Thursday June 4: General Meeting
Thursday June 18: Board Meeting
Sunday June 21: Father's Day
Saturday June 27: Field Trip - Natural History Museum - For Paid Members Only
NO JULY MEETING - SEE YOU IN AUGUST
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June 2026 Program: Howlite
Presented by: Bob Dearborn
Club member & secretary, Bob Dearborn, will give a talk on the mineral Howlite. A little on its history, its composition, where it can be found, and how it is used in the commercial world today. You may want to dig some of this out of your collection and make something different.
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June 2026 Rock of the Month: The Feldspar Group
Our June rock of the month is the Feldspar group. Some examples of feldspar include moonstone, sunstone, labradorite, and amazonite, to name some of the more well known varieties (there are 12 in total). Bring in your samples of this beautiful mineral to our June meeting and share them with the group. FYI… June's birthstones are pearl, moonstone, and alexandrite.
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June 2026 Field Trip: Natural History Museum - Unearthed: Raw Beauty Exhibit
10:00 am Saturday June 27, 2026 - Paid Club Members Only
Parking is $20 so the club recommends carpooling to help save money. Directions to the parking lot: Take 101 south toward downtown LA. Merge onto 110 south to Exit 20B, Exposition Blvd West. Pass one light before you reach Vermont Blvd and turn left at the traffic light onto Bill Robertson Lane. Proceed to the first driveway on your left into the parking lot. The parking lot opens at 9:30am and we will meet near the ticket booth at 10:00am. The ticket booth on the Exposition side of the museum/north. Proceed from the parking lot to the ticket booth. You will see other members. Payment will need to be made at the June meeting via cash, check or credit card. Adult: $15, Child under 12: $6, Seniors & Students: $12.
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Report on Event at Patrick Henry Middle School:
On May 15th our educational group went to its last scheduled school event before the summer break. Jeff Dengrove, Bernadette Friedman, Aileen Beckers, Diana Durfee, Pam Abbott, Bob Knox and Maxine & Bob Dearborn were there representing our club. We all gave educational information on rocks, fossils, geology and any questions that might be thrown at us. The two hours went really fast because we were having a good time. You, too, can have a good time at one of these events. Just come and help out.
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Club Member Joe Mastro's Japan Vacation:
My wife, Antonella and I, are vacationing in Japan. We stopped at a rock shop in Tokyo and bought a few things, including a fossilized walnut and some pyrites, etc. Prices here are very good. I'm wearing the club shirt that is for sale on Amazon. The owner of the store let me take some photos of her store and logo. There were a lot of people in the store at one point. Rock collecting in Japan is a thing. Kind of cool. And yes, some of the store's stock was from Japan, so I bought a few of those too.
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