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GEM CITY ROCK and MINERAL SOCIETY

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Next Meeting

Our next Regular Meeting will be Saturday, July 11th, 2009 at 9:30AM

at the meeting room of the Gem City Rock & Mineral Society
in the basement of the Renaissance Centre building at
1001 State Street, Erie, PA
on the south east corner of 10th and State Streets downtown.

Our meeting will be making final plans for the Gem Show and gathering together the materials and supplies to take to the Arena the following weekend.


There is a parking ramp next door on the south side of 10th Street between State and French, which should be free on Saturdays and Sundays.

To find the club, go in the State Street revolving door and look for the stairway down to the basement on the
right side of the lobby, or look for the elevators to the right of the lobby and take the third elevator to the
basement level. From there you should be able to see the door to our area.




Our next Show Committee Meeting will be Saturday, June 20th, 2009 at 10:00AM

at the Ice Arena

We will be going through the facility with the super to figure out the stuff we didn't figure out last year.



Next Work Sessions

Our next Work Session will probably be Saturday, June 20 after the Arena meeting to make more Discovery Blocks -- keep checking back!


In general, check back here Saturday morning around 9:00AM or call Bob (454-6770) or Harriet (868-8422) to be sure.
We usually stay until at least 12:30, sometimes past 2:00.


WQLN Auction

WQLN, the local PBS affiliate, contacted us about donating something to their 40th Great TV Auction -- like maybe "some of that very pretty jewelry on the web site." I had to tell them that we hadn't actually made any yet, that it was our Project for Fall. But then we thought, well, why not make a few now? And what else could we give them to auction? This is what we came up with:

Tree of Life Pendant, 1-1/2" Diam
Sterling Silver and Peridot 		Tree of Life Pendant, 1-1/2" Diam
Sterling Silver and Aventurine and Garnet 		Tree of Life Pendant, 1-1/2" Diam
Sterling Silver and Carnelian, Citrine,
Amber and Peridot
Agate Cab Pendant, 30x40mm(?)
Sterling Silver and Lace Agate,
Pendant Bail on back 		Fossil Coral Head, 10"x12"
Val said she got the info on the exact type and the formation and all,
but she hasn't sent it to me yet. We collected in on
one of our trips to Batavia.
Kid's Treasure Kit:
Book, 50! labelled minerals and fossils, another cool fossil in matrix,
Ash from 2 Volcanos,
and a Party Pack of 4 of the Club's Discovery Blocks
with mallet and stake to break them open with! Very Cool!
(Click Photo for larger view.)





Field Trip

We went to collect Stag Horn Coral Fossils at a site near Batavia, NY (Buffalo area) on Sunday, April 26th. See the Field Trip page for more details.




Pebble Pups

We are still looking for a new Youth Activities Coordinator, so the Pebble Pups are on hiatus until we find one.

Until we do, young people are still welcome to come to the regular adult meetings.



Library Display Window

We are putting stuff together for our 2009 Library Display which will again be in the Blasco Library Display Window near the Children's Room. Our theme this year is "From Rocks to Gems" -- the lapidary processes involved in taking rough rocks, and cutting them in slabs, cabs, faceted gemstones, and other decorative objects.


Our 2008 Library Display is now is now a memory, but you can still check out some photos on the 2008 Library Window Display page.

Thanks to all the many club members who contributed material to the display -- combining the best items from a dozen or so private collections turns out to be pretty impressive! And if the comments of those who passed by while I was putting in / taking out / re-arranging etc. are representative, lots of people were pretty impressed!


Club Mailing Address

The Club's Mailing Address is:

Gem City Rock & Mineral Society
P.O. Box 475
Erie, PA 16512-0475








updated 11 June 2009