I would like to welcome everyone to the special 50th anniversary issue of the Flatirons Facets newsletter. I’d like to thank everyone who has assisted me with the planning for anniversary meeting on March 8th at the West Boulder Senior Center starting at 7:00pm.

We will have several special exhibits and displays of the history of the club for all to view from its charter on March 9th of 1957. And, a very special visit by one of the three cofounders of the Flatirons Mineralogical Society (FMS) as it was called for it’s first year, Dr. Martin Hultquist. We hope to hear from a sampling of FMC club presidents from then to now, also.
 

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Early History of the Flatirons Mineral Club  
Gerry Naugle

Though there were certainly other co-founders, the parties who really “drove the process” of getting FMS chartered were Martin Hultquist (with his wife Lucille, the club’s first treasurer) along with Don Tripp who was a local grocery store owner and rock hound and was the FM Society’s first president, and Roy Atkinson who became the second treasurer of the re-named FMC.

These folks started having organizational meetings at the Boulder Recreation Dept offices in downtown starting in early Dec of 1956 and continuing after the holiday season of 1956 into the spring of 1957. There are many loose-leaf notes and sheets detailing these formation activities in the FMC storage shed. Getting money, members and meeting places was, of course, important then. Immediately after the chartering with the AFMS, the first exec board meeting was held at Martin & Lucille Hultquist’s house located on 4th Street in Boulder. The present members of FMC owe a debt of gratitude to the good leadership provided from the start of the FMS, and then in 1958 changing the name and continuing forward as Flatirons Mineral Club (FMC).

Along the lines of honoring the accomplishments of our FMC members who really advance themselves and the club in their accomplishments, I am immediately starting a new “FMC Hall Of Fame” (HOF) program consisting of a nice permanent plaque with the winners of the annual “Rockhound of The Year” voting (announced at the annual club picnic and whom are forwarded to the AFMS) and any person who earns the “Lifetime Achievement Award” (LAA) level. How fitting it is to have Dr. Martin Hultquist as the first ever honorary FMC-LAA inductee for his astounding accomplishments in mineral bowl making over the years: winning two US national competitions and other titles and awards with his bowls. Having mineral magazines and newspapers do feature articles about him, and one of his bowls is in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. I tell you, folks it just doesn’t get any better than that!
 

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March Club Meeting: FMC Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration

Thursday, March 8, 7 PM. Come help us celebrate our 50th anniversary! We will have special exhibits and
displays of memorabilia, including a display of the beautiful agate bowls of Dr. Martin Hultquist, one of the
founders, fifty years ago, of our club.

We will have a portion of the meeting where past FMC presidents will be introduced and asked to
reminisce about what went on during their tenure in office. This should be a unique and memorable club
meeting!

And don’t forget, the April meeting (April 12) will be our annual silent auction (bid slips and flyer included
with this newsletter).

 

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Members Corner

WELCOME! to all the new and re-starting members of the Club since October 2006: Young & Mary Quan; Robert & Elizabeth Wells and Family; David McCurley; Joan & Cameron Doloff and Family; Cody Kroll; Ed & Becky Martinek; Troy & Marisa Nakatani; Allan Northcutt; William & Jannine Yurkoski; and the Steve Lubbs family.

Thank you, also, to all renewing members from last year!

We hope to see all of you at the March 8 meeting for the club's 50th anniversary celebration!

50th Anniversary Membership Cards. The new membership cards will be available at the March 8 meeting - to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of Flatirons Mineral Club.
 

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Show Committee Meeting

There will be a show committee meeting at John Hurst's home, March 20 at 7:15 PM. We will need to form subcommittee's and make plan's for this years show. Everyone is invited to come and take part.

December Show Grand Door Prize Winner Doris Krueger, of Johnstown, Colo.
 

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FMC – The First Year
Dennis Gertenbach

The idea of a rock and mineral club in Boulder was the brainchild of our three co-founders Don Tripp, Martin Hultquist, and Roy Atkinson, and these three gentlemen were the driving force to establish the club. They set up an organization meeting in early March, 1957, advertising it in the Boulder Camera, and 23 people attended who were interested in establishing a rockhounding club. Those attending this first meeting set the focus of the club - minerals, geology, archeology, collecting specimens, paleontology, and lapidary work.

The first official meeting of the club was on March 8, 1957 at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Hultquist, where the Flatirons Mineralogical Society came into being. About 50 members became charter members. Don Tripp as elected the club’s first president, with J.M. DeFrance as vice-president and Mrs. Hultquist as secretary-treasurer. The featured speaker at this first meeting was a CU student, Gerald Blanton, who talked about “Rock Hunting Locations in the Boulder Area.” Annual dues were established of $1 per person, with children paying 25 cents. The Boulder recreation department sponsored the club during the early years. Later that year, the Henderson Museum at CU provided the initial club meeting place and became an early supporter of the club.

For the April 1957 meeting, Jack Byron gave a mineral slide show. Members were asked to bring labeled rock and mineral specimens that they had collected to exhibit. Other presentations at the monthly meetings during the first year included gems, exhibiting artifacts, geology of the Front Range, physical properties of minerals, and early diamond explorations in the Belgium Congo.

The club’s first field trip was to the quarry on North Table Mountain on May 5, 1957 in search of zeolites and other minerals. (Of note is that the club will be going there again this spring.) The trip was lead by Gerald Blanton, CU student, and Melvin Judy of CSM. Later that month, the club went to the Argo Mine outside of Jamestown to collect pyrite, galena, fluorite, and feldspar crystals. Over 50 people attended this trip.

The club’s first annual meeting was held in October 1957, which elected Richie Boatman as president, Roy Atkinson as vice-president, and Rhoda McDuffy as secretary-treasurer. The annual meeting of the club has continued to be held each October, where officers are elected.

Dr. and Mrs. Hultquist held the first club Christmas party at their home, complete with door prizes of mineral specimens for both the adults and kids.

The following March, the club changed its name to the Flatirons Mineral Club, which we are still known by today.
 

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50 Years of FMC History
Dennis Gertenbach

The Flatirons Mineral Show has been active throughout its 50-year history, dedicated to developing and maintaining interest in all aspects of earth science and associated hobbies. The club has created many rockhounds over the years, due to the dedications of many, many members and former members.

From the beginning in 1957, the club has held monthly meetings, featuring a speaker on some geological topic. The early meetings were held at the Henderson Museum at CU. By 1964, the club was meeting at the Bureau of Standards. In the 70s and early 80s, the Capitol Federal Savings building was the home for the monthly meetings. Throughout the years, the club has had some outstanding presentations, including John Chronic, coauthor of Roadside Geology of Colorado in 1958, Richard Pearl, author of several books including Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide in 1970, and Stan Remick, “The Turquoise Man,” in 1978.

Educational classes have been a focus of the club over the years. The FMC sponsored the first fossil class in Colorado in 1962, instructed by Jordan Sawdo. Classes in 1964 included vertebrate paleontology, mineral identification, and lapidary techniques. In 1966, alabaster carving using material collected at Owl Canyon was taught by Gladys Sturdy. Club President Paul Ralston announced the classes for 1968, which included mineral identification, vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology, soft stone carving, faceting, fine lapidary work, jewelry making, and identification of Indian
artifacts.

The club’s first show was held 1962 at the city recreation building, near Broadway and Pine. The show included 32 exhibits, with a special Jade exhibit as the highlight. The second show was in April 1963, highlighting gems and minerals found in the Boulder-Nederland-Ward area. The show featured exhibits by club members, cut and faceted semi-precious gems, and jewelry from bone, fossil wood, jade, and other stones. Fossils from the time when Boulder was covered by the sea and Indian relics from when the pioneers first came to Colorado were also displayed. The club members gave lapidary demonstrations, and Lew Yoder showed fluorescent minerals. The show also had a free swap table and hourly door prizes.

From the mid-60s to mid-70s, the shows were held at the Sacred Heart School auditorium at 13th and Mapleton. Exhibits by club members and members from other clubs and the dealer’s tables became a feature at all of the club shows. The 1966 show highlighted alabaster carving. One of the most popular areas of the 1968 show was the swap table and the “whatzit” table. The theme for the 1971 show was “The Great American Rock Show,” and included several science fair displays from school students from Colorado. Also, grab bags were available during the 1971 show. These grab bags were sewn by Lucille Hultquist. The top prize for the 1974 show was a semi-precious gem slab-topped table made by Mr. and Mrs. Don Tripp.

In the mid-70s the show location was moved to the Ford dealership at 38th and Arapaho. Exhibitors at the 1976 show included Martin Hultquist with his bowls (see the article in this newsletter about Martin’s bowls), Clause Dowse with knives, letter openers, and jewelry made from jade, Charles and Bernice Eller with faceted gems, and Mary Jane Harvey with three cases of fossils. The 1982 show featured silversmithing, children’s activities, gold panning, the “touch me” rocks, and a UV room. The club celebrated its 25th anniversary at the 1983 show, which also included a kid’s corner and
a slide show on Mt. Saint Helens.

Later in the 80s and through the 90s, the show moved to Crossroads Mall. “Gems Galore in ‘94” was the theme in 1994, which featured a dinosaur egg exhibit, plus demonstrations on silversmithing, bead stringing, wire wrapping, gem carving, and lapidary. Shows have also been held at the Twin Peaks Mall in Longmont, the Elks Club in Boulder, and most recently at the Boulder County Fairground.

In 1978 FMC established a workroom on east Pearl Street with the club’s saws and lapidary equipment. This workshop became a reality under the guidance of Ralph Hills and was funded with proceeds from the annual show. The workshop had two rooms; 8 lapidary units filled one room and the other had a long table for 8 people to work on crafts. Cost was $1 per night to use the workshop. Classes held at the workshop that first year included lost wax casting by Dave Meier, silversmithing by Charles Eiler and Martin Hultquist, soft stone carving by Stephanie Warchal, and lapidary classes by Ralph Hills.

This past club show featured the club Mineral Map, showing the location of minerals found in Colorado. The map was created in 1978 by several club members, including Marge Scanlon, Bill and Charlotte Morrison, and Polly Townsend, and was first featured at the 1978 show. The display is portable and has been displayed at schools, libraries, and mineral shows throughout Colorado.

Paul Ralston presented the idea for a scholarship for college students studying geology at Colorado universities. The club Board voted that proceeds from
the grab bag sales and memorials would fund two scholarships for Colorado School of Mines students each year. The first two scholarships were awarded in 1991. For the first time, both scholarships went to FMC members in 2006.

Many of us have utilized the fine collections of books and other materials in the club library. The club started the library in 1963. By 1968, the club had the largest club library in the state, thanks to a donation of Colorado-related publications by Sen. Gordon Allott. A list of current publications in the library can be found at http://bcn.boulder.co.us/community/fmc/fmclibrary.htm.

Over the years, the CU geology department receives requests for minerals and fossils from Colorado from schools, students working on science fair projects, and other educational groups. As part of the club’s educational goals, the club took over filling these requests for the geology department in the early 60s, under the direction of Richie Boatman. By 1963, the club had filled 133 requests, many to school children.

Junior Geologist program started three years ago, when club members decided that educating the next generation of rockhounds was an important part of our educational mission. Today, there are a dozen kids active in the program, where they meet monthly to learn more about earth sciences.

In 2002, the club began to recognize members who had contributed their time to the club as the Rockhound of the Year. Past recipients have been Charlotte Morrison (2002), Paul and Martha Ralston (2003), Ray and Dorothy Horton (2004), John and Jeanne Hurst (2005), and Ray and Joyce Gilbert (2007).

The past 50 years has seen the club remain active in providing a place where members can enjoy and develop their passion for minerals, fossils, lapidary, and other related years. We expect the next 50 years to be even better.
 

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Dr. Martin Hultquist’s Fabulous Gem Bowls
Dennis Gertenbach

One of the perks of being the FMC president is that you get to keep and display a fabulous tiger-eye bowl, made by Dr. Martin Hultquist, PhD Chemistry, for the length of your term of office. Martin was one of our club’s cofounding members, whose passion was making exquisite bowls from agate, quartz, jade, lapis and other gem materials.

In 1965, Martin found a beautiful agate bowl during a trip to New York. The bowl so intrigued him that he purchased it, trying to figure out how he could make such a thing of beauty. A long-time lapidary expert, he began to study ways of making convex surfaces, determined to figure out how to create these beautiful bowls. Although expensive bowl making machines are used to make commercial gem bowls, Martin set out to create his own machinery to make bowls at home.

Using his lapidary skills and mechanical ability, Martin began using designs that others had developed. Over the next several years, he modified these designs to create unique equipment capable of creating the thin bowls he desired. He made his first hemispherical saw blade from a war-surplus oxygen tank. His later designs used stainless steel ladles purchased from a restaurant supply store. After cutting off the handle, the ladle cup was hammered into the proper shape, and an iron strip was silver soldered around the edge. Evenly spaced notches were cut into the iron strip and diamond powder was
fastened into the notches to create the cutting edge of the saw.

The hemispherical saw blade was fastened to a lathe. The gem block was fastened into a custom-made jig to hold it firmly in place during cutting. Using a cutting technique that he developed, multiple cuts are made into the block of stone, creating a lens-shaped piece in the block. Eventually, the lens was completely cut from the block. Multiple cuts can be made in the block, creating as many as five bowls from a single piece of stone. The bowl-shaped slices are then ground and polished to a brilliant finish, using techniques similar to finishing stone spheres. Martin has created bowls up to 5 inches
in diameter, using many materials, including agate, amethyst, rose quartz, rhodochrosite, petrified wood and bone, jasper, and jade.

Once he had successfully created several bowls, Martin searched for the best way to display them. He decided that silver made the best accent for the bowls and hammered out sterling silver bases for his cups. By elevating the bowl on a simple sterling base, the color and elegance of the bowl is highlighted.

Not one to keep his secrets to himself, Martin taught many FMC members and other local mineral clubs how to make gem bowls. Several FMC members still treasure the bowls they made with Martin’s guidance. Some of these bowls will be on display on March 8th at the club’s 50th anniversary meeting. At that meeting Martin will receive the first ever formal “FMC Lifetime Achievement Award”, this for his bowl making over the years.

Martin won first place in the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies’ national mineral hobby craft competition, held in Seattle in 1971 over approximately one hundred other entries, and US First Place again in Salt Lake City competitions a couple of years later. He was also honored with an article featuring his bowls in the February 1990 Lapidary Journal. Anyone who has seen the fine craftsmanship in these ultra-thin bowls will understand why his bowls win competitions and are truly world class.
 

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An Educational Happening - The Saga for the Colorado State Fossil 
By Ruth Sawdo

At the beginning of Colorado’s state fossil campaign, only three states had state fossils. Colorado’s state fossil campaign generated national publicity, sparking a national interest in state fossils and mineral symbols. The champions of Colorado’s campaign received letters from organizers from several states. Now 40 of the 50 states have a state fossil. Colorado’s state fossil, the stegosaurus, is due to the efforts of FMC member Ruth Sawdo. Jordon Sawdo, her husband, supported this “educational happening” with scientific input.

In 1980, Ruth started the Colorado history unit with her fourth graders at McElwain Elementary School in Thornton by reviewing Colorado symbols. Jordon brought home a leaflet from Utah, where they were surveying suggestions for a state fossil and this sparked the question. “Does Colorado have a state fossil?” (Little did anyone know that this would take three years for this to become a reality.)

After researching and asking options of professional scientists, Ruth’s class decided that the stegosaurus would be the best representation for Colorado. The first stegosaurus in Colorado was found near Morrison and a nearly complete skeleton was found near Canon City several years later. One student’s mother, Colorado Representative Polly Baca Barragan, presented the students’ ideas to other lawmakers. The teachers incorporated dinosaur study into reading, writing, math, science, social studies, art, and drama. The students began their lobbying by doing the following: learning how to pass a bill, writing hundreds of letters explaining why the stegosaurus would be a good choice for the state fossil to Gov. Richard Lamm, senators, representatives, Colorado authors, other schools, and anyone who would listen to them. They gathered petitions at the malls, testified before committees, and followed their bill through committees. Many of the lawmakers did not think having a state fossil was important, so the students’ idea never came up for a vote.

The following year, students at McElwain elementary and at other schools did not give up. They met with Gov. Lamm in his office at the State Capitol and gave him a Steggy t-shirt. They invited the governor and the legislators to a “wine and dine” (milk and dino cookies with a full lunch) in the school cafeteria. Lobbying at lunch while dressed in Steggy costumes, the kids explained why the stegosaurus should be officially recognized. However, the students failed to convince the legislature to enact the bill.

After the legislature failed to make the stegosaurus our state fossil for a second time, Gov. Lamm signed an executive order designating the stegosaurus as Colorado’s official state fossil. His executive order was made at McElwain Elementary School on April 28, 1982 in front of an enthusiastic crowd of students. The hard efforts of the students, under the guidance of Ruth and Jordan, had finally paid off. Colorado’s wealth of dinosaur fossils is now recognized with the stegosaurus as our state fossil.

Tom Noel (Mr. Colorado of the Rocky Mountain News) interviewed Gov. Lamm a quarter century later, where he reflected on one of the happiest highlights of his three terms as a very popular governor (1975-1987). “The dinosaurs in the legislature finally rose to the occasion and ultimately sanctioned the stegosaurus as the Colorado state fossil. They showed a bunch of talented, persistent kids that democracy really worked. Everybody won. The state of Colorado. The kids. And the dinosaurs.”

The Flatirons Mineral Club hosted the fifth and tenth anniversary parties, celebrating the establishment of the stegosaurus and Colorado’s state fossil. In attendance at the tenth anniversary party was the superintendent of Adams County District 12 Schools to serve the cake.
 

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Field Trips Schedule
by Dennis Gertenbach

We are putting together this year’s field trips. Here is what we have planned so far:

Holcim Cement Quarry, outside of Florence, on Saturday, April 21 to collect pyrite nodules, Inoceramus clam fossils, and calcite. This will be joint
trip with the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society. Participants need to sign up with Dennis Gertenbach by March 31.

North Table Mountain, outside of Golden, in April or May (date to be determined). This site is world famous for its zeolites and other minerals. It is a great trip for kids, because everyone will find some great specimens. This is the site of the first FMC field trip 50 years ago.

Kremmling in June (date to be determined) to collect Cretaceous fossils, including clams and ammonites. We will stop at the Kremmling Giant Ammonite site, where ammonites up to three feet across were found.

If you have a place that you would like to take club members or a place you have never been to and would like to explore with others in the club, consider leading a trip. You can find out more information about leading a trip from Dennis Gertenbach.

 

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Jr. Geologists Learn about Geodes
 

At February’s Jr. Geologists meeting, the kids learned about geodes. We discussed the different kinds of geodes and how they were made. We cut open geodes, and everyone got to take one home. We even made geodes during the meeting. Our bonus activity investigated piezoelectric quartz, seeing how it glowed when struck in the dark.

The Jr. Geologists program is open to all Flatirons Mineral Club families. We meet on the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.; mark your calendars for the next meeting on March 15th. For more information about the Jr. Geologists program, please contact Dennis Gertenbach or Todd Shannon.


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Hazen Field Trip

Our first field trip of the year was a visit to Hazen Research outside of Golden on Saturday, February 24th. Hazen works with mining, energy, and environmental companies to develop processes for recovering metals and other products from ores, providing clean energy from coal, oil shale, and other alternative fuels, and to clean up industrial wastes. Dennis Gertenbach gave 14 club members a tour of Hazen’s facilities, showing the types of equipment that mining companies use to recover metals and environmental companies are using to process wastes. Included in the tour was a visit to Hazen’s mineralogy lab, equipped with modern equipment for identifying minerals such as an electron microprobe, optical microscopes, and x-ray diffraction
equipment. Everyone learned about some of the cutting edge technologies that companies are using to develop more environmentally friendly ways to recover copper, molybdenum, gold, cobalt, and other metals from ores. We also toured Hazen’s fire assay lab (the only commercial fire assay lab in Colorado), and looked at gold separation, ore grinding, and flotation equipment.

After the tour (and a stop for lunch), many of the club members attended the Denver Gem and Mineral Guild’s annual Gem and Mineral Show at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.
 

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Tucson 2007
John and Jeanne Hurst

Would you believe the Tucson Show increased its venues from 37 to 47 in 2007? That is at least a 20 percent increase over last year. Other than opening day at each venue, it appeared that buyer traffic was down. In reality, it is difficult to tell one way or the other. Ten more venues means the show visitor has ten more ways to have fun and more treasures to discover.

The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show had a spectacular variety of Australian gemstone exhibits, not to mention "Opal discussions" with Len Cram, the modest author of that four-volume treatise, "Journey through Color". Sir Paul Howard was there with his case of Agate Creek Agate and, of course, his book "Fossicking for Queensland Agate".

Some prices were up from 2006--how about natural Kingman Turquoise going for $1000.00 per pound? Other prices remained steady--Condor Agate rough remained at $20.00 per pound. Coyamito Agate rough was going for $40.00 per pound, while Laguna Agate rough was out of sight:$500 for a ten pound bag (no selecting). Ultra-Violet dealers seemed to add an extra zero to all their prices.

There were some bargains. Would you believe there is actually a dollar tent? Australian opal and cabs were not too pricey--if you found the right dealer. We almost feinted when one dealer wanted $100,000 for one killer piece of opal. What a bargain! One of the FMC Grand Prizes in 2007 will be an Australian Opal pendant and earring set--some lucky lady will be happy! The top Grand prize will be a chunk of polished Malachite that retails at $150.

Many items (including Malachite) were reasonable at Schlanskers displays--we'll have lots of nice prizes for the FMC members working the 2007 show: books, a malachite elephant, a fluorite heart, a salt lamp, an agate slab plus some more surprises that we are still unpacking.

Jeanne's best finds were beads, beads and beads! John's best find was some Gobi desert agate. Top show highlights would have to be: two thirteen foot polished slabs of Marra Mamba picture Tiger Iron, the fantastic Opal displays, the great Gold Nuggets of Australia and the Agate Creek Agates, the Crocoite from Tasmania-the list goes on and on. Think about putting 2008 in Tucson at the top of your to do list. P.S. Start saving now!

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Upcoming Events, Nearby & Elsewhere 

Thurs., Mar. 8, 7:00 p.m., at the Tutt Science Center in Colorado Springs, Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun: A Brief Look at the History of Gold Mining in Alaska and Current Mining and Exploration Projects, by Tim Brown, Exploration Manager, Cripple Creek and Victor Mining Company. Free public lecture in the Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds Community Programs 2007 Series. See Feb 22 for directions.

Thurs., Mar. 8, bimonthly meeting of the Colorado Chapter, Friends of Mineralogy; Ray Berry will give a presentation on "Edwin Jenkins Over, Collector
Extraordinaire". 7:30 p.m. in the VIP Room, Denver Museum of Nature & Science; no charge, all interested persons are welcome. Edwin Over, 1905-1963, was a professional miner and collector of mineral specimens; his activities in collecting specimens which now reside in museums all over the world, from classic localities including topaz from Devils Head, Colorado; topaz and bixbyite from the Thomas Range, Utah; epidote from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska; and wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona, and his longtime partnership with Dr. Arthur Montgomery constitute a major contribution to the mineralogical history of the U.S.

Mar. 17-18, Bill Hayward, a long-time mineral collector, especially in the Pikes Peak area, is having a spring sale at his house. “Lots of crystals and mineral for sale." Address: 3286 Quitman, Denver, CO; Saturday and Sunday, March 17-18; 10 AM-5 PM; for more information, call Bill at 303-455-1977.

Mar. 23-25, Likewise, a sale by longtime collector and field trip leader Eldon Hunewell, at his home, 348 S. Newcombe St., Lakewood CO (1 block S. of Alameda and 1 block E. of Oak St.), Fri-Sat-Sun,10-5 each day. For more info contact Eldon at deafroxguy@aol.com .

March 23–25, 46th Annual Gem & Mineral Show Sponsored by Fort Collins Rockhounds, March 23: 4-8 pm, March 24: 9 am-6 pm, March 25: 10 am-5pm. Located at Lincoln Center, 419 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins, CO. Featuring geodes and copper minerals. We have exhibits, door prizes, grab bags, demonstrations, and gem and mineral dealers. Contacts: Show chairman, Dave Halliburton: 970/493-6168; Dealer information: 970/221-0338; Email: fcrockhounds@yahoo.com
 

April 27-29, Colorado Mineral & Fossil Show— Spring. Holiday Inn Denver Central, 4849 Bannock St, near I25 & I70. Free admission, free parking.
Wholesale, retail; minerals, fossils, meteorites, decorator items, gems, beads.

April 28-29, Rocky Mountain Bead Society Bead Bazaar, Denver Merchandise Mart, Expo Building, 425 E. 58th Ave. Saturday 10-6, Sunday 10-5. $5 admission, good both days. http://rockybeads.org/bazaars.htm

May 5, Colorado Mineral Society silent auction, Lakewood. www.coloradomineralsociety.org

August 9-12, Contin-Tail Continental Tailgate, Buena Vista, Colo. Rodeo Grounds. Colorado’s largest outdoor gem and mineral show. Admission free. In conjunction with Buena Vista Gold Rush Days. 303-833-2939 or 720-938-4194. www.coloradorocks.org

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Calendar of Events

Mar 8 FMC CLUB MEETING, 7:00 PM, WEST
BOULDER SENIOR CTR., 9TH & ARAP.
Flatirons Mineral Club 50th Anniversary
Celebration!
Mar 15 JUNIOR GEOLOGISTS MEETING, 7:00 PM Dennis Gertenbach, 303-462-3522
Mar 20 SHOW COMMITTEE MEETING, 7:15 PM At John Hurst’s house, see p. 2
Mar 26 FMC BOARD MEETING, 7:15 PM At Hallie Cook’s house
Apr 12 FMC CLUB MEETING, 7:00 PM, WEST
BOULDER SENIOR CTR., 9TH & ARAP.
Annual silent auction
Apr 19 JUNIOR GEOLOGISTS MEETING, 7:00 PM Dennis Gertenbach, 303-462-3522
Apr 30 FMC BOARD MEETING, 7:15 PM At Charlotte Morrison’s house
 

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