Our
Newsletter: RocKester News
Annual
Rochester Mineralogical Symposium
2012 Schedule & Registration Form is now available at the link above.
This world-renowned event takes place each April at the
Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport at 175 Jefferson Road, Rochester, NY
14623.

Feature
Article
If you missed
Bob Morgan's talk at the 2003 Tucson Mineral Show or at the section meeting
in the spring of 2003 (or just wish to see it again), here is your chance!
Bob has graciously made his slides and narration notes available for viewing
on the Web. Thanks, Bob.
Amazing
Pyrite Shapes of Huanzala, Peru
Other
Club Events
Science
Exploration Days This annual event at St. John Fisher
College each May provides us with an opportunity to demonstrate, talk
about, and give away minerals to area Junior and Senior ) high school
students.
This year's dates are Thursday
May 10 and Friday
the 11th, 2012.
June
Picnic as guests of the Rochester Lapidary Society. . More
info to follow.
Annual
ADK Outdoor Expo put on by the Genesee Valley Chapter of
the Adirondack Mountain Club at Mendon Ponds Park Beach Area. We will
have a booth advertising our club to the public. This year's event is
on Saturday June 9, 2012.
Annual
Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show Co-sponsored with
the Rochester Lapidary Society at Minett Hall at the Monroe Co. Fair and
Expo Center.
2012 Dates:
Saturday October 20 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday October 21 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Holiday
Dinner Meeting In December each year. A special
year-end get together and pot-luck dinner.
Articles
The October 2007 meeting featured Dr. David Bailey, Associate
Professor of Geology at Hamilton College, who gave an interesting talk
about the Kimberlitic Rocks of New York.
For a summary of this talk,
click here!
Barton
& Hooper Garnet Mine Field Trip
Contacts
Mineral Website
and General Information
mineral(at)rasny.org
Field Trip Coordinators
mineraltrips(at)rasny.org
Past President
William Pinch
Vice President
Stephen Busschaert
mineralvp(at)rasny.org
Secretary Don VanTyne
mineralsecretary(at)rasny.org
Treasurer Paul Dudley
Curator William Pinch
Directors
James Synyard
Brian McGrath
Kathy Henrie
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Events Schedule
Monthly Club meetings
are generally on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Brighton
Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Ave., Rochester NY. Our December meeting
will be elsewhere, and occasionally we may need to change the date or
meeting locations. This site will list any such changes or updates.
There is no meeting in April
due to all the mineralogical excitement created by the Rochester
Mineralogical Symposium.
Thursday & Friday May 10 & 11
41st Annual Science Exploration Days At St. John
Fisher Gymnasium. Help is needed with this event! Thursday, May
10th, 7:00-9:00pm Open to the public! Please feel free
to stop by to see the many exhibits which include RAS Section exhibits,
including our Mineral Section tables.
Friday, May 11th, 9:00am-1:00pm For registered junior and
senior high school students, and their teachers. This event is sponsored
by the Central Western Section of the Science Teachers Association
of New York State. Mineral Section will be one of the many science
exhibitors there with several mineral displays. Volunteers are needed!
Please contact Nancy at mineralpres(at)rasny.org
or 585-395-1713 if you can assist for two or more hours, or help with
set up (check with me for time) and tear down at 2:00pm on Friday. For
more info about this event
http://www.ggw.org/~cws/sed.htm
Saturday, May 12th Herkimer
Diamond FIELD TRIP to Ace of Diamonds, Rte. 28 North, Middleville, NY.
9:00am 5:00pm. Meet at the dig site whenever youre able to
arrive. Age 8 and older $9.50/day, Age 7 & under $4.50/day. Safety
glasses, sturdy footwear required. To sign up and for carpooling, e-mail
mineraltrips(at)rasny.org.
For more info on this site and directions, go to http://www.herkimerdiamonds.com/
Tuesday, May 15th MONTHLY
MEETING 7:30 - 9:30 PM in the Downstairs Meeting Room, Brighton
Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14618. Dan Robertson, Geosciences
Chairman at MCC will give a talk titled: "Settling in with some
Platinum: Why the Stillwater Mine near Yellowstone has so much of it."
Door prizes & Refreshments. Visitors welcome! For update,
check back here, or contact Stephen Busschaert at mineralvp(at)rasny.org
or 585-288-5683.
Saturday, May 19th (POSTPONED Until July)
- JUNIOR OPEN HOUSE at the lovely home of Bill Coons, former Mineral Section
and RAS President. 7:30pm - till. Bill will show children his wonderful
mineral collection and teach what is important when making a collection.
Refreshments. Child(ren) must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
To sign up and get address, please contact mineralpres(at)rasny.org
or 585-395-1713.
Monday, May 21st - JUNIOR EVENT,
6:30 - 8:00 PM, Downstairs Meeting Room of the Brighton Town Hall, 2300
Elmwood Ave., Rochester, 14618. Topic will "Radiation and Radioactive
Minerals." Door prizes and refreshments. To sign
up, or more information, contact mineralpres(at)rasny.org.
Memorial Day Weekend Field Trip to South Carolina
is CANCELED.
Sunday, June 3rd Rochester
Lapidary Society Picnic We are invited to attend their annual picnic
and Silent Auction at 12:00 noon till, at Roberts Cabin, Henrietta
Town Park, Calkins Rd. near the Fair & Expo Center. Enter the
park and take the first right to find Roberts Cabin on your left. They
furnish meat, cold drinks, paper goods, bread & plastic-ware. Please
bring a dish to pass. Bidding increments in the Silent Auction are $1
and Lapidary receives 20% of the proceeds. For more info or carpooling,
contact mineralpres(at)rasny.org
or 585-395-1713.
Saturday, June 9th 15th Annual
Adirondak Outdoor Expo. 9:00am 4:00pm, Mendon Ponds Park, Beach
area, Rochester, NY. Our Section will be one of the vendors talking
to the public about our local minerals and what our club has to offer.
For more info, go to http://www.adk-gvc.org/expo
You don't have to be an expert to help out - please e-mail mineralpres(at)rasny.org
or call 585-395-1713.
Field Trips
A benefit of Mineral Section membership are the club-sponsored
field trips.
An advance headcount is required for field trips, and you must be a member
to receive field trip details.
To sign up for field trips, or if you have an idea for a field trip, contact
mineraltrips(at)rasny.org.
If you are not currently a member here is a link to the RAS
membership form
2011 Field Trips
Saturday, April 9, National Limestone Quarry, Mt. Pleasant
Mills, PA for clear calcite crystals, strontionite, wavellite, and
flourite veins in rock. For more information, mineraltrips@rasny.org.
Sunday, May 1 - Marmora Quarry Field Trip, 8:30 a.m.
- 3:00 p.m. Stirling-Marmora Rd., Marmora, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada.
Late arrivals OK. Well-supervised children & power tools allowed.
Reflective orange or yellow vest or shirt required. Must have passport
or enhanced driver's license. For more info, please e-mail mineraltrips(at)rasny.org
Saturday, May 14 Penfield Quarry Open House.
For dolomite, calcite, gypsum, sphalerite, fluorite, and galena.
7:00 a.m. to noon. Penfield quarry on Whalen Road between
Atlantic Ave. (Rt 286) and Five-mile Line Road, Penfield.
Saturday & Sunday, October 8 & 9 Walworth
Quarry Open House. Arrive at 6:45 a.m. Off Atlantic
Avenue (Rt. 286) east of Penfield and just west of Rt. 350. Entrance
on Tiffany Road. .
Some Previous Field Trips
Penfield Quarry (Dolomite Products Co., Inc.), Minerals that may be
found here are Fluorite, Selenite, Dolomite, Calcite, Sphalerite, Celestine,
Gypsum & Fossils.
Herkimer "Diamond" Mine, Herkimer, NY for quartz crystals..
"Diamond" Acres, Fonda, NY for quartz crystals.
Crystal Grove "Diamond" Mine
& Campground, St. Johnsville, NY for quartz crystals.
Bancroft, Ontario, Canada area.
Marmora Quarry (Aecon Corp.), Stirling-Marmora
Rd., Marmora Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
Barton
Garnet Mine, North River, NY and the abandoned Hooper Garnet mine.
Garnet, gneiss, feldspar, hornblende.
Lafarge, NA at Lockport (Quarry) - Minerals
usually found there include: Pink-tinged dolomite crystals, calcite
crystals, celestine, gypsum (selenite & massive), anhydrite, and
marcasite.
Spring Creek, Alden,
NY depending on people's preference, for fossils, pyritized
fossils & nodules and septarian nodules.
Lewis & St. Lawrence
Counties. Tourmalines,
titanite, diopside, graphite, blue calcite, and more.
Bower Powers farm
for uvite, quartz & apatite, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY.
Meckley's Limestone Products, Inc.
Quarry in Mandata, PA
National
Limestone Quarry, in Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pennsylvania for wavellite,
calcite & strontianite.
Dolomite Products Co.,
Inc., Walworth Quarry, Walworth, NY. for dolomite,
calcite, gypsum, fluorite, sphalerite, marcasite.
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