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ELGAMBRISINOGem Crafters & Explorer's Club Bulletin, Las Cruces, NM

Affiliated with the AFMS and member of the RMFMS

Nov. 2012 - Volume 54 Issue 10

Meeting Notes Oct. 19, 2012

Submitted by Sec, Brenda Gadberry

Speaker: Sam Bothern, NMSU, & EP CommunityCollege - Plate Tectonics

Treasurer's Report: Total: $1,233.00.

Snacks: Snacks were provided by Wilma & BobbyHutson, Pat & Bill Lawrence, and David McCloskey.Next months snacks will be provided by Ed & NellyLeake, Patti & Bill Pickert, and Susy Gemoets & Ted

Lewis.

Guests:Kathy & Cey Turkell, and Mike Swanson.

Mineral Meeting: Wednesday, October 24, gatesopen at 6:30pm. Discussion topic: "why are rocks onEarth different than they are on Venus and Mars".Also, be prepared to discuss Paleomagnetism. If youneed directions to meeting, call Don Saathoff at 382-3464.

Day Trip: October 21st, meet at Ashley's at 7:00am.Collection area will be the Nakaye mines east of the

Garfield exit off of I25. Focus will be fluorite & baritew/pyrite. NOTE: History of the area is well known byDon Saathoff.

Campout: Hachita, NM campout on November 2nd,3rd, & 4th. Information will be emailed to clubmembers.

Gem and Mineral Show: Tonto Apache Reservation,Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Event Center in Payson, AZ.on November 17-18. Presented by the PaysonRimstones Rock Club Inc. All proceeds supportscholarships for the Payson High School and Payson'sGila Community College, as well as books andeducational materials for local schools and libraries.

Tucson, AZ Show: Mineral & fossil show onFebruary, 2-16, 2013.

Fundraiser: Young Park, October 27th from 10am -3pm. Funds raised will assist the elderly who havepets and are no longer able to feed them.

Nominating Committee: Mitch Mauer, Julie Uhl, andTony Nunez. Officers and volunteers needed for 2013.

Club Christmas Party: As of now, no volunteers orsuggestions for this years location.

Reminder: NMSU's management complained aboutour club throwing trash in the school's trash cans. Theclub's trash will be disposed of only in trash bagsprovided by our club which will be removed after eachmeeting.

Program Notes Oct. 19, 2012

Our speaker, Sam Bothern, of NMSU & a Professor atDACC gave a talk on Plate Tectonics, a subject that helectures on often. Sam is a former member of our cluband it was good to see him again.

Sam used a Power Point program with lots and lots ofdiagrams. It was quite fascinating but very hard to writeabout without the pictures. Anyway, here goes:

Plate Tectonics is a relatively new theory which was

only developed in the 1960s. Alfred Wegener haddeveloped the Continental Drift theory in 1915. Itexplained that the world consisted of one large supercontinent at one time and he called it Pangaea. He wasnot the first to suggest that the continents had oncebeen connected, but he was the first to presentextensive evidence from several fields. He first cameup with the theory of Continents moving but incorrectlythought that they plowed thru the oceanic crust like anice breaker. This theory was scoffed at.

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Hess & Dietz, during the cold war, had mapped theocean floor and while doing so came up with the seafloor spreading hypothesis and the mechanism tomove continents. Sea floor spreading causes theplates to move apart. Magma wells up to fill the gapand cools adding material to the crust.

Todays theory that is being worked with is that

basically the earth has a core, mantle and a rigid outercrust. This crust is broken into twenty large plates;eight being very large and the rest somewhat smaller.They move around and it is this interactionthat gives us our earthquakes and most volcaniceruptions.

This theory is powerful in that it explains different rocksand positions, how different rocks are formed, howthey are changed from one type rock to another type,and explains how mountains and volcanoes are formedand where they will be formed. Also the distribution ofplants and animals is explained by this theory.

Below are a few interesting items from his talk:

The Atlantic Plate: It grows one to two cm per yearwhile the Pacific Plate grows twelve to twenty cm so itlooks like California is safe for a few years yet.

Convergence Boundary: Continent to Continentboundary. Asia and India are examples of this. Theyare moving toward each other and are to buoyant tosubduct. This is the cause of the many earthquakes inChina.

Subduction Boundary: Moves away, gets denser as it

cools, falls into the Asthenosphere, may go all the waydown to the core boundary. The weight pulls the platealong with it carrying water causing volcanoes andcreating islands.

Transform Boundary: Two plates moving past oneanother. The best example is the San Andres fault.They are actually connecting segments of the midocean ridges and cause very small earthquakes.

The Pacific Ring of Fire: The most active of all Platescausing much volcanic activity along the Asian Pacificshore.

The Rio Grande Rift: It is being pulled apart thinningthe Lithosphere. Between Socorro and Albuquerquesome seventeen kilometers down is a large Magmapillow.

The North American Plate: It is huge and runs fromthe mid-Atlantic to, and includes, part of Siberia.

Hot Spots: These are areas in which the Magma issitting closer to the surface and which stay in place.There are forty or so on the earths surface. Hawaii and

Yellowstone Park are two in the United States. Whenthese spots blow there will major destruction.

Contributors to the movement of the Plates:Subduction Pulls platesMid Ocean Ridge Pushes on PlatesConduction Rises then fallsConvection Drags creating a Pull.

Reminders & Gen. Info

The next meeting will be as usual on the third Friday ofthe month, Nov. 16th in Room 118, Gardiner Hall onthe NMSU campus, 6:30 PM for socializing and 7 PMfor the meeting. Refreshments will be hosted by EdLeake, Patti & Bill Prickert, Susy Gemoets & TedLewis. Our own Mike Gaines will speak on theMissoula Floods.

Last month I inserted a plea for articles, etc. for thenewsletter. Sadly there was no response. Verydisappointing needless to say. Eric and Brenda areregular contributors and I really appreciate them.At the last meeting Prez Brecken asked for volunteersto take office for the upcoming year. Did one hand goup NO! The same small group of people thatvolunteer on a regular basis need some help. After allthis is YOURclub and if there is no more help, input oreffort put forth than has been shown we havent muchgoing for us. Do we want to become a social club withrefreshments and no officers, outings or programs?Come on folks, get up and volunteer to take part in

your club. Its the only way to keep us vital and alivewith new ideas, places to go and things to doSee article on Page 7..

Did everyone sent in their comments to the BLMregarding the Trackways? The deadline was Oct. 19

th.

DONT FORGET TO VOTE

ON NOV. 6TH

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Trips & Such:

Boiler Peak Campout Oct. 12-14, 2012

Dorian Rudin reported that he and wife Liz and Dougand Alice Hall were the only ones that showed up.They had a good time and spent most of it riding theirquads and exploring. They found an old

ranch/homestead. See the picture of the well. Weatherwas good. Dorian sent in a few pictures for us to enjoy.

A beautiful campsite in the tall pines.

The ducks were enjoying what little waterthere was in the pond this fall.

Looks like a pretty well-built well.

Huachuca Gem & Mineral Show-Oct. 13-14

While visiting a friend in Sierra Vista I got a chance togo to their rock show. It was held at the CochiseCollege and was very nice. The folks were all veryfriendly as most rockhounds are. We got to see newdealers, a lot of good minerals, old books andmagazines, jewelry and beads all the usual stuff.

Part of theshow wasinside andpart outsideon anothersunny warmArizona day.We got there

just as theshow openedon Saturdaymorning andthere were

quite a few customers already shopping.

This is NealBearce andme. Neal isa dealer andan author.Hes holdinghis newestbookMinerals,Fossils, andFluorescentsof Arizona. I

was really impressed with it and came home with acopy. Looks like more trips to Arizona for me.

Of courseyou canthave ashowwithout thegeodecutters. Itwas fun towatch theyoungster

s eyeswhen their

geode was opened. Jim picked out a couple and got areal winner. It was filled with small clear Quartz crystalsthat were all tipped with amethyst. There were bothregular and reverse scepters in it.

The only dealer that I knew was Jess Searcy from theBlack Hat Traders in Deming who was there with hisfamily and goods..

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Bench Tips from Brad Smith

LOOSE HEADS.......................................................Flying off the handle is never good, particularly if it's ahammer head. The traditional way to tighten a loose

hammer head is a bit of

work, but there's a fastand easy solutionavailable for about 50cents worth of -superglue. Simply puta couple drops in fromthe handle side, let itset up, and then a fewdrops from the top

side. Be sure to get the thin superglue, not gel. Itpenetrates better. Packages of two superglues areusually available at the 99 cent store.

AVOIDING SOLDER LINES...................................After finishing a soldered joint on say a bezel, haveyou ever seen it reappear when you solder the bezelto a base plate? What's happening is that every timeyou heat a soldered piece to the temperature thatsolder flows, the liquid solder dissolves a little bitmore into the base metal. This leaves a small furrowwhere the solder had been sanded off flush at the

joint. To get rid of the furrow, you have to re sand thejoint area down to the bottom of the furrow.

To avoid this when I have another solderingoperation to follow, I try to leave a little extra solderon my joints. For instance, when trimming off excess

base plate from around a bezel, I leave a couplepaper thicknesses excess plate material wheneverpossible until I'm done with all soldering. Of course,this isn't always possible as when a solderingoperation would prevent you from gaining access forfinal sanding and polishing of an area.

More BenchTips by Brad Smith can be found atfacebook.com/BenchTipsor

groups.yahoo.com/group/BenchTips/

By Matt Durning

I was walking through the wood this summer betweenReserve and Apache Creek, NM when I stumbled

upon an elk skull. Ishowed it to aknowing friend whoasked me if I wasgoing to take theivory. I gave her thecow looking at thenew gate look andsaid What?

She then explained to me that the first two caninetype teeth on the upper jaw are actually ivory. Theysure did not look like ivory; they looked like, wellteeth. The usually develop of bulls and cows 7 years

and older.

Back in civilization, Ilearned that these teethare also called buglers oreye teeth. They wereprized by AmericanIndians for their spiritualvalue. They were given atbirth to male Lakotas topromote long life since itwas seen that the teethwere the last thing to rot of

an elk. They have beenfound in digs at sites going back 5000 years.

In the 1800s the whole ivory trade was so popular,that the elk werebeing taken just fortheir ivory so muchso that TeddyRoosevelt bannedthe practice. Theivories are polishedand mounted in ringsand all sorts of

jewelry. Theyrepopular jewelry withthe B.O.P.E. theBenevolent and Protective Order of Elks. You neverknow what you can learn out there in the woods tillyou trip over it.

Via The Voice 10-2012

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DINOSAURS HAD FLEAS TOO-GIANT ONES FOSSILS SHOW-

By Stephanie Pappaswww.LiveScience.com

In the Jurassic era,even the flea was abeast, compared to itsminuscule moderndescendants. Thesepesky bloodsuckerswere nearly an inchlong. New fossilsfound in China areevidence of the oldestfleas from 125 millionto 165 million years

ago, said Diying Huang of the Nanjing Institute ofGeology and Paleontology.

Their disproportionately long proboscis, or straw-likemouth, had sharp weapon-like serrated edges thathelped them bite and feed from their super-sizedhosts, he and other researchers reported Wednesdayin the journal Nature. Scientists figure about eight ormore of today's fleas would fit on the burly back oftheir ancient ancestor. "That's a beast," said studyco-author Michael Engel, entomology curator at theNatural History Muse University of Kansas. "It was abig critter. I can't even imagine coming home andfinding my miniature schnauzer with one or more ofthese things crawling around on it."

The ancient female fleas were close to twice the sizeof the males, researchers found, which fits withmodern fleas. But Engel said it's not just the size thatwas impressive about the nine flea fossils. It wastheir fearsome beak capable of sticking into andsucking blood from the hides of certain dinosaurs,probably those that had feathers. These flea beaks"had almost like a saw running down the side," Engelsaid. "This thing was packing a weapon. They wereequipped to dig into something."

While the ancient fleas were big, they had one

disadvantage compared to modern ones: Their legsweren't too developed. Evolving over time, fleas wentfrom crawling to jumping, Huang said. "Luckily for theland animals of the Mesozoic, these big flat fleaslacked the tremendous jumping capacity that ourcommon fleas have," said Joe Hannibal of theCleveland Museum of Natural History. He wasn'tinvolved in the study, but praised it as useful andinteresting.

Just finding the fleas was a stroke of luck, Huangsaid. He first found one in a Chinese fossil market

and mentioned it to someone at his hotel. The otherguest showed him a photo of another fossilized flea,telling him it was from Daohugou in northeasternChina, where there's a famous fossil bed from about165 million years ago. Huang went there and foundfleas preserved in a brownish film of volcanic ash.The grains of rock were so fine you could seeantennae and other details of the fleas, he said.Modern fleas get engorged after they feast on blood,but these didn't seem engorged, Engel said. Itshouldn't seem too surprising that there were largefleas more than 100 million years ago. If you go backeven farther in time, ancestors of dragonflies anddamsel flies had 3-foot wing-spans, Engel said.

Via The Agatizer via MOROCKS 10/2012

Ive avoided political commentary before in our newsletterbut the devil made me include this. Please feel free to drawyour own conclusions.(The Editor)

FYI (That is if you dont already know)

Consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, mostdangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and

least intelligent of all primates.

And what is the proper collective noun for a group ofbaboons?

Believe it or not . a Congress!

A CONGRESS OF BABOONS!I guess that pretty much explains the things that come out

of Washington!

You just cant make this stuff up.

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Fascinating Facts About Silver

Although silver was discovered later than gold andcopper, it has been known and used by humankindsince prehistoric times. Herodotus, the Greekhistorian, knew of silver used to make coins and

beads, exploited from the river sands of the Pactolusin Lydia. The Chinese wrote of silver metals in 2500BC. In the earliest prehistoric strata at the site ofTroy, considerable deposits of silver and goldtreasure have been extracted. Among the artifacts,siver bracelets and gold earrings, ornaments placedin a silver cup and more than 8000 beads wereburied in the ancient city 2000 years before Christ.

The most ancient silver miners of importance were inAsia minor and on islands in the Aegean Sea. TheRomans obtained most of their silver from Spain untilsupplies became scarce during the Middle Ages.

After the discovery of the Americas in 1492, Mexicobecame the largest silver producing country in theworld. Canada and the United States also producesignificant amounts of silver.

Silver is a lustrous white metal widely distributed innature. In ores, it is commonly associated with gold,lead, and copper. Much of the worlds silver isobtained as a by-product of smelting these othermetals. Horn-silver (AgCl) is found in the oxidizedportions of ore-bearing lies near the surface. Smallamounts of silver in the oxidation zone form as themore complex compounds erode and weather. Atdeeper levels silver occurs as sulfides, arsenides andantirnonides (compounds of silver with sulfur,arsenic, and antimony). In these deposits, formationis the result of deposition from primary hydrothermalsolutions. Argentite occurs in low temperaturehydrothermal veins in association with other silverminerals or sometimes in the cementation of lead andzinc deposits.

When found in a metallic state, it is called nativesilver. Native silver usually occurs in dendritic andwire-like forms which are aggregates of minutecrystals. Silver may also occur in thin sheets or inlarge masses. In Kongsberg, Norway, magnificent

crystalline wire specimens occur in association withsulfides, calcite, barite, fluorite, and quartz. Theworlds largest specimen of massive silver was minedin Aspen Colorado, and weighs in at 844 pounds. Onthe Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan, small amountscan be found in association with native copper. InMexico, the Guanajuato Mine has been in operationsince the year 1500 AD. During that time, more than5000 billion kilos of silver have been mined.About 3/4 of the worlds silver production is used formonetary purposes, either as coins or as bullion that

governments hold to redeem paper currency. Theleading industrial use of silver is for the manufactureof tableware and jewelry. The second largestconsumer is the photographic industry. Compoundedwith bromide or chlorine, silver forms salts whichregister light and shade on photographs. Mm silverhad the highest thermal and electrical conductivity ofany substance, making it ideal for use in electronicequipment. Silver is second only to gold inmalleability. One ounce of silver can be drawn intowire 30 miles long. A silver leaf can be beaten to athickness of 1/100,000 of an inch.

Via: G C L F S Newsletter 10-2011

A Petrified FactBy Ed Wengerd in Gem Cutters News,

Many pieces of petrified wood, especially those fromthe northwest, have a center that looks like wood, butwith a layer of chalcedony or pumice between thecenter and the outside. This indicates that the treewas green when it was buried in hot ash. The waterin the green wood evaporated making the woodshrink. The outside was made into a cast by the heat,so the areas left between the cast and the wood werefilled with chalcedony, making beautiful pieces ofpetrified wood.

Via Gneiss Times 09/06

Brad Smith. Our Bench Tips author has justpublished a new book. Our lapidary group might wantto take a look at i t.

Bench Tips for BetterJewelry Making", a new bookfor beginning and intermediate

jewelers by Bradford Smith. Itcontains 101 useful Bench Tips to

help improve skills and increasequality at the bench. The 96 page

book is filled with close-up photos to help explain thetechniques and makes a great gift for theHolidays. For more details, see:http://CreateSpace.com/3976439 or

http://Amazon.com/dp/0988285800/

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HALLOWEEN PARTY

2012

Thanks Al & Cathy Spenser for hosting theHalloween Party again this year. It was soooooo

much fun. The pot luck was awesome this time. Its

always good but was sensational this year. Thanksto everyone.

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PARTICIPATION IN A MINERAL CLUBIS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT

By Sheryl E. Sims

Membership in a mineral club is like being a member ofany sporting organization. The similarities abound Agood team is made up of a number of peopleinterested in a common objective. The same holds true

for our mineral clubs. As with any team, participantsmay come from different backgrounds, but theycontribute in many different ways to the success of thatteam. Each club member should support their club,even if its only in a small way. Its important toremember that support leads to participation.Participation leads to increased membership and clubactivities.

Teams have mangers. Mineral clubs call themofficers/directors. They take the lead in planning andinsuring that the club operations are successfullycarried out. If you will notice, in sports, while managers

are actively involved in the game, the success of thegame does not rest solely on their shoulders. Everyonehas a part to play and its the team, who in fact,contributes to its success.

Every team has its starters. The starters inour clubs are that core group of memberswho regularly show up to meetings. How wecount on them! Theres nothing worse thanarranging for a speaker only to be met withpoor attendance. Starters volunteer to helpclub officers find speakers, organizefieldtrips, and even bring refreshments. If

there is a will, there is a way, with starters! Their cando spirit is to be commended and they frequentlyagree to serve as officers. They are ready to serve onnominating committees when you need them as well.Starters are those committed members who refuse towatch their club fade way due to lack of interest. Theirwarm smiles and friendly personalities create theinviting atmosphere that we all enjoy.

Maybe you feel that you cant do the types of thingsthat starters do. If you dont have time to fully take onsuch a role, why not agree to assist them with aparticular task? Its a great way to learn and to connectwith other members. This is especially true for newmembers. Jump right in and let someone know thatyoud like to help!

Pinch-hitters are valuable. We all know the pinch-hitters in our clubs. These individuals are great inemergencies, arent they? They step in and givepresentations when speakers cant be found. They giveso-and-so a ride to the meeting when their car breaksdown, and are pros at multi-tasking. Youll find themsetting up at mineral shows and breaking displaysdown when others are long gone. Pinch- hitters are

quick to volunteer to take the clubs minutes when thesecretary is out. They put their heads together and getthe audio visual equipment working when gremlinsstrike. Pinch-hitters arrive to meetings early with anextra bottle of soda or plate of cookies just in case.Pinch-hitters must have been scouts at one time oranother, because they are always prepared. They arealso quick to share club information with visitors when

club officers are otherwise engaged.

When it comes to veteran members, just like in sports,no one can do without them. If your club has suchseasoned members, then your club is indeed fortunate.Their knowledge and experience allows them to sharetheir expertise regarding that which we might nototherwise have access. They seem to always have abit of time for you. Veterans patiently explain things wedont understand about minerals, love to share theirknowledge, and are able to answer historicalquestions. Veterans are great with young or new rockhounds, too! They are never too tired to answer justone more question or identify one more mineral.

Do you think that you cant do anything for your club?Do you like to write or have suggestions to share? Canyou provide presentation ideas or refreshments? How

about providing minerals for discussion,study, or door prizes? Are you willing toserve as, or help a club officer! Perhaps youhave organizational skills and are willing toorganize your clubs historical documents.Maybe you can take club pictures or createa club scrapbook! As you can see, there arecountless ways to be a team player and a

good club member. Dont just sit back and watch!

Volunteer and help your club hit a home run!

Via SCRIBE newsletter July-Sept, 2012

And then there isthe time changeon Nov. 4

th.

Maxine isexpressing mysentimentsexactly.

The politicianseven meddledwith time itself.What next? Oopssorry I asked thatone.

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Club support leadsto participation.Participation leadsto increasedmembership and

club activities.

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UP COMING SHOW Dates:NOV. 10-11NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK:Annual show; New York Mineralogical Society; Holiday Inn Midtown Manhattan; 440W. 57th St., between 9th Ave. and 10th Ave.; Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11-5; adults $6, children (under 12) free with adult; contact TonyNikischer, (914) 739-1134; Web site: www.excaliburmineral.com

NOV./DEC. 30-2EL PASO, TEXAS:Annual show; El Paso Mineral & Gem Society; El Maida Shrine Auditorium; 6331Alabama; Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; adults $3, seniors $2, children (under 12) free; gems, minerals, fossils, beads,jewelry, tools, books, equipment, geode cutting, silent auction, demonstrations; contact Jeannette Carrillo, 4100 AlamedaAve., El Paso, TX 79905, (915) 533-7153; e-mail: [email protected]

JAN. 1-31QUARTZSITE, ARIZONA:Wholesale and retail show; Desert Gardens RV Park; Desert Gardens RV Park; 1055Kuehn St.; Mon. 9-dusk, Sun. 9-dusk; free admission; crystals, minerals, rough, polished, jewelry, lapidary equipment; contactSharon (manager), 1055 Kuehn St., Quartzsite, AZ 85346-2818, (928) 927-6361; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site:www.desertgardensrvpark.net

JAN.19-20FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS:Annual show; Fredericksburg Rockhounds; Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park; PioneerPavilion, 1601 S. Hwy. 16; Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5; free admission; hourly door prizes, fossils, geodes, exotic minerals, meteorites,gems, jewelry, findings, "mystery" rock identification; contact Jeff or Brenda Smith, 208 Castle Pines Dr., Kerrville, TX 78028; e-mail:

[email protected]; Web site: www.fredericksburgrockhounds.org

FEB. 2-17TUCSON, ARIZONA:Wholesale and retail show; The Rock Show; Kino Sports Complex; 2500 E. Ajo Way; Daily 9:30-5:30; free admission; minerals, jewelry, cabs, slabs, beads, lapidary equipment, rough rock, crystals; contact Trym Gibbons, POBox 246, Cortaro, AZ 85652, (800) 983-0133; e-mail: [email protected]

FEB. 16-17MESA, ARIZONA:47th annual show; Apache Junction Rock & Gem Club; Skyline High School; 845 S. CrismonRd.; Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4; adults $3, students with ID $1, children (12 and under) free; dealers, jewelry, gems, cabochons, beads,rocks, specimens, slabs, fossils, lapidary equipment and supplies, hourly door prizes, silent auction, grand raffle, gem tree-makingactivity, Wheel of Rocks; contact Kelly Iverson, (480) 325-2705; Web site: www.ajrockclub.com

For further information or shows please check: www.rockngem.comWho knows, there just might be a good rock show in the area of your travels.

Thought for the Day:

If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

Some Interesting Web Sites for you to CheckOut Please send me any of your favorites that youthink others might be interested in and I will pass them along..

A BLM site on the collection of meteorites on public land:http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/regulations/Instruction_Memos_and_Bulletins/national_instruction/2012/IM_2012-182.html

Eric sent this The Little Hatchets are in the area of the upcoming Old Hatchita campout.Geology n Ore Deposits of the Little Hatchet Mts. (USGS 1947) g.pdf8244K View Download

HAPPY THANKSGIVING LETS ALL COUNT OUR

EVERYONE BLESSINGS.

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Gemcrafters & Explorers Club, P.O. Box 3091, Las Cruces, NM 88003Affiliated with: American Federation of Mineralogical Societies www.amfed.orgMember of: Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies www.rmfms.orgMember of: Blue Ribbon Coalition www.sharetrails.org

2012 OFFICERS & volunteers:President Brecken Uhl 571-3554 [email protected]

Vice President Al Spencer 405-8864 [email protected] Pat Grace 202-2862 [email protected] - Brenda Gadberry 202-0200 [email protected] Patti Pickert 532-9351 [email protected] Don Saathoff 382-3464 [email protected] Director - Eric Fuller 524-0204 [email protected] Maxine Wyman 649-4900 [email protected]

We meet on the third Friday of the month at Gardiner Hall, Room 118, NMSU campus, Las Cruces, NM at6:30 pm for social and 7 pm for the meeting. There are no meetings in July and December. Dues are $10per person per year and each additional family member is $2 per year. They are due Jan.1st of each year.

A membership form will be emailed or mailed to you in December to be filled out and returned with yourcheck to the treasurer.

Our purpose shall be to gather knowledge and provideeducational benefits to members on geological,archaeological, lapidary, and mineralogical topics of interest,to include assistance to members in all lapidary problems, thestudy and identification of minerals and gem stones in therough, the field study of geological formations which produceminerals and gem stones, the collection of minerals andgemstones, and the exploration of any geological orarchaeological topic or area which may be of interest to the

membership.

NOTE: All articles and photographs are by the EditorMaxine Wyman unless otherwise noted.

Any address or email changes must be sent to meat: [email protected] 4680 St. Michaels, LasCruces, NM 88011.

Permission to reprint is granted if acknowledgement is given.We reserve the right to edit all material submitted for publication

Info for the Newsletter: If you have information, articles, pictures or a website related to gemcrafting, rock collecting or exploring and would like to share please give me a call at 649-4900 or email me [email protected] If you have a good idea or story to tell I will be more than happy to help you write itup. Also if you have minerals, outdoor or camping equipment, etc. that you would like to sell please let meknow for our FREE "Classifieds." Maxine Wyman, Editor

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