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Turning Rocks
Into Jewelry
By John M. Kauffmann
ROCK HOUNDS turn dirty
pebbles into polished
gems in some 50 Washington
basements, kitchens and liv
ing rooms and their wives’
jewelry includes some of the
most beautiful stones you
never heard of.
For an amateur gem-cutter’s
family need never shop for
costume jewelry. Theirs is
real, even though it may not
be of great value and they
may even have whacked it
out with a sledge-hammer or
found It by a roadside.
All mineral collectors an
swer to the nickname of
Rock Hound, but many are
not satisfied with only a col
lection of rough specimens.
They become amateur lapl-
If YOU, TOO, WANT MORE KING SIZE CaVAUERI
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■ of 10 said Cavaliers are milder! Try ■
!l % OQw OF THE GUESTS INTERVIEWED at the exclusive Racquet Club See if you don t find the flavor of I {’JjNfouj,
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'-•vauera are milder! war r e right to your order, too! Cavaliefe ■ kimcV , ue ■
are king-size, but priced no higher H c i G a *
HAVE YOU TRIED THEM RECENTLY? than leading regular-size brands.
King-size CAVALIER CIGARETTES ore made by the makers of Camels. R. 1. KeysetliTot. Cm.. Wieetoe-leUoa. N.cH
daries, cutting and polishing
from the material they swap
across the country the gor
geous gems they display and
make into jewelry.
Few commercial jewelers
would be familiar with the
gems the amateurs prize, for
the jewelry stores’ stock in
trade is the well-known pre
cious stones. But the semi
precious stones of relatively
low value often are rarer and
more striking than the dia
monds and rubies that carry
big price tags. Ask a jewelry
clerk, for instance, for a
brooch of red cuprite, green
epidote, pink-and-green uni
cite, or orange spessartite
garnet and he probably will
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A FAMILY AFFAIR for Arthur J. Campbell and his family of Woodacres, Md., gem-cutting was introduced
so the group by 9-year-old 'Tucker" (left). He and Mr. Campbell examine o specimen while Florence, 14,
watches her mother facet a gem. In the foreground, Timothy, 5, ploys with a troy of specimens. The
Campbells hove two other children, 16-year-old twins, Elizabeth and Marguerite.
THE WASHINGTON STAR PICTORIAL MAGAZINE, MAY 10, 1953-
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