ÿþ<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 97"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.7 [en] (Win98; I) [Netscape]"> <title>THE SPHERICAL WORLD</title> </head> <body text="#FFFF00" link="#000FFF" vlink="#FF0000" background="blckmrbl.jpg" <B> <center><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+4>THE SPHERICAL WORLD</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00">A Publication of ATMOSPHERE</font> <br><font color="#FFFF00">THE SOCIETY FOR THE APPRECIATION OF MINERAL SPHERES</font> <br><font color="#FFFF00">Volume 12</font> <br>&nbsp; <p><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+3>&nbsp;The California Cornucopia</font></font></center> <font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+3></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>California is rich in many things natural resources, beautiful scenery, great climate and extraordinary spheres! The state offers a wide selection of spheres that can be found nowhere else. They are truly unique to their landscape.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>A quick survey shows that no one area of the state has a monopoly on beautiful spheres. From the north are the lovely green Bird s Eye Serpentine from San Andreas and the green translucent Pulga jade (Vesuvianite) in the Sierra foothills. This region also produces the pretty multi-blue shaded California blue jade.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>As we head south, you will find the remarkable orbicular red/yellow Morgan Hill poppy jasper.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Across the state, the trees of Mariposa have lent their name to mariposite-white background veined with green and light yellow sulfer markings. The San Luis Obispo region includes golden/green Stone Canyon jasper and its lovely red and gold counterpart from San Miguel, plus silvery Nipomo marcasite mixed with quartz.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Among the unique agates from the state are moss agate (Coyucos Beach), Plasma agate, patterned Sian agate (San Bernar-dino), and delicate white tube agate.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>A one-of-a-kind mineralogical area, Boron, produces ulexite, an off-white chatoyant cat s eye often called  TV rock. </font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Death Valley and the state s dry high and low desert regions produce beautiful spheres of lime green verde antique marble, graphic feldspar with quartz, white calcite, black-on-white howlite, peach-and-black Ballarat marble and wonderful onyx red strawberry, silver lace, multicolored travertine, beige queen s lace, brilliant Trona red and gold, translucent green with golden markings and brown/white Cadiz onyx. Dreamy aragonites also come from this region including root beer and red/gold Kokoweef with interesting crystallization.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Another favorite onyx from the Kokoweef area is the outrageous Popcorn onyx, with its cutouts that look just like popped kernels, which are really stalactitic.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>One cannot leave a survey of the state s beautiful spheres without giving credit to the tourmaline mines of San Diego county, which produce lovely lavendar lepidolite, much of it with pink tourmaline (rubellite) inclusions.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+2>What s the Right Size of Sphere for You?</font></font></font></u></b><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Selecting spheres for a collection is a very personal experience. Many of us start out just picking beautiful spheres that appeal to our perception of beauty. But as a collection develops, it often makes aesthetic sense to determine a conscious choice about what size best suits the collection and then to concentrate on buying spheres within that size range.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>How does one decide?</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>There are a number of factors. One is obviously just personal taste do you like larger pieces above 4 inches for example, because they are dramatic! Or smaller pieces because you&nbsp; prefer something you can hold in the palm of your hand?</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Here are some factors to consider:</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>1. What size display area do you have? What fits best in that area?</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>2. How strong is your shelving? Can it hold numerous heavy pieces?</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>3. Are you trying to make a dramatic statement? Do you want large pieces that make people awestruck?</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>4. What range can your wallet afford obviously, the bigger, the more expensive.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>5. If you like really small pieces such as marbles (1.25 inches and under), are they for display or only your personal enjoyment in a box? If for display, do you have someplace where they won t get lost or roll under the furniture?</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>6. For consistency, the majority of spheres are available in the 2-3.25 inch range, and this would likely afford the largest diversity in the collection.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>7. Lighting is impor- tant to show off your collection. Do you have a large enough area that is well lighted to accommodate a growing collection?</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>8. Growth! How big can your collection get? Is it meant to stay small and select or do you have a compelling need to buy every piece that just  calls to you , like most of us with the collection bug& ?!? Staying in the smaller size range can certainly allow for more space availability.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>9. Your personal lifting ability can also influence your collection. Bigger spheres require stronger people to unload and move about.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>10. Mobility. If you have a tendency to stay at one place a long time, acquiring larger pieces makes sense. But if you are highly mobile, you&nbsp; most likely will prefer a collection of medium size that can easily be packed and moved.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font>&nbsp;<font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <center> <p><b><u><font face="WP CyrillicA"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+2>TUCSON REPORT</font></font></font></u></b></center> <font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>At this time of the year, we offer a review of the newest materials found at both Quartszite and Tucson, Arizona.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Here we go!</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Desert Rose Selenite from Mexico. Cut from the amazing sand-colored desert rose formations.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Polka Dot Jasper dotted jasper from the famous Oregon mine.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Betrandite Black-on- white silhouette from Utah.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Flower Tube Onyx See box!</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Cinnabar Deep red coloring, from Northern California.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Epidiote/Hematite Lovely lime green with spots of silver metallic hematite, Cadiz, CA.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Mystery Rock Nothing like you ve ever seen! Has a shimmer to it, Dell, CA.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Lemurian Quartz Said to be significant in the mineral world for healing and mind</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>/universe communication, Brazil.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Black Nephrite Jade from Wyoming.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Agua Fria Translucent white with grey and black markings, and druzy pockets, from Arizona.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Australian Rhodonite Some of the most wonderful shocking pink we ve ever encountered.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Russian Marcasite Individual cels of the mineral.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Brazilian Emerald Incredible huge crystals. Have never seen any like it!</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Araucaria Pine Cone Spheres carved from petrified Pine Cone millions of years old from Argentina.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Ussingite A new lavendar or pink colored mineral from Russia.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Opal Butte Chalcedony Translucent agate with unusual patterns.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Ebony Fluorite so dark it s almost black (China) and Honey Fluorite, a warm syrup brown (Mexico).</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Skutterudite A rare silver colored mineral (Canada).</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Spectrapyrite Concre-tions Crack open these ugly mud colored Russian geodes and find gold! Shimmering crystals of pyrite, sometimes with a metallic spectrum of colors.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Cacoxenite A rare amber quartz from Brazil, with internal belts of golden crystallization.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Petedunnite A rare Sterling Hill NJ fluorescent mineral which shows flecks of bright green, red and blue against black.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>*Aegerine Sharp slivers of Canadian black aegerine in white matrix.</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Pouches and Pillows</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>If you like to keep or display your spheres in luxurious style..consider velvet pillows and pouches!</font></font></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Pillows come filled with soft bean bag inside, or even quartz or amethyst crystals. Tasseled or un-tasselled? Pouches are plain or have designs on them. Lots of wonderful colors available. Check our site.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><u><font face="Verdana"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Flowering Tube Onyx</font></font></font></u> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Our friends in Utah have introduced us to an extra- ordinary new sphere. It s called Flowering Tube Onyx and it features intricate designs of black tracery often in flower patterns--on a red, yellow, gold, peach, brown mixed matrix.&nbsp; This material is from a site so remote, it is hand carried 20 miles on a backpack from the mine location. No jeeps, mules or trucks!</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><i><u><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+2>Today s Tip</font></font></font></u></i> <br><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>If you have or intend to purchase a copper sphere, we recommend Wright s Copper Polish. It&nbsp; keeps a sphere beautifully shiny and wards off any discoloration if polished regularly.</font></font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <center> <p><b><u><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>OOOOOOOOO&nbsp; </font><font size=+3>Globes! </font><font size=+1>OOOOOOOOOOO</font></font></font></u></b></center> <font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1><font face="Times New Roman,Times">Because the earth is round, there is a  natural pull for mineral cutters to re-create it in minerals and crystal. So we have begun collecting  and offering for collectors various versions of the earth. Asian craftsman have perfected the art of making</font> handcrafted gloves inlaid with minerals. These are a deep blue, with tiny cutouts of lapis, jasper, agates and and other semi precious minerals. They are affixed&nbsp; gold or silver plated caliper stands. We also recently secured cut crystal globes etched by laser with the earth s continents. These sit on either wood or crystal bases.</font></font><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1></font></font></font> <p><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>THE SPHERICAL WORLD</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Editor:&nbsp; Jackie Lapin</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Published By:</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Sphere s To You</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>&nbsp;PO Box 1270</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Agoura Hills, CA 9l376</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Phone: (8l8) 991-5143</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>FAX: (8l8) 707-3543</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>E-mail address:</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>Spheres@spherestoyou.com</font></font> <br><font color="#FFFF00"><font size=+1>www.spherestoyou.com</font></font> <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; <p><font color="#FFFF00">.</font> <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp; </body> </html>