A partial listing
of Flatirons Mineral Club Meetings
2001-2010
2012
January
(Jan. 12) – The
speaker at our January meeting will be Bruce Geller, Director of the School
of Mines Geology Museum. Bruce's talk is "The Good Earth: A Visit to The Geological Museum of China and
then some...”
February (Feb. 9) –Bill and Beth Sagstetter will be joining us in February to present a
program on their explorations of ghost town sites. Here is a description of their talk:
"Have you ever been to a deserted mining camp site and seen old, rusted
contraptions and wondered what they were and what they might have originally
been used for? Or walked through log cabin ruins and wondered what was once
performed in this place?-- was it an assay office,
blacksmith shop or lodging?" The Sagstetter’s
slideshow will be an introduction on how to decipher these mysteries. They have
also written a book, The Mining Camps Speak, which addresses these and other
questions. This book will also be
available at our club meeting for a special price. If you’d like to do some
background reading ahead of time, check the Colorado ghost
towns website.
March (Mar. 8) – Cory Olin, FMC
member and proprietor of Olin Minerals, spoke on specimen preparation.
April (Apr. 12) – Annual Flatirons
Mineral Club Silent Auction.
May (May
10) – Field trip announcement meeting. Donna Ware will be presenting a short program
on the digital microscopes that she sells.
Folks will be able to bring in samples and use the scopes to look at
their treasures up close.
June
(June 14) – In lieu of our regular meeting, we will pick rocks at John
Hurst’s house, 7 p.m.
No July
meeting.
August (Aug. 18, Sat.) – Annual club picnic. 11 a.m.at the North Boulder Park, Main Pavilion (approx. 300 yards
NW of the corner of 9th Street and Balsam Ave.) We will bag up grab-bags
and then eat lunch. Folks with last names beginning with A-M please bring an
appetizer or side dish. Folks with last
names beginning with N-Z please bring a dessert, fruit, or side dish. The club will provide the entree and
beverages. Please RSVP to Gerry Naugle by 5 p.m. on August 17th,
so we know how much sandwich-entree to purchase.
September (Sept. 20) – Meeting moved to 3rd Thursday
because of the Denver Gem & Mineral Show. Club member Craig Hazelton will give us a “blog style tour” of
some of the gem shows he has been to, focusing on "gems and minerals, half
about the rocks half about the people".
October (Oct. 11) – Gary Rowe, a
USGS Geologist and the field trip coordinator for CMS will talk about volcanoes
and his research in Costa Rica, Japan, and Tanzania. He promises that his talk will be part Volcanos 101, part science, and part travelogue, with lots
of cool volcano pics!
November (Nov. 8)
– Annual towel show. Everyone is encouraged to bring specimens they
found this past year or lapidary and jewelry project they completed, spread
them out on a towel they brought, and then everyone can look at our cool
stuff. During the meeting, everyone gets
to vote on the their favorites. The categories in both the Senior Division
and the Junior Divisions are: "Best of" Club Field Trip, Personal
Field Trip, Minerals, Fossils, Jewelry/Lapidary, Ugly Rock and Best Display
Towel. Ribbons are awarded to the winners in each category. Also, everyone is encouraged to bring finger
food to share. It’s a fun night to see
what others have found, to find possible locations to check out in the future,
and to pick up lapidary and jewelry tips. The meeting will start at 7:10pm and
set up starts at
6:45pm
December (Dec. 20) – Holiday Party. Bring a wrapped gift worth about $5 and enjoy the “give and take”!
2011
January (Jan. 13) —Tom Hendricks of the Cross and Caribou Mines spoke about his mining experiences and current projects.
February (Feb. 10) – Markus Raschke gave a talk entitled "Rain and minerals - collecting adventures in the Pacific Northwest Cascades". Markus Raschke, a club new member since fall 2010, is professor of physics and chemistry at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He came to Colorado in 2010 from the University of Washington, Seattle. He grew up in Bayreuth, Germany and previously studied and held positions at Rutgers, Munich, Berkeley and most recently Berlin before moving to Seattle in 2006. He and his students use laser spectroscopy to study extremely tiny crystals of metals and metal oxides which are 1/10,000th of the diameter of a human hair. Being smaller than the wavelength of light they can have very special properties and behave for example as optical antennas. The goal is to understand the fundamental mechanisms by which light interacts with matter which allows for the development of faster optical communication, more specific optical medical-diagnostics devices, or new kinds of solar cells.As a diversion from his scientific work, Markus has developed a passion for geology. While living in the Pacific Northwest, he ventured into remote regions of the Cascades to collect minerals. Markus will give an introduction in the geology of the North Cascades. He will show minerals and their localities associated with porphyry copper and skarn deposits. Some of these localities have produced of world class specimen.
March (Mar. 10) – We are pleased to have Joe Dorris as our speaker in March. Joe has been bringing out museum-quality amazonite and smoky quartz specimens from his claims outside of Florissant, Colorado, for a number of years. Having located a number of significant mineral pockets in the Pikes Peak pegmatites, Joe and his family have brought to light dozens of spectacular specimens with amazing color, great luster and fantastic combinations of other minerals - simply some of the best ever found.
April (Apr. 14) –FMC annual Silent Auction.
May (May 12) – Ed Raines presented
his program "The Fraudulent Selling of the Colorado Gold Rush".
There were no club meetings in June or
July. There
was a July get together on our regular meeting night, Thursday, July 14th, at
the Clover Building at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, 7-8:30 to assemble grab
bag specimens.
August (Aug. 20) – Annual club picnic at the North Boulder Park Main Pavilion. Start at 11 a.m. with grab bag assembly. The club provides sandwiches and beverages. Last names starting A-M are requested to bring a salad or dish, and last names starting N-Z are requested to bring a dessert or watermelon.
September (Sept. 8) – Program to be announced.
November (Nov. 10) – Our annual towel show—show off your best finds and lapidary work from the past year.
December (Dec 16) – FMC annual holiday party and anonymous gift exchange—bring a mineral, fossil, or lapidary-related gift in the $5-$10 range, and some holiday munchies. Beverages will be provided by the Club. This is always a lot of fun, especially for the kids!
2010
January (January 14) – Our annual towel show: bring specimens you have collected or jewelry you have made during 2009 and compete in one of many different categories, including “ugliest rock”. Categories for kids, too!
February
(Feb. 11) – Dr. Beth Simmons gave a presentation
on "Arthur Lakes and the Petrified Forest of Lakewood". Arthur Lakes discovered the dinosaur bones
outside of Morrison and was an early geology professor at the Colorado School
of Mines. Beth has recently published a
book about Arthur Lakes.
March (March 11) – Doug Bamforth, the CU anthropologist who recognized the Clovis era tools found at the foot of Flagstaff Mountain, spoke about the cache and the ongoing study of the artifacts.
April (Apr. 8) – FMC Silent Auction.
May (May 13) — Ed Raines spoke on the Minerals of the Creede Mining District as a preview to the theme of this year's Denver Show in September.
June (June 10) – Gerry Naugle is presenting a set of slides on the "Best of Mineral Specimens from the CSM and the DMN&S Geology Museums 2009.
July (July 8) – There is no July meeting.
August (Sat., Aug, 21) – Annual picnic starting at 11 a.m. Main Pavillion
of North Boulder Park, (just like last year). Before eating, we will fill grab bags that
are sold at the Denver Show and the Club Show to provide scholarships to
college students.
September (Sept. 9) – Tom Hendricks spoke on the Caribou mines.
October (Oct. 14) – Peter Maciulaitis gave a talk entitled "We always preferred lucky geologists to good ones". It's largely 'set' in Nevada and the modern gold rush once again. It's the story of Franco-Nevada, a Canadian penny stock that grew, in a period of 20 years, to the 5th largest gold mining company in the world and the dynamics of that growth.
November (Nov. 11) – FMC annual Towel Show— bring specimens you have collected or jewelry you have made during 2010 and compete in one of many different categories, including “ugliest rock”. Categories for kids, too! (Your items must all fit on one towel.)
December (Dec 16) – FMC annual holiday party and anonymous gift exchange—bring a mineral, fossil, or lapidary-related gift in the $5-$10 range, and some holiday munchies. Beverages will be provided by the Club. This is always a lot of fun, especially for the kids!
2009
January (Jan. 8) – FMC and WIPS member Donn Cook spoke on Trilobites.
February (Feb.12) – Ulli Limpitlaw of the University of Northern Colorado (UNC)
Greeley spoke on Minerals in Medicine.
March (March 12) – Ed Raines spoke on the Iron Mines
of the Mesabi/Vermilion Ranges of Minnesota.
April (Apr. 9) – Spring Silent Auction.
May (May 14) – Gem Cutting and lapidary arts demos—many different skills and types of equipment will be
demonstrated—learn how to use a Genie and a faceting machine.
June (June 11) – Dr. Pete Modreski,
USGS spoke on the topic of Gems of Colorado.
September (Sept 10) — Perer Maciulaitis spoke on The Development of the Carlin Gold
Trend! He says he's a
"lucky" geologist, but we think he's just sly like a fox!
October (Oct. 8) — Fall Silent Auction.
December (Dec. 17) — Our annual holiday party and
anonymous gift exchange—bring a
mineral, fossil, or lapidary-related gift in the $5-$10 range, and some holiday
munchies. Beverages will be provided by the Club. This is always a lot of fun,
especially for the kids!
2008
January (Jan. 10) – Gerry Naugle
presented a short show-and-tell on meteorites, with specimens from his
collection, followed by the volunteer appreciation awards for the all the show
volunteers.
February (Feb. 14) – Ed Raines on
the History of Mining in the Gilman Area.
March (March 13) – Dr. Kirk Johnson, Vice President of
Research & Collections and Chief Curator at the Denver Museum of Nature and
Science, spoke to us about his book, Cruisin’ the
Fossil Freeway.
April (Apr. 10) – FMC
Silent Auction.
Preregistration required for
sellers. The auction is one of our
club’s best fundraisers of the year and the public is welcome to attend.
The Silent Auction is a great place to buy and sell specimens, books, maps, and
other rockhounding equipment and supplies. The
auction is one of our club’s best fundraisers of the year and the public is
welcome to attend. The Silent Auction is
a great place to buy and sell specimens, books, maps, and other rockhounding equipment and supplies. Sellers: If you have items to sell at the auction, please
contact Bob Smith. Space is still available.
Sellers are restricted to three flats and bid slips are attached. Come early to
set up your auction items.
The
Silent Auction will be held under the following rules:
One table is for young people only, one table is for the club only, as needed, the rest of the tables are divided into thirds.
Each person is allowed to fill only one space (on a table), and spaces are
assigned and marked off with blue tape.
Applications for space must be sent to Bob
Smith by e-mail at (or) by USPS letter to: Bob Smith, 5704 Rim Rock Ct,
Boulder, CO 80301. Verbal and phone requests will not be honored.
Applications must be dated (e-mail date or post marked) no later than the day
of the March club meeting, and must include the following information: Name,
Address, Phone number, E-mail address (if available), Date sent in, Are you a
FMC member (have paid dues for this year)?
Spaces are allotted on a first-come-first-served basis.
After all table spaces have been filled, we will keep the rest of the
applications and they will be put at the front of the list for the next silent
auction, if these people apply again. All applications are for the current
silent auction only. Applications do not carry over from one auction to the
next.
We will attempt to notify all sellers who have been awarded a space at least 2
weeks before the silent auction by e-mail, if available, or by phone. It is the
seller’s obligation to notify the Dealer Chair of any changes in e-mail address
or phone number. We will also attempt to notify everyone who applied too late
to participate in the current silent auction and to inform them that they will
be placed at the front of the list for the next silent auction, if they apply.
They will also be first in line for any no-show spaces at the current silent
auction.
Table spaces will be held open for those who are assigned to those spaces until
7 p.m. on the night of the auction. After that time, no-show spaces will become
available first to late applicants, then to anyone who did not apply.
May (May 8)
– Ed Raines
on Leadville, the EPA, and Me (and Beyond). Ed told the story of the
controversy involving the EPA, the city of
June (June 12) – Dr. Robert Amerman
on Undersea Movements and their Geologic After-effects. Dr.
Amerman is a recent graduate of the Colorado School
of Mines and the recipient of an FMC scholarship. He gave a slide lecture about
his research in the
July (July 12, Saturday) – Annual Field
Trip to Charlotte’s Garage. No Thursday night meeting in July. Contact Gerry Naugle for details.
August (Aug. 23, Saturday) – Flatirons
Mineral Club annual picnic, in North Boulder Park Main Pavilion, starting
at 11 a.m. We will assemble grab
bags for the scholarship program, followed by a pot-luck style lunch, followed
by a short awards session. All members attending with last name starting with
A-M please bring a salad or vegetable and all members attending with a last
name with N-Z please bring a dessert. If you are planning to attend, please
RSVP to Gerry Naugle on or before Aug 22nd. We need RSVPs to know
how much meat and sodas/water to bring. Vegetarian
meat-substitute available upon request with your RSVP.
September (Sept. 18, 1 week later than our
regular meeting date) – Florissant and Douglas Pass shale splitting, at the West Boulder Senior Center (regular meeting
place.)
October (Oct. 9) – Officer elections
and the new second silent auction.
No applications will be required for sellers. There will be a limited
number of tables so space will be available on a first-come first-serve basis.
Sellers are asked to limit their items to about 1/4th of a table.
November (Nov. 13) – Annual Towel Show—Bring
your mineral, rock, and fossil finds or your lapidary arts projects that you
have completed this past year to the meeting to show others. Also, bring a
towel to put your specimens and projects (hence the "Show and
Towel"). It is a chance to let others know what you have found and where
you found it. Your lapidary projects may spark an idea with someone else. And,
you may go home with a prize. The meeting is a great time to see lots of neat
things. The prizes (to be voted on by all club members—this is half the fun!)
will be awarded in the following categories:
Best Club Field Trip--Senior Div [& Junior Div]
Best Personal Field Trip--Senior Div [& Junior Div]
Best Lapidary--Senior Div [& Junior Div]
Best Jewelry--Senior Div [& Junior Div]
Best Ugly Rock--Senior Div [& Junior Div]
Best Towel--Both Divisions [combined, just the "Best Towel" in the
room.]
December
(Dec. 18, 1 week later than our regular meeting
date) – Holiday party and gift exchange—anonymous gift exchange of mineral
or lapidary-related gifts ($5-$10) related to rockhounding
and lapidary. Also, please bring finger food or a snack to share with
others. This is one of our most fun
annual events!
2007
January (Jan 11) - Ed Raines spoke on the geology, mineralogy, and
mining history of the Cripple Creek/Victor area. This is one of Ed’s areas of
great expertise.
February (Feb 8) - Gerry Naugle presented a slide show of "World Class Mineral
Specimens in Colorado Museums".
March (Mar. 8)
–50th anniversary celebration with 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. Past FMC presidents were introduced and reminisced about what went on
during their tenure in office.
April (Apr. 12)
- Our annual
silent auction.
May (May 10)
– Club member Donn Cook, retired physics and science teacher from Orange
County, California, presented a talk and slide show on pseudomorphs,
including photos of his own collectionand from other
collections.
June (June 14)
- Ed Raines will give a talk about the White Raven Mine and mining in the Ward
area in western
July
(July 21) – July’s club meeting was a
field trip to the outside northeast corner of
August meeting
(Saturday, Aug. 25) - The annual club
picnic was held under the main pavillion of the North
Boulder Park as in past years on Sat. August 25th starting at 11 a.m. For
anyone new to
September (Wednesday, Sept. 19) – FMC member Harry Covey spoke on the History of
Gold-Tellurides Mining in
October (Oct. 11) – TBA
November (Nov. 8) – 2007 Field Trips Show-and-Tell, a.k.a. Towel Show. It is an opportunity for you to share those great
specimens you found, that beautiful lapidary project you completed, or the
jewelry you made this past year. Awards are presented to both juniors and
adults in eight different categories, including: Best minerals collected on a
club field trip, Best
fossils collected on a club field trip,
Best minerals collected on a personal trip, Best fossils collected on a personal
trip, Best lapidary work, Best jewelry
project, The all important UGLIEST ROCK, And don’t forget the most interesting towel.So bring your specimens and projects, plus a towel to
display them on. Set up your towel at 7 and the program starts at 7:15. The
Towel Show is a wonderful time to learn about places to go collecting next year
and to get ideas for your lapidary and jewelry projects this winter.
December (Dec. 13) – FMC Annual Holiday Party and Gift Exchange .Starts
at 7:10. Please bring a wrapped
$5-$10 mineral-related gift to exchange and some snacks, thanks.
2006
February 2006 (Feb. 9) – Gerry Naugle
spoke on meteorites, talking about the different types and where they come
from, illustrated with specimens from his collection.
March (Mar. 9) - Terry O'Donnell gave a slide-lecture on his recent trip to East
Africa, travel on the Serengeti Plain and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
April (Apr. 13) - Annual
silent auction. Setup
at 6:30. Auction at 7.
May (May 11) – Geology and the ancient Egyptians. Dennis Gertenbach spoke on
the important role of geology on daily life in ancient
June (June 8)
- Jim Hurlbutt of the Denver Museum of Nature and
Science spoke about micromounts.
July (July 15) - There is no meeting on Thursday, July 13, In
its place was a special meeting/field trip at the
August (Aug. 26)
- The 2006 annual club picnic was held on Sat. August 26th at the main pavilion
of
Near the end of the picnic time the two recipients of the 2006-07
FMC scholarships awarded to CSM students came forward and were introduced to
the picnic attendees. The recipients chosen in April of this year for the next
year scholarships are Ms. Chris Johnson and Mr. Austin Gilbert. The FMC
scholarship merit awards are $250 per student per semester, for a total of $500
each for this next academic year. Picnic was concluded at 8 p.m.
September (Sept.
14) - The September meeting speaker was FMC
past-president Dennis Gertenbach, who is a member of
the Western Interior Paleontological Society, and he spoke on “The Boulder Area
During The Cretaceous.” The land that is now
October (Oct.
12) - Officer elections,
dues due. The program presentation is by Florence Magovern
of the “Stone Company” of
Elections for 2007 club officers will also be held at the October
meeting. Here is the slate of
candidates. Be sure to come and vote.
President: Gerry Naugle
1st Vice President (Program): Terry
O'Donnell
2nd Vice President (Field Trips): Dennis
Gertenbach
3rd Vice President (Show): Ray Gilbert
Secretary: Shaula
Lee
Treasurer: Alex Cook
Board Members: Shirley Mehta, Bob Smith,
and Ed Raines
November (Nov. 9) - The November meeting is the FMC annual field trips (or other member
collection activity) towel show. So bring your field trip or other collected
mineral specimens from 2006 to the club meeting on Nov. 9th and enter them in a
good-spirited competition with senior and junior divisions. We also compete for
the ‘ugliest rock’ and ‘best towel’ categories. All winners get a nice ribbon
and best of show in senior and junior divisions get their names on the
traveling trophies. Charlotte Morrison is also sponsoring a mini-fashion show
“how to” on the placement and sewing of patches and badges on to club vests and
other garments.
December (Dec. 14) - The December monthly meeting is our annual holiday party at the
2005
January 2005
(Jan. 13) - The
program was a screening of Mike Trafton's new video, Rhodochrosite: Red Treasure of the
February 2005
(Feb. 10) -.
Club members Carol and Mihail Codrescu, with other members
of their folk-dancing group, gave us a short show (on the stage) of Romanian
folk dancing.
March 2005 (March 10) – Dr. Ed Raines gave a slide presentation
on " The Geology, Mineralogy, and
Mining History of the Aspen District"
April 2005
(Apr. 14) – Waverly Persons of the USGS gave a slide/lecture on
earthquakes and their effects.
May 2005 (May 12) – Jack
Thompson of the Colorado Springs Club will talk about the varieties of
June 2005 (June 9) – Annual Silent
Auction. Sellers' forms
July 2005 (July
16)– Campout, picnic and dig with the Mile
High Rock and Mineral Society at the four RAMS crystal digging claims near
Those who wish
may stay over through Sunday for more collecting plus a side trip to the
Florissant Fossil beds on Sunday afternoon. Dry camping is available at the
claims Saturday night. For further information, map, details, and to RSVP
for this field trip, please contact Gerry
Naugle before July 8th. Note: Good boots, picks, chisels, pry-bars,
rock-hammers and eye protection (safety glasses or goggles), and first aid kit
suggested/required while digging in the claims.
August 2005 (Aug. 20, Sat.) – Club Picnic, 4-9 p.m., Pavilion, North Boulder
Park. This event is limited to members
and their immediate families. The club provides hamburgers, soft drinks
& water. Last names A-M please bring a salad, last names N-Z please bring a
dessert or watermelon. RSVP to Gerry Naugle by Aug. 18th.
September
2005 (Sept. 9) – Club member Jim Armitage
will give us the basic rock and mineral identification class he presents in
elementary schools here and in
November 2005 (Nov. 10) –Annual Towel Show, Thursday, November 10, 7:15
p.m. It's that time of year, again, time to start planning for the annual
towel show, or the "Show and Towel" as it has been jokingly referred
to. Members are urged to display mineral specimens that they have
collected and lapidary projects that they have completed during the year,
gaining a chance to win either one of the traveling trophies or a blue ribbon.
Prizes will also be awarded for the best junior exhibits. Awards will be made
in the following categories: (1) specimens acquired on a club field trip, (2)
specimens collected on a personal trip, (3) lapidary and jewelry arts, and (4)
most important of all, the UGLY ROCK award. Bring your specimens, and a
towel to display them on. Remember, it's quality, not quantity, that
counts. And, we may once again be making an award for the most interesting
towel, so be prepared.
December 2005 (Dec. 8) – The December meeting will be at the
December 15 - Holiday Party and Gift
Exchange. Each family attending is asked to bring some party food to share
with others. The club will provide the beverages, cups, and napkins.
Each person attending should bring an inexpensive (under $10) wrapped
gift, relating in some way to our hobby. This could be a specimen, a book,
equipment, something you have made, or anything that will help someone enjoy
rocks and minerals. Guests are welcome, but please be sure that there is a gift
for each person who comes.
How our gift exchange works:
All of the wrapped gifts are placed on a center table and participants
are seated in a ring around them. Each participant draws a number. Number one
selects any gift from the table, unwraps it, and walks around the circle,
showing off the gift. Number two may either select a wrapped gift from the
center, or take the gift from the first person, who may then select a new gift.
Each participant selects a gift in turn until everyone has one, and the
exchange ends.
Rules:
1. Each participant selects a gift from the pile of wrapped gifts
or takes one that someone else has already opened.
2. Each gift must be displayed to the group.
3. Each gift must remain in plain sight (i.e. no hiding an item so
others will forget who has it)
4. A participant whose gift has been liberated selects a new gift
before the next sequential number makes his or her selection (traffic control)
5. A participant may not take a gift back directly from the person
who took it from him or her. (Cooperative arrangements with family and friends
to circumvent this rule are allowed.)
6. If the same item has been taken from a participant three times,
both the gift and the participant drop out of
play when he or she retrieves it for the third time. (Otherwise this
could go on all night)
Please join us for an evening of fun, fellowship, rocks, larceny, and great
holiday food.
2004
January - FMC President Dennis Gertenbach
demonstrated fossil preparation techniques.
February - The February "Valentine" program for the
Flatirons Mineral Club monthly meeting was an evening of awards and
entertainment. Paul Boni had ribbons for the
winners at the Towel Show in November. Stefan Codrescu was the only
junior present and received two ribbons. If you were a Towel Show winner
but missed the February meeting, see Paul for your ribbon.
Over the years, our program chairman Ray Horton has become acquainted with our
members and their various talents, so he arranged he arranged a Musical
Showcase for our entertainment. Stefan Codrescu played the piano.
Paul Lemieux gave selections on his saxophone, and Carol Codrescu, her
flute. Edna Green, one of our senior members, brought her ventriloquist
dummy "Granny" and they had a conversation that had us laughing with
them. Carol had music for a sing-along, and Paul Ralston selected a song
for a solo. Ray and Dorothy Horton and Joyce and Ray Gilbert served
refreshments.
March - Annual Silent Auction. Thanks to all who helped make this event
a success! We
had a record number of participants and items this year!
April - Dr. Wayne Itano of
May – Stefan and Carol Codrescu gave a brief musical performance. Board member Ray Gilbert demonstrated lapidary techniques on one of the club’s
"All-In-One" machines, which are available for members to check out. Vice President for Programs Terry O’Donnell demonstrated lapidary techniques on
his Genie. Treasurer Gerry Naugle demonstrated his new gold extractor, which he will make available to club members.
June – William Atkinson, Professor Emeritus of the CU Geology
Department, demonstrated the use of blowpipes in the analysis of mineral
specimens. This is a technique anyone
can use with simple equipment to apply the “flame test” to help determine the
species of a mineral specimen.
July - The Video Program
"Instructions on Faceting Gemstones" by the Ultra-Tec Mfg. Inc. in
August – Annual Club Picnic and Grab Bag Assembly
Party in the main pavilion in North
Boulder Park (W. Balsam Ave. & 9th St., north and west of the Boulder
Community Hospital entrance). The picnic is open to all members and their
immediate family. The Club will provide meat (hambugers,
hot dogs and/or veggie burgers), condiments, beverages, and ice. Members are
asked to bring a potluck contribution—those with surnames beginning with A-M,
please bring a salad or side dish, surnames beginning N-Z, please bring
dessert.
September– Geologist and club member Caren
Johannes gave a slide-travelogue of the highlights of the Johannes family's
collecting trip through
October–Club
member Bill Harrison gave us a presentation on "How to present your
display in a showcase" giving us an expert's advice on how to select specimens
from our collection for display, and how to show them off to their best
advantage in a showcase. Mike Trafton's Rhodochrosite mining documentary DVD was on sale at the
October meeting for $20 to club members!
November– Show and Towel, annual club towel show. Bring the treasures
you've collected and/or the projects you've completed in the past year and a
towel to display them on. Ribbons will be awarded in both junior and adult
divisions for the best: 1) specimen from a club trip, 2) specimen from a
personal trip, 3) lapidary and jewelry arts, and 4) the ugliest rock. There's
also a prize for most interesting towel. (Please, nothing larger than a face or
hand towel—we don't have room to display beach towels!) Plus, club officer
elections.
December -
Each person attending should bring an inexpensive (under $10)
wrapped gift, relating in some way to our hobby. This could be a specimen, a
book, equipment, something you have made, or anything that will help someone
enjoy rocks and minerals. Guests are welcome, but please be sure that there is
a gift for each person who comes.
How our gift exchange works:
All of the wrapped gifts are placed on a center table and participants
are seated in a ring around them. Each participant draws a number. Number one
selects any gift from the table, unwraps it, and walks around the circle,
showing off the gift. Number two may either select a wrapped gift from the
center, or take the gift from the first person, who may then select a new gift.
Each participant selects a gift in turn until everyone has one, and the
exchange ends.
Rules:
1. Each participant selects a gift from the pile of wrapped gifts
or takes one that someone else has already opened.
2. Each gift must be displayed to the group.
3. Each gift must remain in plain sight (i.e. no hiding an item so
others will forget who has it)
4. A participant whose gift has been liberated selects a new gift
before the next sequential number makes his or her selection (traffic control)
5. A participant may not take a gift back directly from the person
who took it from him or her. (Cooperative arrangements with family and friends
to circumvent this rule are allowed.)
6. If the same item has been taken from a participant three times,
both the gift and the participant drop out of
play when he or she retrieves it for the third time. (Otherwise this could
go on all night)
Please join us for an evening of
fun, fellowship, rocks, larceny, and great holiday food.
2003
January 2003 -
"Fossils From Around the World," slide show by lecturer, world traveler, and club member
Jordan Sawdo on his many and varied trips around the
world in search of fossils.
February 2003
- documentary maker and club member Mike
Trafton on making video documentaries about
March 2003 -
Annual Silent Auction. This is becoming a regular event for our club,
and is an excellent way to raise a little additional money for our
organization, besides being a great social event and a way to dispose of some
of those extra rocks, which we all have lying around (and acquire new ones). So
start looking around for items related to our hobby, such as lapidary, faceting,
be
April 2003 - Alex Cook will present a video on the
Cripple Creek Mining District, and then make some comments about the Cripple
Creek area.
May 2003 - Identifying Minerals, presented by Jim Armitage. Have you ever found yourself staring at a mineral
specimen wondering what in God's name this particular item was? Then you are
the perfect candidate to attend our program for Thursday, May 8, to be hosted
by another one of our talented members, Jim Armitage,
newly returned from his annual winter pilgrimage to Arizona. Jim is well known
for his on-going work with children, teaching them about rocks and minerals, a
job that he has performed with great success for a number of years. Jim holds
contests in which the children try to identify specimens and as a reward
receive 13 or more items that they may keep. He does this for around 800
children a year, so multiplied by 13--you do the math--that is a lot of mineral
specimens.
June 2003 - "Minerals in Australia--the Gold
Rush That Never Ended." Gary Lewis, Director of Education and Outreach for
the Geological Society of America. He lives with his wife and two children in
Canberra, the capital of Australia, from where he commutes frequently to the
United States and back. Gary is both a
geologist and a schoolteacher. His
mission in life is working to raise the knowledge of the importance of
geo-science in the minds of the populace. We are looking forward to him raising
the knowledge of mining in Australia in our minds.
July 2003 - Dinosaur Ridge. Our speaker will be Joe
Tempel, executive director of Friends of Dinosaur
Ridge. Joe is in charge of the Dinosaur Ridge Visitors Center, which organizes
groups of people to visit the Ridge, which as we all know, is one of the
richest depositories of dinosaur fossils in the Western United States. Joe has
been with the Colorado Department of Transportation, dealing with the
Environment and Planning since 1967 and was one of the founders of Friends of
Dinosaur Ridge when it was organized in 1989.
August 2003 - FMC Annual Picnic/potluck. The picnic
will be in the main pavilion in North Boulder Park (W. Balsam Ave. & 9th
St., north and west of the Boulder Community Hospital entrance). The Club will
provide the meat (and veggie burgers), potato salad, macaroni salad, chilled
beverages and bottled water. Club members with last names beginning A-L are
asked to bring sal
September 2003 -
The program featured a video on gemstones.
October 2003 - Instead of a speaker, the program will feature
a video on tourmaline and tourmaline mining in California. Club officers are
elected at the October meeting, and plans for our show in November will be
discussed.
November 2003 - "Show and Towel" , the club's
annual towel show. Bring the treasures you've collected and/or the projects
you've completed in the past year and a towel to display them on. Ribbons will
be awarded in both junior and adult divisions for the best of; 1) a club trip,
2) a personal trip, 3) lapidary and jewelry arts, and 4) the ugliest rock.
There's also a prize for best towel.
December 2003 - Holiday Party and Gift Exchange. Each
family attending is asked to bring some party food to share with others. The
club will provide the beverages, cups, and napkins.
Each person attending should bring an
inexpensive (under $10) wrapped gift, relating in some way to our hobby. This
could be a specimen, a book, equipment, something you have made, or anything
that will help someone enjoy rocks and minerals. Guests are welcome, but please
be sure that there is a gift for each person who comes.
How our gift exchange works: All of the wrapped gifts are placed on a
center table and participants are seated in a ring around them. Each
participant draws a number. Number one selects any gift from the table, unwraps
it, and walks around the circle, showing off the gift. Number two may either
select a wrapped gift from the center, or take the gift from the first person,
who may then select a new gift. Each participant selects a gift in turn until
everyone has one, and the exchange ends.
Rules:
1. Each participant selects a gift from
the pile of wrapped gifts or takes one that someone else has already opened.
2. Each gift must be displayed to the
group.
3. Each gift must remain in plain sight (i.e.
no hiding an item so others will forget who has it)
4. A participant whose gift has been
liberated selects a new gift before the next sequential number makes his or her
selection (traffic control)
5. A participant may not take a gift back directly
from the person who took it from him or her. (Cooperative arrangements with
family and friends to circumvent this rule are allowed.)
6. If the same item has been taken from a
participant three times, both the gift and the participant drop out of play when he or she retrieves it for the
third time. (Otherwise this could go on all night)
Please join us for an evening of fun, fellowship, rocks, larceny, and great
holiday food.
2002
January 2002 -- "Dry Head Agate: Another Collecting
Locality in Jeopardy" by John Hurst.
February 2002
-- demonstrations of various rockhounding-related
crafts by club members and outside artisans.
March 2002 -- silent auction.
April 2002 -- Flint knapping demonstration by Jeff
Ferguson.
May 2002--Slide show by Hugh Tanner on sharks' teeth
and other fossils gathered on his trip to Florida.
June 2002 -- Mount Antero aquamarines and other
minerals by Bill Hutchinson.
July 2002 meeting was held at the East Boulder Recreation Center . "A Morocco buying trip", slide show/travelogue by Ann Black. Ann took a trip to Morocco, saw the signts, bought some fabulous mineral specimens, and shared the experience. Minerals were on display and available for purchase.
August
2002 -- annual picnic, at the Boulder Senior Center. We are not allowed to
cook at this facility, so burgers and bratwurst were prepared by a cook
provided by East Lake Catering Services (profits going to Meals on Wheels).
Last names beginning with A-L, brought salad or side dish, surnames beginning
M-Z, brought a dessert.
September 2002 - Professor Bill Atkinson of the
University of Colorado spoke about the depositional environments of gold,
including a slide show of beautiful gold specimens. Professor Atkinson brings a
lifetime of experience and knowledge about economic metals deposits from around
the world.
October 2002 - Slide show by Amanda Cook on the rich and
diverse flora and fauna (plants and animals) of the Florissant Fossil Beds.
Amanda has quite a bit of experience in the area and is something of a local
expert.
November 2002 - "Show and Towel" , the club's
annual towel show. Ribbons awarded for the best of; 1) a club trip, 2) a
personal trip, 3) lapidary and jewelry arts, 4) the ugliest rock, and 5) best
towel, plus junior members' awards in the above categories.
December 2002 - Holiday party
2001
February
2001 -- snowed out.
March 2001 -- silent auction.
October 2001 -- dinosaur egg slide
lecture by Florence
MaGovern of The Stone Company and officer
elections (at Twin Peaks Mall)
November
2001 -- show and towel
December
2001 -- holiday party and gift exchange
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