January 2019 – Earn Rock Bucks

Tell US What You See

Earn $2 Rock Bucks or $5 Rock Bucks

Complete the form. Print it out and bring to the January meeting.

Earn $2 Rock Bucks: Look at 4 rocks or minerals in your collection with a magnifying glass or microscope. Then describe below what you see.

  1. What type of rock or mineral are you looking at? ______________________

Describe what you see. ________________________________________________________

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  1. What type of rock or mineral are you looking at? ______________________

Describe what you see. ________________________________________________________

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  1. What type of rock or mineral are you looking at? ______________________

Describe what you see. ________________________________________________________

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  1. What type of rock or mineral are you looking at? ______________________

Describe what you see. ________________________________________________________

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After looking at these 4 rocks/minerals what was the most interesting thing learned or saw in your rocks?

Earn an additional $3 Rock Bucks: Bring this completed sheet to a meeting with along with the above rocks or minerals. Then at Show ‘n Tell time tell us all about what you saw.

Updated: September 13, 2019 — 9:05 pm

Presidents Message

  • From the Top of the Rock Pile Our annual club picnic went off great. The grass and Arboretum area was not wet or muddy, plus it didn’t rain while we were there. We had the usual club members attend, plus a few new faces. I forgot to count how many people attended, but I estimate around 40. Thank you, Angie and Brian, for shopping for the food and setting everything up. Thumbler’s Tumblers donated a tumbler for our picnic auction and another one for our holiday auction in December. The new double-barreled 15# tumbler sold for $120, approximately one-third the

Meeting Announcements

  • Our wagonmaster, Roger, will go over the field trips he has planned for this year, including samples of what you can find at each location.   Show and Tell: Your Best Rock Find Of Last Year.

  • We’re still developing the 2026 calendar of events, but we know one thing for sure – our March general meeting will happen on the 12th at 7pm. We hope to see you there! Show and Tell: also coming soon!

  • Come one, come all and play ROCK BINGO! With schools out for many local school districts, we invite members, guests, and especially families and kids to come and enjoy one of our most fun nights of the year. Everyone is guaranteed to win at this FREE event! All you have to do is bring three wrapped presents – presents can be rocks, gems, minerals, crystals, fossils, cabochons, slabs, jewelry, tumbled stones – anything you think might be a nice gift for a rock enthusiast. 

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