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ELGAMBRISINOGem Crafters & Explorer's Club Bulletin, Las Cruces, NM

Affiliated with the AFMS and member of the RMFMS

Sept. 2012 - Volume 54 Issue 8

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POOL PARTY, RAFFLE & SILENTAUCTION July 15, 2012

We would like to thank Eric and Kathy for hosting thisfun filled Pool Party and Raffle. It was another smashhit on a hot sunny New Mexico July day, just aboutperfect for the pool. We had forty some folks show up,most with swim suits and all with food. Good eats, lots

of pool volleyball, and good conversation.

About 6 PM Don and Cookie Saathoff started sellingtickets for the Raffle Fifty cents each or three for adollar. A count wasnt taken but they sold a lot ofthem. Eric set up the Silent Auction and managed tofill up a table and half with very nice items found on theraffle tables. Brecken Hurry Up Uhl called thenumbers and kept everything moving right along withhis usual wit and a git er done attitude. It was fast andfurious.

After the Raffle was over there was one last chancegiven to check the Silent Auction and put your bid in.The items ranged from Minerals, Agates, Lapidarymaterial, Jewelry and a wonderful quilt made anddonated by Pat Mauer. As with most silent auctions itwas fun to sit back and watch the rush to sign up.Well, alright, maybe I didnt just sit there and watch,maybe I might have been up there checking mychoices also. Anyway, a fun time was had by all. Thisis our only fund raiser for the year and we set a newrecord. The Raffle collected $170 and the SilentAuction collected $415 for a total of $585. Yah Whoo!!!

Thanks again Eric and Kathy for your gracious

hospitality

Reminders & Gen. Info

The next meeting will be as usual on the third Friday ofthe month, Sept. 21

st in Room 118, Gardiner Hall on

the NMSU campus, 6:30 PM for socializing and 7 PMfor the meeting. The program speaker will be AmyOrlando, our District Attorney, who speak on some ofthe cases she has worked on.

As summer is slowly slipping away and people are

thinking more about rock hunting, I would like to offer anew option for you. Its never a good idea to head outin the desert by yourself and is often hard to findsomeone interested in the same place or time as youare. so send me an email ([email protected]) orgive me a call and I will send out an SOS to the cluband ask anyone interested to contact you. This couldapply also to, petroglyph sites, area information, or justplain old sightseeing, etc.

Meeting Notes Aug. 18, 2012Submitted by Sec. Brenda Gadberry

Al Spencer: Introduced LeRoy Unglaub who spokeabout his knowledge of petroglyphs.

Complaint: NMSU's management complained aboutour club throwing trash in the school's trash cans. Theclub's trash will be disposed of only in trash bagsprovided by our club which will be removed after eachmeeting.

Treasurer's Report: $1,233.00 total. This totalincludes raffle and silent auction income of $615.00.

Snacks: Snacks were provided by Alice & Doug Hall,Elaine & Russ Franz, and Susan Riedel. Next month'ssnacks will be provided by Lee Attaway, Rob Kosnick& Mina Kingsley, and Joan & Dave Smith.

Guests: Jim Frederick; Steve & Sally Thomas who are

now all members of our club.

Field Trip: Al Spencer will lead a trip to the Baker Mineon Wednesday, 8/22/12. Convoy will leave Fairacres'Post Office at 6:00am to collect the famous "bakereggs".

Campout: There will be a campout over the Labor Dayweekend at Percha Creek near Hillsboro, NM . Detailsand directions will be emailed to all club members.

Rock Show: Silver City's annual rock show will be onLabor Day weekend at the Grant County Conference

Center; 3031 US Hwy 180 E at 32nd Street Bypass.Saturday, 9am to 5pm; Sunday, 10am to 5pm;Monday, 10am to 4pm.

Reminder: All upcoming "rock shows" are listed on thelast page of our club's newsletter.

Thank You: Club's scholarship fund received by SarahMachin at NMSU. Sarah sent the club a thank you notestating her appreciation for this award. She hopes tovisit our club and share her research in the near future.

A woman has twins, and gives them up foradoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt, and

is named 'Ahmal.' The other goes to a family in Spain,they name him 'Juan.' Years later, Juan sends a

picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receivingthe picture, she tells her husband that she wishes shealso had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds,

"They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seenAhmal."

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Program Notes Aug. 17, 2012

LeRoy Unglaub gave a PowerPoint presentation"Jornada-Mogollon Iconography - The Rock Art ofSouthern New Mexico and West Texas".

He started the presentation by introducing the idea ofa signature motif, the Goggle Eye image, whichidentifies the Jornada-Mogollon rock art style. Hecompared it to the Mesoamerican rain/storm god Tlalocand its probability of being a local version of arain/storm god. He then illustrated with photographs oflocal rock art the varied and rich iconography of theJornada-Mogollon rock art style to includeanthropomorphs, zoomorphs, reptiles, insects, birds,fishes, faces/masks, and geometric designs.

After this presentation he briefly illustrated theapplication of specialized image enhancementDEcorrelation Stretch (DStretch) software that can be

used to bring out images nearly invisible to the humaneye using faint pictograph photographs from a sheltercave in the Black Range.

Following are some of his images that were shown.Classic figure

Three Rivers Google Eyes

Parrot

Apache Flats figure

Some recommended books:

Rock Art in new Mexico Polly Schaafsma Signs of Life-Rock Art of the Upper Rio Grande

Dennis Slifter (Recommended)

Rock Art Savvy Ronald Sanders Rock Art Along the Way Janet Farnsworth A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the

Greater Southwest Alex Patterson

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Field Trips & Such:

Baker Egg Mine Field Trip Report8-22-2012

Dang, 4:30 a.m. and the alarm clock went off wakingme out of a deep dream filled sleep but it was time toget up and get ready for another day of rock hunting inbeautiful Southern New Mexico. We were going backto the famous Baker Egg Mine for another try at findingthat elusive, very special agate f illed geode.

Al Spencer, who had made the arrangements with theclaim holder who is known as The Geode Kid, wasleading and had invited our club and the MunsonCenter group along. The last trip out there was in Juneand a lot of good cutting material had been found soenthusiasm was high.

Do you know its still pitch black out at 6 a.m.? Believeme, it is. Twelve of us diehards showed up; eleven clubmembers and one thats thinking of joining. Off wewent for the long drive to Hermanas and the mine -hoping to beat the heat.

Jan Hoffman, Al Spencer, Ed Leake & our newest member SteveThomas getting some info from Al

Upon arrival Al spent a few minutes showing thenewcomers what to look for and then everyonegrabbed their buckets, rock hammers, and water andtook off for the pile. Soon we were spread out, someon the large pile, some on the smaller piles.Fortunately the white rhyolitic-perlite is easy to dig inand one could hear the clunk, clunk of rock hitting thebuckets from everywhere. It made me wonder what I

was doing wrong as my bucket wasnt clunking likethat. I cant complain though as I did find somepromising looking pieces.

Al, as usual, tried his best to dig thru to China again.He almost made it this time. There were a lot of oohsand ahs emanating from his area so guess he foundsome goodies again.

Ed Leake, Jan Hoffman, Al Spencer, Mike Gaines & DaveMcCloskey working one of the newer piles

It got pretty hot by noon and most took a break to eat(not Al of course) and chat about their finds. What funto see the excitement and enjoyment people werehaving even though it was hot and we were all prettydirty and sweaty. Ed Leakys legs were giving him

trouble so he spent quite a bit of the time sitting in histruck after collecting a number of rocks of course.Rob Kosnick had brought his large umbrella thatattached to the trailer hitch of his truck and it provideda lot of shade for lunch. Unfortunately I didnt get apicture of it.

Steve Thomas and Rob Kosnick

After lunch we left and drove a short ways to theTorpedo claim. A short time was spent there collectingmore geodes. We left about 1:30 with the vehicles

splitting up with four of us heading up the HermanasRoad (dirt) and home and the rest taking the longer(but paved) Highway 9 to the Spanish Stirrup RockShop and their dollar pile..

Rob led the way and we spread out in the dust. TheAerostat was grounded so Steve, Jan and me stoppedto take some pictures. The Aerostat looks kind of like apregnant big fish and we were joking about it. Back onthe road a couple of miles Rob passed us headingback. What the devil? I turned on the Sunshine Road,stopped and called him to see what was going on.

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MINERAL EXHIBIT AT THE DENVER

MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE

While in Denver visiting my granddaughter Sarah overthe July 4

thholiday, I had a chance to visit the Denver

Museum of Nature & Science. This was a thrill for meas I have wanted for years to see their outstanding

mineral collection.

Almost the firstthing that I sawupon enteringthe Coors Hallwas the

breathtakingAlma King, themost famous

Rhodochrositecrystal collectedfrom the noted

Sweet HomeMine. Itmeasures awhooping 14cmx 16.5 cm. TheSweet HomeMine is locatedin the AlmaDistrict in ParkCounty, Alma,

Colorado. This mine was founded in 1873 as a silverprospect and the Rhodochrosite was considered agangue material until 1960. The mine is on MountBross and sits at 11,000 feet. There are some fifty-twoknown minerals at this location but it is known best forits Rhodochrosite specimens.

Another greatdisplay was theaquamarine andsmoky quartzknown asDianes Pocket.StephenBrancato Jrdiscovered thispocket at Mount

Antero inColorado in2004 andnamed it afterhis mother. Thepocketreconstructiontook a year andwas done by theCollectors Edge

Minerals of Golden, CO. It measures 37 by 23 andweighs about 100 pounds and contains more than 100aquamarine crystals along with red garnets, silverymica and black quartz.

This Baritespecimen also

caught my eye.It was collectedfrom the BulldogMine, CreedeDistrict, MineralCounty, CO.This mine sits at9,390 feet.

Anotheroutstandingexhibit was theamazonite andsmoky quartzreconstruction ofa Lake GeorgeCO pocket.

And how about thislovely Quartzspecimen from theIdarado Mine inOuray County, CO.

You probably get the idea by now. There were manywonderful gems and minerals along with displays ofimportant Colorado mineral localities. I couldntphotograph them all as some folks seemed to bedoing. It was just my privilege to be able to see allthese treasures. I could have stayed all day but itwouldnt have done me any good, they wouldnt havelet me take one home anyway.

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Artificial Weatheringby Chuck Safris. Central Iowa Mineral Society

It is always a thrill to find a cracked concretion thatseparates cleanly in the field with a light tap of arock hammer to reveal a beautiful fossil. More often,however, a promising looking concretion is notalready cracked and resists being broken. When iffinally breaks under the blows of a rock hammer,there is some shattering or uneven breaking whichcan damage the enclosed fossil. An even then, thereis a chance that the enclosed fossil is not exposed.With a little patience, there is another way to exposethe enclosed fossil. Artificial weathering is a simplealternative that may lead to the collection of fine,undamaged, fossils if the matrix material is suitable.

Freezing and thawing causes acceleratedmechanical weathering of a rock. If water can seep

into pores or micro cracks in the rock, the rock willbecome saturated. When the water expands as iceforms during a freezing cycle, pressure is exerted onthe rock, leading to cracking or exfoliation. If thefossil is a carbon film, then the fossil is a naturalweak spot in the concretion and with luck the subtlepressure of freezing will open the concretion so thatthe fossil is perfectly exposed and undamaged.

The process is very simple for any rock that will takeup water. A container (other than glass, which mightbreak during the freezing process) suitable for thespecimen's size is selected and the concretion is

covered with water and allowed to soak for severaldays. Then a series of freezing and thawing cyclesare achieved by using the freezer in the summer orthe back porch in the winter. By achieving a freezethaw cycle every day, the process is accelerated. Itis important that loosened residue from each cyclebe removed and examined because if there are anyfossils reveled, the next freeze cycle could destroythem. If you live in a northern climate and there is nohurry, the suitable rocks could be placed in containerfull of water and simply left outdoors all winter wherethe daily temperature swings would do all the work.It has been reported that thousands of Mazon Creek(IL) fossils have been exposed using acceleratedartificial weathering this way.

In Iowa, fossil collectors are on the lookout for bladeshaped nodules of limey shale in Pennsylvanianexposures and stream beds. With any luck andsome artificial weathering, a well preserved,beautiful fern frond is likely to join your fossilcollection.

Reference: "Freezing and Thawing of Fossils"; J. Pojetaand M. Balanc, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston VA,Undated.The reference material is printed in the book"Paleotechniques". The book is subtitled "ThePaleontological Society Special Publication No. 4", 1989

and is edited by Rodney M. Feldmann, Ralph E. Chapmanand Joseph T. Hannibal. It is published by the Departmentof Geological Sciences, The University of Tennessee,Knoxville, TN. Its ISBN number is 0-931377-04-2. Thearticle appears on pages 223-226 and is not dated.The article goes deeply into the use of various freezingagents, of which tap water is the one I wrote about.

Chuck Safris, Editor, News Nuggets, Central IowaMineral Society, Des Moines, Iowa - January 1999

150 Carat Diamond RingSangeeta Ghosh Dastidar / Mar 21 2012Via The rockhounds via Moroks 7/2012

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Mohamed Shawish President and CEO, Shawish Jewelrysaid that creating a ring made entirely from a faceted

stone is the ultimate artistic challenge. The artistry increating this masterpiece was based on using lasers to cutthrough one single diamond stone which formed the crownof the ring structure. Further, the same stone was chiseleduniformly to form the outer circle that actually goes aroundthe finger creating the ring in its entirety!

For more information, photos and video, check:www.bornrich.com and www.shawishjewellery.com

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GLOW-IN-THE-DARK TECHNOLOGY!A CANADA MINT FIRST!

New Series! The Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai

Canadian dinosaur coin is the first in a 4-coinPrehistoric Creature (photo-luminescent) series!Released in early 2012, the design was approved bythe Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology. Afterplacing the coin in sunlight, fluorescent, orincandescent light bring the coin into the dark to revealthe phosphorescent skeleton of the dinosaur!

Limited to 25,000 coins worldwide (already sold out.Face value $0.25, priced for sale at $29.95 CDN), theafter-market price is already North of $90.00!

via MOROKS 7-2012.

Desert Safety Tipsby Bob Fitzpatrick, CFMS Field Trip Chair-South

Travel in the desert can be an adventure. It can also bea disaster if a breakdown or a sudden change in theweather catches you unprepared. Be aware of thehazards of desert travel, in both winter and summer.Harsh weather conditions can turn a desert outing intoa tragedy. Acquire knowledge of desert survival skills.Travel in pairs for safety.

Plan your trip carefully. Tell someone where you aregoing and when you will return. Stick with your itineraryand let them know when you return. Do not travel inthe desert backcountry without taking alongappropriate maps It is easy to become disoriented inthe desert where many landmarks and rock formations

look similar.

Dress properly. In summer, layered clothing slowsdehydration and minimizes exposure. Good hikingshoes, loose fitting natural clothing, a wide brimmedhat, sunglasses, and sunscreen are a must. Deserttemperatures can reach over 90* F and drop below50*F in one day. Summer temperatures can reach125*F in some locations. In winter, temperatures canoften drop below freezing. Bring extra warm clothing.

Carry plenty of water. There are no dependablesources of water within the desert. A gallon of waterper person per day is the absolute minimum thatshould be carried. When planning a hike, rememberthat water weighs approximately eight pounds pergallon. When the water is half gone, it is time to turnback. Dont forget extra water for your vehicle. Do notration your water. It will only do you good if you drink it.

Via Santa Clara Valley Gem and Mineral SocietySan Jose, CA Breccia April, 2008

BenchTips by Brad Smith

RAISING A CABOCHON

When a cabochon sits too low in a bezel, the bezelhides a lot of the stone. Solution is to either sand

down the bezel height or boost up the stone. Questionis what do you use to elevate your cab?

I was taught to use fine sawdust but now think thatthere's a better solution, especially for use in rings. Ireason that rings will frequently get wet, which wouldcause the sawdust to swell in size and push the stoneagainst the bezel. Then when the sawdust dries out,the stone would be a little loose. In any case, I nowprefer pieces of plastic sheet to boost up mystones. Pieces are readily available from productpackaging or from old credit cards. I just cut a piece toloosely fit the bezel and drop in the stone (with some

dental floss) to check its height.

TIP FOR A TRANSPARENT CAB

When bezel setting a transparent cabochon in silver, Iworry that the silver will tarnish under the stone and willdestroy the brilliance of its color & pattern. So I takeone extra step before setting the stone. I place a pieceof thin silver Mylar plastic under the stone to act as amirror that will never tarnish.

This Mylar is readily available in craft and gift wrapstores, or in a pinch from a party balloon supplier. You

may want to experiment with using colored orpatterned Mylar (i.e. diffraction pattern) under somestones.

More BenchTips by Brad Smith can be found atfacebook.com/BenchTips orgroups.yahoo.com/group/BenchTips/

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UP COMING SHOW Dates:SEP. 1-3SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO: 29th annual show; Grant County Rolling Stones; Grant County Conference Center;3031 US Hwy. 180, at 32nd St. Bypass; Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-5, Mon. 10-4; free admission; free collecting and educationaltrips; contact Lee Stockman , 16 McKinley St., Silver City, NM 88061-8823, (575) 956-8578; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com/SEP. 8-16DENVER, COLORADO:Denver Coliseum Show; Eons Expos; Denver Coliseum; 4600 Humboldt St.; Daily 9-6; freeadmission; 150 wholesale and retail dealers, fine minerals, fossils, meteorites, petrified wood, amber, articulated dinosaurs,museum exhibits, tent show begins Sept. 8, Coliseum show opens Sept. 12; contact Eons Expos, Christine Perner, (516) 818-1228;e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.ColiseumShow.com

SEP. 12-16DENVER, COLORADO:Fall Colorado Mineral and Fossil Show; Martin Zinn Expositions LLC; Ramada Plaza Hotel(formerly Holiday Inn-Denver Central); 4849 Bannock St.; Daily 10-6, Sun. 10-5; free admission; 200 wholesale and retail dealers,free shuttle bus to Merchandise Mart; contactMartin Zinn Expositions, PO Box 665, Bernalillo, NM 87004-0665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.mzexpos.comSEP. 14-16DENVER, COLORADO:Colorado Fossil Expo; Martin Zinn Expositions LLC; Denver Merchandise Mart Plaza Annex;451 E. 58th Ave.; Fri. 9-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; adults $6, seniors and teens $4; 50 dealers, fossils, meteorites, petrified wood,amber, paleontology exhibits, part of the Denver Gem & Mineral Show; contact Martin Zinn Expositions, PO Box 665, Bernalillo, NM87004-0665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.mzexpos.comSEP. 14-16DENVER, COLORADO:Annual show; Greater Denver Area Gem & Mineral Council; Denver Merchandise Mart; 451E. 58th Ave. , I-25 Exit 215; Fri. 9-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; adults $6, seniors and students $4, children free with adult; 300 exhibitsand dealer/museum displays, expert speakers, demonstrations, gem cutting, jewelry making, fossil preparation, free kids' goldpanning, free gem and mineral identification; contact Larry Havens, Greater Denver Area Gem & Mineral Council, c/o DenverMuseum of Nature & Science, Box 4, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205-5798, (303) 233-2516; e-mail:[email protected]; Web site: www.denvermineralshow.comSEP. 28-30SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO:7th Annual Gem & Mineral Show; Palace of the Governors; Historic Courtyard; 113Lincoln Ave.; Fri. 10-7, Sat. 9-4.30, Sun. 9-4.30; free admission; contact Pennie McBride, New Mexico History Museum/Palace ofthe Governors, 113 Lincoln Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87504, (505) 476-5182; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site:www.nmhistorymuseum.orgSEP. 29-30MESQUITE, TEXAS:Annual show; Dallas Gem & Mineral Society; Mesquite Exhibition Hall; 1818 Rodeo Dr.; Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; adults $8; dealers, gems, minerals, fossils, demonstrations, kids' mine, fluorescent display, geode cracking, goldpanning; contact Darrell Harrison, 1808 Tisinger, Dallas, TX 75228; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site:www.dallasgemandmineral.orgOCT. 5-7ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO:Annual show; Albuquerque Gem & Mineral Club; Creative Arts Bldg.; NewMexico State Fairgrounds; Daily 9-5; free admission; more than 70 dealers, minerals, fossils, gemstones, jewelry, carvings,beads, lapidary tools and equipment, decorator specimens; contact Jay Penn, (505) 883-4195; e-mail:[email protected]; Web site: www.agmc.infoOCT. 6-7ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO:Annual show; Chaparral Rockhounds; Roswell Convention & Civic Center; 912 N. Main St.;Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4; adults $3, children free; "Our Mineral Legacy"; contact Jeri House, PO Box 815, Roswell, NM 88202, (575) 622-4688; e-mail: [email protected]

NOV./DEC. 30-2EL PASO, TEXAS:Annual show; El Paso Mineral & Gem Society; El Maida Shrine Auditorium; 6331Alabama; Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; adults $3, seniors $2, children (under 12) free; gems, minerals, fossils, beads,jewelry, tools, books, equipment, geode cutting, silent auction, demonstrations; contact Jeannette Carrillo, 4100 AlamedaAve., El Paso, TX 79905, (915) 533-7153; e-mail: [email protected]. 1-31QUARTZSITE, ARIZONA:Wholesale and retail show; Desert Gardens RV Park; Desert Gardens RV Park; 1055Kuehn St.; Mon. 9-dusk, Sun. 9-dusk; free admission; crystals, minerals, rough, polished, jewelry, lapidary equipment; contactSharon (manager), 1055 Kuehn St., Quartzsite, AZ 85346-2818, (928) 927-6361; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site:www.desertgardensrvpark.net

For further information or shows please check: www.rockngem.comWho knows, there just might be a good rock show in the area of your travels.

Thought for the Day: Maybe its true that life begins at fifty but everything else starts

to wear out, fall out, or spread out. Phyllis Diller

Some Interesting Web Sites for you to CheckOut Please send me any of your favorites that youthink others might be interested in and I will pass them along.

http://theimage.com/faceting/ INTRO TO FACETING Ron Gibbs has a nice presentation on faceting that is particularly wellillustrated. It's from a seminar he gave at the Michigan Geology and Gemological Society. (Courtesy of Brad Smith)

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Gemcrafters & Explorers Club, P.O. Box 3091, Las Cruces, NM 88003Affiliated with: American Federation of Mineralogical Societies www.amfed.orgMember of: Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies www.rmfms.orgMember of: Blue Ribbon Coalition www.sharetrails.org

2012 OFFICERS & volunteers:President Brecken Uhl 571-3554 [email protected]

Vice President Al Spencer 405-8864 [email protected] Pat Grace 202-2862 [email protected] - Brenda Gadberry 202-0200 [email protected] Patti Pickert 532-9351 [email protected] Don Saathoff 382-3464 [email protected] Director - Eric Fuller 524-0204 [email protected] Maxine Wyman 649-4900 [email protected]

We meet on the third Friday of the month at Gardiner Hall, Room 118, NMSU campus, Las Cruces, NM at6:30 pm for social and 7 pm for the meeting. There are no meetings in July and December. Dues are $10per person per year and each additional family member is $2 per year. They are due Jan.1st of each year.

A membership form will be emailed or mailed to you in December to be filled out and returned with yourcheck to the treasurer.

Our purpose shall be to gather knowledge and provideeducational benefits to members on geological,archaeological, lapidary, and mineralogical topics of interest,to include assistance to members in all lapidary problems, thestudy and identification of minerals and gem stones in therough, the field study of geological formations which produceminerals and gem stones, the collection of minerals andgemstones, and the exploration of any geological orarchaeological topic or area which may be of interest to the

membership.

NOTE: All articles and photographs are by the EditorMaxine Wyman unless otherwise noted.

Any address or email changes must be sent to meat: [email protected] 4680 St. Michaels, LasCruces, NM 88011.

Permission to reprint is granted if acknowledgement is given.We reserve the right to edit all material submitted for

publication

Info for the Newsletter: If you have information, articles, pictures or a website related to gemcrafting, rock collecting or exploring and would like to share please give me a call at 649-4900 or email me [email protected] If you have a good idea or story to tell I will be more than happy to help you write itup. Also if you have minerals, outdoor or camping equipment, etc. that you would like to sell please let meknow for our FREE "Classifieds." Maxine Wyman, Editor

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