Del-Air Education Team To Give Talk At Local Library

February 7th 2009 - 1:00 pm at the Woodland Hills Library
22200 Ventura Blvd. between Topanga Cyn Blvd. & Shoup

MAP

FREE!!!
Club members Keri Dearborn and Maxine Dearborn will be giving a talk on "Ice Age Animals". This should last for about an hour and is for adults and children. They will have a large collection of ice age bones, artifacts and pictures along with the Del-Air Education Team's specimens to enlighten, entertain and educate you on all the ice age animals. Take the time to stop by and see our exceptional education team in action.

2009 GEMboree Show

Attention All Rockhounds!!

Bring the whole family to the 2009 San Fernando Valley

Gem & Mineral Show in Northridge!

For two days only, Friday Feb 27 and Saturday Feb 28 2009.

Find unique gifts, crystals, fossils, gems, beads, youth games,

precious stones, displays, demonstrations, spheres ,mineral

specimens and handmade jewelry.

Free admission and free parking!

Shop late Friday February 27. From 3:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Shop early Saturday February 28. From 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

The GEMboree is located at:

Northridge United Methodist Church

9650 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, CA

Off the parking lot on Superior Ave behind the church.

See Pictures from last year!!

Sponsored by the Del-Air Rockhounds Club Inc.

A 501 c3 registered California non profit educational corp.

Happy New Year To All Del-Air Members and All Interested Guests! Please scroll below to see a calendar of events for this years happenings in Quartzite, AZ. I do not know who posted this but I send out a hearty Thank You as this is useful information for rockhounds to have.

And now.........January 2009's Mineral of the Month.........'WULFENITE'


Discovered in 1845, the mineral Wulfenite, is named after Austrian Jesuit mineralogist Franz Xavier von Wulfen, who authored a monograph on the lead ores of Bleiberg, Austria. Wulfenite forms square shaped, tabular crystals and also prismatic crystals. Other habits are massive and granular. Wulfenite is typically colored orange or yellow but may be brown, gray, or greenish brown. The colors often appear brilliant. Wulfenite forms in the parts of the ore veins that have been altered by circulating fluids, mainly water. Wulfenite can occur with a great variety of other minerals, including cerrusite, limonite, vanadinite, galena, pyromorphite, malachite, and mimetite. Wulfenite fuses easily. It is soluble in heated hydrochloric acid but will dissolve much more slowly in cold acid.

It's chemical properties are as follows:

Group: Molybdates
Crystal Structure: Tetragonal
Chemical Composition: PbMoO4
Hardness: 2-1/2 to 3 Mohs Scale
Specific Gravity: 6.5 to 7
Cleavage: Distinct Pyramidal
Fracture: Subconchoidal
Luster: Vitreous
Transparency: Translucent, Opaque
Streak: White
Tenacity: Brittle
Melting Point: 1065 o Celcius

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! - QUARTZITE 2009 IS COMING!

Things To Do In Quartzsite
2008 - 2009

http://www.quartzsitetourism.us/showschedule.htm

http://www.quartzsitetourism.us/calendar.htm

• RICE RANCH ROUNDUP [Vendor List]
  928.927.8118
  NOVEMBER 1, 2008 - FEBRUARY 28, 2009
  
  
• DESERT GARDENS 8TH ANNUAL
  INTERNATIONAL
  GEM, MINERAL & JEWELRY SHOW
  JANUARY 1 - FEBRUARY 28, 2009
  
  
• Hi JOLLY DAYS PARADE
  928.927-6159
  January 3, 2009
• Hi Ali Swap Meet
  November 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009

• MAIN STREET TRADERS
  Open Year Round!
  November 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009
  
  TYSON WELLS SELLARAMA [TYSON WELLS MAIN SITE]
  928.927.6364
  JANUARY 10 - JANUARY 25, 2009

• "It's Chili in Quartzsite"
  Chili Cook-off & State Salsa Championship
  Men's & Women's Open at Tyson Wells
  February 28, 2009
  

• BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - Tyson Wells Showgrounds
  February 27 - March 1, 2009
  
• ROCK AND GEM MINERAL SHOW JANUARY 2-11, 2009
  
• SELL-A-RAMA JANUARY 10-25, 2009
  
• ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 8, 2009
  

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• THE MAIN EVENT
  January 10, 2009 - January 25, 2009
  
  BIG TENT EVENTS [Vendor Links]
• 1.800.969.5464
  
• SPORTS & VACATION & RV JAN 16-25, 2009
  
• HOBBY, CRAFT AND GEM SHOW
  JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 1, 2009
  
• ROCK & ROLL CLASSIC CAR SHOW January 31 - FEBRUARY 1, 2009
  
  PROSPECTOR'S PANORAMA
  November 1, 2008 - February 15, 2009
  928.927.6467
  
  
• 43RD ANNUAL QIA POW WOW [Vendor List]
  928.927.6325
  JANUARY 21 - 25, 2009
  QUARTZSITEIMPROVEMENTASSOC.COM
  
  
  
• HIT AND MISS ENGINE
  JANUARY 23-25, 2009
  FEBRUARY:
  

• ATV Record Attempt Parade
  February 7, 2009
  
  

• Quartzsite Quilters Quilt Show
  Senior Center 928-927-6496
  February 14, 2009

February 27- March 1, 2009 Blue Grass Festival at Tyson Wells

February 28, 2009 Chili Cook-Off & State Salsa Championship

Hotels/Motels

There is one motel in Quartzsite with online reservations - Super 8 Motel
(Rates, availability and reservations online)

There are other hotels and motels in nearby (about 20 miles) Blythe, CA and one in Ehrenberg CA (Rates, availability and reservations online)

For reservations in, Indio CA - Yuma AZ or Lake Havasu.
(Rates, availability and reservations online)

Camping & RV Parks

There are camping and a plethora of RV accommodations in and around Quartzsite. For more information, contact:

* Quartzsite Chamber of Commerce
495 Main Event Lane
Quartzsite, Arizona 85346
928-927-5600

* Arizona State Parks 602-542-4174
* Arizona National Forests 800-280-CAMP