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Page 8E EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Sunday, Oct 21. 1962 6 Rock Hounding a Hobby for ' ; .- v. -i James Hardin, president of the Eu gene Mineral Club, holds up three slices of rock that will be cut, ground and polished into colorful, beautiful ornaments. The lower photo shows one of the grinding operations. Har- . din's wife Wilma and his daughter Carolyn share his interest in rock collecting. The Eugene Mineral Club has some 180 members and the Wil lamalane Rock and Gem Club in , Springfield has 80. Beauty In Stone YOU'VE HAD THE S- ' . 'I ., i ,1, "uviit or tht heir in our iimieritily ufor" oruN rmnAT nhirt (Thotoi by Joe Malheson) IT, FATHER... Prepare yourself for the True joys (?) of Fatherhood. As for you, Mother-to-be, the Bonnet Nook has thought only of you with exciting maternity fashions, from casual jrans to glamorous cocktail gowns. All to make your 1NFANTICIPAT1NG days a pleasure. Sizes 6 thru 42. BONNET NOOK Jewelry & Hats 169 K. Broadway, 1)1 5-213 Owner Ellizabclh Arts 0) 0) , i i ; ' ' -i if LIMITED TIME ONLY! 4 IIKI lKtISMiRf1 Teaspoon, diet Knife. ftti Pork, Si! id Fotk. plies Plict-iitllntt luipoon, piic Kn.it. rljrt Fork. fork irrt Crttnt Soup or Piece Spoon', I pltet PlientMlMt Itijpoon, Plies Kri'tt, Ptits Pork, SiLstf Fork, Sttrtidir and Crtim Soup or Place Spoon', Irtd Btvtrit Spaoai msy b tubttw lultd lor Crwrn Soup sr P(sc Spoonu Otsssrt Spoon my be tuhstrtuttd for Crtam Soup Spoon for 11 00 mors per pisce-Mlttni. NO DOWN PAYMENT Take a Full Year to Pay I By DON BISHOFF or the Resliter-Guarrf "We used to just wander around on trips up in the mountains. We started pick ing up pretty rocks, one thing led to another, and here we are." "We" are members of the James Hardin family of 1858 Garfield St. Hardin, his wife, and 17-year-old daugh ter Carolyn. They have a workshop full of rock cutting, grinding and polishing equip ment and a back yard piled with rocks. The Hardins are rock hounds. Jim, who's president of the 180-member Eugene Mineral Club, says the hob by has no fancy name to de scribe it such as the stamp collectors' "philately." But it has plenty of practi tioners, fancy name or no. In addition to the Eugene Club, there's the 80-member Willamalane Rock and Gem Club in Springfield, and a total of some 48,000 organ ized rock hounds in 730 clubs throughout the country. Club Sponsors Trips A 'rock hound starts, nat urally enough, by picking up rocks. What he does with them after he gets them pro vides the various off-shoots of the phase of the hobby lumped under the general name of "lapidary" de scribed by Webster as "of or pertaining to the art of cut ting stones. . ." The Hardins generally do their collecting on a club sponsored trip usually an overnight camping trip. Prime rock-finding areas are scattered through the state. "It depends, actually, on what you want to get," said Hardin. "This country if rather limited. About the only thing here is on the east side of the valley." Fr Ice Chart Four 4-piece Four 5-piec Four 6-piece Place-settings Place-settings Place-settings PATTERNS NOW I YOU SAVS NOW YOU SAVE NOW YOU SAVC mknUVC.RiSTdJtLYI,'C um mo ,10i5 MM ini2i .,i9" CHANTILLY SECRET GARDEN ;sFttTr.S) "s mi ii4 3im "u''s BUTTERCUP SEA ROSE STRASBOURG KINO EDWARD M. $32.1 U1 W iW.M 140.2S MELROSE ClASSIQUE SIP SO W SO S1.W W H3 50 Wi Next to Whole "Down around London Springs and London Moun tain, south of the Cottage Grove Reservoir you find camelian. It's an agate that runs light red in color. "Then they-ve got some beautiful blue-banded agate in the Cougar Dam area. . . Close to Creswell on up to ' the Willamette River they've got beautiful agatized wood" Prime Areas East Hardin explained that the term "agatized" refers to one stage of the changing of wood into stone through time and pressures of the earth. The lowest or "softest" stage is called carbonized, next is the familiar petrified, then agat ized, then opalized. Prime hunting grounds for rock hounds are central and eastern Oregon, particularly around the Prineville area, Hardin said. He suggested that the novice go along with an experienced rock hound on his first few trips to learn where to look and what to look for. Once the Hardins get their collection of rocks home after a trip they "wash the dirt off to see what we brought." If a rock looks promising, it's clamped into Hardin's $300-plus rock saw. A circular saw with tiny diamonds set in its edge cuts the rock into neat slices. "The next step is to figure out what you want -to make out of it," said Hardin. He showed a flat card with vari ous sized and shaped holes punched out. Uses Vary "Let's say you want to make a necklace. You put the card against the rock and try to line up whatever size hole ypu want to use with an area of the rock that has some interesting color and design to it." . J' rm, If 1 I ' ' j iiiii Miiil.ilijiiinn mi.'.ir i Zt'i iieiiii'nT'i 11 i Imagine . . . four place-scttbgs of luxurious, heavy-weight Gorham sterling silver for the price of three! And there are 18 beautiful patterns to choose from .W including Gorham s exciting new design Esprit. There's never been a better time to buy the sterling youVe always wantcuthan right now! Hurry . . . don't miss this opportunity to enjoy ''luxurious dining' with your very own sterling now! All prices include Federal Tax. LSONS' the McDonald ....... 1016 Willamette Family A trim saw is used to cut the pattern out of the rock slice. Then the rock is ground on a silicone carbide wheel, sanded, and finally polished on a leather disc. The resulting stone by now a beautiful object is called a "cab," short for cabachon. 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