Sept 2015
03:
General Meeting: 7:30 pm in our regular meeting room.
07:
Labor Day: Celebrate America’s Workforce!
10-13:
Field Trip: Greenhorn Mtns for rose quartz & more (see article)
17: Board Meeting: 7:30
pm at the TBD home
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Del Air General Meeting: Thursday Sept 03, 2015
The meeting begins at 7:30 pm
in our regular meeting room at:
Northridge
United Methodist Church - 9650 Reseda Blvd, Northridge, CA 91324
Guests Are Always Welcome
At Our Meetings & Events.
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Sept 2015 Program: The Del Air Annual Silent Auction
presented by: The
Membership
The famous Del-Air
Rockhounds annual Silent Auction is here at our September meeting. Many items
start at only 25 cents! This is one of the fundraising events for our club. We
will make sure you are going to have a blast in bidding on all the fabulous
minerals and rocks. Just to name a few, there will be Blue Forest petrified
wood, Wyoming Green River fish fossil, Texas Bouquet Agates, fossil plates of
Horn Corals, Archimedes Bryozoans, sea fossils from the 325 million year old
Bangor limestone deposits of Alabama, Pliocene aged "jewel-box"
shells, etc. There will be a "Kids Only" table, so you can bring the
kids and they can enjoy bidding for treasures too!
Emmy Silverman-Program Chairwoman
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Support Our Hobby...Attend A Local Show
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September 19 - 20:
CHICO, CA
Feather
River Lapidary & Mineral Society, Oroville
Silver
Dollar Fairgrounds
2357
Fair Street
Hours:
Sat 9:30 - 5 daily
John
Scott, (530) 343-3491
Email:
jweazel@sbcglobal.net
Website:
www.featherriverrocks.org
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September 19 - 20:
REDWOOD CITY, CA
Sequoia
Gem & Mineral Society
Community
Activities Building
1400
Roosevelt Avenue
Hours:
10 - 5 daily
Contact:
Carol Corden
Email:
cordencarol@yahoo.com
Website:
www.sequoiagemandmineralsociety.org
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September 26 - 27:
DOWNEY, CA
Delvers
Gem & Mineral Society
Elks
Lodge
11233
Woodruff Avenue
Hours:
Sat 9 - 5; Sun 9 - 4
Contact:
Dale Hardwood (310) 217-0551
Email:
nancyjbird@verizon.net
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September 26 - 27: LODI,
CA
Stockton
Lapidary & Mineral Club
Lodi
Grape Festival Grounds
413
East Lockford Street
Hours:
10 - 5 daily
Contact:
Jerold Kyle, (209) 368-9411
Email:
jeroldkyle@yahoo.com
Website:
www.stocktonlapidary.com
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September 26 - 27:
MONTEREY, CA
Carmel
Valley Gem & Mineral Society
Monterey
Fairgrounds
2004
Fairgrounds Road
Hours:
Sat 10 - 6; Sun 10 - 5
Contact:
Janis Rovetti, (831) 372-1311
Email:
janis12@sbcglobal.net
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September 26 - 27: SANTA
ROSA, CA
Santa
Rosa Mineral & Gem Society
Wells
Fargo Center for the Arts
50
Mark West Springs Road
Hours:
Sat 10 - 6; Sun 10 - 5
Contact:
Jolene, (707) 528-7610
Email:
Jolene@srmgs.org
Website:
www.srmgs.org
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September 30 - October
4: YUCCA VALLEY, CA
Hi-Desert
Rockhounds
Sportsman's
Club of Joshua Tree
Hours:
9 - 6 daily
Contact:
Judy Thompson, (760) 902-5340
Email:
rogerthompson@mac.com
Website:
www.jtsportsmansclub.com/gem.html
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October 3 - 4: BORON, CA
Mojave
Mineralogical Society
Boron
Park
12000
Boron Avenue
Hours:
9 - 4 daily
Contact:
Steve Breckenridge, (760) 559-0872
Email:
rock5b@starband.net
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Sept
2015: Florida State Stone of the Month
“Agatized Coral”
Coral
is the outside skeleton of tiny ocean animals called polyps, which live in
colonies attached to hard underwater surfaces. When alive, polyps combine their
own carbon dioxide with the lime in warm seawater to form a limestone-like hard
surface known as coral.
Agatized coral occurs when
silica in the ocean water hardens, replacing the limy corals with a form of
quartz known as chalcedony. This long process (20-30 million years) results in
the formation of a "pseudomorph," meaning that one mineral has
replaced another without having lost its original form. In 1979 agatized coral
was designated the official state stone of Florida. Agatized coral is found in
three main Florida locations: Tampa Bay, the Econfina River, and the
Withlacoochee and Suwannee river beds.
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Once again, The Del Air Rockhounds have
chosen “Operation Christmas Child”, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, as our
holiday charity. We ask members, friends and guests to “Pack a Shoebox” for an
underprivileged child this Christmas.
Here’s how it works:
- Use an empty cardboard or plastic shoebox (average size). You can wrap the box & lid separately, but is not required.
- Decide whether your gift will be for a boy or a girl, and the age category: 2-4, 5-9, or 10-14. Pick-up a label from club member Emmy Silverman or download one from http://www.samaritanspurse.org. Use the appropriate boy/girl label. Mark the correct age category and tape the label to the top of your box.
- Fill with gifts. Fill the box with a variety of gifts that will bring delight to a child. See below for gift ideas.
- Help cover shipping and other costs related to delivering your shoeboxes to children overseas by donating $7 for each gift you prepare. You can write a check to Samaritan’s Purse (note “OCC” on the memo line) and place it in an envelope on top of the items inside your shoebox. If you are preparing multiple gifts, please make one combined donation.
- Place a rubber band around each closed shoebox and bring it to our general meeting on Thursday November 5, 2015 and club member Emmy Silverman will deliver them to Samaritan’s Purse for delivery to children around the world.
Gift Ideas:
- Toys: Include items that children will immediately embrace such as dolls, toy cars, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, balls, toys that light up and make noise (with extra batteries), etc.
- School Supplies: pens, pencils and sharpeners, crayons, markers, notebooks, paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books, etc.
- Non-Liquid Hygiene Items: toothbrushes, bar soap, combs, washcloths, etc.
- Accessories: t-shirts, socks, hats, sunglasses, hair clips, jewelry, watches, flashlights (with extra batteries), etc.
A Personal Note: You may enclose a note to the child and a photo of
yourself or your family. If you include your name and address, the child may be
able to write back.
Do
Not Include:
Used or damaged items; war-related items like
toy guns, knives or military figures; chocolate or food; out of date candy;
liquids or lotions; medications or vitamins; breakable items such as snow
globes or glass containers or aerosol cans.
