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THE PACIFIC MINERALOGIST 23

DINNER. IS SERVED
By BLANCHE L.. ANDERSON

Shall we start off with a cocktail "The Home Cutting Outfit;"
-say a fruit cocktail? To attract "Cutting and Polishing Rocks by
our attention and to stimulate our ap- the Amateur;"
petites it must be both attractive "Cutting the Jonker Diamond;"
and tasty. This cocktail from om
mineral world may have for its in- "Cleaning Specimens."
gredients the gem stones and gem
materials. In it we find such titles Entree
as: On with the feast. We now get
our teeth in to the meaty course of
"Beauty In Rocks;"
Geology and Mineralogy with such
"Turquoise and Ceremic Art;"
titles as:
"Kunzite;"
"Minerals Deposited During the
"Color In Gem Materials;" Various Geological Ages;"
"The Determination of · Gems;" "Physiographic Changes During
"The Romance of Chinese Jade;" California's Geologic History;"
"Benitoite;" "Minerals and Their Place in Our
''Tourmaline;'' Civilization;''
"California's Jasper;" "Man Made Geology;"
"The Lure and Romance of Gems." ''California Petroleum Develop-
Intriguing titles? The articles car- ments in 1'938;"
rying these titles tell many an in- "What to Look for in an Oil Field;"
teresting fact about the gem stones. "Geology's Influence on Location
We have been going through the and Growth of Los Angeles;"
back numbers of the PACIFIC MIN- "Oil Fields of the Bakersfield
ERALOGIST and we were suddenly Area;"
struck with the thought that it is ''California's Mineral Wealth;''
downright wicked to feed at this
sumptuous mineral banquet without "Gold Mining and Gold Discovery
giving others the privilege of par- in California; II
taking, especially when the more we "The Geologic Occurrence of Oil
devour the more our craving in- and Exploration Methods;"
creases, and unlike other banquets, "Some Salient Facts Relating to
the food never diminishes. the Production of Oil;"
Many excellent articles on special "Petroleum Refining;"
subjects are to be found in these "Color Key to Minerals & Rocks."
issues. These informative articles, To accompany this course we off-
contributed by able writers, provide er a number of choice side dishes:
fine text material for students of min-
eralogy. "Mercury;"
"Aluminum;"
Salad
"Borax, Its History and Uses;"
Our appetites are now whetted to
the stage where we want to handle "Zolarite;"
:::md work with these gem materials "Woodhouseite;"
and so take our salad course with: "Equisetum;"
"Cutting and Polishing Minerals;" "Howlite from Borate;"
"Working with Minerals;" "Bottled Specimens;"