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| April 17st 2008 |
Kim Tyler will demonstrate the art of Stained Glass and tell us all about it. (Rescheduled - due to illness) | ||||||||||||||||||
| March 20st 2008 |
Ron Gibbs - 2008 trip to Quartzsite & Tucson Gem & Mineral Shows - photos and slabs, etc. 9,000 miles in the car and 6 weeks in the making! | ||||||||||||||||||
| February 21st 2008 | Bill Logan - Everything you wanted to know about the Manganese Carbonate - rhodochrosite. | ||||||||||||||||||
| January 24th, 2008 | - Cancelled - Discovery Place closed - | ||||||||||||||||||
| **December 7th, 2007 |
A different date - the club annual Christmas party dinner. Look for more info on the Christmas party page. | ||||||||||||||||||
| November 15th, 2007 |
Annual Club auction - bring lapidary related items to sell to support the club. | ||||||||||||||||||
| October 18th, 2007 |
Danny Jones - will discuss petrified wood and show many examples. | ||||||||||||||||||
| September 20th, 2007 |
Ron Hartemann will share some of his fossil collection and place them in geologic order. | ||||||||||||||||||
| August 19th, 2007 |
Many new announcements regarding Club House, Show, Picnic, etc. etc. | ||||||||||||||||||
| July 19th, 2007 |
TBA - but lots to discuss about potential formation of new clubhouse, future shows, and meetings ... | ||||||||||||||||||
| **June 24th, 2007 |
Danny Jones will begin with a tour of his wonderful specimen collection, and rock talk, followed by a covered-dish dinner. **Special date and Location: More Info | ||||||||||||||||||
| May 17th, 2007 |
Want to know how to cut a cabochon, how about a "composite" (framed) cabochon. Ron Gibbs will demonstrate and explain the process. | ||||||||||||||||||
| April 19th, 2007 |
How about crystals as big asw a car! Brazil has them, see the mines and the crystals in this months presentation. | ||||||||||||||||||
| March 15th, 2007 |
Learn all about sapphires as we explore Kashmir and the locales associated with the blue gem. | ||||||||||||||||||
| February 15th, 2007 | Bring your favorite mineral specimen or lapidary work to share. Also a mini program on Quartzsite gem show. | ||||||||||||||||||
| January 18th, 2007 | TBA | ||||||||||||||||||
| December 8th, 2006 |
Holiday party: it will be held on Friday, Dec. 8th instead of the normal meeting night. Location will be Amity Presbyterian Church - at the corner of Sharon Amity Rd. and Peirson Rd. The club will provide meat, dessert and drinks ... please bring a covered dish. | ||||||||||||||||||
| November 16th, 2006 |
Annual auction - bring things to help the club raise some money. | ||||||||||||||||||
| October 19th, 2006 |
Bill Logan - Dr. Logan will be talking about the Phosphate family of minerals | ||||||||||||||||||
| September 21th, 2006 |
Jimmy Strickland will be discussing ..."Rocks you won't want to lick or carry around in your pocket." He will be using material from the Davidson Collection, including gummite and other glow in the dark materials from Spruce Pine. Anyone with potential UV active material bring it to the meeting! | ||||||||||||||||||
| August 17th, 2006 |
The program for this month focuses on a video about geodes from Gem Center and about the geode mining in Mexico. We purchase our geodes here for sale throughout the year to support our scholarship program. | ||||||||||||||||||
| July 20th, 2006 |
Clarence Johnson will be doing the program for the July meeting about his last trip out to Utah and Arizona and points along the way. Also about the petrified wood and another possible trip in September | ||||||||||||||||||
| June 23rd, 2006 | Jack King will talk about "Hunting Obsidian in the West". Discussion of the Charlotte Gem Show, and discussion for future meeting location and times. We need your input! | ||||||||||||||||||
| May, 2006 | Danny Jones: Danny will show us how to set up display cases for both competition and just for showmanship. He will discus topical cases, interior layout, and design. | ||||||||||||||||||
| April, 2006 | Sarah Boyce: Will discuss and show us opals. She will show us how to cut them, make doublets and triplets, and how to select rough. Sarah has been teaching at the Wildacres & William Holland schools for several years. | ||||||||||||||||||
| February, 2006 | Ron Gibbs: demonstration of digital closeup photography - emphasis on mineral and gemstone photography. | ||||||||||||||||||