Rock of the Month Painite - Arlington Gem and Mineral Club
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Rock of the Month Painite - Arlington Gem and Mineral Club
1408 GIBBINS ROAD, ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011 Volume 70, Issue 3, March 2015 ROCKHOUND NEWS OF THE ARLINGTON GEM & MINERAL CLUB Rock of the Month Painite In 2005, The Guinness Book of World Records called painite the world's rarest gemstone mineral. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 1 Rocks are everywhere, but . . . CLUB PURPOSE: To encourage the study of earth sciences, lapidary arts and other related fields, and to enjoy good fellowship with those who share like interests. CONTACTS [email protected] World Wide Web Home Page http://www.agemclub.org Business meeting and program 1st Tuesday 7:30PM Executive Committee Meeting 7:00PM on Last Tuesday of the Month ARLINGTON GEM AND MINERAL CLUB MEMBER OF SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES March 2015 A lot of times we rock hounds are hunting specimens around played out mines and the very rocks we are looking for are the same ones the miners considered as 'ore'. Many times the rocks that came out of the mine were taken to a crusher for processing. Sometimes a crusher will serve several mines and was centrally located. Look for your specimens along likely transportation routes between the mine and the crusher. There is a gold mine near Durango where the mine is 5,000 feet up the mountain and the processing plant was in the ghost town at the base of the mountain. The mining company transported the ore in buckets on a cable car system and most of the towers are still standing. As anyone who has ever been on a ski chairlift will attest, there is a pronounced giggle as the cable goes past the tower. If the ore transport bucket is a little too full, some of the ore will end up falling out. I found a few fist size rocks with gold flecks in them near the towers. While I was hoping for something nugget size, my golden speckles was the best I could hope for. The Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan is full of old copper mines and one of the crushers, a truly massive structure, was located near a makeshift harbor at the beach. After spending several hours scrounging thru stamp sand piles around the crusher, I got out the USGS maps and found several abandoned RR grades leading to the crusher. I located one near an existing road, parked the car and hiked maybe 100 feet into the woods to the old RR bed. While the tracks had been torn up decades ago and the cross ties had all rotted away, the old grade was still visible - rocky hump with ditches on each side and as straight as an arrow. Rocks containing veins of native copper were strewn all over the old roadbed. The only thing more numerous were the swarms of mosquitos. Within an hour I had all the native copper specimens I could ever use and was searching for a bottle of calamine lotion. Good luck and good hunting, Neal Chisholm. THE HOUNDS TALE 2 I N S I DE T H I S ISSUE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING: 7:00 PM, LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS SERVE AS UNPAID VOLUNTEERS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING TO FILL A VACANT POSITION PLEASE CONTACT THE PRESIDENT. ELECTED OFFICERS (Voting) President Secretary Treasurer - Finance 1st Vice Pres. (Operational/Educational Classes) 2nd Vice Pres. (Programs) 3rd Vice Pres. (Field Trips) 4th Vice Pres. (Youth Programs) Delegate at Large (Ombudsperson) 4 10 Most Rare Gemstones 6 It Takes A Club 6 2015 Annual Show Update 6 Old Saws & Pulleys 7 Enameling Workshops 8 Field Trips 10 Local Area Club Meetings 11 Lapidary Lab Schedule 10 Area Gem & Mineral Shows 10 2014 Year End Class Report 11 Feb. Class Schedule 12 Mar. Class Schedule 13 Facetor’s Swap & Lapidary Shop Report Webmaster Sunshine Newsletter Mailing Grounds Computer/Electronics Technology Website Software Development International Gem and Jewelry AKS Shows 14 Jan. Meeting Minutes THE HOUND’S TALE Carrie Baum Marlenia Cohen Stephen Bennett Emie Stewart Jesse Baum Billy Harris Janet Gray Ray Wilkes APPONTED POSITIONS (Voting) Past President (Donations Chairperson) Bulletin (The Hound’s Tale) Editor Show Chairperson Lapidary Department Chairperson Membership Chairperson Carl Wells Gerald Pennington Anastasia Chaparro Barbara Maloney John Crabb APPONTED POSITIONS (Non-Voting) Library Chairperson Building Chairperson Hospitality Chairperson Welcome Chairperson Constitution and By-Laws Chairperson Jewelry Making Chairperson Long-Range Planning Chairperson Parliamentary Procedure Chairperson Historian Chairperson Jacqueline Chirunga VACANT Jackie Peel Sandra Brazzale Karen Cessna VACANT VACANT VACANT VACANT People interested in serving the club in these VACANT positions, please contact President Carrie Baum. OPERATIONS VOLUNTEERS (Non-Voting) Jeremy Dubhros Marge Harrand Lois McCormick Barbara Poplin Torre Quinn Darcy Sety Joyce Speed Kris Galbraith Published monthly by the Arlington Gem and Mineral Club. ADS AND ARTICLES Lapidary related ads and articles from members of AGMC are welcomed. They will be placed on a space available basis, first in first out. Include your name and contact information. Send ads and articles to the editor at our web site: http://www.agemclub.org, click on “CONTACTS” (upper right), then, on the next page click on “Hound’s Tale Editor” (bottom center). Alternatively, you can send them to [email protected]. Deadline date for ads and articles is the 15th of the month. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 3 10 Most Rare Gemstones in the World; Rarer than a Diamond Painite In 2005, The Guinness Book of World Records called painite the world's rarest gemstone mineral. First discovered in Myanmar by British mineralogist Arthur C. D. Pain in the 1950s, for decades there were only two known crystals of the hexagonal mineral on Earth; by 2005, there were still fewer than 25 known specimens. Colors may vary from brown to red and pink. It is also pleochroic, meaning it can emit different hues depending on the angle you are coming from. When placed under short wave ultraviolet light, this rare stone will emit and fluoresce a strong green color. Black Opal Black Opal is a greenish type of opal with black mottling and gold flecks. Usually found in ancient hot springs, the gem is usually tumbled smooth and cut cabochon. The Black Opal differs from other Opal as it is formed on a darker (black) quartz-like layer that enables greater refraction/reflection of the light to the top of the opal, especially the reds and pinks. Up to $20,000 per carat. Musgravite Named after the Musgrave Ranges, Australia, where it was first discovered. Its hardness is 8 to 8.5 on the Mohs scale. Only eight specimens of this gem have been identified. Musgravite, however, is very similar to another gem called taaffeite, so it is possible that some taaffeites have just been misidentified. Up to $35,000 per carat. Alexandrite Alexandrite is a genuinely incredible gemstone. The alexandrite variety displays a color change (alexandrite effect) dependent upon the nature of ambient lighting. Alexandrite effect is the phenomenon of an observed color change from greenish to reddish with a change in source illumination. To be clear: this color change is independent of your viewing angle; a gemstone that shifts colors when you rotate it in your hand, is said to be pleochroic, and while alexandrite is strongly pleochroic, it can also change colors independently of viewing angle when viewed under an artificial light source. A variety of Chrysoberyl, alexandrite belongs to the same family of gemstones as emerald. Up to $100,000 per carat. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 4 Poudretteite Poudretteite is an extremely rare mineral and gemstone that was first discovered as minute crystals in Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, during the 1960s. It was initially thought to be extremely rare, but several of this gemstone was discovered in Myanmar in 2003. Grandidierite Grandidierite is an extremely rare mineral and gem that was first discovered in 1902 in southern Madagascar. Like alexandrite and tanzanite, grandidierite is pleochroic, and can transmit blue, green, and white light. This mineral is sometimes mistaken for serendibite. Benitoite It was first described in 1907 by George D. Louderback, who named it benitoite for its occurrence near the headwaters of the San Benito River in San Benito County, California. It has a strong blue color and emits dispersion similar to that of a diamond. Under ultraviolet light, it radiates an intense bluewhite color. Benitoites usually come less than a carat, though the largest ever found weighed 15.42 carats. Jeremejevite Jeremejevite is a rare aluminum borate mineral with variable fluoride and hydroxide ions. It was named after Russian mineralogist Pavel Vladimirovich Eremeev (Jeremejev, Germany). It occurs as a late hydrothermal phase in granitic pegmatites in association with albite, tourmaline, quartz and rarely gypsum. Serendibite Serendibite is an extremely rare boron-bearing mineral that is only rarely found as facet grade material. There appear to be only two sources for gem quality serendibite, the Ratnapura area in Sri Lanka, and the Mogok stone tract in Northern Myanmar. Red Beryl It was first described in 1904 for an occurrence, its type locality, at Maynard's Claim (Pismire Knolls), Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah. Red beryl is very rare and has only been reported from a handful of locations including: Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah; Paramount Canyon and Round Mountain, Sierra County, New Mexico. Prices for top quality natural red beryl can be as high as $10,000 per carat for finished stones. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 5 It Takes a Club to Make a Club Show The AGMC Jewelry, Gem, and Mineral Show is scheduled for June 13-14, 2015, at the Grapevine Convention Center. Our Show Chairperson, Anastasia Chaparro, has started securing vendors to buy sales spaces, coordinating advertising and promotions, and generally wheeling and dealing to make our show the success we all, as members, expect it to be. She has also appointed a small cadre of volunteers to serve as committee leaders for the myriad functions that have to be done before and during the show to make it all happen. That’s all good and as it should be. Kudo’s to you, Anastasia! Now get back to work and make it even better. June will be here before you know it! That’s the rub. Anastasia can’t do it all. Neither can her cadre of committee leaders. Nor should any of us expect them to. Without active, enthusiastic support (and work) from us, the members, all the planning and arrangements of our show organizers would be for nothing. The show would fail from a lack of will to do our best to make it succeed. It would be, at best, a lackluster event that neither vendors nor attendees would be interested in participating in again. We, as members, would be diminished along with the reputation of our club. But that’s not going to happen. We won’t let it happen. It takes a CLUB to make a CLUB SHOW. We’ll actively seek out ways to do something fitting our interests, schedules, and skills to help make a stellar show. Along the way, we’ll find that doing so will not only turn out to be interesting and even fun, but will also help us grow as people. Being a member of the club is more than paying dues and taking classes. It is being part of a community of people with very diverse, yet surprisingly common, interests: Making. Learning. Doing. Sharing. Helping. Having Fun with all of it. That’s what the club is all about. Get in touch with Anastasia, [email protected] Find out which club member is organizing the activities you are interested in helping with. If you don’t know what you may be interested in or able to help with, talk to all of them. There’s something that’ll be good for you, and good for the show, guaranteed. AGMC 2015 Annual Show Update By Anastasia Chaparro, Show Chairperson The show preparations are in full swing now, and we could surely use your help as a volunteer. Remember you get a selling or displaying space in the club area for your participation if you help out. We need people to display finished pieces. The sign-up sheets are still by the door, so remember to take a look at them when you come in to do a class or lab. I have started a board on Pinterest for the 2015 show with ads from our vendors with photos. It is constantly being added to. Those of you who would like to send a link to our friends about the show, here is the webpage: https://www.pinterest.com/mysticalnotes/2015-arlington-jewelry-gem-mineral-show/ Besides that, Renee Crouch who is the committee head for the Club Competition at the show is looking for artists who would like to participate. The competition parameters will be available to you in a week or two, and we will put copies up in the front near the door. It is a great way to have a professional jeweler give you constructive advice and guidance as well. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 6 Enameling Classes/Workshops By Barbara Maloney, Lapidary Department Chairperson There are several members of our group that attend our enameling workshops, held on the second Saturday of the month, that have really been excelling at their enameling. Among the “regulars” are: • Linden Blackmon, who just conquered plique a jour! • Linda Trahan had also done a beautiful piece in plique a jour using a different method from the one used by Linden. Linden filled a punched round hole of about 4 mm in clear coated copper, using a piece of mica for a backing to hold the enamel in place. Linda had sawn very fine lines in fine silver and used the traditional surface tension method to hold her enamel in place. Both methods were successful! Those of us that tried one entire workshop to achieve these results, found out that it is a lot more difficult than it seems. Our regular sifting techniques, both with and without stencils, have really been yielding spectacular results. • Randall Lantz made a fantastic stained glass pattern on a copper disk using sifting and pencil line techniques. He was working with opaque and the piece was awesome. • Leslie Williams has continued to work on wonderful bracelets and other pieces. She experienced some difficulties when using opaques and transparent enamels together. We’re not quite sure why, but the combination seemed to cause the enamels to turn sandy and peel off the work. It probably has to do with differences in the coefficient of expansion and/or the softening points of the colors involved. • Nancy Leary continues her work with both sifting and using frit. She has produced some really lovely works. • Deb Savage hasn’t made it to class in a while, but she makes really nice enamels! • Sue Poarch has been working at her home on the torch fired technique she learned recently at another school. She said it was working out very well. We are all anxiously awaiting a class in this new technique of hot combing the enamel. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 7 Field Trip to Cameron, Texas Purpose: To collect Petrified Wood. RSVP: To [email protected] if attending Date & Time: Saturday, March 7th, 10am Fees: Petrified wood is $.25 per pound Location: We will be collecting at Sand Creek Farm and Dairy, Cameron, TX Meeting Place: Dairy Queen: 203 N Main, Calvert, TX 77837 at 10 am. Preparations: Water, sunscreen, basic collecting tools and buckets. Picnic lunch if desired. Important Notes: This is a farm that has an outcrop of petrified wood under their land which they are selling for $.25 per pound. Some of the petrified wood is too porous for lapidary work, and is more suited for masonry or garden rocks; but some works well, and is gorgeous, particularly the “pocket wood”, which was either eaten by insects or rotted partially before it petrified, leaving small pockets of agate or drusy in the wood grain. They also have some interesting iron ore available for the same price. Some of the petrified wood has been gathered and dumped into a pile, which you can pick from, and the rest is “in situ” – just waiting for you to discover and collect it. They accept cash only. Pets are not allowed. Field Trips of the Dallas Paleontological Society (You may need to be a member in order to participate in these field trips.) Jacksboro field trip led by Jordan Lee Saturday, March 21, 2015 10 am – meet in downtown square Hunt until 2pm What to Bring: 1. Have your backpack with your name on the outside. 2. Collecting bags/containers 3. Digging tools 4. Water and lunch 5. Sunscreen and a hat 6. Parents are welcome *More info on the website coming soon! Thank you. Jill Berenson - education chair [email protected] Tynessa Morgan-Craft [email protected] Michelle Scrudder [email protected] March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 8 Kids Fieldtrip - Martin Marietta Quarry (TXI) 245 Ward Road Midlothian TX Saturday, March 7th 8 am. - 12pm. You must sign up for this trip. You must be a member of DPS unless the trip doesn’t meet its quota. One adult per family. Meet in TXI at the first parking lot on the left as you enter BEFORE 8 am so we can sign the ‘no harm agreements’. This is the ATCO contact between the Eagle Ford Shale and the Austin Chalk (Cretaceous period) Target finds are marine vertebrate: Cretodus, Ptychodus, Squalicorax and other shark teeth. Other possibilities include occasional mosasaur, turtle and fish material. I like to remind everyone to wear closed toe shoes (ankle high boots are best). You will also need a rock hammer, hard hat (quarry will supply one if you don’t have one) and collection bags (plastic bags are fine). There are no bathroom facilities once inside the quarry so please STOP AND GO before you get to the quarry. Attention: This trip seems a little long for our youngest members so I suggest you let them hunt Pyrite during the second half of the trip or perhaps I can arrange for you to leave at 10am with advance notice. [email protected] 903916-0083 Directions: 67 south towards Midlothian. Continue on 67 pass the Midlothian exits passing under Hwy 287 take Ward Road exit, follow feeder road, make left under 67, cross RR track. You are there. Parking lot is on your left. Check the hotline 817-355-4693 ahead of any event for any last minute changes. Sulphur River at Ladonia, Texas March 14 Our special guest, Nathan Van Vranken will be hosting a DPS fieldtrip on March 14th to the Sulphur River at Ladonia, Texas. He is presently attending UT Permian Basin in Odessa obtaining his master’s degree in paleontology and will be pursuing his PHD in the upcoming year. Meeting at the 2499 Fossil Park. Contact information: Polly Mullinnex at [email protected] Cell 903-916-0083 Check the hotline 817-355-4693 ahead of any event for any last minute changes. April 4th Lake Benbrook Benbrook is a noted 80 million old late Cretaceous marine site. This Goodland formation represents a shallow sea offering finds of gastropods, oysters, corals, clams, sea urchins and ammonites. This is a very family friendly site and offers easy access to the fossil beds. [email protected] 903-916-0083 Check the hotline 817-355-4693 ahead of any event for any last minute changes. April 18th and 19th Whiskey Bridge This is a two day fieldtrip, but you are welcome to join the group on Saturday, April 18th, for a day hunt. We will be hunting near the bridge over the Brazos River off Hwy 21 on the first day. The second day we will be canoeing the little Brazos. At present I have not found a rental place so you will have to bring your own or arrange to share one with another participant. This is the Cook Mountain Formation, Eocene marine Fossils with some shark teeth. Contact: [email protected] 903-916-0083 Check the hotline 817-355-4693 ahead of any event for any last minute changes. May 3rd thru May 8th Nebraska Nebraska White River Badlands Fieldtrip Arrival date May 3rd. We will be hunting the Oligocene, Brule and Chadron formations. Finds include turtle, Oreodont, Rhinoceros, three toed horse, rabbit, camel, canine and feline material. Most abundant remains are Oreodont. There are accommodations on the ranch. Each room has a microwave, frig and coffee maker. There is also a full kitchen in the main cottage guest may March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 9 use. We must have a min. of 5 people and a max of 10. Please Contact Polly at: [email protected], cell 903-916-0083 for prices or further information. You may arrange to pay by the day or for the full 5 nights, 4 days. With an extra half day free on Friday for those paying for the full 5/4. Annual Denton Creek Canoe Trip - May 16th This section of the creek flows through the upper Washita series of the lower Cretaceous. Assorted bivalves, echinoids and cidarid plates have been found along with some plant material. This trip has been canceled for the last two years due to a low water level in the creek. Always check the hotline for any changes in this water sensitive trip. Trip leader for this trip will be Roger Farish. [email protected] Check the hotline 817-355-4693 ahead of any event for any last minute changes. June 6th, Gore, Oklahoma Bad weather has plagued the last two scheduled fieldtrips to Gore so we will try, once more, in hopes the sun will shine on this year’s endeavor. The quarry is Pennsylvanian Age, Morrowan Stage. This is the very earliest Pennsylvanian. What will you find? Blastoids (the real attraction at this quarry) also occasional crinoids, Paleozoic shark teeth, brachiopods, corals and other invertebrates. [email protected] 903-916-0083. Check the hotline 817-355-4693 ahead of any event for any last minute changes. July 11th Sherman Creeks - Shark Tooth Fieldtrip A Cretaceous shark tooth trip. Fieldtrip leader Roger Farish. [email protected] Check the hotline 817355-4693 ahead of any event for any last minute changes. August 15th Oliver Creek This is a very family friendly fieldtrip offering assorted echinoids and ammonites.... Leader Roger Farish. [email protected] Check the hotline 817-355-4693 ahead of any event for any last minute changes. Local Area Club Meetings Dallas Gem & Mineral Society, 10205 Plano Rd, off of Plano Rd, Dallas, TX, meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 pm Dallas Paleontological Society, EMGI (Bldg. H, Brookhaven College, 3939 Valley View Lane, Farmers Branch, TX 75244), 2nd Wednesday each month at 7:30 pm Farmers Branch Senior Center, Rock & Mineral Club, 14055 Dennis Lane, Farmers Branch, TX 75234, meets the first Thursday of each month from 10am - noon. NO FEES FOR THIS CLUB! Fort Worth Gem & Mineral Club, 3545 Bryan Avenue, Ft Worth, TX, meets the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm Cowtown Gem, Mineral, & Glass Club, 3300 Bryant Irvin Road, Fort Worth, TX 76109, meets the 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 pm (Note: These meetings may be relocated or delayed due to construction at club site) Oak Cliff Gem & Min Society, South Hampton Community Hospital, 2929 S. Hampton Rd, Dallas, TX, 4th Tuesday each month at 7 pm Pleasant Oaks Gem & Mineral Club, Garland Women's Bldg., 713 Austin, Garland, TX meets the 1st Thursday each month at 7:30 pm March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 10 Bench Tips, By Brad Smith WINDING JUMP RINGS Whenever you need a few jump rings the same size, it's easy to grab a round rod and wind as many as you need. But when you need a lot of them, some form of winder saves a lot of time. A variable speed screw gun makes quick work of winding the coils. Screw guns are quite inexpensive at discount stores and are remarkably handy for odd jobs in the shop and around the house. To wind a coil, just bend a right angle on the end of the wire about a half inch long and insert this into the screw gun chuck. Then wind slowly, keeping a tight coil. I like to rest the end of the mandrel on the edge of the table or bench pin. Finally, one note of caution. If you are winding an entire length of wire, be careful as you get near the end of the wire. If the end passes under your thumb, it can cause a nasty scratch or cut. _____________ TOUCHING UP A BEZEL Pumice wheels are good for touching up a bezel after you've set the stone. The hardness is about 6 on the Mohs scale, less hard than quartz, so it shouldn't scratch any of your agates or jaspers. However, I'd avoid or be real careful of using pumice near the softer stones like turquoise, amber, howlite, etc. If you're unsure about the hardness of your wheels, test them on a piece of glass. Glass is about 5 ½ on the Mohs scale, softer than quartz. So if the wheel doesn't harm glass, it's safe for use on the quartzes and harder stones. My preference is the one inch diameter ones such as those shown at: riogrande.com/Product/AdvantEdge-Pumice-Wheels-Medium/332722?pos=2 March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 11 Lapidary Lab Schedule, March 2015 By Barbara Maloney 3/3/2015 3/5/2015 3/7/2015 3/12/2015 3/14/2015 3/17/2015 3/19/2015 3/21/2015 3/25/2015 3/26/2015 3/28/2015 2nd Tues 1st Thurs 1st Sat 2nd Thurs 2nd Sat 3rd Tues 3rd Thurs 3rd Sat 4th Wed. 4th Thurs. 4th Sat Andre Jeremy Ray Randall Lizzette Jesse Jeremy Richard Andre Jeremy Barbara 9am-12pm 7:30pm-9:30pm 9am-12pm 7pm-9pm 9am-12pm 7pm-10pm (FREE evening) 7:30pm-9:30pm 8am-12pm 1-4 pm 7:30pm-9:30pm 8am-12pm Area Gem & Mineral Shows Mar 7-8, 2015, Pasadena, Texas, Clear Lake Gem & Mineral Society, Pasadena Convention Center. Mar 7-8, 2015, Big Spring, Texas, Big Spring Prospectors Club, Howard County Fair Barn. Mar 7-8, 2015, Robstown, Texas, Gulf Coast Gem & Mineral Society, Regional Fairgrounds. Mar 12-15, 2015, Deming, New Mexico, Deming Gem & Mineral Society, SW New Mexico Fairgrounds. Mar 14-15, 2015, San Antonio, Texas, Southwest Gem & Mineral Society, San Antonio Event Center, 8111 Meadow Leaf Drive (Corner of I-410 and Marbach) Mar 20-22, 2015, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque Gem & Mineral Club, New Mexico State Fairgrounds. Mar 27-28, 2015, Ada, Oklahoma, Ada Gem, Mineral & Fossil Club, Pontotoc County Agri-Plex. Apr 11-12, 2015, Abilene, Texas, Central Texas Gem & Mineral Society, Abilene Civic Center, N. 6th & Pine Street. Apr 17-19, 2015, Alpine, Texas, Chihuahuan Desert Gem & Mineral Society, Alpine Civic Center. Apr 24-26, 2015, Dallas, Texas, The International Gem & Jewelry Show, Dallas Market Hall. I'm sure you've heard about the spacecraft that the European Space Agency landed on the comet. It skipped 3 times before falling into a ditch. The ESA was ecstatic and said their next space craft will be taught how to jump rope. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 12 March 2015 Class News By Emie Stewart, 1st VP (Classes) Thank you for your interest in AGMC and its classes. All official class information and schedules can be found here and in the Class Schedule published monthly by Emie Stewart. Information received after the deadline will be announced at the monthly club meeting. Below are some of the new classes coming up, plus important general information about the classes and how to sign up for them. In addition, in an effort to better communicate with new members, a one-page New Member AGMC Class Information document is now available from John Crabb when new members join the club. If existing members would like a copy, please see John. New Classes: • Saturday, March 7, Carrie Baum will teach a workshop on wiring large beads for pendants. The workshop is from 1-4 PM. • Saturday, March 7, Janet Gray will teach a pearl knotting class from 1-3 PM. • Monday, March 23, from 7-9 PM, Leslye Wilkes will teach a workshop on Byzantine chain. • Saturday, March 28, from 1-4 PM, Katiri Peters will be teaching a workshop on making an adjustable wire wrapped ring. • Saturday, March 28, Janet Gray will be teaching an intermediate pearl knotting class. • Monday, April 13, Don Whitney will be teaching a class on tool making, from 6-10PM. • Saturday, April 18, from 1-3, Helen Vaught will be teaching a chain maille class. • Jurgen Maerz returns to AGMC on Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19, to teach an all-day workshop on flush setting and bead setting faceted stones, along with bright cutting. This is an advanced technical class. Please see Emie Stewart for more information. • On Thursday, April 23, Delbert Speed will teach a workshop on torch firing enamel beads. The class is from 7-10 PM. • A new beginning silversmithing class will be offered, beginning on Monday nights in May. Sign-ups will be at the April meeting, in the cabbing room, beginning at 7:00 PM. AGMC March 2015 Class Schedule By Emie Stewart, 1st VP (Classes) SPECIAL WORKSHOPS: Keum Boo Saturday, March 7, 1-4 PM Instructor: Linda Trahan Wire Wrapping Large Beads for Pendants Saturday, March 7, 1-4 PM Instructor: Carrie Baum Beginning Pearl Knotting Saturday, March 7, 1-3 PM Instructor: Janet Gray Byzantine Chain Monday, March 23, 7-9 PM Instructor: Leslye Wilkes Granulation Saturday, March 28, 1-4 PM Instructor: Linda Trahan March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 13 Wire Wrapping: Adjustable Ring Saturday, March 28, 1-4PM Instructor: Katiri Peters Intermediate Pearl Knotting Saturday, March 28, 1-3 PM Instructor: Janet Gray ONGOING CLASSES: Cab Class 1st Saturday, 1-4 PM 2nd Tuesday, 7-10 PM 4th Tuesday, 9 AM-noon 4th Wednesday, 9 AM-noon 4th Saturday, 1-4 PM Instructor: Instructor: Instructor: Instructor: Instructor: Beginning Fused Glass Sundays, 1-5 PM Instructor: Lois McCormick, Tom McCormick III Glass Fusing Labs 2nd & 3rd Tuesdays, 7-10 PM Instructor: Karen Cessna Enameling Labs 2nd Saturdays, 1-5 PM Instructors: Sue Poarch & Barbara Maloney Ray Wilkes Stephen Bennett Carl Wells Andre Meyer Barbara Maloney Faceting Wednesdays, 7-9 PM Instructors: Mike Knuth/Elaine O’Donley/Frank Krystinik/Donna Mallory/Dudley Barnes Casting Lab Thurs, Mar 12, 7-10 PM & Sat, Mar 14, 9-noon Instructors: Jack Spinks and Katiri Peters Silversmithing Intermediate Silversmithing Wednesdays, 7-10 PM Advanced Silversmithing Fridays, 7-10 PM Instructor: Rotating; Class Assistants: Sue Bedell/Diane Neal Instructors: Emie Stewart/Marlenia Cohen/John Crabb/Jayne Colburn Special Projects in Silversmithing for Alumni Thursdays, 1-4 PM Instructor: Emie Stewart AGMC Tentative April 2015 Class Schedule SPECIAL WORKSHOPS: Setting Faceted Stones: Flush, Bead, and Bright Cutting Sat & Sun, Apr 18 & 19, all day Instructor: Jurgen Maerz Chain Maille Saturday, April 18, 1-3 PM Instructor: Helen Vaught Tool Making Monday, April 13, 6-10 PM Instructor: Don Whitney March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 14 Torch Firing Enamel Beads Thursday, April 23, 7-10 PM Instructor: Delbert Speed ONGOING CLASSES: Cab Class: 1st Saturday, 1-4 PM 2nd Tuesday, 7-10 PM 4th Saturday, 1-4 PM Instructor: Ray Wilkes Instructor: Stephen Bennett Instructor: Barbara Maloney Faceting Wednesdays, 7-9 PM Instructors: Mike Knuth/Elaine O’Donley/Frank Krystinik/Donna Mallory/Dudley Barnes Glass Fusing Lab 2nd & 3rd Tuesdays, 7-10 PM Instructor: Karen Cessna Enameling Labs 2nd Saturdays, 1-5 PM Instructors: Sue Poarch and Barbara Maloney Casting Lab TBA Instructors: Jack Spinks and Katiri Peters Silversmithing Intermediate Silversmithing Wednesdays, 7-10 PM Instructors: Rotating; Class Assistants: Sue Bedell/Diane Neal Advanced Silversmithing Fridays, 7-10 PM Instructor: Emie Stewart/Marlenia Cohen/John Crabb/Jayne Colburn Special Projects in Silversmithing for Alumni Thursdays, 1-4 PM Instructor: Emie Stewart March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 15 Obama to give free parks admission to fourth graders By Gregory Korte, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — President Obama will announce Thursday that the National Park Service will give all fourth graders and their families free admission to national parks and other federal lands for a full year. The Every Kid in a Park initiative is part of an effort to get schoolchildren outdoors and more active. It will start in the school year that begins next fall, which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the National Parks Service in 2016. Family admission to national parks usually costs $80 for an annual pass, but fourth graders and their families will be able to get a free pass that will give them admission to national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other federal public lands and waters, according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to allow the president to make the announcement. Obama will make the announcement Thursday in Chicago, where he will announce that he's designating the Pullman neighborhood as a national monument. The neighborhood, on the city's south side, was built by the Pullman Palace Car Co. for the workers who made its sleeper cars for passenger trains beginning in 1867 — but it's most significant for its role in labor unrest and civil rights advances. Obama will also announce designation of Honolulu National Monument in Hawaii, where Japanese-American citizens and prisoners of war were held in an internment camp during World War II, and Browns Canyon National Monument in Colorado, a popular whitewater rafting destination along the Arkansas River. The cost of the free passes for fourth graders will come out of a $20 million National Park Service budget for youth engagement programs. With the help of the National Parks Foundation, the Park Service will also provide grants for free transportation for schools that need it, and educational materials for teachers. According to National Geographic, the best national parks spots for children include Yellowstone in Wyoming, the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado, the Grand Canyon in Arizona and the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. Editor’s note: National Parks, etc. in Texas: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument Amistad National Recreation Area Big Bend National Park Big Thicket National Preserve Chamizal National Memorial El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail Fort Davis National Historic Site Guadalupe Mountains National Park Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Padre Island National Seashore Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Rio Grande Wild And Scenic River San Antonio Missions National Historical Park March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 16 LAPIDARY SHOP REPORT By Barbara Maloney, Lapidary Department Chairperson Thanks to Donald Whitney, saw #1 is up and running again. The spring that was sprung has been replaced and, if we use the carriage release lever carefully, hopefully this problem won’t arise again! Please remember the supervisors are there for your benefit. They can help you make certain your rock is in the carriage properly, help you figure out the proper use of saws, and lend advice in so many areas. Please use them as needed. That’s why we get paid the big bucks! Another issue with saws, both big and trim, is that too much oil is being added. The oil barrel and the small jugs of oil are now being locked up. Hopefully this will encourage members to ask a supervisor to add more oil, or clean a dirty trim saw if necessary. Remember, adding more oil than necessary only creates an oily floor. It will not help you cut a rock that is too large for the saw. When cutting a rock, it is necessary to have between ½ to 1/3 of the blade extending above the top edge of your rock when it is in proper position to be cut (That means when your rock is secured in the carriage or flat on the table of a trim saw). Also, if the oil is closer to sludge than a true liquid, you may need to ask the supervisor on duty to change the oil on the trim saw. We obviously can’t change the oil on the large saws during an open lab, but if one is really dirty, PLEASE report it to the supervisor. Randall Lantz and Jesse Baum found that the Lake Valdez in front of saw #10 wasn’t due to over filling, but rather due to a leak! We have a book for keeping needed repairs or cleaning needs noted, so they can be addressed as time permits. Saw #4, has a problem with the tensioning bar that causes a lot of vibration. Randall has found a solution for #4 and I’m getting to it. I guess some of you have given up on my struggle with saw #2 (alias Satan). I haven’t given up, but my time now that school is in session is running thin. I hope to get Harold Hoskinson or Travis Houston to help me find a suitable motor for #2’s carriage. It is located in a deuce of a position to replace. I hope to get saw #3 cleaned up at the next big saw class, put the blade back on, fill it with oil, and have it up and running by next month. If we manage to find a suitable motor for #2, the stars align correctly, and my prayers are answered, we may even see it back in action by next month! Please cross your fingers… Things in the cabbing room seem to be going along smoothly. Thanks again for everyone’s efforts to use the equipment correctly. If you forget what the proper procedures are please ask a supervisor for help if they haven’t already offered! Thanks to Elaine O’Donley for her gift of rock to the Club. Carl Wells, past President and donations chair, cut out a double handful of slabs from this donation to add to our rock for beginning cabbing. They were needed and much appreciated. If you have slabs, especially of agate or jaspers, that need a home, please consider a donation to the slabs for beginning cabbing. Remember that the flat lap now can polish your flat pieces, Mohs hardness of 8 or lower, to 14,000. We should see some wonderful results on pieces for inlay, flat faced cabs, and some brilliant backsides on cabs! I was wondering how the membership felt about offering some kind of contests for cabbing. I was thinking that we might have a contest every other month, so that most people in the membership would be able to find the time to participate. I think I could get an outside authority from the club for a judge, possibly from CERA or the Dallas Club. There would be two classes, beginning and advanced. You would choose where your talents would belong. I was thinking of offering some really nice slab or rough for the prizes. Anybody interested? Let me know your thoughts on the idea. Contact me at [email protected]. Important updates on lapidary shop news: Stephen Bennett is willing to teach a class in amber. He said there would be no prerequisite required, he would take up to six students, need only three hours on one day, and he would put together kits with everything needed and get back to us with a price. He will be using wet dry sandpapers and a roller paint tray insert for the tools (amber would gum up the wheels and belts on our equipment) and he would provide an inexpensive piece of amber in the kit. He believed this would cost under $10. He doesn’t have time for the class until this summer. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 17 Jack Spinks said he would be willing to teach a class in Ethiopian opal. This would be a class with no prerequisite, he would make the kits (again, we wouldn’t be using the wheels, he likes to use nail files). He would like to teach this in April, probably on a Sunday afternoon. He would need three hours and I think will take up to six students. He will get back to us on a date and cost. Bob Boyd is willing to teach a class in cutting turquoise. He would require basic cabbing as a prerequisite, take a maximum of six students who would need to provide their own material, and require four hours on a Saturday afternoon. He would need the club to provide Zam and new four inch muslin buffing wheels to be used on the silversmithing polishing wheels. He would be available for this sometime this summer. Jesse Baum has offered to give a class in cutting (slabbing) tiger eye. He would require the big saw class as a prerequisite. He would also need a three hour time frame and would want four students. He is willing to sell material, or the student could provide their own. He also offered a class in cabbing tiger eye. He would require basic cabbing as a prerequisite and again is willing for students to provide their own material or purchase it from him. He would take four students in this class. Since he is starting a new class in “pre” silversmithing, he won’t be available until late summer or early fall for this class. Frank Krystinik, can be persuaded to teach a class in cabbing Australian opal. He would require basic cabbing and the students could provide their own material, or he might sell some of his. I think four students would be the limit on this class and would require the three hours we usually see for cab classes. I’m also working on him to teach another of the very popular doublet and triplet classes. No dates have been discussed at this time. Carl Wells has offered to teach a daytime basic cabbing class on the fourth Tuesday of the month from nine to noon! The regular three hours would be required. Andre Meyer, is also willing to teach a daytime class in basic cabbing from nine to noon, on the fourth Wednesday of the month. He would then offer open lab from one to four on the same day. This would allow those that just finished the cab class to continue cutting on their own materials, as well as allow members a weekday open lab! Sealing Cracks in Gemstones By Gary Dawson An old lapidary taught me an excellent trick for sealing cracks in gemstones. Some gems are inherently unstable. If a client of mine wants one of these gems for inlay, or to be cut or set, I will often use this technique - with full disclosure, of course - to make the stone suitable for use in these applications. Also, with the growing trend of repurposing old jewelry, I am seeing more sentimental gems coming across my counter that require repair rather than replacement. Enter the epoxy technique. To get epoxy deep into a crack in a gemstone, mix it as you normally would and then mix that compound in a 50:50 ratio with acetone. (I generally use water--clear Epoxy 330, which is specifically formulated for use with gemstones.) You can simply paint this new mixture on the crack and it will penetrate very well. As the acetone evaporates, it leaves epoxy in the crack, which cures normally once the acetone is completely evaporated. This curing process may take a few days rather than the normal 24 hours for this particular epoxy, so don’t rush it! To get even better results, immerse the gem in the epoxy-acetone mixture and then place it in a vacuum chamber to boil the mixture, which draws the solution even deeper into the cracks. A formerly unstable gemstone will be ready to set, inlay, or cut after this treatment—and your client will be glad you knew this handy trick. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 18 Spinosaurus: The Largest Carnivorous Dinosaur By Joseph Castro, Live Science Contributor | October 30, 2014 Spinosaurus was the biggest of all the carnivorous dinosaurs, larger than Tyrannosaurus and Giganotosaurus. It lived during part of the Cretaceous period, about 112 million to 97 million years ago, roaming the swamps of North Africa. Two Spinosaurus species have been named based on the regions where they were discovered: Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Egyptian spine lizard) and Spinosaurus maroccanus (Moroccan spine lizard). Spinosaurus means "spine lizard," an appropriate descriptor, as the dinosaur had very long spines growing on its back to form what is referred to as a "sail." The distinctive spines, which grew out of the animal's back vertebrae, were up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) long and were likely connected to one another by skin. Recent fossil evidence shows Spinosaurus was the first dinosaur that was able to swim, and likely spent most of its life in the water, according to a study published September 2014 in the journal Science. "Spinosaurus had short hind limbs (like early whales and other animals that spent more and more time in the water), dense and compact bones (penguins show a similar bone profile in cross section), wide and flat claws and feet (possibly used in paddling), and a long and slender snout with conical teeth (perfect for catching fish)," said Nizar Ibrahim, a University of Chicago vertebrate paleontologist and lead author of the study. There has been much scientific debate regarding the evolution and purpose of Spinosaurus' sail. Because of its size, this dinosaur did not have many predators, but the sail could have been used to ward off enemies, as the dinosaur would have appeared to be twice its size with the sail fully extended. The dinosaur's upper spine was fairly flexible, and its vertebrae had ball-and-socket joints, meaning it was likely able to arch its back to a point. It may have been able to spread the sail when threatened or looking to attract a mate. In a 1997 study published in the Journal of Paleontology, paleontologist Jack Bowman Bailey proposed that Spinosaurus and the similar Ouranosaurus didn't have sails after all, and instead had large, bison like backs. (Ouranosaurus was another spiny dinosaur, which lived in the same general area as Spinosaurus a few million years earlier.) These humps, Bailey argued, would have acted as dissipative "heat shields" that, unlike sails, would have helped the dinosaurs survive in the hot and dry environment they were thought to have lived in (it's now known that their environment was actually a lush swamp). Other paleontologists have hypothesized that Spinosaurus used its sail to regulate its body temperature by absorbing heat or storing fat. However, Nizar Ibrahim and his colleagues found that the spines were composed of dense bones with few blood vessels and were likely wrapped snugly in skin, which doesn't support the thermoregulation idea. "The sail was likely used as a display structure," Ibrahim told Live Science. "It would have been visible from far away and even when the animal was swimming. This way, the animal could convey information about its age, size and … gender to other animals, in particular other Spinosaurus." Additionally, some paleontologists, Ibrahim included, have hypothesized that the sails were brightly colored (much like the fins of some modern-day reptiles), making them even better display structures. But, Ibrahim notes, "The sail likely had more than one function." March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 19 Spinosaurus was larger than both T. rex and Giganotosaurus, which was previously the largest carnivorous dinosaur known. But it's unclear just how big Spinosaurus was, due to incomplete fossils. In a 2005 study in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, researchers estimated Spinosaurus was 52 to 59 feet (16 to 18 m) long and weighed 7.7 to 9.9 tons (7 to 9 metric tons), based on extrapolations from skull measurements. However, other scientists took issue with the study's methods, and instead claimed the behemoth was 41 to 47 feet (12.6 to 14.3 m) long and 13.2 to 23 tons (12 to 20.9 metric tons), according to a 2007 study in the same journal. The partial Spinosaurus skeleton Ibrahim his colleagues analyzed suggests the specimen was 50 feet (15.2 meters) long and still growing. The fossils also suggest Spinosaurus' long neck and trunk shifted the dinosaur's center of mass forward. This allowed the animal to move easily in water, but made movement on land nearly impossible unless the dinosaur used all four legs. Spinosaurus had a long and narrow snout at the end of its skull, and a small crest above its eyes. It had six or seven needlelike teeth on each side of the very front of the upper jaw and another 12 teeth behind those. There were also a few large, slanted teeth that interlocked at the end of the snout. While its jaw was powerful, none of the teeth were serrated, making it unlikely that it could have used them to tear into tough prey. This gives credence to the theory that it mostly survived on fish and carcasses. Spinosaurus is thought to have survived primarily on fish, including giant coelacanths, sawfish, large lungfish and sharks, which lived in the dinosaur's river system, according to Ibrahim. "The skull of Spinosaurus has 'fish eating' written all over it, so those are the kinds of animals Spinosaurus would have preyed on," he said. In addition to anatomical evidence, chemical analyses also suggest Spinosaurus preferred to dine on fish, a 2010 study in the journal Geology shows. In 2004, researchers found a tooth belonging to Irritator challengeri — a spinosaur, or dinosaur in Spinosaurus' taxonomic family, Spinosauridae — embedded in the remains of a Cretaceous pterosaur (flying reptile). The find, detailed in the journal Nature, suggests the fish-loving spinosaurs also hunted (or scavenged) nonaquatic animals. Spinosaurus lived in Egypt and Morocco. There is speculation that the Sahara is rich with Spinosaurus fossils, but the harsh environment makes them difficult to unearth. Very few Spinosaurus fossils have been discovered, and no complete remains have been found. The first Spinosaurus partial skeleton was unearthed in 1912 by Richard Markgraf in the Bahariya Formation of western Egypt. These original remains, which were described and named by Ernst Stromer in 1915, were destroyed in Allied bombing raids on Munich, Germany, during World War II. It is only due to Stromer's meticulous notes, including detailed descriptions and sketches, that much of the scant knowledge surrounding this dinosaur has been retained. In 2011, a neck vertebra from a dinosaur, believed to be a spinosaur, with a snout resembling that of a crocodile was found in Australia, showing that the dinosaur family had a much wider range than scientists had previously thought possible, according to the study published in the journal Biology Letters. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 20 ARLINGTON GEM AND MINERAL CLUB Date: February 3, 2015, General Meeting Minutes Call to Order: President Carrie Baum called the meeting to order at 7:35. Programs – 2nd VP Jesse Baum - Our Program: a DVD entitled Collecting Rocks and Minerals by Physical Geography II Series. Next month’s meeting will be by Delbert Speed on Everything You Wanted to Know, But Didn’t Know to Ask. Break Sandra Brazzale has some new helpers in the welcome group. Jan Schulte and Julie Dellaughter will be assisting with the raffle tonight. Drawings/Raffle: • Name Badge/Sign In: o Sue Hjelm won a piece of ammonite. o Erlinda Romero won a piece of petrified wood. o Charles Graham won an onyx slab. o Fielding Jones won an onyx slab. • Raffle: o Frances Johnson won a piece of sodalite. o Sue Porch won a piece of White Buffalo turquoise. o Frances Johnson won a piece of blue agate. o Alayna Frost won a string of beads. o Laura Smith won a piece of glacial float copper. o Alayna Frost won a glass pendant. Secretary’s report - Marlenia Cohen said minutes from last month were posted on the bulletin board and are included in the Hound’s Tale. Treasurer’s Report – Steve Bennett reported that we are solvent. Classes -- 1st VP Emie Stewart listed new classes: • Last Saturday we had a class scheduled with 10 students signed up and four people on the waiting list. Only four students showed up for class. If you can’t make it to class, call the teacher and let them know. Someone else might want your spot! Repeat offenders of the No Show Policy will be waitlisted for all classes. • March 7th, Linda Trahan will be teaching Keum Boo. • Also on March 7th, Janet Gray will be teaching Beginning Pearl Knotting. • March 18th, a new Faceting class will begin. • March 12 and 14 there will be a Casting Lab. • March 14th there will be an Enameling Lab. • March 28th, Granulation will be taught by Linda Trahan. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 21 • • • • • Also on March 28th, Janet Gray will teach Intermediate Pearl Knotting. The Wire Findings Classes are full, but will be taking 15 instead of 10. In May, there will be a new Introduction to Silversmithing. Signup will be at the April meeting. There is a $162 building fee. Expect to spend about $500 for your tools. It will last eighteen weeks. AKS is February 27-March 1st. InterGem is April 24-26. Nova Wells asked that we consider offering more daytime classes, for those who don’t drive at night. Youth Programs – 4th VP Janet Gray – Sandra Brazzale reported for Janet. The next meeting is the third Saturday of the month. Delegate at Large – Ray Wilkes – The first Saturday of the month for the cabbing room is listed as 9 a.m., but Ray will be here at 8 a.m. Any comments, or suggestions for the club, please send them to Ray. Donations – Carl Wells – Nothing new to report. Show Report – Anastasia Chaparro – We need volunteers. • Anastasia is working with American Rockhound Magazine to get our show mentioned. They feature sites to go hunting. See Americanrockhound.com. • We should have 10 confirmed checks by the end of the week. • Interested vendors may contact Anastasia. Lapidary – Barbara Maloney – • Saw #2 is still down. We need a new carriage motor. • Richard Makatura helped repair saw #3. • Next Big Saw class will be in April. • Saw #1 needed a new spring. Don Whitney helped get it running again. • Saws are being overfilled with oil, so the oil is being locked up, so only supervisors can refill saws. • We now have flat laps up to 14,000 grit. Don’t polish anything harder than Mohs 8 on them. You must rinse, and dry them before you put them back in the separate bags. Membership – John Crabb – We have 283 members. Library – Jacqueline Chirunga – New members, stop by and see what the library has to offer. Please return any overdue books. Sunshine Report -- Marge Harrand - A sympathy card was sent to Elaine O’Donley. A get well card was sent to Debra Hartz. Hospitality – Jackie Peel - Thanks for all the good food you brought tonight. Don’t forget to take home leftovers. Free coffee will be available after the break. March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 22 Old Business – Darcy Sety is working on getting our new website ready for rollout in mid-February. New Business – Thanks for all of your suggestions. Keep sending in suggestions. Some of the suggestions under consideration: • Sandra Brazzale suggested a mentor program for new members. • Stacy Hactel suggested that we have business cards to hand out to interested people. • Ingrid Lantz will be supervising our new Lost and Found. • We need more classroom space, and have formed a committee to look into that. Emie Stewart is the chairman. Sue Porch, John Alexander, John Crabb, and John Haag are also on the committee. They will report back at the end of March. • For the Wish list, Ray Wilkes has asked for slabs for the beginning cabbing class. Agate and jasper are preferred. Jesse Baum has asked for new AV equipment. Volunteer Opportunities – • AKS has enough volunteers. • Building Committee – Jesse Baum and Lauren Smith are co-chairs of the building committee. They could use additional volunteers to help keep things in our clubhouse in order. The Meeting Adjourned at approximately 9:05 pm. Submitted by: Marlenia Cohen Secretary AGMC March 2015 THE HOUNDS TALE 23
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