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NOC GEM & MINERAL SOCIETYNOC NEWS

Vol, 26 No. 7 September 2007

President’s Message

Date: September 11Time: 7:00 p.m. Main MeetingPlace: La Habra Community Center

101 W. La Habra Blvd.

Program: The speaker for September will be MarcWillis, a geology teacher from Fullerton College, onthe geology and minerals of the Hot Springs, Arkan-sas area.

September Meeting

by Don EschbachNOC Club Activities

Board Meeting — TBDField Trip — To be announced.Camp Paradise — Sep. 2-8 & 9-15Deadline for NOC News — Sep.17.Cruise — Jan,2008 — See IzzieByLaws Vote — Sept 11,2007 meeting

RefreshmentsRandy Hetrick & Marilyn Kline will bring the good-

ies for the September meeting. Thanks to Don &Loretta Ogden for bringing the goodies to the Junemeeting.

Wow, what a great Summer Picnic! Don & OfeliaWarthen did a fantastic job with our Annual SummerPicnic. Thank you Don & Ofelia for your wonderfulhospitality.

Please look over the proposed changes to theBylaws printed in this Newsletter. We will be votingon these changes at our September 11 meeting. Wewill also be voting on updating our Articles ofIncorporation to include more emphasis on educationand our contributions to the community. There willbe two votes on the Articles of Incorporation. Thefirst vote will be by members of the Board of Directorand the second vote will be by members present atthis meeting. (These changes are also printed in thisNewsletter.)

I thought it might be fun to bring your favorite,“mystery rock,” mineral, or fossil to the Septembermeeting. Remember when Dave Swanston broughtin his Mammoth Tooth and he kept us guessing allnight? See if you can stump everyone at theSeptember meeting. Bring your mystery rock andyou can tell everyone what it is towards the end ofthe meeting.

I just picked up our new club patches. We have100 size 2½-inch patches and 100 size 3-inchpatches. The smaller patches can be worn on shirts,etc., and the larger patch on jackets, hats, etc. Thecost will be $1.50 per patch. I think we need to limitthe number of patches that each club member canbuy to no more than 10 of each size. I will be sellingpatches during the break. If we run out, I will ordermore. If anyone has any ideas about vests or anyother type uniformed apparel, please share your ideaswith the rest of our club members.

(continued on page 4)

Member NoticePlease every one, bring your projects you made or

collected this summer. to the meeting and share yourexpierences with the rest of us.

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Shows and Events

September 20-23 2007, San Bernardino CAOrange Belt Mineral Society, Inc. Western RegionLittle League Ball Park6707 Little League Dr.Hours: 9 a.m. - Dusk each dayEmma rose Couveau (951) 288-6182

September 22-23 2007, Downey, CADelvers Gem & Mineral SocietyWoman’s Club of Downey9813 Paramount Blvd.Hours: Sat. 10 - 6; Sun. 10 - 4Steve Miller (562) 633-0614Email: [email protected]

October 13-14 2006, Trona, CASearles Lake Gem & Mineral Society“66th Gem-O-Rama”Searles Lake Gem & Mineral Society13337 Main StreetHours: Sat. 7:30 - 5; Sun. 7:30 - 4Bonnie Fairchild (760) 372-5356Email [email protected] site: http://www.1.iwvisp.com/tronagemclub/

tronagemclub.html

October 20-21 2007, Whittier, CAWhittier Gem & Mineral SocietyWhittier Community Center7630 Washington AvenueHours: Sat. 10-5: Sun. 10-5Jay Valle: (626) 934-9764

November 3-4 2007, Anaheim, CAAmerican Opal SocietyClarion Hotel Anaheim Resort616 Convention Way (off Harbor Blvd.)Hours: Sat. 10-6; Sun 10-5Jim Lambert (714) 891-7171Email: [email protected]: opal society.org

November 3-4 2007, Lancaster, CAPalmdale Gem & Mineral Society2551 W. Ave. H, Hwy 14Hours: 9 - 5 both daysSusan Chaissin-Walblom (661) 943-1861Email: [email protected]: [email protected]

Redo the show info for 2007

Change to 2008 CalendarThe La Habra Community Center advised us that

November 11, 2008, which is our regularly scheduledmeeting date, is a holiday and the Community Centerwould be closed.

The meeting was rescheduled to TuesdayNovember 18, 2008.

Do you know what a ventifact is?

Rocks, which have been etched, polished orsculpted by sand-carry winds, are called ventifacts.The surface patterns of any particular rock dependupon many factors, including its mineral composition,orientation in relation to the prevailing wind directionand slope.

Wind is one of the most important agents of erosionin deserts. The arid environment and spare vegetationleave the land exposed and vulnerable to the effectsof winds and wind-carried debris. In the CoachellaValley for example, strong winds can last for daysand have been known to reach speeds in excess of100 m.p.h. in San Gorgonio Pass.

Even moderate air movements may pick up objectsfrom the dry surface such as sand particles and turnthem into projectiles colliding with anything in theirpath. The sand-charged winds are exceedinglyabrasive, etching car windshields, wooden powerpoles or solid rock.

Desert VentifactsBy Cecil Goss in Palomar Gem,

Via Orange Coast Gazette


Members in the NewsMembers in the news in July.

Beatriz Garcia Dela RochaChuck LortzMarilyn KlineNorberto Elicker

Your gemstone is Ruby.Your flower is Larkspur or Water Lily.

Members in the news in August.

Walton WrightSandy Mogan

Your gemstone is SardonyxYour flower is Poppy or Gladiolus

Members in the news in September.

Dave SwanstonDon OgdenDon WarthenEleanore PleinesIrene VelozLoretta OgdenMelody HansonMike ManethRandi HetrickRobyn Hawk

Your gemstone is Sapphire.Your flower is Aster or Morning Glory.

By-Lawsby Don Warthen

Proposed change to the By-Laws

ARTICLE V SECTION 4:

A. The offices of President, First Vice-President, Treasurer and two Directorsshall start their terms on odd numberedyears.

B. The offices of Second Vice-President,

Secretary and three Directors shall starttheir terms on even numbered years.

To be change to read:

ARTICLE V SECTION 4:

The offices of President, 1st Vise President, 2nd VisePresident, Secretary, Treasurer and Five Directorsshall serve for two years to be elected every oddnumbered year.

Argument For This ChangeThis change will eliminate the confusion we had thislast year in determining which offices were up forelection and when one office was vacated the newperson in that office did not know the term of theiroffice. As an example, at the last meeting we replacedtwo open positions, the 2nd VP and the Secretaryand under the present system the new people willserve a one-year term, under the purposed changethey will serve a full two-year term.

Argument Against This ChangeWhen we put the present system in effect the ideawas that we would always have at least one half ofthe board that was experienced. With this newproposal we could end up with all new officers andboard members and no one knowing what to do.We need to alternate at least some of the offices sowe always have some experienced members on theboard.

We will be voting on the proposed By-Lawschanges at the September 11, 2007 meeting.

Voting on By-Laws

by Don Warthen


President’s Message(continued from page 1)

Also included in this Newsletter you will seeConceptual Plans for our proposed Earth ScienceMuseum/Workshop. These plans were donated fromour Chamber of Commerce partner, FarPointeConstruction, who has been working with our GrantCommittee. The Grant Committee has put in manylong, hard hours preparing our request for a 501(c)(3)status with the IRS. The 501(c)(3) must be in placebefore we can request Grants for the Earth ScienceMuseum/Workshop project. Thank you GrantCommittee for all of your hard work.

Just a reminder to contact Kathy Eschbach at (562)943-8736 for reservations to our Awards Dinner onDecember 11, 2007, at Portofino Italiano Restaurant,651 W. Whittier Blvd., La Habra 90631, Telephone(562) 690-1765 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm. The costis $13.00 per person. Time is running out and weneed to reserve your seat. Please mail your checkmade payable to: “North Orange County Gem &Mineral Society,” and mail it to Kathy at 12430 S.Maybrook Ave., Whittier, CA 90604, or you maybring it to the General Meeting.

When you read this, I will be in Camp Paradisewith a crew of help for the camp. Everything at thispoint is looking very good and the camp is filling nicely.

Because I’m getting calls on a regular basis formpeople who are saying they just heard about theclasses at the camps, I feel it’s necessary to ask whythe editors of the local clubs or societies do not repeator copy the reports from these committees in yournewsletter. The information in the CFMS newsletteris for each and every one in your group, not just tothe 3 people who receive it. It is your duty and job toforward the information to the complete membership.

Camp Zzyzx will be held March 23-30, 2008.Applications will be in the CFMS October newsletterand on the internet on September 28, 2007.

Applications will be accepted as of October 1,2007. I look forward to seeing as many as possibleat both camps.

Earth Science studiesBy Marion Roberts, E.S.S. Chair

Tips For Contour PolishingPetrified Wood

as Related by John Dahnke

So you’ve got a rough piece of petrified wood, anice full round. What do you do?Step one is get out all the big steps and divots asquickly as possible. Put a diamond blade on yourangle grinder, a respirator over your nose and mouth,and using a fairly low angle so you don’t cut slotsinto the wood, drag the diamond blade sideways overthe problem areas. This is a dry operation, and suremoves a lot of material fast. To finish the shaping, usea Barranca or similar wet contour grinder with a coarsediamond wheel.

After shaping, the fresh surface may want to fractureor peel, so it’s necessary to fill the fractures to hold ittogether. The best way to do this is to use 330 2-partepoxy thinned down with acetone. Keep addingacetone and stirring the mixture until its as clear aswater the mixture should be thin and runny. Use ateaspoon to carefully drip the thinned epoxy into thewider cracks. Then use a toothpick to fill those cracksthe rest of the way, and to fill in tiny cracks (this getsthe cracks filled without trapping air in the bottom ofthem.)

After the whole piece has been treated, let it sit inthe sun for several days tc cure (Art Riggle puts hispieces in the oven on low temp.) Now you are readyto proceed with the rest of the usual wet grinding andpolishing step! with the Barranca.

From The Pegmatite 8/04, via Rock Rollers 3/05,via Delvings 6/06, via The Rockhounder, 8/06


La Habra Day CampAugust 7, 2007

By Don Ogden Geology at the La Habra Day Camp at the La HabraVeterans Center was hosted by the North Orange CountyGem& Mineral Society. Principal teacher were: Don & KathyEschbach, Don & Ofelia Warthen, Don & Loretta Ogden,Mike Beaumont, Frank Winn, Richard Scherer, MishaFarinech, and Nancy Bird. The children learned how tomake cabochons, and created jewelry with them. They alsohad an introduction in Geology.


La HabraChamber of Commerce

The North Orange County Gem & Mineral Societywas will represented at the La Habra Chamber ofCommerce Insulation of Officers and AwardsBanquet, with Don & Kathy Eschbach, Don & OfeliaWarthen and Mike Beaumont in attendance for theinsulation of President Tammy Perez.

By Don Warthen

George Snyder was born in Idaho in 1916, andhe moved to California when he was 15. During thedepression years, he worked on the Panama Canaland Hoover Dam. It was when he was in Panamathat he and Mona got married. When they returnedto Pasadena, George built the house on Palm Ave.that they lived in for over 40 years raising their twochildren, JorJan and Jon.George was very active in the Boy Scouts for anumber of years, being an troop leader. Heenjoyed taking the boys on their camping trips upto the Sierra Nevada Mountains and hiking withthem.

The family was “bitten” by the rock collectingbug in 1957 on a camping trip to Walker Creek. Itwas on this trip they found a huge piece of “Jade”,which they brought home, it turned out to be apiece of Jadeite, but they where hooked. Theyjoined the Pasadena Lapidary Society and becamevery active members. George was field trip leaderfor many years, and show chairman for severalyears. One of the members even wrote a poemabout George’s field trip leading expertise, whichcenters around his ability to always have the rightspot for the outhouse.

George took a liking to making silver chains andanything out of silver. He enjoyed trying out newdesigns and experimenting in silver. He taught silvermaking at Zzyzx for the CFMS for many years. Hegave up teaching there about 4 years ago.

After Mona died, it was hard for George to livein the house on Palm Ave., so he decided that hewas going to travel. He sold the house and boughta new motor home. He went on several trips,including one to Saskatchewan and WashingtonState for family reunions.

Three years ago, George moved back to Idaho,but coming to California for several visits. Hepassed away on July 15 at 5 p.m. due tocomplications of pneumonia and a broken hip. Hewill be missed.

In MemoramGeorge Snyder

via CFMS Newsletter 9/2007


The Pearl & Jade Seminar was a great successwith 26 in attendance. The class was fascinating andeveryone learned quite a bit. There was a great menuand everyone had a change to work on an interestingand educational project

Pearl & Jade Seminar


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NOC Cabbing Class

The first NOC Cabbing Class was given to newmembers on June 28, 2006 at the La Habra commu-nity Center. The new members were: YolandaSchirer, Richard Schirer, Randi Hetrick, MelodyHanson, Marilyn Kline, and Frank Winn.

Don Eschbach was the principal teacher with thehelp of Jay Valle, Don and Ofelia Warthen. All newmembers made beautiful cabs.

Kim Winn came to support her husband and tohelp out.

By Don Ogden


NOC General MeetingMinutes June 12, 2007

Call to Order: Don Eschbach called the meeting toorder at 7:00 p.m. and Bill Burns led the flag salute.Program: Nancy introduced Conrad Grundke whopresented a program on diamonds in Brazil andCanada.<Break & Drawing>May Minutes: Don Eschbach asked if there wereany corrections to the May Minutes as published inthe May Newsletter. There were none. The minuteswill stand as read.Treasurers Report: Don Warthen gave theTreasurers Report. No corrections so they will standas read.Field Trips: Jay Valle presented a field trip reporton the May 26-28 field trip to the Paul Bunyan Agatelocation near Barstow. Possible field trips for June:WGMS/PLS going to Stoddard Wells and theCFMS field trip to Cerro Gordo. Other possibledestinations: Benitoite Mine, San Diego NaturalHistory Museum - Dead Sea Scrolls, LA CountyNatural History Museum, Bower’s Museum - TheScott Gemstone Collection.Federation Report: Loretta Ogden reminded usthat the CFMS Show is this weekend in Lancaster atthe fairgrounds.- ZZYZX is officially scheduled for March 23-30,2008. It costs around $300 for the week.- Paradise is scheduled for September.Librarian Report: Ofelia Warthen - no bookstoday.Programs: Nancy Bird informed us that ProfessorMark Halstead will present a program on the geologyof Hot Springs, Arkansas at the September Meeting.Refreshments: Kathy Valle thanked Don & Lorettafor the refreshments.Show Report: Don Warthen told us that next year’sshow is planned for June 7-8, 2008.Chamber Report: Don Warthen- June 14: Ribbon cutting at new business- June 20: Chamber Mixer- June 28: Installation of Chamber Officers - $40.00/person.

Displays: Chalmers displayed geodes collected atHackberry Wash and cut & rough opal from OpalMountain, Nancy Bird showed a large mosaic globeshe is working on, a guest brought in a box with largespecimens of tourmaline, Jay Valle displayed a largechunk of Paul Bunyan Agate and a 1-carat facetedBenitoite, both collected on recent field trips, and Billand Izzy displayed items from their recent trip to theAFMS Show in Roswell, New Mexico. OfeliaWarthen passed around pictures taken at the NOCgem Show.Membership: Kathy Eschbach introduced guests.There were 28 members and 7 guests in attendance.She also mentioned the following people who joinedat our show: Allen, Natividad & Nathan (age 7)Farquer; Don Ames; Cristine Graves; Delores Crary;Kim Craig & Gabe Martinez. Also present: April newmember Estela Kuethen (friend of Dave & FranSwanston.)New BusinessGrant Committee: Don Eschbach said that the GrantCommittee will continue to meet during the Summer.Work Party: A committee/work party is to beformed to repair broken display cases, clean out ourstorage and sort the rock being stored there into silentauction, grab bag and garden rock piles.Need to buy more geodes (sold out at show).Summer Picnic: August 11 at 3 PM, Warthen’shouse, potluck - Don & Ofelia will provide the maindish.Don Eschbach reminded us that we don’t meet againuntil September - have a great summer.During the show, one of our new dealers causeddamage to the carpet. No comment from the Cityyet.Welcome Cards have wrong NOC WebpageAddress: apparently the printer messed up the Club’sweb page address on the new business cards. Newcards will be printed with correct information. Pleasedestroy your old cards.Awards Banquet: Kathy Eschbach- Awards Banquet will be held at Portafino’s in LaHabra. The cost to members will be $13 per person.- Sign up sheet on back table.- Date of Christmas Party: December 11, from 6:00to 9:00 PM.Pearl/Jade Seminar: Scheduled to happen on July14 from 9 AM to 3 PM at the La Habra CommunityCenter. 13 people signed up so far.

By Jay Valle


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OFARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

Don Eschbach and Don Warthen certify that:

1. They are the president and the treasurer, respectfully, of the NORTH ORANGE COUNTY GEM ANDMINERAL SOCIETY, a California Corporation.

2. Article II, Paragraph B, reads as follows: “The specific purpose of this corporation is to enjoy and promoteinterest in the lapidary arts and related fields.” The articles of the incorporation of the corporation isamended to read as follows: “ The specific purpose of this corporation is to promote, study and educate theyouth, seniors and the community in general, in the sciences of mineralogy, geology, lapidary arts and otherearth sciences.”

3. Article V reads as follows: “The property of this corporation is irrevocably dedicated to charitable purposesand no part of the net income or assets of this corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of any director,officer or member thereof or to the benefit of any private person. Upon the dissolution or winding up of thecorporation, its assets remaining after payment, or provision for payment, of all debts and liabilities of thiscorporation shall be distributed to a nonprofit fund, foundation or corporation which is organized and operatedexclusively for charitable purposes and which has established its tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) ofthe Internal Revenue Code.” The articles of the incorporation of the corporation is amended to read asfollows: “The property of this corporation is irrevocably dedicated to charitable, scientific and educationalpurposes and no part of the net income or assets of this corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of anydirector, officer or member thereof or to the benefit of any private person. Upon the dissolution or windingup of the corporation, its assets remaining after payment, or provision for payment, of all debts andliabilities of this corporation shall be distributed to a nonprofit fund, foundation or corporation which isorganized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes and which has established its tax exempt statusunder Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.”

4. The foregoing amendment of articles of incorporation has been duly approved by the board of directors at theboard meeting with a quorum of members present called by President Don Eschbach September 11, 2007.

5. The foregoing amendment of articles of incorporation has been duly approved by over 2/3 vote of the membersat the regular meeting held September 11, 2007, at the La Habra Community Center, La Habra, California.

_____________________________________Don Eschbach, President 2007

_____________________________________Don Warthen, Treasurer 2007


Field Trip to Big BearSeptember 29-30, 2007

Our field trip for September will be the 29-30th in the Big Bear Lake area. Camping will be in the historic Holcomb

Valley near where Van Dusen Canyon Road, from Big Bear City, joins Holcomb Valley Road. This is a forestry campgroundso you will need the Adventure Pass or equivalent.

This area is close enough to the San Gabriel Valley to be a one day affair. We will meet at 9 am Saturday morning at the“Discovery Center”, just west of Big Bear City, past Fawnskin, for our hunting and gathering.

We will hike the .65 mile to the hill that has the beautiful clear quartz crystals laying about. Bring water, shovel, small meshscreen, hat. Other possibilities for this area are the marble quarries, and the Blue Quartz Mine, if it is not now the skeetrange. Phil Terrio has other areas in mind also.

Saturday night will be our pot luck dinner.

Information and signup sheets will be available at our September 11th meeting.

See you on the mountain,

Jay Valle(626) [email protected]

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