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October 2009
Vol.39 Num.10
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Features
A Rockhound Tour of England
Sights are set on Spring 2010
by Bob Jones
Buying Gem Opal in Honduras
Its mines are among the world's oldest
by Michael Sherer
Alaska's Epidotes
Source: Two remote mines on Prince of Wales Island
by Bob Jones
Rock & Gem Kids
Opal, rock poetry, a crystal puzzle, and a quiz
In-a-Flash Opal Inlay
Get on the fast track to making pendants and earrings
by Tony Thurber
Field Trips
Judith Peak Black "Diamonds"
Doubly terminated quartz crystals at 6,000 feet
by Kenneth H. Rohn
Projects
How to Make Solderless Mounts
It's an easy way to make pins, pendants and bolas
by Dave Fisk
Regular Columns
All She Wrote
Feast or Famine
by Lynn Varon
Craftsman of the Month
Stone-and-bone bola
by Dan Meisch
Show Dates
National gem, mineral and fossil show listing
Shop Talk
DIY Spheres
by William A. Kappele
Rock Science
The Origin of Agate
by Steve Voynick
Picks & Pans
Off the Dop
Unique Settings for Faceted Stones
by Jim Perkins
Many Facets
Scott's Nightmare
by Scott Schlagel
On the Rocks
A Foretaste of Mineral Tour 2010
by Bob Jones
Field Notes
Reader letters
