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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
Annual
Rochester Mineralogical Symposium
This world-renowned event takes place each April at the Radison
Hotel on Jefferson Road.
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 Wednesday
May 12 and Thursday
the 13th, 2010.
June
Picnic as guests of the Rochester Lapidary Society.
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 12, 2010.
Annual
Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show Co-sponsored with
the Rochester Lapidary Society at Minett Hall at the Monroe Co. Fair and
Expo Center.
2010 Dates:
Saturday October 23 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday October 24 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Annual
Club Holiday Party 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 Web site
and General Information
mineral(at)rasny.org
Field Trip Coordinators
mineraltrips(at)rasny.org
Officers
for 2010
President William Pinch
mineralpres(at)rasny.org
Vice President Nancy
McCann
mineralvp(at)rasny.org
Secretary Andrea Hart
McMahon
mineralsec(at)rasny.org
Treasurer Paul Dudley
Curator William Pinch
Directors
Chuck Hiler
Stephen Busschaert
Jesse Sackett
Our
Newsletter: RocKester News
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Events Schedule
Monthly Club meetings
are generally on the third Tuesday of each month at 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.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - MONTHLY
MEETING: 7:30 to 9:30 pm. Downstairs at Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood
Ave. We'll be having a Show & Tell/Swap/Sale, so start thinking about
what you'd like to bring, or just come and enjoy the specimens that will
be on hand. Items from the Coffee collection will be for sale. Door prizes
& refreshments. Visitors welcome. Stay tuned for more info. http://www.rasny.org/mineral
Friday, October 8, 2010 - EXTRA MEETING:
7:30 to 9:30 pm. Meeting place to be determined. James Tovey of
TOVECO, Alstead, NH will be speaking about his beryl mine there. He will
have aquamarine, smoky quartz and other specimens, as well as cabochons,
beads, faceted stones and finished jewelry originating from the mineral
material in his mine. Refreshments. Visitors welcome.
Saturday October
23 & Sunday October 24
Rochester Gem, Mineral, Fossil & Jewelry Show Click
for details.
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
2010 Field Trips
Field trip information will be made available to members through our
newsletter and via e-mail.
However, the first two trips for this season are as follows:
Saturday April 17
Crystal Grove Diamond (Herkimer quartz crystals)
Mine & Campground, 161 County Highway 114, St. Johnsville,
NY 13452. For more info: www.crystalgrove.com. Contact Valerie Polachak
for more info & carpooling: valp(at)rochester.rr.com
Sunday April 25
Marmora Quarry (Aecon Corp.), Stirling-Marmora Rd., Marmora Township,
Hastings County, Ontario, Canada with Buffalo Geological Society. 9am
- 4pm. For minerals found at this site: www.mindat.org/loc-15212.html
For more info: mineraltrips(at)rasny.org
(Note, a passport or enhanced driver's license is required.)
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.
Bancroft, Ontario, Canada area.
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. Power Tools allowed.
Personal Protective Equipment: Hard hat, safety glasses, sturdy footware,
long pants. Gloves recommended.
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