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January. 2012

Birthstone: Garnet

Vol. 47    No. 1

CLUB CALENDAR

January 25, 2012

Junior Meeting (6:30 pm)

Program: NFMS Junior Achievement Award for 2012
Discussion will be about the NFMS Junior Achievement Award for 2012. I will have available the Application and Guidelines to enter. Age determiners your category .. age 12 and under AND age 13 to 18 as of April 1st. Deadline for submission is April 1st with awards to be given out at the NFMS show in Kennewick on May 19th, 2012.

General Meeting (7:00 pm)

Program: Birthday Celebration – HB WSRC!

Show & Tell: Bring you favorite rock.


President’s Message

January 2012

Hello to all you rock groupies, this is my inaugural state of the union address. I hope everyone had wonderful holiday with family and friends along with good food and cheer, I know my clan did.

Now lets get down to business; I never foresaw this position that I am now in but I will make the best of it with help from past appointees and other board members. So bare with me for all my future fumbling and stumbling at the meetings, hopefully I will catch on by the end of the year if I don't run for the hills first.

My wife and I joined the West Seattle Rock Club to expand our limited knowledge of the natural world of rocks. We love the excitement of the hunt, the outdoors, and the people interactions that field trips provide. Ultimately, I would like field trips to be a bigger part of the adventure with the club. I will need lots of suggestions from Brian Waters and others as to map out fun locations for short day trips.

Any suggestions for topics for future meetings would be greatly appreciated. I will be adding a suggestion box, bring your ideas.

Let me tell you a little about my wife Diane and myself. I have been in the metal industry for over 30+ years and Diane has been in medical insurance just as long. I can safely say I know metal and metal fabrication and Diane knows about medical insurance, but rocks - not so much. Diane and I have a goal to not only understand the origins of each rock, but how they are formed and where to find them geologically. I hope others are as curious as us. Therefore, I will be working with our new vice president, Michael O'Clair and other club members in order to help us and others acquire more technical information in our educational meeting program. We will try to add adventure and mystery into the education portion to make learning fun for all.

One person will be awarded a prize for the correct answers to these questions:

1: What type of material are diamonds normally found and formed? Igneous, Sedimentary, or Metamorphic.

2: What specific type of rock from the above answer are diamond typically embedded in?

3: What hardness on the Mohs scale are diamond?

4: What is the chemical composition of diamond?

5: What other materials share it's chemical composition?

Place your answers with your name in the new suggestion box at the next meeting and we will draw a winner from there. This will be only for those who have read this message. Good luck!

Let's Rock On!
LeRoy Christensen, Club President


Our Club:
Practices the Rockhound Code of Ethics

HOW YOU CAN HELP
Your Federation: Save stamps and give to our club treasurer.
Your Hobby: Join ALAA. - Contact Lyle Vogelpohl
Other: Volunteer to teach beginners what you are good at.

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Mike Wall, Editor
PO Box 16145
Seattle, WA 98116