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President’s Message
We are almost into the holidays. Please remember we are adjusting our meeting dates slightly to adjust for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Our November meeting will be November 19th. Our December meeting will be held on December 17th. And while we are on the subject of the holidays, come to our November meeting to get some good mineral [...]
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This evening we are going to get an early opportunity to collect the mineral ICE… Snow, the variety of ice we expect, is a simple oxide. It is usually found in complex six-rayed hexagonal forms of great variety. Vitreous luster, transparent to translucent, colorless to white, pale blue to greenish blue in thick layers. Streak [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sanford Vesuvianite Locality Temporarily CLOSED
I went down to the Sanford pit Saturday to see if the snow was gone and noticed the property is posted. I have talked with owners for some years now and gave him a call to see what was up. The last big storm we had knocked some trees down which are hung up by others. [...]
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