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“The Hard Rock News”
Kitsap Mineral and Gem Society
Elected Officers for 2010
President:
Tony Schackmann (360) 372-2777
Vice President:
Woody Woodside (360) 871-1458
Secretary:
Linda Mathison (360) 698-1562
Treasurer:
Don Lorimor (360) 876-8907
President’s Message 1
President’s Message con-
tinued, Other Announce-
ments
2
Meeting Minutes 3
Meeting Minutes continued,
Other Announcements
4
Show Announcement
Refreshments announce-
ment
5
Christmas Potluck An-
nouncements
6
Rock Talks,
Tips of the month
7
December Birthstones,
Birthdays and Anniver-
saries.
8
Mentor Announcement
Quick Quiz
Geology Clinic
9
Looking forward to January
and Beyond; Editor Contact
Info
10
Inside this issue:
Merry Christ-
mas & Happy
New Year! „Tis
the season to
be jolly and
thankful for everyone and every-
thing our club offers.
Let me personally say that we had
another very successful November
show. With all the help and new
ideas, we held another record for
setup and take down. Great work
Doug Merson on the Mineral Case
(our main event)! Including your
demonstration table, there was so
much detail and specimen quality
that visitors and members were ex-
cited. The Show Chairman made
changes that were noticeable to
those that visit regularly.
Everyone who took part in volun-
teering to support the show by
standing shifts, etc. — I give you
our applause! We had minimal
complaints this year because so
many more of you came forward
and did your part, and then some!
Thanks to the vendors, members
and demonstrators on their contri-
butions and support for making this
a memorable event. I had many
people (including some folks from
other rock clubs) tell me we are the
best show for variety, cleanliness,
excitement, affordability and
presentation of a great appearance
as soon as you walked in the en-
trance. To me, that means a lot for
what we do and what we stand for,
from all who support the State of
Washington Rockhounding. Chair-
man Jim McClure, with Assistant
Chairpersons Dave Reimers and
Gerry Alexander, Great Job! I
THANK YOU!
Next we have the Big Christmas
Party/Potluck and the famous annu-
al Slab BINGO. For those that have
not done this before, you‟ll have
fun.
Now this means our next meeting
Friday December 10th is at the
Son's of Norway Hall in Bremerton,
6:00 PM. Any questions feel free to
contact myself, Kathy Reimers or
Vangie Mayton. We will have our
meeting and will be inducting with
swearing in the newly elected Presi-
dent Nathan Schackmann, Vice
A Message From Our President, Tony Schackmann:
Celebrating 71 Years!
December, 2010 http://www.kmgs.org
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PAGE 2 “THE HARD ROCK NEWS” DECEMBER, 2010
December Meeting News:
There will be no General Meeting for December.
Joins us for our annual Christmas Party/Potluck
being held at the Sons of Norway Hall
(Bremerton). We generally plan on eating at
around 6:00 PM, so it gets started a bit earlier
than usual.
Program: There is no program for December.
Display Table: There will not be a display table
at the December potluck, so please just bring in
those wrapped slabs for "slab bingo.
-Garry Mahan
Juniors:
Many thanks to those of you who put together
showcases for our big club event. Charlotte
Heesacker, Hannah Evjen, Amy Summers, Megan
Fagan, Gavin & Devin, Petra & Marit Ellerby all
participated. Petra and Marit please call to make
arrangements to get your prizes. I'm holding
them for you! Thanks also to all of you who
helped out at the "wheel" and "critter land." Way
to pitch in for your club.
Hope you all got out and looked at the displays,
and possibly added to your collections. It was
hard to pick because our dealers had so many
wonderful things to choose from. I finally select-
ed some REALLY nice fossil clam shells that look
good next to a plate of ammonites. What did you
find?
See you at the Christmas party.
Juniors Coordinator- Evah Summers
President Bob Lavery and Treasurer Pat Jolly. Linda
Mathison has agreed and the club confirmed that
she will be retained as Secretary for the 2011. Then
we all get to converse about this 2010 year and the
fun times we had and possibly talk about the year
2011. Members, please don‟t forget we could use
some donated wrapped slabs for the prizes to offer
those lucky winners. The tradition of the club would
like to see everyone go home with a slab or two.
Thanks to those that volunteered to cook Turkey
and Ham.
There will be no Board meeting for the Month of De-
cember. There will be a regular meeting for Janu-
ary. The club needs time to establish next year‟s
events, programs and field trips. Also to get chair-
persons established for committees. Who would like
to volunteer?
See you all at the Son‟s of Norway Hall! Nathan and
I look forward to meeting new members and work-
ing with all of you that have been with the club for a
number of years, you are like family to me. Keep up
the good work!
Thanks for your confidence in me; I‟ll do my best as
sworn Sincerely, Tony Schackmann
Presidents Message Continued from page 1
NWFMS
“THE HARD ROCK NEWS” DECEMBER, 2010 PAGE 3
KITSAP MINERAL AND GEM SOCIETY
GENERAL MEETING
12 NOVEMBER 2010
The meeting was called to or-
der by President, Tony
Schackmann. The Juniors led
the Pledge of Allegiance.
Welcome: The evening‟s
guests were Walt Schultz,
Frank Deeter, and Fred
Shadel. Fred is not only a new member tonight but
he is Linda Mathison‟s fiancé! Welcome to you all!
Announcements: The South Sound Gem, Opal and
Mineral Show is being held the 13th and 14th at the
Puyallup Fairgrounds. Admission is $4. We also re-
ceived a notice from Lambert Industries in Bangkok,
Thailand offering their lapidary services to club
members.
Nomination of Officers: Jim McClure opened nomi-
nations for President, Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer. Each office only had one nominee and all
votes were unanimous. Your new President is Na-
than Schackmann; your new Vice President is Bob
Lavery; Linda Mathison will be your secretary for an-
other year and your new Treasurer is Patt Jolly!
Congratulations to the new KMGS Officers!
Our next meeting is on 10 December and is our an-
nual Christmas Potluck and the highly anticipated
Slab Bingo!!!! The celebration will be held at the
Bremerton Sons of Norway. Four wonderful volun-
teers stepped up to the plate (and ovens) and will
bake 2 hams and 2 turkeys. The rest of the club and
guests will bring pot luck!
Fall Festival of Gems: The time is near! Work par-
ties are gearing up and at 8 AM on Friday the 19th,
the President‟s Hall will open for dealers, cases, ta-
ble and demos to be set up. The show will be on the
20th and 21st! Again, Scout Troop 1506 is providing
a fabulous school case for the school with the big-
gest percent of student attendance at the show! We
look forward to seeing everyone there!
Show and Tell: Always a lot of fun, show and tell is
one of the meeting‟s highlights. First up was Nate
Schackmann with thunder eggs and jasper collected
on the September field trip to Rim rock. Patt Jolly
brought agates, petrified wood, jasper and sodalite
she recently collected and shared some rings she
has made as well. Vic Anderson shared some ad-
ventures he and his wife, Marie, have had on a great
trip. He brought pieces of petrified limbs, blue
quartz and turtella. John Burch had a fun story
about a trip to Santa Barbara several years ago and
how his dad used a “rock” to block a tire when they
had a flat. John saved the rock which turns out to
have a bone fossil in it! Goes to show you that you
just never know what you‟ll find out there! Pat Fa-
gan went on a trip to Utah and brought back lots of
very cool rocks from Powder Mountain. Pat‟s grand-
daughter, Meghan, picked up some material at an
auction including calcite and desert rose. Good job,
Meghan! Bob Lavery and his wife, Rocky, brought
back some wonderful material from the Oregon
Coast including a possible Indian artifact found near
the Octopus Tree at Cape Mears. Bob also cautioned
everyone going to the Oregon Coast to be sure to
check the tide charts and be very careful of “sneaker
waves”, unpredictable waves that sneak up on
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Save Those Stamps:
Save stamps for NFMS. These stamps are
cleaned and resold to dealers (mostly overseas)
and the money earned is sent to cancer
facilities. Please do not remove the stamp from
the envelope and try to retain at least 1/4” of the
envelope around the stamp.
- Jack Eads (NFMS Representative)
Yearly DUES
$10.00 for Adult Membership
$20.00 for Family Membership
$2.50 for Single Junior
(Dues were due last June!)
Membership Committee:
Paulette Garibaldi and Dorothy Gambee
PAGE 4 “THE HARD ROCK NEWS” DECEMBER, 2010
More Cool Rockhound Websites:
www.amfed.org/nfms/ (Check out NW show
info online)
ww.amfed.org
See this newsletter in color at our website:
www.kmgs.org
beachcombers causing injuries and drowning. The
Lavery‟s are going back to Oregon in February if
anyone is interested in tagging along. Dean Nor-
man had what appears to be a fossilized section of
a palm tree and donated it to the raffle. Thank
you, Dean! Ruth Brooks-Butler shared some Bea-
ver Valley Quarry material and some agates and
coprolite from the Salmon River. Fred Shadel
shared some mystery rocks hoping someone might
know something about them. Show and Tell Lead-
er, Garry Mahan, talked about intarsia and shared
some magazine articles from a few years ago on
the subject. Thank you to everyone who shared
stories and material for our Show and Tell! (I apol-
ogize for using poor sentence and paragraph struc-
ture but this helps to conserve space in the news-
letter. LM)
Rock Talks: Ruth Brooks-Butler and Jack Eads
have had a very busy schedule with talks.
Program: Following a break including many deli-
cious treats, and the raffle and silent auctions, eve-
ryone settled in for an interesting presentation by
John Burch on the importance of labeling and cata-
loging your gem and mineral finds as well as shar-
ing samples of meteorites and answering questions
about their identification.
Being no further business the meeting was ad-
journed.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Mathison
PAGE 5 DECEMBER, 2010 “THE HARD ROCK NEWS”
KITSAP GEM & MINERAL SHOW
IT‟S OVER, IT‟S OVER, IT‟S OVER (where?)
The Fall Festival of Gems is over. Yahooooooo!
It appears to be a very successful show again. How
do we keep getting bigger and better each year? I
think you know that answer; but just in case you
don‟t I will tell you how we do it. It is done by YOU.
All the success, year after year, is accomplished by
each and every member of Kitsap Club who pitches-
in, signs-up, helps in whatever way they can,
shows-up, works their fanny off, eats pizza and
works again, wears a smile, and talks about this
great club we have! That is how we make a suc-
cessful show! I wish to thank each of you for show-
ing your support and enthusiasm. You made this
show a wonderful event and we shall continue to
make it a fun and learning atmosphere of wonderful
people of all interests. That is what it is really
about. I couldn‟t do it without all of you.
And if you should have the opportunity to say “hey,
great job” to all my helpers and committee people,
I know they would appreciate knowing you noticed
their efforts. They worked harder than I did!
Thanks again to all the members of our club.
- Jim McClure
HELP!
(FROM THE
REFRESHMENT
COMMITTEE)
Unless something else
happens that hampers
our ability to go to
Arizona from January to April, I will need
another KMGS member to volunteer to
cover the kitchen during the general
meetings during those months. There is
nothing easier, just start the coffee at
6:00 PM and then remind everyone who
approaches that the coffee is not ready
until 7:00 PM! Oh, and put out the snacks
just before the break and clean up after
it‟s all done! Call me if
you think you can help the
club….Thanks! Kathy
Reimers (360) 275-5986
PAGE 6 “THE HARD ROCK NEWS” DECEMBER, 2010
Potluck Info: This year our Christmas Party/
Potluck will be held at the Bremerton Son‟s of
Norway Hall at 6:00 PM on Friday, December
10th.
No major set-up is required. Kathy Reimers
will be there at 4:00 PM (360) 731-5963 cell.
She will need some members to help out in the
kitchen just as we are getting ready to serve
and, of course, at clean-up!
Thank you to:
Turkey and Gravy Cookers - Jill Wetzel and
Tal Conklin
Ham Cookers - Diane Jones and Karen Eslava
Table Decorations - Diane Jones
Annual Food Drive
Please bring non-perishable food donations to the
KMGS Christmas Potluck.
Representatives from the
club will then
distribute the
donations to local area
Food Banks. Please let
Kathy Reimers know if you
can help distribute the
donations to the food
banks. We donate to
North Kitsap, Bremerton
and North Mason Food Banks.
- Kathy Reimers (360) 275-5986
Checklist for the Christmas
Potluck
Your Potluck Item/Dish, Marked (with
your name) Serving Spoon or
Serving Ware — Please have your
potluck item cut and ready to
serve.
Your Own Plates and Silverware
Holiday Gift Wrapped Slabs for the
Slab Bingo, if you can!
Canned Goods or Non-Perishables for
the Food Drive
The potluck will take place at The
Son‟s of Norway Hall (located on the
Olympic College side of the Warren Av-
enue Bridge). Address is: 1018 18th
Driving Directions to the Son’s of
Norway Hall in Bremerton: From
Warren Avenue, turn into Olympic
College at the stoplight at the
intersection of 16th and Warren, Turn
right onto Chester, then left onto 18th.
The Son‟s of Norway Hall is on the left
side, all the way down on 18th towards
Warren. Park in the college parking lot
on your right. 1018 18th Street
Bremerton, WA 98337-1626.
PAGE 7 DECEMBER, 2010
KMGS Tip of the Month
Display stands
The little metal hangars on old curtains can be
used for small display stands. Some even have
small round brass ends that make them looks
store bought.
What kind of buff and what type of polishing
agent should I use?
No matter how long you've been polishing stones,
you will eventually come up with a stone that just
won't seem to take a polish. Here is a website by
Covington Engineering that gives you the type of
stone, the type of buff and the type of polish to
use to get that "pazaaz polish".
http://www.covington-
engineer-
ing.com/Acrobat_Files/Buff%20and%20Polish%2
0Chart.pdf
-Thanks Garry Mahan
Jewelry Making Tip Of The Month
Remember, when soldering, the melting point of
solder increases every time it‟s heated. If you
heat the piece just to the point of the solder
melting, you can use the same solder for every
joint on a piece
-Thanks Dan Ice
Rock Talks” November 2010.
We report that 2nd/3rd Graders at Manchester
Elementary were excited to have us come as
they had been studying and experiencing the
hardness of rocks when Jack and I showed them
about the classification of rocks. For example:
Students were able to connect pumice
(igneous);……. (sedimentary);and jade
(metaphoric) to the moh scale that they have
been studying. Of course in the hour and half
time, the children asked us questions. They
wanted to know how did Jack got started col-
lecting rocks, and myself what was the 1st rock
I collected. Wish you had come along to see
how children see the world.
Then 6th Graders at East Port Orchard intently
listened to our presentation with some taking
notes. Of course the coprolite of which Jack
played up a story with putting coprolite in a
bag and wanted a student to touch it but finally
having the teacher touch it. They couldn‟t imag-
ine it was more than dog dung. When groups
came to touch the rocks and ask questions: of
course all wanted to touch it. The teacher was
able to put on the overhead projector the web
site of rock identification as we packed up our
three tubs to leave. You as a member owe it to
yourself to join the “Rock Talk” Team to gain
how our club reaches out into the community.
-Ruth Brooks and Jack Eads
Biggs Jasper is known for it„s mountain scenes.
It was discovered in 1964 after a flood and land-
slide closed highway 97 just south of Biggs Ore-
gon. During the following repairs, this jasper was
found and soon depleted.
December Birthstone: TANZNITE
/ZIRCON /TURQUOISE Sagittarius (November 23 -
December 21)
Sagittarians have a positive outlook on life, are full
of enterprise, energy, versatility, adventurousness
and eagerness to extend experience beyond the
physically familiar. They enjoy travelling and explo-
ration, the more so because their minds are con-
stantly open to new dimensions of thought. . Via
astrology-online.com
Tanzanite is relatively new on the gemstone mar-
ket, but has left its mark. Its blue-lavender color is
rather unique and a wonderful addition to the gem-
stone palette. Found in Tanzania (hence the name)
in 1967, it has since become a well known and
widely distributed gemstone. It has become so pop-
ular that in October of 2002 the American Gem
Trade Association (AGTA) announced that tanzanite
had joined zircon and turquoise in the traditional list
of birthstones for the month of December. .
Zircon's reputation has suffered of late due to the
introduction of a diamond simulant. So for the rec-
ord, zircon (zirconium silicate, ZrSiO4) is NOT the
same material as the artificial gem material Cubic
Zirconia (zirconium oxide, ZrO2). However with that
in mind, zircon has been used as a diamond simu-
lant both for innocent and nefarious reasons. Zircon
resembles diamond in luster and fire and colorless
zircons have been mistaken for diamonds by expe-
rienced jewelers. Zircon can make a very attractive
and affordable gemstone. It is generally found in
browns and greens but can be heat treated to
beautiful blue and golden colors. Colorless material
is produced in this way as well.
Turquoise is a valuable mineral and is possibly the
most valuable, non-transparent mineral in the jew-
elry trade. It has been mined for eons since at least
6000 BC. by early Egyptians. Its history also in-
cludes beautiful ornamental creations by Native
Americans and Persians. Its popularity is still quite
strong today. Although crystals of any size are rare,
some small crystals have been found in Virginia and
elsewhere. Most specimens are cryptocrystalline,
meaning that the crystals could only be seen by a
microscope. The finest turquoise comes from Iran
but is challenged by some southwestern United
States specimens. Topaz may be colorless, yellow,
orange, red, blue and green. Turquoise is often im-
itated by "fakes", such as the mineral chrysocolla,
and poorer turquoise specimens are often dyed or
color stabilized with coatings of various resins. The
name comes from a French word which means
stone of Turkey, from where Persian material
passed on its way to Europe. Via Firemountain-
gems.com
“THE HARD ROCK NEWS” PAGE 8 DECEMBER, 2010
December Birthdays
Pat Armstrong (12-30) Justin Brooks (1-29)
John Burgess Steve Colby (12-1)
Donald Cole (12-18) Bob Corbin (12-10)
Brandon Dyer (12-5) Ben Ellerby (12-24)
George Fellows (12-12)
Paulette Garibaldi (12-4) Mike Heesacker (12-
2) Howard Jackson (12-22) Patt Jolly (12-13)
John Kosinski (12-19) Bob Lavery
Tom Lucas (12-19) Virgil Mastel (12-5)
Rich Rasmussen Carolyn Richter (12-30)
Linden Richter Shane Schackmann (12-21)
Jacob Schonauer (12-22)
Angel and Ruthie Shiver (12-31)
Janet Smith (12-23) Charles Summers
Jerry Thompson (12-5) Kathy Woodside
December Wedding Anniversaries
Vic and Marie Anderson
Paul and Behereh Brons (12-21)
Curt Daggy (12-7)
Carl and Sandy Hendrickson (12-30)
Terry and Carolyn Iversen
(In Memory of Carolyn)
Richard and Joyce Price (12-12)
James Thompson
PAGE 9 “THE HARD ROCK NEWS” DECEMBER, 2010
KMGS Members Willing to Mentor?
The new KMGS Directory will list members
willing to mentor. The listing will include
contact information. If you are willing to be on
this list and be included in the directory, please
contact Bobbie Sack (360) 277-0383 or Kathy
Reimers (360) 275-5986. Deadline for this will
be December 1, 2010.
Quick Quiz:
Where is the Christmas party?
What happens to solder every time it‟s melted?
Our annual Christmas Party/Potluck is being held at the Sons of Norway Hall (Bremerton). This party
takes the place of the regular meeting on December 10th but we generally plan on eating at around 6:00
PM, so it gets started a bit earlier than usual.
Geology Clinic 2010
What a great geology clinic! This year, 160 Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts earned their
geology oriented awards. They absolutely loved
our show and I saw some very excited Scouts with
great rock collections, rock critters and big ole'
rocks from the silent auction. I had one young
scout come and show me their ming tree and said
that it‟s really rare to get them on the wheel. I
couldn‟t pass up the opportunity to tell the scout
and his parents that our juniors get to make those
at times during our meetings.
For me.., one of the coolest things that I saw was
several Scouts that came up to me and said that
this their third time that they've came to the clin-
ic.., first as a Cub Scout, then as a Webelo and
now as a Scout in order to earn three different
awards. But wait..., yes there was more. This year
we gave the display case away to Star of the Sea
school in Bremerton. This was the first time that a
school in Bremerton school district has won and
December 1st, I will be presenting it to them. As
in the past, I'll bring pictures of that presentation
into share at our next meeting.
Finally, I'd like to mention the legacy that we're all
building together. This was the 6th year for the
Geology Clinic and since we started, 919 Scouts
have earned their geology oriented awards. This
was the 5th year that we've given away a display
case to the school with the highest percentage of
students that attend the show. In those 5 years,
almost 1500 students have passed through our
doors to visit our dealers, our demonstrators and
everyone else that is there to put on this great
educational event. Without a doubt, we're a club
that is making a huge difference to the youth in
our community and that's what I‟m thankful for.
- Mike Heesacker
Editor Contact Information: Gordon Eslava
[email protected] Phone: (360) 830-4638
11160 NW Holly Rd Bremerton, WA 98312
Deadline for December, 2010 Newsletter:
December 26, 2010
Save Those Stamps
“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 and another. The Society is social and educational in character.
Our club is a member of the Washington State Mineral Council, the Northwest Federation of Mineralogical
Societies. and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.
No “Hard Rock News” newsletter in January - postcard meeting reminder only.
Feel free to contact me if you want to put an
announcement in the newsletter. Keep in mind
the monthly deadline and that the newsletter
usually arrives around the
beginning of each month, so plan your
announcement accordingly. Contact
information is at left. - Editor
December, 2010
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