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The DanburiteThe Danbury Mineralogical Society , Inc.P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642

JANUARY 2011 VOLUME 61 NUMBER 1 PAGE 1

NEXT REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2011

DOORS OPEN AT 7:00 PM - MEETING STARTS AT 7:30 PM

THE MEETING WILL BE AT THE BROADVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL

72 Hospital Avenue, Danbury CT 06810

DMS WEBSITE http://www.danburymineralogicalsociety.org

AFMS WEBSITE http://www.amfed.org/ EFMLS WEBSITE http://www.amfed.org/efmls/

Geology Day is January 29th

!*( ~ Happy New Year ~ )*

We're On at the Danbury Public Library display case !Setup: Thurs., January 27, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. ~ Take-down: Thurs., February 24, 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.

No meeting in January becauseThe 2011 Seminar Dinner will be

at the Danbury Plaza(hotel/conf. ctr.)Sunday, January 9, 2011Doors open at 4:30 p.m.

The February meeting will bethe first Thursday of the month,

February 3, 2010at the Broadview Middle School

Program to be Determined (will include Tucson envy)

Seminar Dinner

Our annual seminar dinner is just around the corner.Please respond to Bob Burke if you plan to come andhave not already let him know; it is important to give thehotel/restaurant a decent head count.

Many people take this opportunity to renew their clubmembership. Just bring your checkbook to the dinnerand write a check to the DMS for $17.50 for a familymembership, $12.50 for an adult individual, or $7.50 for astudent or senior. Get it out of the way now and none ofus will need to think about it later.

The Danbury Plaza Hotel & Conference Center is theformer Sheraton Danbury, visible from I-84. The actualaddress is 18 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury 06810,phone (203) 794-0600 and websitewww.danburyplaza.com/ .

Our Seminar Speaker will be the Snow PrincessHerself: Moki Kokoris

We will see and hear about the geology of Greenland,with some specimens to admire in person as well.

From her website atwww.90-north.com:

Kokoris was the first woman of Ukrainian descent toreach the North Pole (April 18, 2003) and is a lifetimemember of the American Polar Society. She is also anactive member of Polar Bears International and hasrecently launched a new outreach in-classroomeducational program named 90-north which includes acollaborative exchange with the United States Polar RockRepository at the Byrd Polar Research Center. Mokisresearch interests and presentation materials center ongeneral studies of the polar regions, with a concentrationon the Arctic, including its flora, fauna, indigenous

peoples, climate change issues, as well as the importanceof conservation of these areas. She also worked as alicensed wildlife rehabilitator for the New York StateDepartment of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).

Moki has made numerous visits to various schools andScout groups in New York, Connecticut, andMassachusetts. Her lectures are typically tailored to matchcurrent classroom curriculum and have included talks onpolar history and exploration, geography, ecology,zoology, paleontology, as well as indigenousanthropology.
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President's Message

Happy New Year to all! I hope that you received all thepresents you wanted. My best present was the news thatmy son and daughter-in-law will have another child.That is one more rockbound in the making (punintended).

Well, now that a new year is here, I hope the DMScan resolve to have a number of field trips in 2011,especially if we can get a claim at the Margaret Hastingssite in Fonda, NY.

In less than a month I will make my dutiful trek towarm and sunny Tucson in order to restock themuseums gift shop with goodies for our seasons openingin May. As usual, I will take many photos to show youat the February meeting. With some persuasion I will

bring some of the newly purchased treasures for showand tell.

In ending I hope that all of you have a very healthyand prosperous New Year, and that your collecting pailsoverflow with rare and beautiful specimens.

Jack Pawloski

Minutes from 2 December1) Our fearless leader, Jack, called the meeting to orderat approx. 19:50, with about 19 folks in attendance. Isent around a sheet of paper to have attendees sign, andhere is what I got back (before I left a little early): DanMcAuliffe, ERA Triano, Ed Caco, Jean Collignon, MarkKucera, Carol & John Kent, Jerri & Will Wiley, LoriMeehan, Jack, Laurie Mechanic-Goodman, TonyMorasco & Gail Washburn, Linda Poulin, Bob Burke,and Sue Margolis.

2) It was confirmed that Jack would remain as"presidente", with Bob as VP, Laurie Mechanic-

Goodman as treasurer, and yours truly as the scribe.3) A motion was brought forward to donate a specimento the Eastern Federation auction, and it was quicklyseconded and passed. It was suggested we send them apiece of prehnite (surprise! surprise!). Jack said he would"spring for the postage".

4) Another idea discussed was to purchase a laptop forthe treasurer, with a removable external hard-drive. Thiswas also agreed upon. Bob Burke, Jack Pawloski, andTony Morasco are to research this matter and report backto the club at the January din-din.

5) Bob Burke next spoke about the seminar dinner andwhich venue was chosen. Seems the Danbury Plaza Hote(by Exit 2 off I-84) will host our nefarious group. 59 BankStreet, and Armondo's were also scouted as possible sites.The cost will be $18 per adult, and $7 per child. As usual,the club will be subsidizing the cost (sounds likesomething the federal government would do).

6) Last item of note was a small discussion about thepossible "purchase" of a plot up in Herkimer for our clubto do some "prospecting." The cost would be $150-200per year. Jack "volunteered" to head up north some time

in the next few months (possibly when the snow melts upthere) and discuss the matter with those in the know.

7) With no further "exciting" matters to talk about, LoriMeehan started around 20:05 to show members of theclub how to go about wire-wrapping specimens.

Semi-respectfully submitted - - -

DAN

Hank H. took this pic at setup in 2006

Danbury Public Library Display Case

For the last few years, more or less (depending onconstruction schedules), the DMS has adopted the librarydisplay case for a month, usually around January. Thisinvolves members bringing in items on the set-up day, andretrieving them on the take-down day. We really needmore member participation to make this work, especially

PRESIDENT Jack Pawloski, Squash Hollow Road, New Milford CT 06776 (860) 354-0296 e-mail [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT Robert Burke, 9 Prospect Court, Brookfield, CT 06804 (203) 775-7032 e-mail [email protected]

SECRETARY D. McAuliffe, 29 Cobb Road, Brewster, NY 10509 (845) 279-6415 e-mail [email protected] TREASURER Laurie Mechanic-Goodman, e-mail lauriefern@opMEMBERS Gail Washburn, P.O. Box 691, New Milford, CT 06776 (860) 354-8630 e-mail [email protected]

AT LARGE Tony Morasco, P.O. Box 691, New Milford, CT 06776 (860) 354- 8630Rick Sinclair, 275 South Kent Road, South Kent CT 06785 (860) 927-4454 e-mail [email protected]

WEBMASTER Pat Hackett [email protected] Editor Lizzie Triano e-mail [email protected] Emeritus Hank Henning e-mail [email protected]
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with having lost John Schroder last year. Since thishappens at approximately the same time as the Tucsonshows, Jack also is usually out of the running. It's up toregular club members, folks!

If you're not sure what to bring, just consider whatmakes the hobby exciting to you. In past years we havehad large fossil specimens, old mining equipment,modern safety equipment, carved gemstones, reference

books, and of course labeled mineral specimens. If you

want to participate, but can't make one of the dates, wecan work with that. Also if you have spare hobby-relatedpublications, we like to leave them for sharing on a table

by the case.

The library asks that we be extra careful with loadingthe shelves this year. The shelves are glass, after all.Heavier items should go on the floor. The back wall ispaper-covered (usually) corkboard, so we can also tack uppictures.

Wildacres is Coming !The 2011 EFMLS Wildacres Spring Workshops will

be held April 11 17, 2011. Tuition is $350 for the week,which includes room and board (but not materials ortransportation).

Classes as of this writing include:

Bead WeavingKnitted Wire & Bead BraceletsCabochons BasicCabochons IntermediateExhibiting

FacetingFused Glass IntermediateFused Glass BasicPewter FabricationPrecious Metal Clay BronzePrecious Metal Clay Chain MakingSilversmithing BasicSilversmithing IntermediateSoapstone Carving

Wirewrapped Jewelry BasicWirewrapped Jewelry Basic Plus.

There will be a similar lineup at the fall session. Moreinformation is available in the EFMLS newsletter, oronline at www.amfed.org/efmls/wildacres.htm .

Ice Magic

Winter brings our annual opportunity to observe thatephemeral mineral, ice. Whether pausing to discover thefrost crystals growing in a sheltered niche of earth orstone, or admiring the infinite intricacies of snowflakes,we can find geometric perfection in many places close to

home. Aside from inspiring florid prose and cheesypoetry, snow and ice are also good subjects formicrophotography and educational books and websites.

Many schoolchildren know, and adults sadly forget,the story of Snowflake Bentley, to whom we owe muchof the knowledge that we take for granted today.

Wilson A. Bentley lived from 1865 to 1931. To putthat into perspective, he was born at the end of the CivilWar, and died before my father was born. Obviously helived in snow country; in Vermont in fact. While still achild, he became enthralled by the tiny, complex six-sidedsnow crystals. His mother bought him a microscope,which he attached to a camera, and eventually figured outa way to rest the snowflakes on velvet for long enough tophotograph them, and the rest is history granted, that isa ham-handed summary of 50 years of dedicated research
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and record-keeping. His images have been preserved, andthere are books, articles, exhibits and websites about him,yet he was poor and frail when he died at the age of 66.

Here is an excerpt in his own words fromPhotographing Snowflakes, (Popular MechanicsMagazine, Vol. 37 (1922)):

Every snowflake has an infinite beauty which isenhanced by knowledge that the investigator will, inall probability, never find another exactly like it.

Consequently, photographing these transient forms ofNature gives to the worker something of the spirit of adiscoverer. Besides combining her greatest skill andartistry in the production of snowflakes, Naturegenerously fashions the most beautiful specimens on avery thin plane so that they are specially adapted forphotomicrographical study.

The photographing of snowflakes, although quitedelicate work, can hardly be called difficult, althoughsome hardships attend it, because the work must all bedone in a temperature below freezing, and underconditions of much physical exposure. The

temperature at which photography is possible dependssomewhat upon the thickness of the crystals; thisvaries greatly from time to time, and depends uponwhether the temperature is rising from an intensedegree of cold or falling from a point above freezing. Ifrising after a cold snap, photographing can often becontinued until actual thawing commences.

http://snowflakebentley.com/WBpopmech.htm

Perhaps the most well-known book about his life is thechildren'sCaldecott Medal book, Snowflake Bentley, byJacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian. Istrongly suspect that if Wilson Bentley was a child and ayoung person today, he would be diagnosed with ADDor Aspergers. He was passionate about his interest, andwe owe him a great debt.

Resources:

Snowflake Bentley, by Martin, illus. Azarian

Snowflakes in Photographs, W.A. Bentley

Wilson Bentley, the Snowflake Man, by Blanchard

Snow Crystals (Dover Photography Collections), byBentley and Humphreys

The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder, byCassino

The Secret Life of a Snowflake: An Up-Close Look at theArt and Science of Snowflakes, by Libbrecht

Snowflakes for All Seasons: 72 Fold & Cut PaperSnowflakes, by Higham

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Bentley

The Official Snowflake Bentley Website, Owned & Operated bythe Jericho Historical Society http://snowflakebentley.com/

Match the Flakes game:http://www.snowflakebentley.com/match.htm

MINDAT pages for

Ice http://www.mindat.org/min-2001.htmlSnow http://www.mindat.org/min-7520.html

I propose that the DMS sponsor one or more pages at mindat.Ice andSnow are both available. It is $100 a year for anorganization to sponsor a page (only $50 for an individual, so ifyou want fame & excitement, treat yourself and sponsor anorphan mineral!).

The USDA has also turned their scanning electronmicroscope on some snowflakes. You can see theirimages online atemu.arsusda.gov/snowsite/magnification/magnification.html

Caltech's SnowCrystals.com: More snowflake charts,

images, activities and information than you could use inan all-day blizzard:http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/

Online Mineralogical Events Calendar,Shopping &c.

Seen inDown In the Dumps, the Bristol Gem & MineralClub's bulletin: Jeff Fast requests that clubs help keeptheir info current on his online calendar. He provides anice service that you can sign up for atwww.mineralcalendar.com .
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Also seen inDitD, a blurb from Joseph O. Gill,formerly of Sotheby's, for the free searchable mineralreferences available on his website atwww.worldglobetrotters.com.

Shopping Tidbits: Picked up a postcard forUnEarthedTees.com, Geology & Rock Hound T-shirts& Gifts. The website features products with such cleverphrases as Re-Unite Pangea and Vuggedaboudit.Some cute graphics too. Oh, and they have a newsy blogat http://unearthedtees.wordpress.com/ .

Meteorite Men are selling meteorites on eBay:http://shop.ebay.com/aerolitemeteorites/m.html?

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A Sparkly Winter's Tale

Shall we see if your editor can present neutrally a topicthat is irresistibly political on so many levels? What willyou give me if I succeed?

Winter is cold and dark, but winter is also when thesparkly things can seem most sparkly. The stars sparklein the sky, the moon shimmers in a frosty halo, andgemstones in shop windows seem to have a specialgleam. It was winter when I first saw the estate ring thatmy darling engineer and husband-to-be bought for ourengagement, and how it shone like a Silmaril.

Diamonds are greatly hyped this time of year,deservedly or not. From Christmas through Valentine'sDay, they're in the spotlight. They may look like stars,

but of course you know they are just carbon. Funny stuff,carbon. Funny things, diamonds.

We are carbon-based life forms, as the sci-fi sayinggoes. Carbon is an element, one of the basic building

blocks of matter (although the atoms of elements are madeof subatomic particles, and those particles just keep gettingsmaller). According to my favorite book about theelements, Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to theElements, by John Emsley, the word carbon is derived

from the Latin carbo, for charcoal. NBB observes thatcarbon is readily found in space, and is given off by dyingstars. With regard to our intimate relationship with thestuff, it has this to say:

No element is more essential to life than carbon,because only carbon forms strong single bonds toitself that are stable enough to resist chemical attackunder ambient conditions. This gives carbon theability to form long chains and rings of atoms, andthese are the structural basis for many compoundsthat comprise the living cell, of which the mostimportant is DNA.

Carbon itself is completely non-toxic, but somesimple compounds can be very toxic, such as the gascarbon monoxide (CO) or cyanide (CN ). Carbon

black, which is like soot, can be an irritant dust but isnot in itself dangerous, although soot may harbourcarcinogenic materials. (NBB, pp. 93-4.)

I wanted to write about diamonds this month, but Icouldn't do that without first giving the stage to carbon.We mine so many forms of carbon: limestone, dolomite,marble (all carbonate); coal, oil and gas; graphite; and, ofcourse, diamonds. Diamonds, mining, and the carboncycle, are all immense subjects and immensely political,

but we promised to leave that aside for now (and anywaythey are way beyond the scope of our little bulletin).

Diamonds are hard. They are rated 10 on the Mohsscale, the hardest of them all. Even their name meanshard; it comes from the Greekadamas, which meansunconquerable, invincible, and while I have not read thiselsewhere yet, one website's etymology also includesdiaphanes, or transparent, which seems reasonable enough(http://www.diamondsjewelryonline.com/Diamonds-Its-Birth-And-History.html). According to mindat.org,the Greek word for diamond is written as.Likewise, their luster is adamantine, or diamond-like.According to Oldershaw's Gems of the World, this is

because they are formed at depths of between 50 and 90miles into the Earth's crust, where its atoms arecompacted and bonded under extremes of heat andpressure.

Diamond crystals are often octahedral, and oftenflattened, but may also be cubes, which can have curvedfaces. They are classified as in the isometric system, in thehexoctahedral class, according to mindat. A number ofmineral vendors sell diamond crystals, and you can

browse beautiful images atmindat.org,Excalibur Minerals orJohn Betts' site, and of course there is always Google.
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Mineral collectors know that provenance is animportant part of collecting. Where a specimenoriginated can be as important, or even more so, than thequality of the piece. Provenance is often lost in thediamond industry, as diamonds are traded by grade.Stones from many localities are pooled and sorted earlyon in the distribution process. About seven years ago, in2003, Tony Nikischer of Excalibur Mineral was fortunateenough to purchase a collection of diamond minerals

including specimen locality information from DavidNew. Geopolitical activities, to euphemize a bit, havehowever made some of those locality names obsolete.Tony embarked on some swift research to update therecords of his new collection, and shared the results (witha quick summary of the African diamond trade from 1866to 1970) in an April 2005 article in Mineral News,including a locality name-change chart.

A somewhat longer summary, but still manageable asa lunch-hour read, can be found in Diamonds andPrecious Stones, by Patrick Voillot (1998). This

surprising little book packs a lot of history, and manydelicious images, between its covers. Chapters PathsPaved with Gems and The Age of Diamonds areespecially informative. For those who want deepercontemporary coverage, I would recommend MatthewHart's book, Diamond: The History of a Cold-BloodedLove Affair (2001).

Diamond industry news from 2010 includes DeBeersabandoning its single-channel seller role, so that for thefirst time in over a hundred years, we had a competitiverough diamond market, made even more interesting bythe growing worldwide understanding of precious gemsas a potential source of revenue for violent regimes. Thus

we also have a growing demand for transparency andaccountability in the industry. (www.gia.edu)

Then there are fullerenes, especially Buckyballs, butwhile they do now seem to occur in nature (and even inspace), we are just going to leave them for more advancedtechnical writers. (Fullerenes (C60) are molecules ofcarbon, neither graphite nor diamond, where the atomsare arranged by the dozens in lattices that may then beshaped into tubes or balls.) Feel free to write in with alovely illustrated article on fullerenes, because they sureare nifty and contemporary.

Sometimes it's enough already with the diamonds.Cocktail rings, for example; I find the concept of settingan attractive stone in an overabundance of marquis-cutdiamonds to be pointless and the results generallyunattractive. I run into this style especially often when Ihunt for alexandrites. Setting aside the modernalexandrites and alexandrite-like stones found in Braziland elsewhere, real Russian alexandrites are so rare andvaluable that ifone should find a natural (not synthetic)

one in a shop, it is generally going to be in the form of asmall, unimpressive stone set in a blinding spray ofdiamonds.

Further reading

Carbon, including fullerenes and buckyballs:

http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/phys/carbon.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerene

http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/local/projects/unwin/Fullerenes.html

http://www.fkf.mpg.de/andersen/fullerene/intro.html

http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~edudev/Fullerene/fullerene.html

http://www.webelements.com/carbon/allotropes.htmlhttp://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/diamonds/carbon.html

Diamonds, including the Wittelsbach and a few others:

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/wittelsbach-graff.php

http://www.pricescope.com/wiki/diamonds/diamond-flourescence

http://www.mardonjewelers.com/blog/estate-jewelry/the-rarified-world-of-the-rarest-of-gems/

http://www.mostexpensivefacts.com/collectible/most-expensive-blue-diamonds-in-the-world.html

http://alaintruong.canalblog.com/archives/2010/01/08

/16434992.htmlhttp://elogedelart.canalblog.com/tag/Graff

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/diamonds/how.html

http://geology.com/diamond/http://famousdiamonds.tripod.com/centenarydiamond.html

Still needed:

Field Trip Coordinators!!Hospitality Person!!

Webmaster !!(please

The Eureka Diamond, found in South

Africa in 1866
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Write for Us, or for . . . Send Danburitematerial [email protected]. Write for Mineral News! Go totheir website atwww.mineralnews.com or email EditorMitch Portnoy ([email protected]) or Publisher TonyNikischer ([email protected]). Kids can write ordraw pictures for publication in Mini Miners Monthly.Contact Diamond Dan at [email protected] visit the website at www.diamonddanpublications.net .The December (holiday) issue of MMM featured a terrific

article about chalcedony by a young lady named EmmaFajcz. She looked great in the photo with her collectionas well. Great job, Emma !!

The Bruce Museum, Greenwich CThttp://brucemuseum.org/

The Bruce has permanent and changing exhibits relatedto the arts and sciences, including several permanentexhibits of interest to rockhounds: Every Object Tells aStory, The Earth's Minerals, and Formation of OurLand, for example.

Hudson Highlands Nature CenterCornwall-on-Hudson, NY

(http://www.hhnaturemuseum.org/)

Saturday January 29, 10am-2pmGeology FairEnjoy a day of rockin fun and facts. Rock and Gemspecimens will be on exhibit as well as NY State Fossils.Children can excavate their own rock specimens.Refreshments available for purchase. Cost: Adults - $7,Children - $5. Members: Adults - $5, Children - $3.845-534-5506, ext. 204

American Museum of Natural History,New York, NY

(www.amnh.org)

AMNH is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.Admission: adults $16, kids 2-12 $9, Seniors/studentswith ID $12

The Wittelsbach-Graff diamond will remain on displaythrough January 2011, so there's not much time left to seethis magnificent gem.http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/wittelsbach-graff.php

About this time last year, it was on display at the Harry S.

Winston Gallery of the Smithsonian National Museumof Natural History, along with the larger Hope Diamond.You may recall when the Wittelsbach-Graff (then theWittelsbach) changed hands in 2008, before being recutfrom 35.56 carats to just over 31. At $24.3 milliondollars, it was the most expensive diamond to have beensold at auction in London.

Also currently at the AMNH isHighway of An

Empire: The Great Inca Road, an exhibition of more than50 striking photographs featuring the 25,000 miles of

roads and trails that the Incas built six centuries ago in

South America.

The Institute for American Indian Studies(www.birdstone.org)

860-868-0518

There's a lot going on at Birdstone this season!January'sfeatured artistis Daniel Red Bear Bosque ofTaino descent. Dan uses traditional and natural materialsin making his pouches, moccasins, wampum and clothing

Natural Remedies for Women's Health, Sun., 1/16,1 to 3 p.m. with Lupo Passero. Fee $15 adults; $12members.

Winter Survival Walkon Sat., 1/22, from 12:30 to 2:30p.m., with Jamie Leffler. Space is limited, please call forreservations. Fee: $8 adults; $6 members; $4 kids.

Winter Film FestivalSaturday and Sunday, January 29 th

and 30th at 2 p.m. After the Mayflower, the first episode

of American Experience's miniseries We Shall Remain,explores the polar strategies peaceful diplomacies andwarfare the Wampanoag people employed in theirstruggle to maintain their cultural identity and communtyin the wake of European immigration, encroachment,mistreatment, diseases & other disasters. Included inregular museum admission.

February'sFeatured Artistwill be Rhonda Besaw, ofAbenaki descent, one of the few beadworkers whospecialize in traditional Wabanaki style beadwork.
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Medicine Bag Workshop Sat.,2/5, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Fee$30 ($25 members) & call for reservations.

Artifact Identification DaySun., 2/6

Winter Film FestivalSat. &Sun.,2/12 & 13 at 2 p.m.Tecumseh's Vision story of the Shawnee warrior, who

became on of the greatest American leaders, organizing,with his brother Tenskwatawah, the most ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement ever mounted to defend theAmerican Indian way of life. Included in regular

museum admission.Kids' Days

Sat., 2/19 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.

Tues., 2/22 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.

Two different sets of activities. Please call forreservations.Fee: Adults $5 (general museum admission)Kids $6 on 2/19 and $8 on 2/22

Introduction to Tinctures Sun., 2/20 12:30 2:30 p.m.Dawyn Cloud, Herbalist of Cherokee descent.Registration and non-refundable deposit of $25 due by2/11. Fee $50, $45 members.

Winter Film Festival Sat. & Sun. 2/26 & 27 at 2 p.m.

Trail of Tears, the third episode of We Shall Remain.

IAIS is proud to carry work by exhibiting artists in themuseum gift shop. For more information about theseand other events, please call (860) 868-0518 or see

http://www.birdstone.org/calendar.html. Your editorusually has their three-month events schedule as a .pdf to share.

[email protected] and ask for it.

Related Items: New York State Museum Recordcurrent issuePreserving Tradition and Understanding the

Past:Papers from the Conference on Iroquois Research, 20012005, Edited by Christine Sternberg Patrick. Available fordownload atwww.nysm.nysed.gov/publications/record/vol_01/index.html

NYSM's online projectile point collection. Can youname your flakes?http://collections.nysm.nysed.gov/projectilepoints/

Rutgers Geology Museum, New Brunswick NJ

(http://geologymuseum.rutgers.edu/)

732-932-7243 [email protected]

January 29 Annual Geology Museum Open House:9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Scott Hall

February 2 Minerals Late Night

March 2 Dinosaurs Late Night

April 6 Egypt Late Night

May 4 Anthropology Late Night

New York State Museum, Albany NYhttp://www.nysm.nysed.gov/

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibits/longterm.cfm

(518) 474-5877 Free Admission !! closed Sundays*

The New York State Museum is an under-appreciatedgem. Current exhibits of interest to rockhounds andfriends include:

- Beneath the City: An Archaeological Perspective ofAlbany,

- Ancient Life of New York: A Billion Years of EarthHistory,

- Cohoes Mastodon,

- M&T Bank New York State Museum EarthquakeCenter,

- The Governor's Collection of Contemporary NativeAmerican Crafts,

- Minerals of New York, and

- Native Peoples of New York.

There is also a theater and the hands-on Discovery Place.http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibits/longterm.cfm

The gift shop is open every day, and there is a cafe.

www.nysm.nysed.gov/research_collections/collections/geology/

*open Sunday, February 27 for New York in Bloom, and the Gem,Mineral and Fossil Show, which will also have admission fees of $6for adults, with children 12 and under being free when accompaniedby a paying adult.

photo Steve Lew (stevelewalready) on Flickr
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Online Fun Courtesy of NYSM:

Browse Devonian crinoids: (of NY of course): www.nysm.nysed.gov/collections/biology/crinoids/

Explore Oil and Gas wells: http://esogis.nysm.nysed.gov/

Click around the Virtual Mineral Exhibit: http://collections.nysm.nysed.gov/minerals/

Upcoming Shows and Such:

January 2011

29 New Brunswick, NJ - Rutgers Geology MuseumOpen House. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Scott Hall. TheMuseum is located in historic Geology Hall on the OldQueens Campus of Rutgers University, 85 SomersetStreet, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Click here formapand directions.

29 Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY. Geology day atHudson Highland Museum Orange County (NY)

Mineral Society will be there.http://www.nynjtc.org/park/hudson-highlands-nature-museum-outdoor-discovery-center

February 2011

26 27 - Albany, NY- 18th Annual James CampbellMemorial Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show. New York StateMuseum, Empire Plaza, Madison Ave. Saturday &Sunday 10-5. General Admission $6 (includes FlowerShow). Children under 12: Free. 25 dealers, museumtours, fossil & mineral ID. Information: MichaelHawkins @ 518 486-2011 [email protected]

March 2011

5 6, New York, NY Spring Gem & Mineral Show.Holiday Inn, 440 W. 57 St.

6 - 7, Newark (Stanton), DE Delaware MineralogicalSociety's 48th Annual Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show:Metals from Earth and Beyond. Delaware Technical &Community College, Churchmans Road (Route 58). Sat.10-6, Sun. 11-5. Admission: Adults $6, Seniors $5,Juniors (12-16) $4, Children FREE. Coupon andadditional information atwww.delminsociety.net .

26 27, Holyoke, MAWestern Mass Mineral Jewelry Fossil Show: Mineral Arts from Around theWorld. Holiday Inn, Ingleside Exit 15. Sat. 10-5, Sun.10-4. General Admission $4. Under 12 FREE andScouts in uniform FREE. Connecticut Valley MineralClub. More information www.cvmineralclub.org

26-27: Hamburg, NY -43rd Annual Gem, Mineral &Fossil Show Elephants in Your Backyard sponsored bythe Buffalo Geological Society. Erie Co. Fairgrounds,Hamburg, NY.

26 - 27--Sayre, PA -- 42nd annual show; Che-HannaRock & Mineral Club; Athens Twp. Volunteer Fire Hall,211 Herrick Ave.; Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-5; adults $3, students$1, children under 8 free; club demonstrations anddisplays, dealers, fossils, minerals, gems, junior activities,mini-mine, geode cutting, Carnegie Museum andPaleontological Research Institute displays; contact BobMcGuire, P.O. Box 224, Lopez, PA 18628, (570) 928-9238; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site:

www.chehannarocks.com

May 2011

21 22,Greenwich, CT Outdoor Crafts Festival.Bruce Museum. Each year the Bruce Museum sponsorstwo outdoor festivals that feature original work by some ofthe best artists and craftspeople from around the country.TheCrafts Festival in May, regularly held one week beforeMemorial Day, offers handmade, contemporaryfunctional work such as jewelry, furniture, wearables,glassware, ceramics etc.

There are not many mineral shows in the Northeast this time ofyear, I'm afraid.

You can find gem and mineral show listings in hobby andtrade magazines as well as online. Here are some fairlycomprehensive websites, and there are also listings at theFederation sites by region.

http://www.the-vug.com/vug/vugshows.html

http://www.rockngem.com/showdates.asp

Many more BEAD shows not listed above:http://www.northeastbeadextravaganza.com/

Mineral Club Links

Lapidary and Mineral Society of Central Connecticuthttp://www.lmscc.org/

Bristol Gem & Mineral Clubhttp://bristolgem.org/

Mid-Hudson Valley Gem & Mineral Clubhttp://mhvgms.org/

Orange County Mineral Societyhttp://www.orangemineralsociety.com/

and there are more to be found at

http://www.amfed.org/efmls/clubs.htm

2011 marks the 125th Anniversary of the New YorkMineralogical Club. You can bookmark their sitewww.nymineralclub.org but it's not live yet. In themeantime, for info email club president Mitch Portnoy at

[email protected]. If you plan to attend any of theirmeetings, you should know that they have moved to theHoliday Inn Midtown.
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Fun and Educational Links:

Make your own Snowflakes and More:http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/kids/kids.htm

USDA snowflake site for kids:http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/environment/story2/snowflakeframes.htm

Kids' pages at the U.S. Polar Rock Repository site:http://bprc.osu.edu/rr/kidstop.htm

Winter fun at Learning Through Art:http://www.learningthroughart.com/BAFK_resource.asp

Follow-ups:

The Environment, Industry & Health

From the website: Steingrabers highly acclaimedbook, Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks atCancer and the Environmentpresents cancer as ahuman rights issue. It was the first to bring togetherdata on toxic releases with newly released data fromU.S. cancer registries.Living Downstream won praisefrom international media, including The WashingtonPost, the Nation, The Chicago Tribune, KirkusReviews, Publishers Weekly, The Lancet, and TheLondon Times.

View film trailers and find other information at thewebsite www.livingdownstream.com

Fracking

http://shaleshock.org/ Protecting our communitiesand environment from exploitative gas drilling of theMarcellus Shale

More Wikipedia entries in need of technical assistance

Coke (fuel): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29

Danburite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danburite

STEM Education

From http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/category/web_resources/The PhET project, which creates online STEM-basedsimulations for free use, has received new grants totalingin $2.5 million from the National Science Foundationand the Dallas-based ODonnell Foundation. These

grants will allow the University of Colorado at Boulderproject to expand to a key area of need: middle schoolscience.

PhET site (very cool): http://phet.colorado.edu/

And from http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/category/k-12-outreach-programs/grades-k-5-outreach-programs/Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day), for 1stthrough 8th grade students, will be held this year at theUniversity of Texas at Austin on Saturday, February 26,2011 from 2 to 5 p.m. Families and educators areencouraged to join their students at for an afternoon of

engineering fun. Girl Day gives students a chance to havefun doing grade-specific, hands-on engineering activities;meet students, professors and engineers from industry,and see what its like to be an engineer.

Sign up for Google's mega-ultra-Science Fair athttp://www.google.com/events/sciencefair/

We got a mention in the Garnet Gazette! Their December

issue included an excellent column about the MarcellusShale itself. Apparently a number of interesting mineralsoccur in the Marcellus, including siderite and iron pyrite.

The USGS has a whole page about theirsocial media doings, including podcasts.http://www.usgs.gov/socialmedia/

The DMS is on Facebook!! Are You ?There are in fact a lot of rockhounds and lapidaryhobbyists of all types -- on Facebook. Find us as DanburyMineralogical Society PAGE.

Cranky Rockhounds of All Sorts

Your editor is the crankiest rockhound in town these days.Someone should take her to a museum or treat her tomembership renewal at PRI, or both. Field trip, anyone?

Lori and club members diligently working at the Decembermeeting. Come to the February pre-meeting hour and tryyour hand at it as well.
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AFMS Code of EthicsI will respect both private and public property and will

do no collecting on privately owned land without the

owners permission.

I will keep informed on all laws, regulations of rules

governing collecting on public lands and

will observe them.

I will to the best of my ability, ascertain the boundary

lines of property on which I plan to collect.I will use no firearms or blasting material in collecting

areas.

I will cause no willful damage to property of any kind

fences, signs, buildings.

I will leave all gates as found.

I will build fires in designated or safe places only and

will be certain they are completely extinguished

before leaving the area.

I will discard no burning material - matches, cigarettes,

etc.

I will fill all excavation holes which may be dangerous to

livestock.

I will not contaminate wells, creeks or other water

supply.

I will cause no willful damage to collecting material and

will take home only what I can reasonably use.

I will practice conservation and undertake to utilize fully

and well the materials I have collected

and will recycle my surplus for the pleasure and benefit of

others.

I will support the rockhound project H.E.L.P. (Help

Eliminate Litter Please) and Will leave all collecting areas

devoid of litter, regardless of how found.I will cooperate with field trip leaders and those in

designated authority in all collecting areas.

I will report to my club or Federation officers, Bureau of

Land management or other authorities,

any deposit of petrified wood or other materials on public

lands which should be protected for the

enjoyment of future generations for public educational

and scientificpurposes.

I will appreciate and protect our heritage of natural

resources.

I will observe the Golden Rule, will use Good Outdoor

Manners and will at all times conduct myself in a

manner which will add to the stature and public image

of rockhounds everywhere.

Congratulations New York Mineralogical Club

The Danbury Mineralogical Society Inc. is a non profitcorporation and is affiliated with the Eastern Federation ofMineralogical and Lapidary Societies and The AmericanFederation of Mineralogical Societies. Meetings are held at

7:30 pm on the first Thursday of the month from October toJune at Broadview Middle School, Danbury, Connecticut.Visitors and guests are welcome at all meetings. The Januarymeeting is usually a dinner seminar. There are no meetings inJuly. August is preparation time for our annual mineral and

jewelry show in September.Current membership dues are $12.50 per adult

individual/$17.50 per family (including children under 18) $7.50 for students and senior citizens. Only dues-payingmembers are covered by our liability and accident insurance

and receive the print version of theDanburite.Please Please Please be sure we have your

CORRECT email address on file! Thank you !!If you absolutely must receive your copy by realmail instead, please let us know that also.

The particular objectives for which this Society is formed are:

To promote general interest in mineralogy

To study rocks, minerals, fossils and the lapidary artsthrough lectures and discussion groups and field trips.

To encourage the search for minerals indigenous to ourareas

To keep an accurate and permanent record of all minerallocalities visited by this society and to make such recordsavailable to all members.

The Danburiteis published monthly except July and August bythe Danbury Mineralogical Society, Inc. The Danburitemay bequoted and unless otherwise noted all material may bereprinted provided credit is given to the author and TheDanburite. The Editor, the officers of the DanburyMineralogical Society and The Danbury MineralogicalSociety Inc. are not responsible for the accuracy orauthenticity of information in articles accepted forpublication, nor are the opinions expressed therein necessarilythose of the editor and the officers and other members of theDanbury Mineralogical Society Inc.

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