Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:40 pm Posts: 2667 Location: South Dakota
Was getting out my old lapidary journal magazines..was thinking of selling them since i haven't read any in over a year..well flippd through one and decided heck no..well at least not now..got to reread them again..lol..i forgot how good the older ones were..i have sense bought new ones and they suck compared to the 60's and 70's lap journals..actually all magazines suck compared to the old ones..hell..back then they were 300 page magazines..had real articles that were not just a page or two but went on for like 7-10 pages..cool stuff you don't see nowadays in rock and gem magazines really..here took a few pics from just one magazine..i bought like 60 of them all from the 50's(i think a few are from the 50's if i remember ) 60's and 70's..all for .50 cents each..really some excellent articles..lots of sinkankas stuff too can't beat 50 cents each..might hold onto them a reread them again
diagram of star stones in relation to a corundum crystal
6 pages on just the hexagonal crystal system and it's varieties
not just a box with numbers and indicies..a full explaination of cutting designs..
15 full pages on different brazilian mines and stones
all in one magazine..and thats only a couple th9ings..it has 250 more pages to go..lap hpournal WAS the best i musy say
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Joined: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:24 am Posts: 4997 Location: McDonough GA
G4Lab wrote:
It was a GREAT magazine.
Absolutely. It was the best magazine in the industry for years. As a kid I poured through them reading every word. Sigh. Where did you go LJ? We all miss you.
Joined: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:19 pm Posts: 590 Location: Las Vegas, NV
A member of my local rock club was selling his old Lap Journal mags for .25 each. I bought over 200 of them. All of them from the early 1960s to about 1991 with a few old Rock and Gem mixed in as well. 4 months later i'm still looking through them! Haven't regretted the purchase one bit.
Joined: Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:44 pm Posts: 209 Location: Dallas, Texas
Maybe GO could contact the past editor of the old LJ and get permission for members of GO to make PDF copies of past LJ issues for educational references only. These LJ could be a valuable source of information for individuals interested in lapidary subjects. The prices are no longer valid, but I bet some of LJ advertizers are still in business. It could be a great reference as well as a tribute to the original LJ editor. winstone
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