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“The Hard Rock News”

Kitsap Minera l and Gem Soc iety

Elected Officers for 2010

President:

Tony Schackmann (360) 372-2777

[email protected]

Vice President:

Woody Woodside (360) 871-1458

[email protected]

Secretary:

Linda Mathison (360) 698-1562

[email protected]

Treasurer:

Don Lorimor (360) 876-8907

[email protected]

President’s Message 1

Meeting Information for

March; Name Tag Pick-Up;

Review of February Program;

“Notice to Members”

2

“President’s Message”

Continued;“Hard Rock

Beaders”; Dues; “Recycling

Trim Saw Oil”

3

“Bagdad Mine Tour” 4

“Minutes of the February

12th General Meeting”;

“Good Friends and Good

Rock Trips”, “Breccia”

5

Rockhound Activities:

March Northwest Shows;

WSMC March Field Trip

8

March Calendar,

March Birthdays and

Anniversaries; “Quick Quiz”

9

Looking forward to April and

Beyond; Editor Contact Info

10

“March Birthstone”;

“Greetings From the Field”

7

“2010 Tucson Show Report”;

2010 KMGS Field Trip

Schedule

6

Inside this issue:

Happy St.

Patrick’s Day!

Top of the

month to you

my fellow

members! Welcome to the month

of March, the exciting time of the

year, everything will start turning

green. Plants are in bloom early

and the weather is getting warmer,

meaning field trips galore. New

members interested in our great

club and excited to get started. Let

us continue to show our gratitude

and help them become rock

hounds.

Woody Woodside did a great job

last month in planning and

organizing the “Member Sale”. I

believe we had a great turnout with

a lot of variety in material and

lapidary work. Thanks Woody and

all his helpers! Woody has a

program planned for the March

meeting that features a flint

knapper.

All the committees are busy making

plans for 2010! Jim McClure, our

November Show Chairman, will be

announcing a show planning

meeting coming up this month (see

page two). There is a field trip

schedule out and will be posted in

this newsletter by Dean Norman

(see page six). Evah

Summers has a fun program

planned for the Juniors at our

March Meeting. Come and enjoy

the fun and entertainment and get

educated.

I would like to schedule a workshop

that does not interfere with field

trip schedules and shows

throughout the year. Any ideas for

dates would be greatly appreciated!

Kathy Reimers has mentioned that

she would like to pass on the

newsletter editor position to anyone

willing to have an experience they

will enjoy. Training will be

provided!

Note: If you know of a member

who is ill or has suffered the illness

or loss of a family member, please

do not hesitate to contact our

Cheer Committee Chairperson,

Kathy McClure.

Remember, there are never enough

team players and mentors in this

organization to do all the work that

is needed to maintain it. The club

will continue to thrive as long as

our members are willing to

volunteer for a variety of jobs that

come available. We also like to

have a certain amount of job

rotation to take full advantage of

our members’ varied talents. I’m

looking for few more volunteers to

assist in the following areas:

Librarian, Welcome Table, Mineral

Council Representative, and

members

A Message From Our

President, Tony Schackmann:

Celebrating 70 Years!

March, 2010 http://www.kmg s.org

Continued on page three...

NAME TAG PICK-UP AT THE

“WELCOME TABLE”

IF YOU HAVE ORDERED A NAME TAG AND HAVE

NOT YET PICKED IT UP—PLEASE DO SO AT THE

NEXT MEETING. THANKS!!!

March Meeting News:

The March General Meeting will be held on

Friday, March 12th at 7:00 PM in the

basement day care center (entrance in the back) of

Chico Alliance Church 3670 Chico Way NW

Bremerton, Washington.

Board Meeting: The March Board Meeting will be

on Thursday, March 18th at 7:00 PM. This

meeting is also at the church, in the Junior’s

Activity Room. All members are encouraged to

attend Board Meetings. Please feel free to

participate.

Program: The program will be a DVD on the

flake over grind (FOG) method of flint knapping,

and Steve "Mutt" Colby will be demonstrating so

our members can see firsthand the process. FOG

is the method that produces the beautiful parallel

flake grooves that most people to day believe to

be a recent technique since it involves grinding

the flint, or obsidian before the flaking is carried

out. However, the ancient Egyptians used this

method, as did the Danes before they had metal.

— Woody Woodside

Display Table: We will have a display table for

March. This would be a good time to bring in those

lapidary projects you've been working on over the

winter. The display table is a great way to show

others in the club what your specialty is and could

motivate others to try something new. It is also a

good way for the more adventuresome to show

what they have been lucky enough to find while out

in the field. There are still a lot of gems and

minerals in the ground just waiting for somebody to

pick them up. Why not be one of those "finders

keepers"? Find something special, and then share

your experience with others at our club display

table. As always, you can bring in any gem,

mineral, fossil or lapidary-related item of your

choice. Juniors are encouraged to participate in this

portion of the meeting. If you can't think of

anything, bring something green. - Garry Mahan

Junior’s: We are going to get a special treat at the

next KMGS meeting. Several of our members have

offered to do a presentation on metal detector

types, and how to use them. Bring your questions

for our experts. Be prepared to answer some

questions and collect some prizes!

Mary Balderson and I went to Tucson last weekend

“THE HARD ROCK NEWS” MARCH, 2010

The February Program Review: The “Annual

Member’s Sale” provides an opportunity for our

members to sell their excess to other members and

their guests. Typically everyone has a great time and

it sounds like it was a terrific success again this year!

to experience the HUGE HUGE HUGE mineral and gem

show that is held officially at the Tucson Convention

Center and unofficially over a large part of the town.

There were people from many places around the world

with samples of minerals and gems found in their

countries. And what samples they were! For

example, I saw pods of amethyst that were 4 feet

taller than I am and twice as wide (that's big!), with

crystals so deep purple that they were almost black.

We share an amazing hobby/sport/mania. If I ever

doubted that, I don't now. Keep rockin' Juniors.

— Evah Summers

Refreshments for the March General Meeting:

will be provided by members with last name

beginning with the letter “W” , “L” (Please provide

finger foods that can be placed on a napkin.)

Remember that this involves refreshment set-up

and clean-up after the meeting has been

concluded.

Notice To Members:

We will be meeting at Ruth and Marvin Brooks-

Butler's home for a planning meeting of our next

show on March 24th, 6:30 PM—8:30 PM.

This is to get things rolling for November. As you all

know, it takes lots of hands and heads (that is the

kind using for ideas) to make the show as

wonderful as the last one. I would like to hear your

ideas for next show. I will even consider some com-

plaints! HA HA! I am hoping to introduce some new

members to the wonderful camaraderie of

Kitsap Mineral and Gem Society. This meeting is

open for everyone; SO DON'T BE SHY. Please plan

to attend. Thanks to Ruth and Marvin for opening

their home to us. - Jim McClure

“Hard Rock Beaders: The “Hard Rock Beaders” will

continue to meet on the first Thursday of the month. They

will meet on Thursday, March 4th, at 6:30 PM. The

meetings are held at the community center at the Steele

Creek Mobile Home Park. Call Linda Mathison at (360)

698-1562 for directions. Everyone is welcome!

Yearly DUES

$10.00 for Adult Membership

$20.00 for Family Membership

$2.50 for Single Junior

(Dues are due in June of each

year!)

Membership Committee:

Paulette Garibaldi and Dorothy Gambee

PAGE 3

“You Know You Are a Rockhound IF…

….They won't give you time off from work to attend the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show and you go anyway.”

….You still think pet rocks are a pretty neat idea.” - via AFMS website


KMGS Chairpersons:

Please keep our members informed

about what you need from them.

Put a note in the newsletter regularly.

News from the Port Townsend Club:

The Gemboree – tentative dates are June 4-5, 2010.

They have a new mailing address:

PO Box 1383 Port Townsend, WA 98368

From the Lips of Grandchildren….

When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from at-tracting pesky insects.

Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use, Grandpa. The mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights."

- via “Carney Hound” 5/08; From The Clackamette Gem 4/08

Recycling Trim Saw Oil

With the cost of oil products these days, here’s a clever

way to clean and recycle dirty oil from your trim or slab

saw: Put the oil in a disposable container such as a

coffee can or short plastic bucket, add hot water, and

stir. The hot water warms the oil and lowers its

viscosity so the trash (dirt) can settle out more easily.

The water, being denser than oil, sinks to the bottom.

The dirt and swarf that are suspended in the oil settle

out and sink to the bottom of the water, leaving clean

oil on top.

How then to separate the two? Put the whole works in

the freezer. The water will freeze and you can just pour

off the clean oil, and you can dispose of the ice (and

the dirt).

- via BEMS Tumbler 1/10;Rocky Trails, 11/09; original publication

unknown

willing to mentor in the lapidary arts.

We request that you keep your tumblers

going for the fair and show. We need

those polished rocks! Also, keep thinking

about how you can help out at show

time. Good things happen when we all

work as a team. Plan ahead by setting

the dates in your calendar now and see

it through.

Thanks for your confidence in me; I’ll do

my best as sworn.

Sincerely, Tony Schackmann

“President’s Message” Continued from page…..


Bagdad Mine Tour

February 13, 2010

By Kathy Reimers

Dave and I had an early Valentine’s treat on

February 13th. We feel fortunate to have been

included in a Mohave County Gemstoners’

(www. gemstoners.org) field trip to the Bagdad Mine in

Bagdad, AZ. The tour was limited to twenty-five

members.

This is a major open-pit copper and molybdenum

mine and is located about two hours northwest of

Phoenix.

We were able to take a guided tour of safer portions

of the mine and were allowed to do a little

rock hounding in their parking lot (granite that has

been processed surrounds you.) The pit’s rim is at

4000 feet above sea level and the pit is currently

2000 feet deep. The above picture was taken at the

lowest we were able to go into the pit and you could

look up at the rim which was maybe 350-500 feet

above you. They have done core drillings to sea

level and they are still finding ore. To reach the ore

at sea level the pit has to be widened out about

double what it is now. This mine runs 24/7/365.

There are HUGE dump trucks and other HUGE pieces

of equipment running down near the bottom of this

pit. You can only vaguely hear the noise from those

processes, it is unbelievable!

We were able to see the end products, large semi-

truck mud flap-size pieces of copper all stacked up

and waiting to be shipped-out on a loading dock.

There were also huge (ton-size) sacks of medicinal-

grade molybdenum waiting to be shipped out as

well.

The mine has a small break-room area with some

unusual pieces of chrysocolla and other beautiful

minerals in display cases for us to see. They even

had a fossil cactus on display.

The “Bagdad Café” opened up for our group on a

day they were normally closed and we had a

wonderful late lunch.

It was a wonderful day and a wonderful field trip!

This mine was divine!

Yep –that green thing at the bottom is a lake—there are actually two of them at the bottom.

This massive lake is the settling pond from the mine—this is approximately 1500 feet deep and there are

buildings buried in this. You can see the dam side of this from Burro Creek.

This is a picture of the dam side, looking back at the settling pond, taken from Burro Creek.

(Burro Creek Crossing Road)

“THE HARD ROCK NEWS” MARCH, 2010 PAGE 5

KITSAP MINERAL AND GEM SOCIETY

GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

February 12, 2010

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Opening night of the 2010 Olympics did not deter

club members from buying and selling world class

minerals, gems and related items at the KMGS

Annual Members’ Sale. Thank you to everyone

who participated! It was a very fun evening!

Jim McClure is getting an early start on the

volunteer list for the Fall Festival of Gems. There

are a number of positions that need to be filled so

the earlier you sign up the better

chance you have of getting the

job you want to do. This show is

successful because of our

volunteers so please, contact Jim

and let him know how you wish

to help!

Doug Leider has secured Raab

Park in Poulsbo for the Annual

KMGS Picnic. It will be on 31 July from noon to

4:00 PM scan through your recipes and bring your

best potluck item for the hungry crowd.

Being no further business the sale continued and

everyone who came to support our event went

away gold medal winners! Way to go, KMGS!

Respectfully submitted, Linda Mathison

Good Friends and Good Rock Trips…

While visiting good friends in Bisbee Arizona, I

checked the web for rock clubs in Southern AZ and

found one that meets in Sierra Vista that had a

meeting in three days and was only twenty-seven

miles away. It was a small group of friendly rock

hounds. There was also a very friendly couple from

Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, who were snowbirds like us,

visiting the club. The club field trip was two weeks

away, but Michael and Diane from Idaho told us of a

place.

So with a business card and a scribbled map on the

back, Wilma and I headed for the mountains.

Following the map to the end of the road, we

parked, booted up and looked around. Wilma and

dog,

Alphie,

checked

the area

around

the car

and trail

head,

and I

went up

the trail.

I had to

go

through

a heavily

brushed area until I found the limestone outcropping

and followed it up the mountain. I found a couple of

places where our neighbors from the south had

stayed while heading north. I made plenty of noise

as I went. I was still looking for signs of rock hounds

but found none. The brush was so heavy that I had

to drop down the hill and cut over and then back up

to the outcrop.

There it was: a large deposit, untouched by rock

hounds, of “root beer onyx”. The pieces were too

large for me to carry, so I filled my pack with

manageable sizes and left all the rest.

I phoned Michael and Diane to thank them. They

were excited and were going to try and find the pile

I left. Nothing better than good friends and good

rock trips. — Jack Eads

Geology Dictionary

by geology.com

Breccia—is a clastic sedimentary rock that is

composed of large (over

two millimeter diameter)

angular fragments. The

spaces between the

large fragments can be

filled with a matrix of

smaller particles or a

mineral cement which

binds the rock together.

The specimen shown at

right is about two inches

(five centimeters)

across.


2010 KMGS Field Trip Schedule:

No Field Trips are planned in October, November, or December

March 13th

Green Mountain—Kalama For: carnelian agate and Jasper

Bring: shovel, rake, probe, bucket Leader: John Hubbard Home: (253) 884-4415 Cell: (360) 731-7899

Meet At: Gig Harbor Safeway @ 7:00 AM or Kalama Exit 30

parking loop area

April 17th and 18th

Saddle Mountain For: petrified wood and opals

Bring: shovel, rake, pry bar, hard rock tools

Leader: Woody Woodside (360) 871-1458

Meet At: Mattawa Shell Station @ 9:00 AM Saturday

Maps provided upon request.

May 15th and 16th

Twin Rivers Area or Clallam Bay Slip Point For: Marine Fossils

Bring: bucket, light rock hammer Leader: Dean Norman

(360) 871-2054 Meet At: to be determined Low Tide: 8:57 AM –1.4

June 19th Salmon Creek

Silver Lake Area For: coprolites, carnelian agate,

jasper, petrified wood Bring: shovel, rake, probe, bucket

Leader: Richard Price (360) 867-1292

Meet At: Park-n-Ride, I-5 South exit 63 @ 9:00 AM (the one that

goes to Toledo and Winlock Hwy-505)


July 24th and 25th

Frost Mountain— Manastash Ridge

For: jasper and seam agate Bring: shovel, rake, pry bar, light

rock tools Leader: Dean Norman

(360) 871-2054 Meet At: At Frost Meadows

Saturday 9:00 AM Maps provided upon request.

August 14th and 15th Red Top and Teanaway River For: geodes, nodules, agate Bring: shovel, rake, pry bar,

hard rock tools Leaders: Woody and Dean

Woody (360) 871-1458 Dean (360) 871-2054

Meet At: Teanaway 29 Pines Campground at 9:00 AM


September 11th and 12th Rimrock

For: thundereggs, red and green jaspers

Bring: shovel, rake, pry bar hard rock tools

Leader: Tony Schackmann Home: (360) 372-2777 Cell: (360) 801-9194 Meet At: Rimrock Store

at 10:00 AM Maps provided upon request.

2010 Tucson Show Report by Wilma Eads

“Unusual" describes our

stay in Tucson this year: it

has rained many days. The

storms from the west

have howled,

pounded and

flooded. Where

was the rainbow?

At about 9:30 AM, on February 11th, the

first day of the Tucson Gem & Mineral

Society's 56th annual show "Gems and

Gem Minerals," we waited. There were at

least two hundred people before us in the

line, and thousands behind, when we

entered the massive room to find treasures from

around the world. We hurried

to the center of the hall to see

the biggest, most rare, most

glittering wonders. It is the

size that impresses us first.

The minerals are ten to twelve

inches high and up to three

inches in

diameter. They

have come from

Africa, Australia, South America and

China. And how they glitter. In

museum quality cases their colors

gleam and glisten. These treasures

are priceless! We stand and gaze in

awe! The rainbow has come inside.

"Unfathomable beauty" describes the show.

Save Those Stamps:

Save stamps for NFMS. These stamps are

cleaned and resold to dealers (mostly overseas)

and the money earned is sent to cancer

facilities. Please do not remove the stamp from

the envelope and try to retain at least 1/4” of

the envelope around the stamp.

- Jack Eads (NFMS Representative)

“THE HARD ROCK NEWS” PAGE 7 MARCH, 2010

More Cool Rockhound Websites:

www.amfed.org/nfms/

(Check out NW show info

online)

ww.amfed.org

See this newsletter in color at our website:

www.kmgs.org

March Birthstone : Aquamarine

If you can picture the cerulean blue

waters of the Mediterranean, you will

understand why the birthstone for March is

named Aquamarine. Derived from the

Roman word "Aqua," meaning water, and

"mare," meaning sea, this pale blue gem

does indeed resemble the color of seawater. The

ancient Romans believed that the Aquamarine was

sacred to Neptune, the god of the sea, having fallen

from the jewel boxes of sirens and washed onto shore.

Early sailors wore aquamarine talismans, engraved

with the likeness of Neptune, as protection against

dangers at sea. via—aboutbirthstones.com

Greetings From the Field,

Our recent field trip to Green Mountain, Kalama was

great fun. We had eight adults and one junior. The

weather was perfect with sunshine and 50+

degrees. We

started our

adventure by

attempting to

find the red

moss bed. I

missed the

correct trail by

a hundred

yards too far

to the left.

This caused us to wander in the woods for about

forty-five minutes. Boy, was I embarrassed. We got

back to the vehicles and decided to hunt for agate

at a site very close to where we already were. We

hiked over

to this site

and

started

digging. It

did not

take long

to start

finding

agate and

crystal.

After a few

hours

we

broke

for

lunch

and

then

Terry

Iverson

lead us

over to the red moss bed. His memory seems to be

better than mine.

At the moss bed, Woody started digging and found

several very nice pieces. I found a few small pieces

of red

moss

agate,

some

jasper and

several

carnelian

agates.

Everybody

had a

great day

as we ended at 4:30 PM.

Consider joining us for the next field trip. It is

always an adventure. — John Hubbard


Washington State Mineral Council Field Trips February, 2010:

(KMGS is a WSMC Member Club) mineralcouncil.org

ALWAYS CALL/CONTACT GROUP TO CONFIRM INFORMATION:

Most trips will have 8 1/2” X 11” WSMC direction signs. Most weekend trips will have a Sat evening potluck,

and a Sunday morning free pancake breakfast. Material swapping and tail-gating encouraged.

The Everett Club is hosting the field trip to Miller River for picture Jasper on March 20th. You will need to plan on bringing a crack hammer and container. Meet at 9:00 AM at Highway 2 at Skykomish.

Contact: Bob Johnson (425) 408-0849 [email protected]

Northwest Shows - March, 2010 (via NFMS website www.amfed.org/nfms/)

March, 2010 6th 10am - 6pm

7th 10am - 5pm

Owyhee Gem & Mineral Society

Collecting Gems for 2010

O'Conner Field House Canyon Co. Fair-

grounds 2200 Blaine Caldwell,

Idaho

Carolyn Roberts (208) 466-6191

[email protected] Club Website


7th 10am - 5pm

E. King Co., Rock Club

Annual Rock & Gem Show

Pickering Barn 1730 10th Ave.NW.

Issaquah, WA

EKCRC, P. O. Box 2203

Redmond, WA 98073 Norma Kikkert

[email protected]


7th 10am - 4pm

Rock & Arrowhead Club

Annual Show "Thundereggs and

Geodes"

Klamath County Fair-grounds

3531 S. 6th St. Klamath Fall, OR.

97603

Marv Stump (541) 882-8341 or

Garwin Carlson (541) 882-8276


13th 10am - 5pm

14th 10am - 5pm

Tualatin Valley Gem Club

52st Annual Show "Back Again

in 2010"

Washington Co., Fairplex

873NW 34th Ave. Hillsboro, Oregon

Roy Woo (503) 459-1903

[email protected] Club Website


13th 10am - 6pm

14th 10am - 5pm

Rock Rollers of Spokane

EARTH TREASURES

Spokane Fair & Expo Center

N. 604 Broadway & Havana

Spokane, WA

Leon Agee (509) 276-3992

Jim Cotant (509) 534-1746


14th 9am - 6pm

Magic Valley Gem Club

Magic Valley Gem Show

NEW LOCATION Twin Falls Co., Fair-

grounds Merchant Building #3

215 Fair Ave. Filer, ID

Harold Waggoner 3439 N 3300 E

Kimberly, ID 83341 (208) 423-9668

Shirley Metts [email protected]


20th 10am - 7pm

21th 10am - 5pm

Timpanogos Gem & Mineral Society

Annual Show Spanish Fork Fair-grounds

475 South Main Spanish Fork, UT

Frank Weight PO Box 65

Provo, UT 84601 (801) 489-4040

March, 2010 26th 8:30 - 6 pm

27th 9am - 5 pm

Panorama Gem & Mineral Club

10TH ANNUAL SHOW

Fort Colville Grange Hall

1 mile east (157 Hwy 20) Colville, WA.

Bill Allen (509) 935-8779

[email protected]


28th 10am - 4pm

Sweet Home Rock & Mineral Society

62nd Annual Rock & Gem Show

Sweet Home High School Activity Gym

handicap parking 1641 Long St.

Sweet Home, OR

Joe Cota (541) 451-2740

MARCH, 2010 “THE HARD ROCK NEWS”

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 “Hard Rock Beaders” 6:30 PM

5 6 Shows

7 Shows 8 9 10 11 12 KMGS General Mtg. @ 7:00 PM; Shows

13 Shows; KMGS Field Trip

14 Shows 15 16 17 18 KMGS Board Meeting @ 7:00 PM

19 Show 20 WSMC Field Trip; Show

21 Show 22

23 Newsletter Deadline

24 Show Meeting 6:30 PM—8:30 PM

25 26 Show 27 Shows

28 Show 29 30 31

March, 2010

Quick Quiz:

What type of material did Jack Eads find on his field trip in Southern Arizona?

March Birthdays:

Donna Bauman Lindsee Cooper (3-24)

Patricia Cummins (3-10) Pat Fagan (3-20)

David Farley (3-5) Gay Fawcett (3-22)

John Franke (3-30) Sanny Graves (3-30)

Belma Hampton (3-25) Linda Holcomb (3-19)

Jonathan Jolly (3-31) Diane Jones

Lorene Leider (3-19) Kathy McClure (3-12)

Quay Nary (3-5) Johvin Perry (3-16)

Shirley Robinson (3-16) Sierra Schackmann (3-1)

Evah Summers Betsy Wett (3-25)

March Wedding Anniversaries:

Bill and Alice Eisenburg (3-21)

Paul and Dannette Graves (3-17)

Sam and Linda Holcomb (3-11)

Doran and Marlene Kennedy (3-17)

Jim and Kathy McClure (3-17)

Gregorian Birthstone Poem:

By her who in March was born

No gem save Bloodstone shall be worn

They will ensure her constancy

True friendship and fidelity.

(Bloodstone is the March Birthstone Cabochon.)

Schedule of Events

Check out page eight for the listing of Northwest Shows. What an abundance of shows to choose from!

March 4th—”Hard Rock Beaders” meet at 6:30 PM

March 12th—KMGS General Meeting at 7:00 PM

March 13th—KMGS Field Trip to Kalama

March 18th—KMGS Board Meeting at 7:00 PM

March 20th—WSMC Field Trip to Miller River

March 23rd—Newsletter Deadline

March 24th—Show Meeting at 6:30 PM at the Brooks-Butler home

Refreshments for the March Meeting will be

brought to you by “W” and “L”.

(See pages two & six

for details.)

Editor Contact Information: Kathy Reimers

[email protected] Phone: (360) 275-5986

Please Use Cell Phone 1-10 to 4-3-2010: (360) 731-5963

3530 NE Old Belfair Hwy. #23 Belfair, WA 98528

Deadline for April, 2010 Newsletter:

March 23, 2010

Save Those Stamps

“The Hard Rock News” is the Official Publication of the Kitsap Mineral and Gem Society. Meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the second Friday of most months at Chico Alliance Church Daycare (entrance in the back). Address: 3670 Chico Way NW, Bremerton, Washington.

The object of the Society is to provide a general dissemination of knowledge pertaining to the earth sciences; to sponsor regular meetings and field trips for the benefit of the membership and to be helpful along these general lines to one and another. The Society is social and educational in character.

Our club is a member of the Washington State Mineral Council, the Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies. and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.

• The annual KMGS Auction is coming up at the General Meeting on April 9th. Prepare to

have FUN!

• Plans are in the works for the November show “Fall Festival of Gems” to take place the

weekend of November 20th and 21st. Set-up is November 19th. We need your active

participation!

Feel free to contact me if you want to put

an announcement in the newsletter. Keep

in mind the monthly deadline and that the

newsletter usually arrives around the

beginning of each month, so plan your

announcement accordingly. Contact

information is at left. - Editor

March, 2010

scribesite.home.att.net

PO Box 3342 Silverdale, Washington 98383-3342

"The Hard Rock News"

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