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Hard Rock News
Kitsap Mineral and Gem Society
Elected Officers for 2015
President:
Bryan Tallman
(360) 432-0414
Vice President:
Nathan Schackmann
(360) 801-1794 [email protected]
Secretary:
Danielle Foss
(360) 621-5603
Treasurer:
Caroline Richter
(360) 908-7199
Celebrating 75 Years!
OCTOBER 2015 http://www.kmgs.org
We would like your artistic input
KMGS board is looking for your help in designing a new T shirt. We want your "adults & juniors" input. Using the club logo add your touch... rock hammer, trees, Moun-tains, animals, pickup truck, you get the idea. Please bring your design to the next club meeting Oct. 9, 2015. This should be fun.
Jack Eads
KMGS—since 1939
Club website: kmgs.org
club logo
Fossil News: Although our club largely focuses on gems and minerals, fossils
have always been included as part of our hobby. This page references 2 recent
fossil discoveries that have brought excitement to the fossil community. This
month our program will be on fossils given by Jim Pruske of the Olympia rock
club (see page 5). In addition, the theme for our display table will be fossils.
Nearly all of us have a popular fossil in our collection we call petrified wood.
New duck-billed dinosaur found in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Fossils from a unique plant-eating dinosaur found in
the high Arctic of Alaska may change how scientists view dinosaur physiology,
say Alaska and Florida university researchers.
A paper published Tuesday concluded that fossilized bones found along Alaska's
Colville River were from a distinct species of hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur
not connected to hadrosaurs previously identified in Canada and Lower 48
states.
It's the fourth species unique to northern Alaska. It supports a theory of Arctic-
adapted dinosaurs that lived 69 million years ago in temperatures far cooler than
the tropical or equatorial temperatures most people associate with dinosaurs,
said Gregory Erickson, professor of biological science at Florida State.
See more at: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/researchers-say-new-dinosaur-found-in-northern-
alaska/ar-AAeC7w5?ocid=ansmsnnews11
'Bizarre' human-size sea scorpion
found in meteorite crater
About 460 million years ago, a sea scorpion about the size of an adult human
swam around in the prehistoric waters that covered modern-day Iowa, likely din-
ing on bivalves and squishy eel-like creatures, a new study finds. The ancient sea
scorpions are eurypterids, a type of arthropod that is closely related to modern
arachnids and horseshoe crabs. The findings — which include at least 20 speci-
mens — are the oldest eurypterid fossils on record by about 9 million years, said
study lead researcher James Lamsdell, a postdoctoral associate of paleontology
at Yale University.
The findings are also the largest known eurypterids from the Ordovician period,
which began approximately 488 million years ago and ended 443.7 million years
ago. The sea creatures measured up to 5.6 feet (1.7 meters) long.
[See the remainder of this study which was published online Monday (Aug. 31) in the journal BMC
Evolutionary Biology.of the Burke Museum]
PAGE 2 HARD ROCK NEWS OCTOBER 2015
Refreshments for October
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 “C” or “D”, you will
be responsible for bringing refreshments for the October 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.
October’s two birthstones - Tourmaline & Opal
Tourmaline
Tourmaline has become a favorite gemstone among jewelry designer, 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 also is known for dis-
playing several colors in the same gemstone. These bi-color or tri-color gems are formed in many combinations;
gemstones with clear color distinctions are highly prized. One multi-color variety is known as watermelon tour-
maline, and features green, pink, and white colors 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 con-
trast between its color play and its
background. Opal is a formation of
non-crystalline silica gel that seeped
into crevices in the sedimentary stra-
ta. Through time and nature's heating
and molding processes, the gel hard-
ened 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 creat-
ed that give opal its radiance.
(from https://www.americangemsociety.org/
october-birthstones)
October Rock Club Meeting
The October General Meeting will be held on Friday, October 9th at 7:00 PM. Those with walking disabilities are encouraged to arrive early to get a parking space close to the door. Everybody is welcome - including members, member guests, and strangers.
We meet at the Chico Alliance Church Daycare (entrance in the back). Address: 3670 Chico Way NW, Bremerton, Washington.
Tourmaline
Opal
New 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
PAGE 3 HARD ROCK NEWS OCTOBER 2015
September Meeting Minutes 2015
The meeting was called to order by Bryan, our president. There are a few guests to-
night and a couple of new members whose first meeting is tonight.
We move right into show and tell and Tony takes the mic. Del Sack brought some
spheres tonight to show. They are all rocks from the Teanaway River and they are
lovely. Del used to make lots of spheres. Tony brought a sphere making machine to
the fair for demonstrations and many people enjoyed watching it in action once it was
up and running. Eric Foss has a wide selection from the adventures this past sum-
mer. He brought rocks from Teanaway, Redtop Mountain, and various sites in Oregon
like Glass Buttes, Maury Mountain, Ochoco tube agate beds, and a BLM site for petri-
fied wood. Jack Eads had some slices of petrified wood from a field trip in his back-
yard! He’s even got some pieces that were pre-polished! Dan Ice has a nice piece of
horn coral in a pendant that he handcrafted himself using a press and silver. Vangie
Mayton has a mystery rock that appears to be common opal or something similar,
she’s open to suggestions. It’s a lovely green color and Garry Mahan thinks it might be green calcite. Dean
Cooper has opal from Opal Butte Oregon. He has a great story about how he got a really interesting piece of opal
from a guy in Eastern Oregon that owns an opal mine. Garry has an agatized limbcast from Central Oregon that
is blue with moss agate! Carlos, one of our junior members has some black lava rock from Black Butte and some
pumice that floats on water! He also has some samples from Little Glass Butte including some mahogany obsidi-
an and midnight lace. Carlos went to Glass Buttes this summer during a trip to Lake Tahoe with his family. It
sounds like a fun trip, Carlos! Pat Fagan has some nice stones he got from the last November show that he uses
for wire wrapping and has been working on this year. Jason has some fun stuff he’s been working on over the
summer and he’s made some neat earrings and pendants. It’s always fun to see what Jason has found to make
jewelry out of since he’s such a creative guy. Bryan has a book on mineral identification he wanted to share by
Donald B. Peck. The book can be purchased online.
The president has a few announcements. Bobbie Sack still needs samples of Washington state rocks that are
small and will be able to be used for a project for the juniors. Keep watching the newsletter for upcoming shows
and field trips. The signup sheet for the show is going around again so please sign up and help out with the club
show in November. There are cases where you can show off your lovely finds and art involving rocks and miner-
als. Please make sure that the rocks you choose for the showcases are very clean so that we can keep our case lin-
ers nice!
At break time there is always a raffle and someone wins at each meeting, so be sure to buy tickets because often
the good loot is donated by our very own Jack Eads, as well as other faithful members. Come join in the fun or
donate an item or two. Doug Lieder always has great stuff in the silent auction at each meeting, so don’t miss out.
The juniors usually do a neat project each meeting, so if you have little ones or school-aged kiddos, definitely bring
them along for the fun. At this meeting they made their very own fossil prints into clay!
Vangie has the program tonight. She has a fun and informal program full of ideas that won’t cost you an arm and
a leg to do with your rocks. She also has a list of club mentors that are willing to help out any members that are
interested in a particular technique or subject for their rocks. She has everything from clocks and wind chimes to
lamps and nightlights. You can make book ends and paper weights out of your rocks at a very low cost by simply
cutting the rock or polishing a side. You can carve soft stones like soap stone into figures. Garry jumps in with an
idea for making butterflies out of some slices of rock. They are really pretty! Dean Norman has done some really
neat bird houses using petrified wood and branches, and also some cool bonsai planters he made from cement and
petrified wood. He’s got a great technique that drains well for the plant and looks cool. Pat Fagan has a tile saw
that he got for 50 dollars in a pawn shop, so you can get some basic equipment that will cut small rocks for fairly
cheap to get started. Pat uses a flat lap and a tumbler to polish his cabs as well. It’s a good program tonight as
usual!
Don’t forget to attend the business meetings on the Thursday following the general meeting. All members are wel-
come to attend and participate. Remember that the club always need volunteers for field trip leaders so please
contact Tony Schackmann for more info and suggestions.
As always it was great to see everyone and we hope to see you next time!
Your Secretary, Danielle Foss
Danielle Foss, secretary
HARD ROCK NEWS OCTOBER 2015 PAGE 4
Washington State rocks/specimens needed for juniors
Hello all KMGS members! We have a Juniors’ project coming up in the fall and we need your help to put it together. We need thumbnail-size (nickel to quarter size) specimens of rocks typi-cally found in Washington State. President Bryan Tallman is putting together the frames for the project already....so need those specimens as soon as you can. The idea is to put together some individual rock displays featuring Washington State rocks with the kids. For information/collection contact Bobbie Sack (360) 277-0383.
Kathy Reimers, Bobbie Sack and Jill Wetzel, Juniors Leaders
Wire wrapping workshop
Vangie Mayton is again hosting a (free) monthly wire-wrapping workshop. This workshop meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at Vangie’s house. Bring your Ott Lite (or similar) along if you need stronger lighting than normal room lighting. The next workshop is October 27th at 10 AM. You can come just to watch or you can try your hand at wire wrapping. Please call Vangie if you need directions. Phone: 360-373-3370.
September Board Meeting Minutes
This month’s board meeting involved a discussion about our Valpak ad coming out soon about the November show,
so stay tuned for that in your mailbox!
Jack Eads would like to step down from doing the club website, so if you've got some web designing skills, or a will-
ingness to learn, don't hesitate to jump in there and contact him. His phone number is listed under the chairpersons
page here in the newsletter (page 7). The historian, Bobbie Sack would like to step down as well. Consider it a great
way to help out the club and be a part of the important and rich history we have.
All offices are always open to volunteers and nominations. If you have an interest in helping lead the club, there will
be a nomination committee forming soon. If you have a passion for getting involved, please let us know!
Don't forget, the November show is coming up, so there will be critter making parties and various ways to help the
club get ready. Look for info in the newsletter and/or via email.
A few board members would like to get T-shirts for the club again, so once some price and quality checking is com-
plete, a few options will be presented to the club. Hats and pins may be options as well!
As always, all members are welcome at board meetings which occur on the Thursday following the general meeting
at 7pm at Chico Alliance Church in the side room. Come help make decisions with the club!
That's all for now!
Danielle
Juniors
Juniors will be meeting during the October meeting. We will talk about the club's T Shirt design contest and spend some time getting started with some sketches. We will talk about some things that the judges will be looking for when they select the winning design. It sounds like a fun pro-ject! Hope to see you then.
Kathy Reimers, Bobbie Sack and Jill Wetzel, Juniors Leaders
Some of the September wrap-
pers at Vangie’s place
HARD ROCK NEWS OCTOBER 2015 PAGE 5
Jan King's multi-prize winning quilted display!
2016 Kitsap County Fair photos
Dave Reimers & spheres Linden, Doug & Carolyn Linden doing some explaining
Checking out the “info-board”
Critter Making Parties
Critter Making Parties will be held October 3rd and October 24th from 11 AM to 3 PM at Dave and Kathy Reimers home. Hope you can come! These "critters" made of rocks will be used for priz-es for the spinning wheel at the show.
We will have Pizza one day and Nacho Bar the other day. I will let it be a surprise as to what is on the menu the first Saturday! :-) Please bring your own beverages and please let me know if you will be coming. Call or email for directions (360) 731-5963 [email protected]
We will also have an informal show meeting during critter making on the 3rd.
Thanks! Kathy Reimers
OCTOBER 2015 HARD ROCK NEWS PAGE 5
Display table for October
The theme for this month’s display table will be fossils. Most of us have some fossils in our collection and some of our members have some fantastic specimens that they can show. You can bring any lapidary, mineral or fossil-related items to share with the group. As usual, jun-iors are encouraged to participate in this part of the meeting.
Tony Schackmann
Program for October
October's program is scheduled to be on fossils given by Jim Pruske of the Olympia rock club. He has a his-tory in collecting and identifying many varieties of fossils. The program will be primarily focused on Washing-ton fossils but other fossils and photos will probably be included.
Nathan Schackmann
Thanks, Mike Hessacker
After 10 years, Mike Hessacker is stepping down as the leader for the Boy Scout Geology Clinic at our
annual Fall Festival of Gems. Mike has started a new job at work and this does not allow him the time
or energy required to do the job with the Scouts that he feels is necessary. The club would like to thank
Mike for his leadership and commitment to this well-received and successful clinic.
During this time, Mike has unselfishly devoted an extreme amount of time and energy to support the
Geology Clinic for the show. Mike started this clinic with the intent of introduc-
ing the Scouts to the world of geology, and it grew to include a contest for the
best school turnout with an annual award given to the school with the most at-
tendance at the show. Scouts always turned out if force and there were proba-
bly close to 7000 merit badges awarded during this time. I’m sure many Scouts
are thankful to Mike for his efforts on their behalf.
The amount of effort and coordination Mike has given for the last 10 years is
unparalleled and we wish you good luck in your new job and thanks again
Mike.
Gordy Eslava, Fall Festival of Gems show chairman
Countdown begins for the 2015 Fall Festival of Gems !!!
With less than two months to go for this years Fall Festival of Gems, final preparations are being made. This year the show will NOT include the Boy Scouts’ Geology Clinic. After 10 successful years Mike Hessacker can no longer coordinate this event and was unable to find a suitable replacement. This will be a transition year as we look to the future to determine how or if we will fill the void created by their departure.
We will have a main display case featuring the late Bob Sahli’s Carvings, Bob was a Master lapidary and gem carver and his wife has allowed us to use his material for our main display.
The show signup sheets are a little lacking with many openings for Security Watches, Silent Auction, Critter Table and Grab Bags. We also need someone to demonstrate cab making, beading and metal smithing. So far, we have 12 of 60 display cases signed up for, so if you haven’t signed up, make sure you do at the next meeting. We will begin setup for the show on Thursday the 20th at 5pm, this is a busy time and all members are encouraged to participate. We are looking forward to another successful year and thanks in advance for everyone’s much needed help and participation.
Gordy Eslava, Fall Festival of Gems show chairman
Mike working at the
scouting geology clinic
HARD ROCK NEWS OCTOBER 2015 PAGE 7
KMGS 2015 CHAIRPERSONS
Membership
Evah Summers
(360) 689-3715
Juniors
Programs
Kathy Reimers, Bobbie
Sack, Jill Wetzel
(360) 731-5963
November Show Chair-
man
Gordon Eslava
(360) 830-4638
Refreshments
Karen Eslava
(360) 621-9830
Field Trips
Tony Schackmann
(360) 372-2777
werockon@
inlandnet.com
Silent Auction
Doug Leider
(360) 627-8142
Display Table
Tony Schackmann (360) 372-2777
werockon@
inlandnet.com
Welcome
Willma Eads
(360) 871-2445 jacke@
wavecable.com
Raffle Table
Mary Balderson (360) 908-8063
Cheer
Kathy McClure
(253) 265-3011
pogy2@
centurytel.net
Washington State Mineral
Council
Tony Schackmann
(360) 372-2777
werockon@
inlandnet.com
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
jacke@wavecable.
com
KMGS Scholarship
Wilma Eads
(360) 871-2445
Historian
Bobbie Sack
(360)277-0383
Hard Rock Beaders
Glenda Moore
(360) 286-9035
Wire Wrapping
Vangie Mayton
(360) 373-3370
Newsletter editor
Garry Mahan
(360) 871-2815
Librarian
Woody Woodside
(360)871-1458
Please contact the
editor for any changes
or corrections to this
table.
Note to KMGS members: Our club is a member of the Washington State Min-eral Council. As such, we are entitled to participate in any of the WSMC - sanctioned field trips. See the WSMC website at https://mineralcouncil.wordpress.com/
Field Trip & Mineral Council Info
The field trip for the month of October will be lead by Evah Summers to Walker Valley on the 10th. Details will be provided at the KMGS meeting on the 9th. The meeting place and time will be discussed as well. A map should be available for those planning to go. You can see pictures of the Walker Valley dig site on the WSMC webpage. Evah can reached at 360-689-3715, or [email protected] for further details.
The remaining WSMC field trips for 2015 are: 10/17 Msvl Money Creek 9:00 @ Money Creek Camp Ore, picture Jasper Lt hard rock, light 11/14 MtBkr Blanchard Mt 9:00 @ I-5 240 exit gas Station Stilpnomelane & Chert Hard rock tools
Tony Schackmann
Club Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/KitsapMineralandgemsociety
PAGE 8 OCTOBER 2015 HARD ROCK NEWS
Tumbling Tony Schackmann Patt Jolly Pat Fagan Jack Eads
Identification Garry Mahan Dan Ice
Spheres Del Sack Dave Reimers
Cutting Rocks Jack Eads Woody Woodside Garry Mahan
Forming & Polishing Cabochons
Patt Jolly Garry Mahan Jack Eads
Copper Enameling
Patt Jolly
Silver Smithing
Patt Jolly Dan Ice Jack Eads
Faceting
Jim McClure Del Sack Randy Eggert John Jolly
Wire Wrapping Vangie Mayton Pat Fagan Garry Mahan
Beading Currently vacant. Need volunteer.
Intarsia Garry Mahan Mark Stephens
Flint Knapping Woody Woodside
Carving Currently vacant. Need volunteer.
There are many more club members than those listed here that have expertise in the various aspects of the hobby. This list changes often due to members moving, illness, etc. Feel free to contact your newsletter editor (Garry Mahan) for specific questions on your area of in-terest, or if you would like to volunteer as a mentor for one of the listed categories.
KMGS Mentors
PAGE 9 OCTOBER 2015 HARD ROCK NEWS
Brad Smith’s Bench Tips for October DEBURRING A HOLE When you drill a hole, there's usually a burr produced on the underside of the metal. Typi-cally, burrs are removed by filing or sanding the area smooth, but doing it this way will put scratches on your piece that will have to be polished off. A quick way to remove the burr is to grab a drill that's two or three times larger than your hole. Simply twist it in the hole to cut off the burr. I usually do this twisting by hand, but if you have many holes to do, it's easier on your fingers to put the drill into a holder like a pin vice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CLEANING STEEL SHOT Steel shot in a vibratory or rotary tumbler works great to bur-nish and shine your finished silver pieces. But a common problem is how keep the shot clean. Carbon steel shot can get rusty if exposed to the air, and even stainless steel shot can sometimes develop a blackish coating that's hard to remove. My solution of choice to clean the shot is Classic Coke. Just pour an ounce or two over the shot and let the tumbler run for an hour or so. A bad case might require a second cleaning. Some folks like to let the bubbles in the Coke dissipate before using it so that gas pres-sure doesn't build up in the tumbler barrel. I've heard that it's the phosphoric acid in Coke that does the trick. While you're waiting for the shot to clean up, just settle back and enjoy the rest of the Coke. ========================================= "Bench Tips for Jewelry Making" and "Broom Casting for Creative Jewelry" are available on Amazon
Membership Committee News
The new club year starts in January. Please think about dropping by the membership table to pay your 2016 club dues, or mailing in your dues before the new year. Beat the rush! Thanks,
Evah Summers, 360-689-3715
What does this rockhounding hobby consist of?
It depends on your age and specific interests, but for me this is it:
Garry Mahan, editor
Activity Importance to me
Finding neat rocks,
minerals & fossils
5% (or less)
Making something out
of my rocks
5% (or less)
Bragging about what I
found or made
90% (or more)
Editor Contact Information: Garry Mahan
[email protected] Phone: (360) 871-2815
Deadline for the November, 2015 Newsletter is
October 25th, 2015
“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 KMGS Fall Festival of Gems will be held November 21st and 22nd, 2015.
Feel free to contact me if you want to put an announcement in the newsletter. Please see
the deadline for articles noted at the left. gm
October 2015
PO Box 3342 Silverdale, Washington 98383-3342
HARD ROCK NEWS
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