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October 2016 issue of RokTok by Mike Andrews & Sean Neeley Unless otherwise noted, permission is granted for non-commercial reproduction of articles, provided they remain essentially intact and credit is given to the author and original source. Where noted, the author retains rights, and must be contacted for permission to reproduce the article. All articles may also be used as reference, provided citation is given.
RokTok October 2016
2016 Club Officers President - Diana Case
1st VP (Programs) - Jim Senseman
2nd VP (Shop) - David Pirnie
Treasurer - Jack Sorrow
Secretary – Burt Breedlove
6th Member - Mike Russell
RokTok Editors- Mike Andrews & Sean Neeley
Monthly Meetings
***3rd. Tuesdays of every month at 7
p.m.***
The American Legion Hall
10205 Plano Rd. 105
Dallas, TX 75238-
Lapidary Workshop Hours
Mon. & Thur. 6–9 PM
Sat. 8AM – 1PM
DGMS Purposes
To promote:
1. Interest, knowledge, and lapidary art s k i l l s and metalworking (embodying the use of polished gems and minerals when appropriate).
2. Interest in rock and mineral collection and increase knowledge of geology and related earth sciences. T h i s includes holding annual shows cooperation, the sharing of common interests and a bet-ter understanding of m e m b e r activi-ties.
PROGRAM FOR MEETING
Inside: OCTOBER ROKTOK 1. COVER PAGE 2. MEETING MIN. 3. MEETING MIN CONT. 4. CALANDER 5. AMAZING MINERALS BY DAN C. 6. CLASSES SUNSHINE AND RAIN 7. OCT. BIRTH STONES 8. GEM & MINERAL SHOWS NEAR TEXAS 9. LOCAL INTEREST 10. OTHER CLUBS AND MAP
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New Gene Pump A reason to smile
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General Meeting Dallas Gem and Mineral Society
10205 Plano Rd. Suite 104 Dallas, TX 75238
September 20, 2016 Call to Order: 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: UTD Ph.D. student, Samuel Johnson, gave a slide presentation of his recent field study trip with undergrad students in New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada. He explained the methodology of the mapping exercise for the students and gave some infor-mation on the geology they examined. He had sample rocks from the area. One of the more interesting features was an area of “dikes” about 100 miles long whose exact origin and causation is unclear. Following the presentation, he took discussed the various stones he had with him and answered questions about them and the field trip. UTD Director of Development and Alumni Relations, Barbara H. Hollis, and Dr. James Carter were also in attendance. It was a lively and informative talk.
Announcements: Diana Case, President
This was the last opportunity to pick up a slice of the sow-belly agate that was donated by Jim Senseman earlier this year. The remaining pieces after tonight will go onto the raffle table at future meetings.
Free tickets for the upcoming InterGem show are on the club website and facebook. Print them out for yourself and your friends.
The club’s Parking Lot Swap Meet is set for Oct. 1st (3 weeks). Sites are free. Arrive at or after 7:00 am for set-up.
Our club Garage Sale is two weeks after the Swap Meet (Oct. 15). Bring your old and usable stuff to sell to benefit the club.
InterGem: If you are selling at our InterGem booth, be sure to show up to help with set-up on Wednesday, Oct. 12 from 1pm to 5pm and Thursday, Oct 13 from 10am to 5pm.
Officer Reports: Jim Senseman, 1st V.P. (Programs)
Nominations for officers for 2017 are the following:
President Steven Buehler
1st V.P. Gerald Pennington
2nd V.P. David Pirnie (incumbent)
Treasurer Jack Sorrow (incumbent)
Secretary Sean Neely
6th Member Mike Russell (incumbent)
David Pirnie, 2nd V.P. (Lapidary Shop)
The Genie spitters have been repaired or replaced.
New blades have been put on saws that needed them
We are trying out water-oil lubricant on the saws. People have said that they like it.
The shop will be open tomorrow and the following Wednesday.
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Jack Sorrow, Treasurer (Reported by Diana Case)
The club is financially solvent.
Shop use & income to be up from last year.
1Burt Breedlove, Secretary
Please put your name on the sign-in sheet by the door so we can keep track of attendance.
Darrell Harrison, Show Chair
We are down four dealers at this time for the November show.
We need volunteers to assist at the show. Sign-up sheets are in the shop.
Show Cards are in and ready for distribution. Pick up a handful and get them out into the community.
We need other publicity: TV, radio, newspapers, schools, scouts…
Silent Auction: $105.00 in proceeds
Raffle: $46.00 in proceeds
Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
Attendance:
Members signed-in: 29
Guests: 2
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Burt Breedlove, Secretary
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AMAZING MINERALS by Dan Costian
HUMBLE, CUTE SILICATES (III): 1 – gmelinite (Italy); 2 – eudidymite (Malawi); 3 – bertrandite (Kazakhstan); 4 – neptunite (CA); 5 – benitoite on natrolite (CA); 6 – cleavelandite (CO); 7 – mesolite (India); 8,9 – hemimorphite (AZ); 10 – hemimorphite (Mexico); 11 – hemimorphite (China); 12 – hemimorphite (Mexico)
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Oct. Sunshine Birthdays
Oct. Rain Report
Bobby and Vicki Thornton continue to have health problems
Monika Brown still has health concerns
Craft Classes At Our Shop CLASS INSTRUCT. CLASS SIZE COST* Materials DATES
BASKET BEZEL JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd BEADING JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd BRAIDED BEZEL JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd GEM TREE /w WIRE & GEMS LAURIE 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd KUMIHIMO JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd METAL CLAY MOLDS STEPH 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd METAL SMITHING MIKE 4 max.-1min. $ 20.00 $ 5.00 tbd SHOP QUALIFYING LEE 6 max.-4min. $ 30.00 ? tbd SHOP SUPERVISOR DAVID 6 max.-4min. $ - - tbd WIRE WRAPPING CABS LAURIE 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd WIRE WRAPING WITH TABS LAURIE 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd WIRE WRAPPING /w PRONGS LAURIE 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 ? tbd
CLASS INSTRUCT. CLASS SIZE COST* $ Materials DATES WIRE WRAPPING CABS LAURIE 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 $ 3.00 SHOP QUALIFYING LEE 6 max.-4min. $ 30.00 ** METAL SMITHING MIKE 4 max.-1min. $ 20.00 $ 5.00 BRAIDED BEZEL JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 10.00 ** SHOP SUPERVISOR DAVID 6 max.-4min. $ - - BASKET BEZEL JEAN 6 max.-4min. $ 20.00 **($10. Kit)
Sept Classes At The Shop
Jonnie –972-881-0104 Shop -214-349-2022
PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN-UP SHEETS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING A CLASS.
** Read instructions for class
*NOTE Wednesday only $10.00
10/11 Carter, Mark 10/11 Harrington, Al 10/13 Brown, Monika 10/23 Gunter, Christine 10/23 Pierne, David 10/23 Ramsey, Rick 10/24 McCraw, John 11/1 Eberbacher, Carol
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october Birthstones
Source: https://www.americangemsociety.org/en/october-birthstones
October Birthstone October is another month with two birthstone choices – Tourmaline and Opal.
Tourmaline
Tourmaline has become a favorite gemstone among jewelry designers and gem collectors the world over. Since it is available in a wide variety of colors, it is ideally suited to almost anyone's taste.
Tourmaline is also known for displaying several colors in the same gemstone. These bi-color or tri-color gems are formed in many combina-tions; gemstones with clear color distinctions are highly prized.
One multi-color variety is known as watermelon tourmaline, and features green, pink, and white color bands; to resemble its namesake, the gemstone is cut into thin slices having a pink center, white ring, and green edge.
Tourmaline is found in many localities including Brazil, Afghanistan, East Africa, and the USA.
Opal
The name opal derives from the Greek Opallos, meaning "to see a change (of color)." Opals range in color from milky white to black with flashes of yellow, orange, green, red, and blue.
An opal's beauty is the product of contrast between its color play and its background.
Opal is a formation of non-crystalline silica gel that seeped into crevices in the sedimentary strata. Through time and nature's heating and molding processes, the gel hardened into the form of opals.
The opal is composed of particles closely packed in spherical arrangements. When packed together in a regular pattern, a three-dimensional array of spaces are created that give opal its radiance.
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October 2016
8-9—TEMPLE, TEXAS: Annual show; Tri-City Gem and Mineral Society, Mayborn Center; 3303 North 3rd; Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-5; Adults $5, Children $2; Treasure wheel, silent auction, grab bags, and demonstrations.; contact Chip Burnette, 2630 Polk St, Killeen, TX 76543; e-mail: [email protected]
21-23—AUSTIN, TEXAS: Annual show; Austin Gem and Mineral Society, Palmer Events Center; 900 Barton Springs Rd; Fri. 9-6, Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5; Adults $8, Seniors $7, Children ages 13-18 $2 / 12 and under free; Gem & mineral show vendors of jewelry, beads, gemstones, minerals, crystals, fossils & spheres. Exhibits like the touch table of rocks and fossils and member collections. Demos in faceting, cabbing, fossil cleaning, and polymer clay. Fri "Youth Education Day" w/field trips. For $1 each Gem Mine, Wheel of For-tune, Jewelry Making, or Illumination Station. Hourly door prizes Sat and Sun. Grand Prize Sun Fluorite specimen from Bingham, NM.; contact Chip Burnette, 6719 Burnet Ln, Austin, TX 78757, (512)-458-9546; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.gemcapers.com
November 2016
5-6—AMARILLO, TEXAS: Annual show; Golden Spread Gem & Mineral Society, Amarillo Civic Center, Amarillo, TX; 400 S. Buchanan Street , Regency Room; Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; Admission $3, Children under 12 free; Demonstrations, door prizes, exhibits, silent auction, wheel of fortune.; contact Skip Kendrick, P. O. Box 635, Vega, TX 79092, (806)-267-2567; e-mail: [email protected]
11-13—HUMBLE, TEXAS: Annual show; Houston Gem and Mineral Society, Humble Civic Center; 8233 Will Clayton Parkway; Fri. 9-6, Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5; Admission $8, Children under 10 free; There will be swap area, silent auctions, free gemstone, mineral and fossil identification, working exhibits, dino dig, kids daze on Friday, Special exhibits, dealers in jewelry, beads, lapidary rough and slabs, minerals, fossils, meteorites, decorative items, geode crackers.; contact Scott Singleton, 10805 Brooklet, Houston, TX 77099, (281)-530-0942; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.hgms.org
18-20—SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: Annual show; Event Show Management, San Antonio Event Center; 8111 Meadow Leaf Drive; Fri. 11-6; Admission $20; If you are a wholesaler or manufacturer of jewelry, gifts or accessories, then this show is for you! It is your chance to sell in a professional, cash and carry, trade-only marketplace. Space is limited, ensuring greater return on your booth investment with an excellent buyer-to-exhibitor ratio. This event sells out every year and we are anticipating explosive attendance in 2016. So, if you are serious about retail success, then make this golden opportunity an important part of your selling strategy. ; contact Ellen Andrus, 1826 N Loop 1604 W Suite 100, Studio 54, San Antonio, TX 78248; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.parkertradeshow.com
19-20—MESQUITE, TEXAS: Annual show; Dallas Gem & Mineral Society, Rodeo Center Exhibit Hall; 1800 Rodeo Drive, (I-635 & Mil-itary Parkway); Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; Adults $8, Seniors $8, Students $8, Children $3; 59th Annual Dallas Gem & Mineral Show. There will be be fluorescent displays, silent auctions, door prizes and much more.; contact Diana Case, PO Box 742033, Dallas, TX 75374, (214)-349-2022; Web site: dallasgemandmineral.org
December 2016
2-4—EL PASO , TEXAS: Annual show; El Paso Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., El Maida Shriners Hall; 6331 Alabama; Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; Free Admission; contact Louie Provencio, 4233 Canterbury Dr., El Paso, TX 79902, (915)-54-2717; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.epmgs.com
January 2017
21-22—FREDERICKSBURG , TEXAS: Annual show; Fredericksurg Rockhounds, Lady Bird Johnson Park; The Pavilion; Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-4; Free Admission; Hourly silent auction, hourly free door prizes, outstanding raffle prizes, demonstrations of gem faceting, rock cutting and polishing. Dealers from throughout the southwest. ; contact Jim Gedeon, 1156 Old Willow Rd. , Fredericksburg, TX 78624, (830)-456-5419; e-mail: [email protected]
Gem and Minerals Shows Around and Near Texas
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Gerald Pennington and Frank R. will return to coordinate the DGMS participation at InterGem in Dallas. The dates to remember are:
Thu Oct 13, 2016, set up from 9 am to 5pm Fri Oct 14, 2016, InterGem noon to 6pm
Sat Oct 15, 2016, InterGem 10am to 6pm Sun Oct 16, 2016, InterGem 11am to 5pm
Dallas Gem & Mineral Society
Rules for demonstrating at the InterGem Show In order to qualify to participate in the DGMS booth at InterGem, members must: 1. Be a member in good standing. 2. Have attended at least 2 monthly meetings in the past 12 months. 3. Help setup at InterGem on the Wednesday or Thursday before the InterGem Show. 4. Demonstrate a skill learned or taught at DGMS. Members have the privilege to sell items made with the skills learned or taught at the club. InterGem for DGMS is not a swap meet, is not an opportunity to buy and resell goods. InterGem is a time for DGMS members to demonstrate the skills they learned and practice at DGMS,
greet the public, explain our club operations, and invite the public to come look at our operations and join the Club.
Local events of interest
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LOCAL CLUBS AND SOCIETIES’ MEETING DETAILS
Arlington G&M Club, 1408 Gibbons, Arlington, 1st Tuesday, at 7:30 pm Cowtown Gem, Mineral & Glass Club, 3300 Bryant-Irving Road, Ft Worth, 2nd Tues., at 7:00 pm Dallas Bead Society, address pending, 3rd Thursday at 7:30 pm Dallas G&M Society, 10205 Plano Rd, off of Plano Rd, Dallas, 3rd Tuesday, at 7:00 pm Dallas Paleo Society, EMGI (Bldg. H, Brookhaven College, 3939 Valley View Ln), 2nd Wednesday at 7:30 pm Fort Worth Gem & Mineral Club, 3545 Bryan Avenue, Fort Worth, 4th Tuesday at 7:30 pm Lockheed-Martin Stone Steppers, 3400 Bryant-Irving Road, Fort Worth, 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Meeting Date and Location
Third Tuesday, each month at 7:00 PM at the American Legion Hall next to the shop off Plano Rd. (see map)
Member of South Central Federation of Mineral Societies
Affiliated With
American Federation of Mineral Societies
For members of DGMS only, The Rok Tok will gladly announce your rock showings at art shows, museums, or libraries, etc.,
Dallas Gem & Mineral Society *PO Box 550395 Dallas, TX 75355-0395 Shop Phone: (214) 349-2022
*Notice: This is a new PO Box and ZIP
Code*