The Del Air Rockhounds Club Welcomes You!!

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The Del-Air Rockhounds Club was founded in 1954 with members mostly residing in the San Fernando Valley area of California. Our club is a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing knowledge of the lapidary arts and techniques, geology, mineralogy and related fields. We own our own lapidary equipment with members available to teach and demonstrate lapidary techniques to other members. Our members enjoy lapidary related programs, demonstrations, exhibitions, displays and lectures. We also take monthly field trips to our local deserts & mountains for exploration and the study and collection of lapidary and mineral specimens.

Member of the California & American Federation of Mineralogical Societies

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7618, Van Nuys, CA 91409 

December 2024 Del Air Rockhounds Calendar of Events

Thursday December 5: 2024 Holiday Party - Paid Members Only

Saturday December 7: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Thursday December 12: Crystal Tabby Day - Paid Members Only

Saturday December 14: *Flash Shop Day* - Paid Members Only

Sunday December 15: Chatsworth Holiday Parade & Festival

Thursday December 19: Board Meeting

Saturday December 21: First Day of Winter

Wednesday December 25: Christmas & Hanukkah

Thursday December 26: Kwanzaa

Tuesday December 31: New Years Day

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December 2024 Program - This Event is for Paid Members Only

2024 Del-Air Holiday Party & Election of Our 2025 Board of Directors

Happy Holidays Del-Air members. It's time once again for our annual holiday party. This year we will be enjoying a member provided, international themed, potluck dinner and a special presentation revolving around slabs and cabochons. There will be some games and the annual election of our Board of Directors for 2025. Remember to prepare enough of your dish to feed approximately 6-8 people. Our holiday party committee has put together a fun evening you all are sure to enjoy. The party will be held on our regular December meeting date of Thursday December 5th in the Fellowship Hall building of the Northridge United Methodist Church beginning at 6:30 pm, one (1) hour earlier than our usual meeting time. Please remember to wear your name badges to the party.

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January 2025 Club Meetings

Due to the proximity of our January 2025 general meeting to the New Years Holiday, please be advised the January meeting has been moved to Thursday, January 9th at 7:30 pm in our regular meeting room at Northridge United Methodist Church and our January board meeting has been moved to Thursday, January 23, 7:30 pm at Shellie Van Winkle's home.

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*****Flash Shop Day***** This Event is for Paid Members Only                   

10:00 am to 3:00 pm Saturday December 14 @ Jeff Dengrove's Home                                                    'Slabs to Cabs'  Come join us at Jeff Dengrove's house and learn how to transform those slabs you'll be receiving at the Holiday Party into beautiful cabochons. Just in time to make those last minute Christmas gifts for that special someone or maybe for yourself as well. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn a new lapidary skill. There will be instructors on hand to show you how it's done. It's really easy. 

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2024 Chatsworth Holiday Parade  & Festival

Sunday December 15, 2024 -  Set-up begins 10:00 am

Event runs 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm 

The Del-Air Rockhounds will be hosting a booth at this event. Members will be needed to help run this double-wide booth. Please see any board member to let them know you'd like to help out. We participate in this event every year and it's always a lot of fun for everyone. Come see what you're missing!

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November Field Trip Report & January Field Trip Teaser

November 9th saw the Del Air’s meeting in Mojave, CA  at 9:30 am for a Field Trip. Chairman, Jeff Dengrove, led 6 cars of people out to the North Edwards collecting areas to pick up rocks. And boy, did we pick up rocks! No digging, just bend over and take the agate that looked pretty. We stopped at 4 different areas and enjoyed a perfect day for rockhounding.  There was just a little breeze with temps in the low 70’s. Perfect! After picking up all this nice rock we decided to go to Boron, CA and visit the Rio Tinto Boron Mine Visitor's Center.  They say this is the largest open-pit mine in California, operated by the U.S. Borax division of Rio Tinto. A very good visitor center with a lot of information on this mining operation. They also have a couple of dump sites here where you can collect different minerals from their operation. We all did this too! Members on this trip were: Jeff Dengrove, Bob & Maxine Dearborn, Dan Farber, Pam Abbott, Ann Richardson, Vincent Santoro, Trevor Feemster, Dr Oh and his 2 guests. We hope to see even more members join us for our annual whale bone trip to Refugio Beach on Jan 29, 2025. More details to follow in our January Bulletin. Stay Tuned and save the date.

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2025 Quartzsite Info:                                                                                                                               

Desert Gardens - Jan 1 to Feb. 28 

Tyson Wells Rock & Gem Show - Jan 3 to 12

Pow Wow Show - Jan 15 to 19

Tyson Wells Sell A Rama - Jan 17 to 26 

RV Show - Jan 18 to 26.

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The Gold Coast Gem & Mineral Show 

Has been rescheduled to December 7 & 8 due to the Ventura County Fairgrounds needing to house 3000 firefighters over the original dates.

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