[Rockhounds] Nostalgia

[Lawrence Rush]

Items for sale from a 1937 issue of "Rocks and Minerals"..........

Lazulite XL, 2X3",Georgia....................$3.50
(R.W.Tuthill, Indiana)

Iron Arcs, battery operated (for fluorescents)....
......$10.      (Edw. Roedder, Pa.)

Dana's System of Mineralogy...............$15.50
(John Grenzig, NY)

Virgin Valley Opals, assortment............$3.00
(Mark Foster, Oregon)

Zircons, gemmy blue, 4 carats..............$1.50
(Peter Zodac, NY)

Emerald crystals, Colombia...................$1-3
(Van Esselstyn, NY)

Ellenville Quartz clusters....................$.35-.50
(E. McElroy, NY)


Ah...the "good old days", especially interesting since I just came back from 
a large mineral show over the week-end! I didn't see any bargains like this 
there, either.

Larry