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CHIP ‘N’ TUMBLE
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By: CJ Quitoriano
Hello my fellow members!
First off I want to thank everyone for helping with the
show! I believe we had a very successful show, I
know most of our dealers did very well, despite the
fact that the show was on Mother's Day.
Susan will have the numbers by the next meeting.
The winner of that awesome necklace, thank you Ron
James, will be a guest at our next meeting and says
that she and her husband would like to join the club!
A few of the other winners should also be joining us
at the next meeting, so make sure you say hi during
the break!
If you have anything that you would like to have
placed on the agenda, please email me before the
meeting and I will add it. If its not on the agenda, you
can bring it up as "new business" when we get to that
part!
Once again, thank you to all who helped with the
show, but a special thank you to those who took on
the committee positions and ran an area for the club,
Susan C-W for running the kids booth, Lorelei &
Jerry Paland for running the hospitality booth, Steve
Wittick for taking on the silent auction, and Danny
Watts for helping out with the silent auction and
bringing and setting up the display cases, Elaine
Cologne for making the kitchen operate smoothly,
along with Gordon, Sandy, Carol, Mel and Pam for
helping her, Don Reed for filling in where needed,
and Ed and Rhonda for their hard work and
connections in getting us the venue and school staff or
we wouldn't have a show!
Thanks to everyone who brought food to sell. I know
there are a lot more people to thank, Ruth and Paul
helped, Mary was there Friday to help set up, Jules
brought some nice specimens for the silent auction,
David W. helped with setting up, Ron Lawrence
helped with a little bit of everything, and if forgot
anyone, then remind me at the meeting and I'll thank
you in person!
But most of all, my DH Ray, for putting up with my
craziness, and crankiness before, during, and after the
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June 2014
show, and especially for BBQing the awesome food,
and for purchasing all of the food for the club!! I
know everyone appreciates your fabulous food!!
I hope to see you all at the next meeting!
CJ
MAY PROGRAM
The
ELEMENTS
Calendar of Events!
5/ 2 7
G e ne r a l Me et i n g
5/ 3 0-6 / 1
CFM S SH O W - P AMO N A
6/ 1 0
B o a r d Me et i n g
6/ 4
Ge n er a l M ee ti n g
8/ 1 5-8 / 24
A. V . F A IR
May Rock of the Month!
Don't forget to bring something that you
found, bought, made, or somehow obtained
THIS MONTH to the meeting.
Display your item(s) and everyone will vote
on their favorite display! At the end of the
year the person winning the most times
during the year will take the plaque home!
WE ARE LOOKING FOR
ROCKS TO FILL ROCK BAGS
FOR THE 2014 A.V. FAIR
Chip ‘N’ Tumble
June 2014
May Refreshments
Articles
Pa g e 1 …… … .P re s i de nt’ s m e s s ag e
Provided by:
Steve Wittick
&
Gordon Butler
Pa g e 1 … …… .. M ar c h P ro g r am
Pa g e 1 … …… .. C a le nd a r o f E ve nt s
Pa g e 1 … …… .. Ro ck o f t he Mo nt h
Pa g e 2 … …… .. Re f r es h me nt s
Pa g e 2 … …… … Fi e l d T r ip s
Yummy Yummy!!!!
Pa g e 2 … …… … C lu b W eb s it e
THANK YOU GUYS!
Pa g e 3 … …… .. B i rt h d ay s & A nn i ve r s a r ie s
Pa g e 3 … ….. Th e C a l if or n i a Go l de n Be a r !
Pa g e 4 … …. …. Me et i ng m i n ut es
Pa g e 5 … …… .. CF MS Ne w s & Sh o w s
Pa g e 5 & 6… …. Y ou a re a R oc kh o un d i f!
Pa g e 7 … …… . A V G & M B o ar d & D i r ect or s
FIELD TRIP
May 30, 31 & June 1
CFMS SHOW
THE FAIR PLEX IN POMONA
1101 McKinley Avenue
CLUB WEBSITE
www.avgem.weebly.com
Need information from a past
newsletter? You can always check
the website
(http://avgem.weebly.com) to read
earlier copies. Just click the side
index for Club Bulletins and you can
download the month you are looking
for. The website has also been
updated with the most recent
information available for the next
meeting, etc. I hope you find it
helps!
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June 2014
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY & ANNIVERSARY
The CALIFORNIA
GOLDEN BEAR
Happy Birthday!
Pearl
Garnet
6/2
6/10
6/11
6/16
The Story
This outstanding and unusually formed
crystallized gold nugget is the property of the
California Federation of Mineralogical
Societies (CFMS).
The history of the nugget is rather obscure.
The story has it that it was picked up ( date
about 1857) in a sluice box at the Georgia
Hills Mine in Jim, California, by a fourteen
year old girl.
Upon her death at the age of 75, a son or
brother pledged the nugget for a loan from an
engineer from the Division of Mines. The
nugget was foreclosed by the engineer. He
wanted to recover his money and offered it to
C. D. Woodhouse, who regularly visited the
Division of Mines. Mr. Woodhouse purchased
the nugget for $300.00 in 1937. It was shown
to the CFMS and a decision was made to
purchase it in June of 1938. The CFMS made
its final payment in 1940. Mr. Woodhouse's
attempt to obtain further information on the
nugget was unsuccessful.
The purchase price was $300.00, but its value
as a unique specimen, like anything that
cannot be duplicated or replaced, can be
considered in the realm of "priceless."
Physically, the Golden Bear is a magnificent
specimen and is readily recognized by its
characteristic shape. It is on exhibit at the
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural
History, but each year it is put on display at
the annual convention show.
Weight:.......... 1 oz. 19.2 grains Troy
Maximum Height: .. 2 1/4 inches
Maximum Width:... 1 5/16 inches
Small replicas of the Golden Bear Nugget are
used as CFMS pins and lapel buttons. This
replica with the silver gavel is used as a pin
for the past Presidents of the individual
Member Societies and Clubs, and with a gold
gavel for past CFMS Presidents.
Rose
Carnation
June
Sheila Berger
Rhonda Hedgecock
Paul Hobbs
Carey Beasley
Happy Anniversary
6/23
6/26
Betty & Steve Witick
Carey & Derek Beasley
SLABS
The Club needs your help! We
need any extra slabs you have
laying around. The slabs will be
used to make critters for the
spinning wheel at the Fair!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
*REMEMBER *
ARTICLES FOR YOUR NEWSLETTER
ARE DUE TO THE EDITOR BY THE 3rd
SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH!!!
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June 2014
2014 Local CFMS Show Listings
Antelope Valley Gem & Mineral
General Meeting Minutes
April, 2014 Minutes
**2014**
**CFMS SHOW**
California’s Gem & Mineral Bounty
May 30-June 1
POMONA, CA
Pasadena Lapidary Society
Fairplex Building #5
1101 McKinley Avenue
Fri. & Sat. 10-5; Sun. 10-4
Marcia Goetz (626) 260-7239
[email protected]
www.cfms2014.com
Not available!
June 6, 7 & 8: LA HABRA, CA
North Orange County Gem & Mineral Society
Sonora High School
401 S. Palm Street
Fri. 4pm-8pm; Sat. 8am-8pm & Sun. 9am-6pm
Nancy Bird (562) 697-0636
[email protected]
nocgems.com
Antelope Valley Gem & Mineral Club
Board Meeting Minutes
May, 2014
June 7 & 8: GLENDORA, CA
Glendora GEMS
Goddard Middle School
859 E. Sierra Madre
Hours: Sat. 10-5; Sun. 10-4
Bonnie Bidwell (626) 963-4638
Cell (626) 963-4638
[email protected]
Website & facebook GlendoraGems
Not available!
June 14 & 15: CAYUOUS, CA
San Luis Obispo Gem & Mineral Club
Veterans Hall AT PIER
10 Cayuous
Hours: 10-5 Daily
Kim Noyes (805) 610-0603
[email protected]
slogems.org
June 27, 28 & 29: RIALTO, CA
Orange Belt Gem & Mineral Society
“Tailgate” across street from Rialto City Hall
105 S. Palm Ave. (corner 1st & Palm Ave.)
Hours: Fri. & Sat. 9-6; Sun. 9-3
Ken or Jessica (909) 624-1782 (909) 887-5507
[email protected]
Antelope Valley Fair
Applications now being
taken!
Get your entries in for this
year’s FAIR!!!
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Chip ‘N’ Tumble
June 2014
-When you lick a dirty rock to show off the wonderful
colors, without stopping to realize that you are the
only rockhound in the group.
-Someone talks about cleavage and you don't think
about women.
-The USGS calls to tell you they've discovered a
gravitational anomaly centered on your house and to
ask if you might know the reason why.
-Your family puts the birthday candles on a slab of
amethyst instead of cake.
-A truck throws a rock into your windshield and you
examine the rock first.
-Considering the purchase of a spectacular specimen
at a mineral show, you wonder if all three of your
kids really need to attend college.
-You can pronounce the word "molybdenite"
correctly on the first try.
-You think the primary function of road cuts is tourist
attractions.
-You own more pieces of quartz than underwear.
-You associate the word "hard" with a value on the
Mhos scale instead of "work".
-The rockpile in your garage is taller than you are.
-You have a strong opinion as to whether pieces of
concrete are properly called "rocks".
-The local university's geology department requests
permission to hold field trips in your back yard.
-You associate the name "Franklin" with New Jersey
instead of "Ben".
-There's amethyst in your aquarium.
-Your wife has ever had to ask you to move flats of
rocks out of the tub so she could take a bath.
-Your spelling checker has a vocabulary that includes
the words "polymorph" and "pseudomorph".
-Your children are named Rocky, Jewel, and Beryl.
-You were the only member of the group who spent
their time looking at cathedral walls through a pocket
magnifier during your trip to Europe.
-They won't give you time off from work to attend the
Tucson Gem and Mineral Show and you go anyway.
-You begin fussing because the light strips you
installed on your bookshelves aren't full spectrum.
-You've ever purchased an individual, unfaceted rock,
regardless of the price.
-You've ever spent more than ten dollars for a book
about rocks.
-You shouted "Obsidian!" to a theater full of moviegoers while watching "The Shawshank Redemption".
You're probably a practicing
rockhound if three or more of these
signs apply to you...
If ten or more apply you are advised
to seek professional help immediately!
Submitted by: Sandy Shingleton
-The sign on the side of the road says "Falling Rock"
and you pull over to wait.
-The severe sunburn acquired on your last vacation
was a one inch wide strip of skin at the gap between
the tail of your shirt and the top of your pants.
-When you lick a dirty rock to show off the wonderful
colors, without stopping to realize that you are the
only rockhound in the group.
-Watching the movie Armageddon while New York is
being destroyed, all you can think about is all the
great specimens there would be if that really
happened.
-Your kids bring you a "pretty stone" they've found,
and you contrive to steal it. And you know you've
done it. Don't lie.
-You are convinced that buried deep in some secret
government archive is a document that will
conclusively prove that the entire US Apollo space
program was conceived and developed for the sole
purpose of getting a moon rock for a certain
Presidential rock collection... The truth is out there!
-You care more about what happened to the diamond
in the move "Titanic" than the people.
-You sob uncontrollably watching "How the West
was Won" at the part where the farmers are clearing
rocks and casting them off.
-You bring a catchers mitt and a hand lens to a rock
fight.
-Your son hits his hand with your rock hammer, your
wife screams it broken, and you reply it's a fracture, it
has good cleavage, and has produced some unusual
streaks in your son's underwear.
-You've been found guilty of trespassing on BLM
land. The judge sentences you to 10 years' hard labor
breaking rocks. You fall to your knees and beg him,
"Please, your honor, let it be in Franklin, New
Jersey!"
-Your spouse asks how the soup tastes and you reply,
"variable color, greasy surface, low specific gravity,
texture smooth with bits of ductile material."
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June 2014
-The polished slab on your bola tie is six inches in
diameter.
-You find yourself compelled to examine individual
rocks in driveway gravel.
-The USGS identifies your collection as a major
contributing factor to isostasy in your state.
-You know the location of every rock shop within a
100 mile radius of your home.
-When they haven't seen you for a week, the shop
owners send you get well cards.
-You're retired and still thinking of adding another
room to your house.
-Your idea of a "quiet, romantic evening at home"
involves blue mineral tack and thumbnail boxes.
-You're planning on using a pick and shovel while
you're on vacation.
-You can point out where Tsumeb is on a world
globe.
-You think Franklin, New Jersey might be a cool
place to go on a vacation.
-You associate the word "saw" with diamonds instead
of "wood".
-You begin wondering what a complete set of the
Mineralogical Record is worth.
-When you find out, you actually consider paying it.
-You've fabricated a backpack for your dog.
-You've installed more than one mineralogical
database program on your computer.
-The baggage handlers at the airport know you by
name and refuse to help with your luggage.
-You receive a letter from the county informing you a
landfill permit is required to put anymore rocks on
your property.
-Your Internet home page has pictures of your rocks.
-There's a copy of Dana's Manual next to your toilet.
-You still think pet rocks are a pretty neat idea.
-You get excited when you discover a hardware store
that stocks 16 pound sledge hammers and 5 foot long
pry bars.
-You debate for months on the Internet concerning
the relative advantages and drawbacks of vibratory
verses drum tumblers.
-Your employer has asked you not to bring any more
rocks to the office until they have time to reinforce
the floor.
-You decide not to get married because you'd rather
keep the rock.
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION
OF
MINERALOGICAL
SOCIETIES
Annual Show & Convention
PRESENTED BY THE PASADENA
LAPIDARY SOCIETY AND THE
California's Gem
&
Mineral Bounty
This is THE Gem and
Mineral show of the
year!
HOURS:
Friday, May 30th:
10:00 AM -5:00 PM
Saturday, May 31st:
10:00 AM -5:00PM
Sunday, June 1st:
10:00 AM -4:00 PM
SEE YOU AT
THE SHOW!!
http://dirtyrockhounds.proboards.com
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