General Meeting – Thursday, February 9th Topic: Let’s take a look at what our members make or collect. Do you intarsia, knapping, carve rocks, tumble, make jewelry, facet, field trip finds, cabbing, silversmithing, spheres, specific minerals, rocks or fossils, or ? Please bring 3 to 6 samples and show them off at this meeting. Be […]
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General Meeting – Thursday, March 9th (Click Here For More Info)
General Meeting – Thursday, March 9th Topic: Rock & Mineral Identification with Roger Danneman, our club Field Trip Guide Identifying rocks and minerals found in Washington. This will also be a good opportunity to get your questions answered on identifying rocks and minerals in general. Mineral identification is the first step in understanding the formation […]
General Meeting – Thursday, March 9th Topic: Cutting and Polishing with Roger Danneman, our club Field Trip Guide – Part 2 If you are having a problem polishing, cutting or anything else this will also be a good opportunity to get your questions answered. Show ‘n Tell: Show us what you have found on a […]
President Message – October 2022 (Click Here For More Info)
From the Top of the Rock Pile …. by Kat Koch Our Cascade Gem & Mineral Show was a huge success! Thank you to all of you that volunteered to help at the show. There were 43 volunteers! Our volunteers also included members of the West Seattle Club and family members. I am very thankful […]
General Meeting – November 10th, Thursday
General Meeting – Thursday, November 10th Topic: Gold!! Speaker: Chris Holden, NAMA Board Member and CMS Member Chris Holden from Black Jack’s Metal Detectors will be talking about gold, gold, GOLD! We have had a lot of requests to have a meeting on finding gold in PNW. NAMA owns many gold claims in the PNW. […]
General Meeting – Holiday Dinner – Sunday, December 4th
Our Holiday Party is Sunday, December 4th. Potluck dinner with the election of officers and club auction to follow. It’s our chance to visit with one another and also pick up some great bargains at our auction. The setup is at 11:30 AM. Dinner is at noon pm. The club provides turkey and ham plus […]
President Message – August 2022 (Click Here For More Info)
Sorry for the late update on the website. Due to Covid and the flu, our family has been sick. I would also like to note, that we have lost our videographer. Until we find a replacement volunteer, our meetings will not be on YouTube. From the Top of the Rock Pile Our Cascade Gem & […]
President’s Message – July 2022 (Click Here For More Info)
From the Top of the Rock Pile Our Cascade Gem & Mineral Show is coming up. We will be about 6 weeks from show time when you read this! We desperately need volunteers. Elsewhere in this issue is a list of the tasks we need help with. Please seriously look over the list and volunteer […]
Show Volunteer List
Our Gem Show Is Fast Approaching And It’s All Club Members On Deck! We 35 to 40 club members to volunteer to help produce the show. I have filled many positions, but we need more members to volunteer besides board members and the regular members that always step in when needed. I can not stress […]
President’s Message – June 2022 (Click Here For More Info)
From the Top of the Rock Pile …. by Kat Koch From the Top of the Rock Pile …. by Kat Koch Thanks to Zach Pratt’s efforts, our general meetings are on YouTube. We do have to work out the camera positioning for the entire meeting. Please give us a month or 2 to get […]