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Hard Rock News
Kitsap Mineral and Gem Society
Celebrating 75 Years!
February 2016 http://www.kmgs.org KMGS—since 1939
Message from the KMGS President
Hello members, family and friends. As your newly elected president, I
welcome you to a new and exciting year. To help our club to run better, the
KMGS board of officers and representatives request that current members
welcome visitors and assist new members that have recently joined our club.
New members are usually excited to get started, so let’s show them our hos-
pitality.
As one of his duties, our newly elected Vice President, Linden Richter,
will determine what programs we will have for the upcoming year. If you
have an idea for a program, please mention it to him. Thanks Linden.
I want to thank our other officers, Secretary Danielle Foss, and Treasur-
er Carolyn Richter, for continuing their duties and committing to keep the
club running smoothly. Thanks also to new committee volunteers and those
that have agreed to continue with their current chair positions. Members
that wish to take on fun activities and get involved with club committees
should contact any club officer or committee chair listed in this newsletter. We’re off to a great start for
2016. We signed up several new members at the January meeting. The field trip committee is working
hard to get out this year’s field trips scheduled. This will allow for all to plan ahead and mark their cal-
endars accordingly. Last month I mentioned that I would like to pass out suggestion/survey forms and
place collection boxes at both exits of the nursery so they are not to be missed. Please feel free to fill
these forms out and drop them in the boxes provided. Names and contact information are optional.
This month’s program will be our annual Member’s Sale. This is a great opportunity to sell items
(limited to the 2 hour window) for members to rid themselves of their unwanted tools, equipment, and
material. Members can also sell items they’ve created at this event. So what does this mean for those
that want to participate in the annual sale? You need to contact Linden Richter using his contact infor-
mation listed on page 2. You can also contact me, as back up, to let the club know that you would like to
setup a table. Your space should be limited to one table. Please consider that we are using someone
else’s facility that has carpet and is used to care for children. We do not want to damage our meeting
place or cause undue clean-up for the church. So if you have an item that carries oils, dirt, or other ma-
terials that might damage the carpeting or tables, just consider leaving it outside in your vehicle. Again,
we will be limited to 2 hours in the facility. This is also an opportunity to talk over and discuss many
things that interest you, or may interest others.
Committee chairs will be listed and updated each month. Keep your eyes and ears open for new op-
portunities in our club. Please continue working on new and exciting material for this year’s show and
the fair. This includes keeping those tumblers going and thinking about how you can help in the setup
and take down now that we have improved these procedures. Great things happen when we all work as
a team. This process will be painless if we plan ahead,
Thanks for your confidence in me. I’ll do my best as your KMGS president for 2016.
Sincerely, Tony Schackmann
Tony Schackmann
Elected Officers for 2016
President:
Tony Schackmann
(360) 372-2777 [email protected]
Vice President:
Linden Richter
(360) 507-8230 [email protected]
Secretary:
Danielle Foss
(360) 621-5603
Treasurer:
Caroline Richter
(360) 908-7199 [email protected]
PAGE 2 HARD ROCK NEWS FEBRUARY 2016
Jasper, according to Wikipedia, is an aggregate of micro quartz
and/or chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety
of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The
common red color is due to iron inclusions. The mineral aggregate breaks
with a smooth surface and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It
can be highly polished and is also used for vases, seals, and decorative
boxes. The specific gravity of jasper is typically 2.5 to 2.9. Along
with heliotrope (bloodstone), jasper (green with red spots) is one of the
traditional birthstones for March. Various jaspers are shown below:
The KMGS meeting for February will be the annual “Members
Sale”. Contact our VP, Linden Richter (see contact info at upper
left of this page), and let him know if you would like to use a table
to sell your items. All items for sale should be lapidary, mineral,
or fossil-related. Those wishing to sell their items should arrive by
6:30 PM.
KMGS 2016 DUES ARE PAST DUE - If you haven’t already paid, please get them to Evah as soon as possible. See article at bottom of page 9.
Club Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/KitsapMineralandgemsociety Club website:
kmgs.org
The February Meeting will be held on Friday, Febru-ary 12th at 7:00 PM. Everyone is welcome- including members, member guests, and visi-tors.
We meet at the Chico Al-liance Church Daycare (entrance in the back). Address: 3670 Chico Way NW, Bremerton, Washington.
No program or display table for February
Since we will be having our annual members sale in February there will be no program or display table for this month.
PAGE 3 HARD ROCK NEWS FEBRUARY 2016
January Meeting Minutes 2016
Tony called the first meeting of the year to order and he has some opening re-
marks at his first meeting as president. His plan for next month will probably
be something like a suggestion box for suggestions for the club, and things the
members would like to see. He would like to see the club grow and thrive.
There have been some discussions in the past about workshops and the hope
is to make that a possibility. Pat Fagan jumped in to say that he really liked
the tator-tot casserole at the Christmas party, so thanks to whomever brought
it! Jack Eads is still looking for someone to take over the club website and
Wilma would like someone to eventually take the scholarships program over.
The Cheer chairperson, Kathy McClure, would also like someone to take over.
There are lots of other chair positions that a new person could get involved in
to join in the fun of the club!
Show and tell time, which is everyone’s favorite! All the rocks tonight are from the local collection sites
around Washington and Oregon. Eric Foss kicks it off with the various rocks we brought from all the
sites we have been in the last couple of years. Randy Eggert has some nice glass he’s been working on.
He’s always got something fun to show and something pretty! Woody brought some beautiful obsidian
from Glass Buttes and a few other spots in Oregon. Woody has been to Glass Buttes many times and is
one of our club’s expert flint knappers! Don Lorimore has a neat geode, and very good sized, from
Redtop Mt. Doug Leider has some fossils from Clallam Bay that are pretty interesting. He’s found
many different clams and agatized snails and lots of interesting things. All along the Northern beaches
of Washington there are various fossils to be found, and every once in a while there have been mammal
fossils found. Many of the beaches are steep, but can be worth it. Garry brought some examples from
Greenwater that are really nice! There will most likely be some field trips planned soon to Greenwater
and a few places the club hasn’t been. He has some material from Lake Cushman and some nice orbicu-
lar jasper. There is some Saddle Mountain petrified wood, and the Skokomish River that has orbicular
jasper that is pretty colorful and interesting.
A short break and then it’s time for the program. I have the program! It’s an informal night, and the
purpose was to get club members excited about field trips again! I have taken over the field trip coordi-
nator chair for the club. I’m pretty excited about this, as my husband Eric and I like to get out and ex-
plore. At the meeting I handed out a questionnaire for all club members about what field trips you may
be interested in doing. I got some great responses! If you missed the meeting this month, I will be
handing out this questionnaire again in the following months for anyone else that would like to respond.
I welcome the feedback and I want to ensure that we are going places that gets the club interested and
engaged. The responses were pretty interesting and the discussion was great, so look to updates in the
near future about trips we are planning. If you are on Facebook or email, I will try to get info out as
much as possible if there are any impromptu trips as well. Thanks to all that volunteered to lead trips
as well, I appreciate the help! I’m pretty excited for the upcoming year, and I hope you are too. There
will be a variety of trips, some with difficult terrain, and some not difficult at all. I hope to find trips
that can suit a variety of needs and interests. There are still a lot of areas open to rock hounding, and
lots of opportunities for some nice material right from our state. Look to the front page of the newsletter
for my contact info, and please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for new sites! Let’s
get out there and dig!
Your Secretary,
Danielle Foss
Danielle Foss, secretary
PAGE 4 HARD ROCK NEWS FEBRUARY 2016
February’s birthstone - Amethyst
Amethyst, the gemstone believed by ancient Greeks and Romans to ward off the intoxicating powers of Bac-chus, also is said to keep the wearer clear-headed and quick-witted. Throughout history, the gemstone has
been associated with many myths, legends, religions, and numerous cultures. English regalia were even deco-
rated with amethysts during the Middle Ages to symbolize royalty. Amethyst is purple quartz, a beautiful
blend of violet and red that can found in every corner of the earth. Historically, the finest ame-
thyst were found in Russia and
were featured in much royal
European jewelry. Today, while
Brazil is the primary source of
this gemstone, fine material can
be found elsewhere, especially
in Zambia. (from .americangemsociety.org)
Refreshments for February
We rely on our club members to provide snacks for our General Meetings.
For this month: If the first letter of your last name begins with “I” thru “L”, you
will be responsible for bringing refreshments for the February meeting.
We encourage finger food that can be placed on a napkin.
We also encourage healthy snacks as well as those yummy
treats that we are all used to having at the meeting! The
club provides the beverages. Remember that when it is
your month to bring refreshments, you need to plan to help
with set-up and clean-up in the kitchen for that meeting. Any
questions you may have can be addressed to Karen Eslava,
our Refreshment chairperson.
Amethyst
Year’s Schedule:
A thru B – Sept
C thru D – Oct
E thru F – Nov
G thru H – Jan
I thru L - Feb
M – March
N thru R – April
S – May
T thru Z = June
Interesting websites:
Here is a site from Mike & Vickie Keefer:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/search-fossils-comfort-home
It is about a site that allows viewing images of Kenya's Lake Turkana Basin. The idea is to search for signs of fossils, stone tools and classify rocks captured in over head images of the area.
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Kathy Woodside found a good article on youtube.com about wire wrapping, showing a different way to make a bail:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j8-DRsovSk “How to do a wire-wrapped stone” by Wyatt White.
HARD ROCK NEWS FEBRUARY 2016 PAGE 5
KMGS Beaders
KMGS BEADERS ARE BACK! The KMGS Beading Group is back in action. AnnieLaurie Burke has agreed to be the coordinator. ViQ’Tree Keefer has been able to secure the use of a craft meeting room at JoAnn’s in Silverdale for monthly meetings on the 3rd Thursday. The Beaders thank JoAnn’s for their generosity in providing the Club meeting at no cost. JoAnn’s is located at 2886 NW Bucklin Hill Rd. (off Silverdale Way) and their phone number is (360) 692-1300. They have a wide variety of beading supplies.
ViQ’Tree set up the first meeting on January 21st from 11am to 3pm, and called members for whom she had phone numbers. Karen D., Pat F., ViQ'Tree K., AnnieLaurie B. and Clare A. attended. Joanne's Fabric man-ager gave attendees 50% off coupons. February’s meeting will be at the same location on February 18 from 11 am to 4 pm. For beaders that want to learn the applique technique for animal portraits, the February pro-ject will be the Sea Otter taught by AnnieLaurie (see photo). This is a free-form, easy-to-use technique that enables the artist to create depth, texture and color in a “2-1/2 dimensional” work. Instructions, class notes and a template will be provided for KMGS members. If you prefer, you can just bring a project you want to finish and socialize and share ideas of what you might want to see or do for future events. If you want infor-mation regarding February's project or other bead group business, contact ViQ'Tree at 360-373-1741 or An-nieLaurie at 360-328-0053.
Juniors
Hello Junior Rock Hounds! The club is having a sale at the next meeting. I think you might find some really cool rocks and things to buy! It is one of the most favorite and looked-forward-to meetings we have each year! Have fun! Bobbie Sack, Jill Wetzel and Kathy Reimers - Junior's Leaders
Wire wrapping workshop
The wire wrappers had a good turn-out on January 26th. Vangie Mayton was out of town so we met at Garry & Nancy Mahan’s place. We had a good time seeing what everybody brought and was working on. We also had lots of goodies to keep us going.
The next wire wrapping workshop is scheduled for 10 AM February 23rd at Vangie’s place.
The January wrappers
HARD ROCK NEWS FEBRUARY 2016 PAGE 6
Oddities
The Fukang meteorite is a meteorite that was found in the
mountains near Fukang, China in 2000. It is a pallasite - a type
of stony–iron meteorite with olivine crystals. It is estimated to
be 4.5 billion years old.
Intricate glass ‘cane’: Each color was layered to form a picture
in this “loaf”. The slices each sold for 5,000 dollars. This cane of
colored glass may not look like much from the outside, but slice
into it and you’ll find an incredible recreation of Leonardo da Vin-
ci’s painting Virgin on the Rocks. Self-taught glass master Loren
Stump has adapted a 4,000-year-old Middle Eastern technique to
produce detailed images that are only seen when the glass cane is
cut into cross-sections.
The world's second-largest gem
quality diamond has been discovered in Botswana, the Lucara Diamond
firm says. The 1,111-carat stone was recovered from its Karowe mine,
about 500km (300 miles) north of the capital, Gaborone. It is the biggest
diamond to be discovered in Botswana and the largest find in more than a
century. The 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond was found in South Africa in
1905 and cut into nine separate stones, many of which are in the British
Crown Jewels.
"The significance of the recovery of a gem quality stone larger than 1,000
carats, the largest for more than a century... cannot be overstated," Wil-
liam Lamb, the CEO of Lucara Diamond, a Canadian diamond produc-
er, said in a statement. Lucara says two other "exceptional" white diamonds - an 813-carat stone and a
374-carat stone - were also found at the Karowe mine. (From BBC News, 19 November 2015)
Holding a slab of the
Fukang meteorite
Slab showing olivine crystals in
the Fukang meteorite
Rough Lucara Diamond
weighing 1,111 carats.
Intricate ‘cane’
showing pic-
ture when
sliced
Upcoming Gem & Mineral Shows
February 13-14—OAK HARBOR, WASHINGTON: 51st Sweetheart of Gems Show; Whidbey Island Gem Club, Oak Harbor
Senior Center; 51 SE Jerome Street; Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Sun. 9 am-4 pm; Admission is Free!; Member exhibits, demonstrations, dealers,
jewelry, specimens, beads, rough and finished rock and gems, slabs, a silent auction, door prizes, kid’s corner and food sales.; contact
Keith Ludeman, (360) 675 1837; e-mail: [email protected]
HARD ROCK NEWS FEBRUARY 2016 PAGE 7
KMGS 2015 CHAIRPERSONS
Membership
Evah Summers
(360) 689-3715
Juniors
Programs
Kathy Reimers, Bobbie
Sack, Jill Wetzel
(360) 731-5963
November Show
Chairman
Gordon Eslava
(360) 830-4638
Refreshments
Karen Eslava
(360) 621-9830
Field Trips
Danielle Foss
(360) 621-5603
backtodanielleee
@yahoo.com
Silent Auction
Doug Leider
(360) 627-8142
Display Table
Garry Mahan
(360) 871-2815
Welcome
Willma Eads
(360) 871-2445
Raffle Table
Mary Balderson
(360) 908-8063
Cheer
Kathy McClure
(253) 265-3011
Washington State Mineral
Council
Tony Schackmann
(360) 372-2777
KMGS Webmaster
Jack Eads
(360) 871-2445
Kitsap County Fair
Doug Leider
(360) 551-6921
KMGS Facebook
Gordon Eslava
(360) 830-4638
Education
Jack Eads
(360) 871-2445
KMGS Scholarship
Wilma Eads
(360) 871-2445
Historian
Bobbie Sack
(360) 277-0383
KMGS Beaders
AnnieLaurie Burke
(360) 328-0053
Wire Wrapping
Vangie Mayton
(360) 373-3370
Newsletter editor
Garry Mahan
(360) 871-2815
Librarian
Position vacant
Please contact the
editor for any changes
or corrections to this
table.
Field Trip Chair Report:
There will be no field trips planned this month, but please stay tuned. If you are on Facebook or email, please
look for upcoming trips, and I will also report any planned trips to the newsletter. The following is a quick tally of
your responses to my questionnaire at the last meeting:
Greenwater won with 18 votes
Crystal Mountain and Skokomish River tied with 17 votes
Glass Buttes in Oregon had 14 votes
Copper Creek had 12 votes
Hansen Creek and Ochoco tube agate tied with 11 votes
Saddle Mountain and Various BLM Oregon trips tied with 10 votes
Twin Rivers and Bear Creek tied with 9 votes
The rest of the trips mentioned or voted on will be considered, and if you want more info about any sites you don’t
see above, but you heard about at the meeting, please contact me using contact info below. There will be more in-
formation in the upcoming months. I look forward to these trips!
Danielle Foss, Field Trip chair
PAGE 8 FEBRUARY 2016 HARD ROCK NEWS
KMGS PAID MEMBERSHIP FOR 2016
LASTNAME 2016 FIRSTNAME 1 LASTNAME 2016 FIRSTNAME 1
Anderson + yes Victor + Lindamood yes Dale
Balderson yes Mary Aleda Linne yes Jeffrey
Ballard + yes Donna+ Linne yes Justin
Barron + yes William+ Lorimor yes Don
Blanton+ yes Michael+ Lownik yes Lauren
Boone yes Christine Mahan + yes Garry
Burke yes AnnieLaurie Mayton yes Don
Burrer yes Gary Mayton + yes Vangie+
Butler/Brooks+ yes Ruth+ McClure + yes James+
Byrne yes Chrissy Merson + yes Douglas
Caspary yes Dan Miller yes Connie
Clifford yes Nancy Newman + yes Ed
Coolidge + yes Jack Nilsson yes Gunnar
Cooper yes Dean Norman yes Dean
Cooper yes Richard Reimers yes David
Corbin yes Bob Reinhardt+ yes Ed
Davis yes John Roberts + yes Dale
Demerick yes Karen Rutan yes Fred
Eads + yes Jack+ Ryan yes Mike
Eggert yes Randy Sack + yes Del
Eslava yes Gordon Sahli+ yes Bob
Fagan yes Pat Schackmann yes Tony
Fawcett yes Gay Shadel yes Linda
Feulner yes John Sheflo yes Eric
Foss yes Danielle Smith+ yes Bill
Garibaldi + yes Paulette Stephens+ yes Mark+
Haner yes Bradie Summers yes Charles
Hendrickson yes Dennis Tallman yes Bryan
Hendrickson yes Carl Thompson yes James
Hintlian yes Harry Weed + yes Faye
Hubbard yes John Willis yes Robert
Hurst+ yes Rick Woodside yes Gerald
Ice yes Dan
Jolly yes Patt
Joslyn yes Larry
Kaye yes Dana
Keefer yes Vickie
King yes Jan
Klumper yes Christopher
Kosinski + yes John
Leider + yes Doug
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Brad Smith’s Bench Tips for February SHARP KNIVES FOR CUTTING MOLDS Cutting molds is easier and more precise with a sharp blade. A new Xacto blade is suffi-cient for cutting RTV molds but is usually not sharp enough for vulcanized rubber. For that
it's best to use scalpel blades available from most jewelry supply companies. The #11 blade is triangle shaped, and the #12 is hawksbill shaped. I find the hawksbill is particularly nice for cut-ting the registration keys of the mold.
USE YOUR THUMB When using multiple bits in a Foredom, we often have to deal with several different shaft sizes - the usual 3/32 inch burs, the larger 1/8 inch shafts sizes and of course the many
different sizes of drills. For some reason I really dislike having to turn the key multiple times to open or close the jaws of the handpiece chuck. So I have two ways to speed up that task. For opening up the jaws, I just remember "four", the number of turns I have to make to open the chuck just enough from the 3/32 bur shaft size to the larger 1/8 bur shaft size. For closing the jaws around a smaller shaft, there's a neat trick. Hold the new bit in the center of the open jaws of the chuck, put your thumb lightly onto the outer toothed collar of the chuck, and gently start up the Foredom. As the chuck
turns, it will naturally tighten the jaws around the bur shaft or the drill bit. Then all you have to do is a final tightening with the key. "Bench Tips for Jewelry Making" and "Broom Casting for Creative Jewelry" are available on Amazon
Membership Committee Notes, February 2016 We have a list of paid members for the newsletter this month (See previous page). If your name isn’t
on the list, your dues are not paid. Please contact me for corrections or update.
The following members have name tags ready and may pick them up:
Denis & Alice Shumaker, AnnieLaurie Burke
PAST PRESIDENT pins, small in both blue and green are now in stock. The larger is available in
green only at this time. If we have a need for the large blue, am happy to order.
The club will need a new membership committee person at the end of this year. If you are interest-
ed in serving your club in that capacity, please see me or give a call. Would like to start training now for
a smooth transition.
Thanks,
Evah Summers, 360 689 3715
Editor Contact Information: Garry Mahan
[email protected] Phone: (360) 871-2815.
“The Hard Rock News” is the Official Publication of the Kitsap Mineral and Gem Society. Meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the second Friday of most months at Chico Alliance Church Daycare (entrance in the back). Address: 3670 Chico Way NW, Bremerton, Washington.
The object of the Society is to provide a general dissemination of knowledge pertaining to the earth sciences; to sponsor regular meetings and field trips for the benefit of the membership and to be helpful along these general lines to one another. The Society is social and educational in character.
The annual members sale will be held February 12th at 7:00 PM at the Chico Alliance Church. During this sale the KMGS
members bring in lapidary, mineral, or fossil-related items they would like to sell.
KMGS board meeting is to be held Thursday, February 18th at 7:00 PM in the Chico Alliance Church. All members are
encouraged to attend.
Feel free to contact me if you want to put an an-
nouncement in the newsletter. Deadline for each
newsletter is the 25th of the previous month.
February 2016 HARD ROCK NEWS
Looking Forward to December and Beyond... Update Your Home Calendars!
(People receiving their newsletter via snail mail will not get this page. This space is where the stamps & addresses go on
those copies that are mailed out.)
Here are a couple of pictures that Jack Eads just sent in from Quartzsite, Arizona where he and Wilma enjoyed part of
their winter:
A Thoughtful Valentine's Day Gift
Jim asked his friend, Tony, whether he had bought his wife anything for Valentine's Day. 'Yes,' came the answer from Tony who was a bit of a chauvin-ist, 'I've bought her a belt and a bag.'
'That was very kind of you,' Jim added, 'I hope she appreciated the thought.' Tony smiled as he replied, 'So do I, and hopefully the vacuum cleaner will work better now.'
At the QIA Gem & Mineral show.
Take note of the blue sky & sun-
shine!! They even have shadows. E.B. for $4? Shouldn’t last long at
that price!!
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