent Ed Montgomery. • The minutes were approved as published in the Nug-get. • Old Business: A bid of $4500 for reroofing has been received. It was moved and seconded that it should be presented for vote to the club that we go $3000 maximum as our share with a recommendation for passage. • There will be a meeting 11/13 of city officials about the Scout House.• The club received a donation of a carved art piece. It was decided to raffle it off to club members. • The bathroom is finished. It was moved and second-ed that we give Paul Moore and Marcy Frye a yearʼs membership in the club for their work on it - in addi-tion to their fees. Passed.• Dolores Dace, Eduction Chair presented the renew-al of our membership in the Culver City Education Foundation for $100. • Anthony Ferrari suggested we form an ad hoc com-mittee to explore the possibilities of expanding our education efforts in geology to more high schools in the surrounding area, i.e. offering kits to them. It was also suggested that at the next Show we have an area where kids could make their own geology kits. Moved seconded and passed.• The Club party, with elections and installation of of-ficers will be held Monday, December 10 at the Rotary Plaza.• Mary Ellen Shaffer, Treasurer, moved we donate $250 to the Senior Center for their holiday food drive, Passed.• The budget worksheet was presented and worked on. • There will be a Trading Post tonight.
Respectfully submitted,Sue Acosta
Recording Secretary
“Birthday Wishes “ John C. Grosse 1-DecMax Hippensteel 5-DecVirginia Hollis 6-DecLaurel S. Grosse 7-DecEllen Moe 10-DecBarbara Shaffer 10-DecLucia Pasquinelli 13-DecRandy Johnson 17-DecPeter Schneider 24-Dec
Nancy Howell 26-Dec Jo Baxter-Miguel 26-Dec Chris Johnson 27-Dec Bob Halahan 31-Dec
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PROGRAM REPORTMINUTES OF THE GENERAL MTG
NOV 12, 2007
BIRTHDAYS
• The meeting was called to order at 7:38pm by presi-dent Ed Montgomery who led the Pledge of Alle-giance. • A quorum being established, the minutes were ap-proved as published in the Nugget. • It was moved and seconded that the club allow $3000 maximum toward the re-roofing of the Scout House and Shop. Passed.• Dolores Dace, Education Chair, gave a short report on exploring the tailings from the Himalaya Mine ob-tained at the last meeting.• Ellen Moe, Field Trip Co-Chair, showed some fos-sils she found in Santa Barbara County. She passed out a map for the Oxnard Show to be held this coming weekend. • There will be a field trip over the Thanksgiving weekend to dig for geodes. The very successful trip to Boron will be repeated on December 1. Gary Mitch-ell, Vice-president, reported on a trip he took with the Lone Pine Rock Club to the Royston turquoise mine in Tonopah, Arizona. It will be shown on the travel channel on December 11 at 9pm. Perhaps the club could take this trip in December or January. It was also mentioned that the club should join the Gem and Minreal Society at the LA County Natural Science Museum. If we do, 2 members at a time could partici-pate in their events.• Anthony Ferrari, Membership Co-Chair, introduced new members, Travis, Scott Nelson, Angela Savioli-dis, Sonia Algosaibi.• Rick Shaffer, Show Co-Chair, took a vote on the mineral/gem to be featured at the next Show. Agate won handily. • The holiday party will elect and install officers was announced, it will be Monday, December 10, at 6:30pm at the Rotary Plaza.• The meeting was adjourned at 8:10pm
Respectfully submitted,Sue Acosta,
Recording Secretary
The program was presented by Terri Bromberg, who teaches at Santa Monica Community College and is an artist in alabaster and glass. She showed slides of work done in her class and also slides of various glass creations by different art-ists including William Morris, His work is unusual. She showed glass casting with frit (powdered glass) in plaster molds. She also showed teams working in dif-ferent stages blowing glass and creating objects. Vari-ous works by Dale Chihuly at the new Seattle Glass Museum which astoundingly are actually resin but look like glass. Some of his decorated vases incorpo-rated into the entrance wall were also shown. She spoke of her work in glass - very colorful vases, lamps, cast pieces and assembled pieces. Then she showed slides of finished stone carvings, mostly stu-dent work primarily in alabaster . The tools for glass working were shown and explained. She gave a short demonstration of stone carving with a block of soap-stone, explaining first what tools would be used - chis-els, rasps, files,wet sand paper. It was very interesting.
Sue Acosta,Recording Secretary.
SHOP REPORT
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Satisfaction: In the Doing or in Having Done?
It has been said about many crafts: Some writers like to write, some others like to have written. Some artists like to paint, some others like to have painted. Some cooks like to prepare food for a good meal, some oth-ers like to have a good meal they have prepared. The same can be said of lapidary artists.
At our club shop I encounter both extremes, although most members seem to maintain a shifting balance between. The “doing” people typically want to work steadily and finish each step well, getting satisfaction along the way. Time, for the more extreme among them, just goes away. They are deeply absorbed in the here-and-now task at hand. As we used to say back in
the ʻ60s, they get “really into” their work. This mental state, as described by those psychologists who study human happiness and well being, is called flow and is one of the most satisfying known.
The other extreme, the “having done” people, are typically intense, impatient with delays and tend to be
more aggressive in their use of the tools and machines. They are, I believe, more often shifting their focus to the finish, imagining and thinking of the finished product than on the immediate task. They remain very aware of time passing and get satisfaction more from their efficient time management of the project than in the physical doing in each procedure.
So, who gets more satisfaction, the “doing” peo-ple or the “having done” people? On this I am less sure. The satisfaction is so qualitatively different for each that I am reluctant to endorse one over the other. Perhaps the shifting balance is best. Certainly while working with tools and machinery the “be here now” attention to the doing is important for good results and for safety. Project management, thoughts of how to get to the finish, what will be the rewards are best be-tween steps, while the machines are turned off.
“Doing” and “hav-ing done”. I experi-ence both myself. While doing lapi-dary, shop mainte-nance and equipment repair both sides tend to balance. In photography of rock slabs and specimens I usually find flow so I am a “doing” person. On the other hand, while writing, flow only occasion-ally occurs. Writing, such as these shop reports, Internet dis-cussion groups and email, is often a long struggle where I am definitely more of a
“having done” person. How about you?
And now, having done, I submit to you this shop report. Mmmmm... is that the beginning of satisfac-tion I feel?
Bruce MensingerShop Chairman
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Roll Patterned Bracelet Sunday, January 20 Noon - 4pm - $30.00
Location: Boy Scouts Shack
Starting off the new year will be a workshop on us-ing the shopʼs rolling mill to add a variety of textures to a metal sheet. Our instructor, Brad Smith, will then show you how to use this metal to construct and finish a stylish bracelet. And for those who would like to embellish their bracelet with one or more gemstones, heʼll demon-strate an easy way without solder to attach a bezel set cabochon using rivets. Workshop participants will be provided with all tools and materials necessary for making two brace-lets in copper. Additional materials, including silver, will be available for a small fee. Please e-mail or call me to sign up. My number is 310-902-2995.
Rosalie Peschel, Workshop Liaison
NOTE: Workshop participants will generally have to use equipment in the shop. For this to happen they have to be club members and each will have to sign one of the shopʼs legal release forms.
We are Welcoming our new members:
Sonya L. AlgosaibiScott Belkin
Travis CuprakRandy Johnson
Matt MayesAngela Saviolides
Scott did not waste any time, and it was interesting to see him at the Lap shop shaping and polishing a large sunstone to be used on his massage therapy practice. At our last meeting he helped me to identify rocks with potential healing qualities. That was fun! Thanks Scott.
Anthony Ferrari & Lucia Pasquinelli. Membership chairs.
• Ellen Moe has informed us that 11 members partici-pated on the last Mojave/Boron field trip, Great! You just got your feet wet, more will be coming…
• Gary Mitchell is forming a list for an upcoming (Spring) trip to NV for real turquoise. Once in that vi-cinity there are plenty of others sites that I am familiar with, and very productive (crystals, scepters, obsid-ian, wander stone). Keep an eye on this event.
• In January Ellen Moe is planning to lead a field trip to hunt for Shark teeth at ant Hill, Bakerfield. • Jan 19th, CFMS trip to Santa Barbara with the Del Air RockhoundsWhere: Santa Barbara, CA (Refugio, Gaviota, and El Capitan State Beaches)Location/Directions: Refugio SB is located 20 miles West of Santa Barbara on Highway 101 at Refugio Road.Map: http://www.parks. ca.gov/lat_ long_map/ de-fault.asp? lvl_id=242 There are public restrooms at all sites, changing rooms at Refugio, and beach “showers” at all sites.Materials available: Fossil Whale bone, chert, fossil horse teeth have been found in creeks, agates, jasper What Does It Cost?Parking fees: $8.00 per vehicle, fee good for all loca-tions on same dayContact: Meredith@flashercre w.net
Ellen Moe,Field Trips
FIELD TRIPSWORKSHOPS
MEMBERSHIP
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FIRE AGATE
Fire agate is a beautiful, iri-descent chalcedony gemstone with inclusions of a hydrous iron oxide mineral called goe-thite. The ideal chalcedony nodule that forms the fi re ag-ate consists of many layers of rounded chalcedony layers that are coated with the goethite.
Chalcedony is a hydrous cryptocrystalline quartz aggregate variety of quartz. Cryptocrystalline quartz or it is sometimes called mi-crocrystalline quartz means that the crystals cannot be seen without magnifi cation. X-ray studies have shown the structure. Chalcedony has a waxy luster, and may be semi-transparent or translucent. Its color is usually white to gray. Agate geodes are chalcedony colored by mineral impurities.
Chalcedony Aggregates con-sists of many small crystals that usually all grow together at the same time, rather, than individual small crystals be-ing cemented together at a later time after growth, al-though that can happen.
If an aggregate of radiat-ing crystals consists of small, thin, fi brous, very fi ne needles of quartz packed tightly to-gether, they will grow to form a smooth spherical shape that is referred to as botryoidal. Botryoidal means grape like.
Goethite varies in color from yellow-brown to red but the mineral itself shows as a brownish color on the chalcedony.
The iridescent color is a result of light rays dispersed from the crystals of the goethite. Caused by differential refraction or dif-fraction of light waves that tend to change as the angle of view changes. The colors can be red-dish, yellow, orange, violet and green.
A specimen can be any single one of those colors or can refl ect almost all of them on one specimen. If all colors appear on a fi re agate, it is referred to as a peacock fi re agate. Sometimes, a fi re agateʼs color will appear in separate, larger patches covering the surface; they are then called a harlequin, other times an agate may have a striped effect. On occasion fi re agate also occurs with a grouping of many colored, iridescent rounded pinpoints. It has been stated that when these particular nodules are sawed vertically, they have the appearance of sagenite.
This is an abridged version of next monthʼs article. More to come in December.
Mineral Chair.Lorraine Murphy
MINERAL REPORT
MONTHLY SHOW DATESDEC 2007
1-2 BARSTOW, CA: Mojave Desert Gem & Mineral Society; Cora Harper Community Center,841 S. Bar-stow Road; Hours: 10-5 both days
1-2 ORANGEVALE, CA: American River Gem & Mineral Society; Orangevale Grange, 5807 Walnut Ave.; Hours: 10-5 both days
8-9 SAN BERNARDINO, CA: Orange Belt Mineral-ogical Society Inc.; Rudy C Hernandez Community Center, 222 North Lugo Ave (2nd and Sierra Way);Hours: Sat. 10 - 5, Sun. 10-4
President - Ed MontgomeryVice President - Rick Shaffer
Treasurer - Mary Ellen ShafferRecording Secretary - Sue Acosta
Corresponding Secretary - Leda RogersFederation Director - Anthony Ferrari
Field Trips - Ellen MoeCo-chair - Open
Historian - Bruce MensingerLibrarian - Ted Hanf
Co-chair - Bruce MensingerMembership - Leda Rogers
Show - OpenPublicity - Rick ShafferShop - Bruce Mensinger
Social - Sue AcostaSunshine - Lili Gelberg
Trading Post - Steve DoverWeb Master - Anthony Ferrari
Election and Installation of the Officers at the December Holiday Party!!!
SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR 2008
Dear Members. I have been the Editor of the Nugget for the past several years. It is a very creative and rewarding posi-tion of the Club. I am now seeking a volunteer to help me with the publication when I have to travel home to help my family. My second computer, an Apple lap-top, recently crashed. It was used to do the Nugget and send the file to the printers while I was home.. I need someone with a Macintoch that uses the software In-Design or I can offer the programs if you donʼt have them.
If you have a PC then you must have the programs for I cannʼt supply them.
If you are interested in helping me with the Nugget please contact me with an email to:
The purpose of the CULVER CITY ROCK & MINERAL CLUB is to bring together persons interested in the earth sciences, to engage in research and study in this realm, and to assist members in the collection and preservation of rocks and minerals and in the study of lapidary and related arts.........................................................................................................................http://www.culvercityrocks.org
MEETING SCHEDULES
General Meetings are held the second Monday of every month* at 7:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Veterans Bldg., 413 Overland Ave. Enter from the rear door. Guests are always welcome.
Executive Committee Meetings are held the second Monday of every month*in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Veterans Bldg Veterans Auditorium. All club members are welcome.
*Meeting days occasionally change due to Monday holidays or, in July, because of the Fiesta Of Gems show (July 2007).
(After July 1, dues are $15.00, $25.00 and $5.00 respectively.)
The NuggetThe deadline for all submissions is generally the 15th of every month. All articles or notes without a byline are written by the Editor. Permission to copy is freely given as long as proper credit is noted. The Nugget accepts paid advertisements by club members and non-members. The cost for an eight of a page (approx.. 2” high x 3.5” wide) is $7 per insertion, payable in advance. Ad location is at the discretion of the Editor. Ad layouts, copy, or business cards must be received by the 10th of the month. Send materials directly to Lynne Lukert, Editor, 513 1/2 N. Norton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004
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SHOP INFORMATION
The shop is open to all members in good standing over the age of 13 (13-18 have certain restrictions) who sign an indemnification form. Instruction is available at all sessions. Practice slabs are available.Location: 10866 Culver Blvd. in Culver City (behind the Boy Scout clubhouse and next to the paddle tennis courts)Shop Phone: (310)836-4611Hours: Tuesday 7:30pm - 9:30pm Gary MitchellWednesday 10:00am - 2:00pm Bruce Mensinger(open by appointment)Thurdsay 10:00am - 2:00pm Woody ShafferSaturday 11:00am - 3:00pm Lynne LukertSunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm Bruce Mensinger
If no one shows, the shop may close early. If you plan to arrive at the shop more than a half hour after the opening time, phone the instructor
OFFICERS & CHAIRPERSONS 2007
PRESIDENT......................................Ed MontgomeryVICE-PRESIDENT...............................Gary MitchellTREASURER...............................Mary Ellen ShafferRECORDING SECRETARY................... Sue AcostaCORRESPONDING SECRETARY.........Leda Rogers FEDERATION DIRECTOR.............Anthony Ferrari FIELD TRIPS........................................... Ellen MoeHISTORIAN..................................Bruce Mensinger-LIBRARIAN................................................Ted HanfMEMBERSHIP-Co-Chairs............ Lucia PasquinelliMINERALS.....................................Lorraine MurphyPARLIAMENTARIAN.......................................OpenPHOTOGRAPHY - Co- Chair.............Sylvia Binkley Leda RogersPROGRAM Co-Chair..... ..................Ed MontgomeryPUBLICATIONS...................................Lynne LukertPUBLICITY.............................................Brad Smith-SHOW................................................Richard Shaffer Leda RogersSHOP................................................Bruce MensingerSOCIAL....................................................Sue AcostaSUNSHINE. ............................................Lili GelbergTRADING POST.....................................Steve DoverWEBMASTER..................................Anthony Ferrari
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sue Acosta (2007)Lorraine Murphy (2007
Woody Shaffer(2008)Gary Mitchell (2008)
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