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Show maa oe bay tANULNG ‘tHE GUN COLLEC1ION of Ray Huffman of Provo are hand cut and polished grips of agate, which have been carefully shaped and polished with long hours of work, another novel use of some of Utah's gemstone material. Nearly Everybody Likes To Collect Pretty Rocks THE UNIQUE FIREPLACEat the home of Dr. Cloyd Krebs in Provo, is faced with highly agatized and colorful pieces of petrified wood from many places, collected over years of search. Daughter Cindy has also enjoyed the “rock trips’ which are great for family fun. >: Everybody likes a pretty rock, Small boys put river polished stones in their pockets; big girls wear lovely, faceted, glittering jewels .. . and grown men go hunting on hot desert and rough hillside for gemstone material to take home to cut and polish into a thing of beauty. Some claim that hunting rock is a virulent disease that once contracted is rarely cured... but it is also a hobby that takes people out into the great out-of-doors, that provides family fun and that permits creative development. Utah is particularly rich in gemstones with its great southern deserts yielding colorful agates, jaspers, topaz, obsidian, bloodstone and other materials that may be used in many ways to create beauty. Mineral specimens of many kinds, gleaming crystals and the famous geodes of Dugway are also available to the eager searcher. Utah County rockhounds are generally members of the Timpanogos Gem and Mineral Society, which is affiliated with the Utah, Rocky Mountain and American federations of gem and mineral societies, which are dedicated to preservation of natural beauty and conservaton, The group encourages members to conform to federal laws concerning such fossils as petrified woods and dinosaur bone (which can also be polished into jewelry) and to keep rock hunting ( See ROCK HOUNDS Page 4A) BRILLIANTLY GLEAMINGIN THIS TABLEarecolorful slabs of Utah gemstones, utilized for ereated by Ostergaard % : one of the many fascinating uses that these materials are by imaginative and creative people. This is one of several local “rockhounds” and is the work of Mr. and Mrs. Robert of Lindon. eo a CARVING DELIGHTFUL MINIATURE animals from gem stones, using the natural coloring and lines of the material to create detail is the enjoyable hobby of Mrs, Harvey Shinkle of Orem, She and her husband often search for such material in Utah’s vast desert plateaus. PREPARING A SHOWCASEof jewelry which he has made from materials collected throughout Utah is John Shepherd of Orem, chairman of the Timpanogos Gem and Mineral Show, at which local rockhounds will display more than 100 cases of jewelry, mineral specimens and erystals, without charge, to the public. ONWLEIL SUNDAY HERALD, MAY 4 1969 |