V O L U M E 4 7 I S S U E 1. January 2017 Events

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Newsletter of The Cobb County Gem & Mineral Society, Inc., Marietta, Georgia Dedicated to the collecting and study of rocks, minerals, gemstones, fossils and the love and appreciation of the great outdoors

News and Events for January 2017

Cobb-L-Stones

January 2017 V O L U M E 4 7 I S S U E 1 Newsletter Editor: Toby Stewart

It’s going to be a great year at

CCGMS!

GMS Trip 2 DMC Trip 3 Workshops 4 Classes 5 CCGMS News 6 Minutes 7 Shows 8 Contacts 9 Membership 10

January 2017 Events

January 3: 1st Tuesday Class: Wire Wrapped Bracelet, Ellen Godfrey Instructor. (p 4)

January 7: Jr. Rockhound program: Making Gem Trees (p 4) January 7: GMS fossil trip to Weiss

Lake, AL (p 2)

January 10: CCGMS Monthly meeting “Collecting Cretaceous Fossils” See below

January 28: DMC trip to Diamond Hill Mine to collect quartz. (p 3)

2017 Membership renewal due by December 30, 2016!

CCGMS January 2017 Meeting

January 10th at 7:30 pm

516 W. Atlanta St., Marietta, GA 30060

Our January presentation will be

“Collecting Fossils in the Cretaceous.”

The program will cover many fossil

sites on both sides of the pond, from

Appalachia to Laramidia (that’s Georgia

to Wyoming in present terms). Our

speaker, David Braswell, will share

photographs and information on the

lo-cations and fossils he has collected

over the last several years through club

trips and private collecting opportunities. He’ll also share tips on collecting

and preserving fossils, and resources to assist in identifying and locating

Cretaceous fossils. Don’t miss this interesting talk!

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CCGMS 2017 field trips start in February.

See information in the February newsletter.

GMS FIELD TRIP

Saturday, January 7, 2017

10:00 a.m. Eastern Time

Weiss Lake, AL

TRIP: GMS will hold a field trip to Weiss Lake, AL for various fossils.

COLLECTING: Limestone with unidentified markings, trilobites, and possibly

brooksellas.

BRING: Rock hammer, small sledge, chisel, buckets, and paper for wrapping

delicate specimens. You will also need gloves, protective eyewear, hat, sun-screen, and sturdy boots with ankle support (hiking boots). As always bring plenty of water and some snacks.

This field trip is suitable for children of all ages but we will be by a lake so

chil-dren are required to have adult supervision at all times. The terrain is

sta-ble along the shoreline, but climbing around rocks will be necessary to find and retrieve specimens which may be large and heavy at one location. The weather in January can be unpredictable, so be prepared for wintry conditions.

Parking is limited, so carpooling is highly recommended.

DIRECTIONS AND WHERE TO MEET:

McDonald’s,650 Cedar Bluff Road, Centre, AL 35960

1) I-75 North to Hwy 20 (exit 290) West towards Rome and into Alabama where the name of the road changes to Alabama SR 9.

2) Continue on SR 9 to Centre, AL, approximately 15 miles.

3) SR 9 will turn to the South, but continue going straight into Centre on Cedar Bluff Road for about 1/10 mile. The McDonald’s will be on the left.

Travel time using GMS as a reference point: From the GMS club house at

4138 Steve Reynolds Boulevard, Norcross, GA to the meeting place in Centre, AL is approximately 2.5 hours and 110 miles.

If you are interested in carpooling on this trip, please contact Bill Waggener at

[email protected]

Contact: Charles Carter, GMS Field Trip Chair : Home: 770-998-7949,Cell:

770-891-5947, e-mail: [email protected]

Volume 47 Issue 1 Cobb-L-Stones January 2017 Page 2

CCGMS Field Trip Team

Dion Stewart, John Anderson, Wes Manley

Bob Hohn, David Braswell, Ray Borders

Tom & Bonnie Smith, Jim Ashworth, Rocky Collins and Ken & Robie Hunt

Email us at: [email protected] or call 678-417-1786 Team Coordinator: Toby Stewart

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January 2017 DMC Trip

Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 8:00 am

An Official Field Trip of the Columbia Gem and Mineral Society (Columbia, SC) Host

An Official Trip of CCGMS

Diamond Hill Mine

100 Diamond Hill Road, Antreville, SC

8:00 AM Eastern (7 AM Central) to Dusk

Fee: $15 per person regardless of age

COLLECTING: You can find smoky quartz, amethyst, skeletal quartz, milky quartz, clear quartz,

aq-uamarine, drusy quartz, mica, & epimorphs

BRING: Clothing appropriate to the weather (note: if there have been recent rains, the area will be

very muddy, so boots will be very helpful), a potato rake, a bucket, safety glasses, a rock hammer

and chisel, gloves, small bags for delicate specimens like mica, and paper for wrapping your finds.

FACILITIES: There are 2 porta-potties on site. No food or drink is sold on site, so bring plenty of

water, lunch, and snacks. The nearest towns with restaurants are Iva, SC (10 miles away) and

Abbeville, SC (16 miles away). If you are interested in camping onsite, you can make arrangements

by calling 864-934-3744.

DIRECTIONS AND WHERE TO MEET:

We will be meeting at 8:00 am Eastern time at Diamond Hill Mine, 100 Diamond Mine Road,

Antreville, SC

DIRECTIONS FROM I-85

1. Get off I-85 on Us-76(Clemson Blvd) toward Anderson

2. Turn right off Us- 76 onto SC 28

3. Follow SC 28 around Anderson

4. Stay on it until you get to Emanuel Baptist Church (on right)

5. Turn right onto Hwy 284.

6. Travel 2.3 miles to “old house” on the right.

7. Turn right here on to Suber Road.

8. Travel 0.7 miles to Diamond Mine Road.

Turn right on to Diamond Mine Road; you will see the mine entrance on your right.

DIRECTIONS FROM I-20 (GEORGIA)

1. Exit off I-20 onto Washington Road. Turn left onto Washington Road.

2. Follow Washington Road to Furys Ferry Road(approx. 3.5 miles) Bear right onto Furys Ferry

Road.

3. This becomes Hwy 28. Follow this road 32 miles to Plum Branch, SC

4. Stay on it for another 41 miles until you get to Emanuel Baptist Church (on left)

5. Turn left onto Hwy 284.

6. Travel 2.3 miles to “old house” on the right.

7. Turn right here on to Suber Road.

8. Travel 0.7 miles to Diamond Mine Road.

Turn right on to Diamond Mine Road; you will see the mine entrance on your right.

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January Jr. Rockhound Activity

January 7, 10 am—12:00 pm

Making Gem Trees

Calling all Jr. Rockhounds for the first fun event for 2017! Learn how to make beautiful gem trees.

This is going to be a great year for the Jr. Rock-hound program. Don’t miss out, register today! To register for the class, contact Bob Hohn at 770-630-8563 or [email protected] or Ginger Lessard at [email protected] or 770-942-0059

January 2017 Open Workshops

Hours: Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7 to 9 pm, Saturdays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm unless otherwise noted.

Tuesday, January 3rd: NO SHOP First Tues. Class Thursday, January 5th: B.J. Rita

Saturday, January 7th: NO SHOP Kids Day

Tuesday, January 10th: NO SHOP Monthly Meeting Thursday, January 12th: J. Troxel

Saturday, January 14th: R.Cepurna Tuesday, January 17th: J. Hunter Thursday, January 19th: R.Cepurna Saturday, January 21st: L. Cox Tuesday, January 24th: B. Hohn Thursday, January 26th: J. Troxel Saturday, January 28th: H. Phinney Tuesday, January 31st: J. Hunter

You must be a current CCGMS member and have been checked out on the machines in order to use the equip-ment. The cost for using the machines is $3.00 per hour per machine.

If you have any Workshop questions, please con-tact Richard Cepurna at [email protected]

To schedule Cabbing Classes please contact Wes Manley at [email protected] .

Workshop is located at 516 West Atlanta St, Marietta

GA. 30060. Directions-http://cobbcountymineral.org/

January 3rd, First Tuesday Free Workshop Class

Wire Wrapped Bracelet

Instructor:

Ellen Godfrey

Date:

January 3, 2017

Time:

6:45 pm to 9:00 pm

Class Size:

15 students

Kit:

$5.00

(The kit is a combination of copper and silver plate. Ellen will have the wire precut in the kits.)

NOTE: This is NOT a basic beginner wire wrap class, more on the interme-diate level. You will need to already know basic wire skills. Please reserve your spot in this class.

Materials List:

100" 21g square, half hard wire. 24" of 18g half round

6" 18g round (square can be used but I like round.)This is for the clasp. These are basic amounts. It’s good to have extra in case of OOPS!

Tools:

Flat nose pliers, there are 2 sizes of flat nose (Ellen uses both) Chain nose pliers

Flush cutters Ruler

Tape (we have plenty of tape) Small file

Wire twister (Ellen is bringing 2, but if you have one, please bring it)

Optional: Mat to work on and Optivisor . Split ring opening pliers are helpful. Ellen will also bring some.

Contact : Donna Barrett to sign up for this class and reserve your kit at [email protected] (email preferred) or

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New to CCGMS?

These classes are for you

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If you’re a new member to CCGMS, taking the begin-ning cabbing and faceting classes are fun ways to learn some great skills and make friends with other members! You need to complete beginning cabbing to be certified to use the equipment in our CCGMS Workshop. All cabbing lessons must be scheduled by contacting Wes Manley, Cabbing Instruction

Co-ordinator at [email protected] . If his

sched-ule doesn’t work with yours he’ll assign you to an-other of our instructors.

Sign up now for January Class!

Introduction to Faceting

Faceting Instructor:

Roy Meade

Class Size:

3 students

Workshop Fee:

$60

(6 two hour classes)

Learn to take rough material and facet it into beautiful gem-stones. You will learn how to facet a round brilliant cut and an

em-erald cut. Once you have completed these, you have learned how to cut the shape of every facet.

New classes starting in January. Contact Roy

Meade to schedule you spot in this class as

[email protected] or 678-314-3204

Introduction to Cabbing

Cabbing Instruction Coordinator:

Wes Manley

Sessions:

Two 2-hour classes In the evenings

or one 4-hour class on Saturday

Classes are scheduled

by appointment only

Class Size:

3 students

on weekdays or on

Saturday

Workshop Fee:

$20

payable by cash or

check made out to

CCGMS

Kids 10-16 are free on Jr. Rockhound Day (1st Satur-day of each month) with appointment

Learn: How to use the trim saws, Genie and

polish-ing wheel If time permits we will use the flat lap. We will create a flat backed domed stone called a

chon. Classes are scheduled upon request: ac-cording to your schedule and workshop avail-ability.

Contact: Cabbing Instruction Coordinator Wes Manley at [email protected] for the re-quired appointment

Advanced Cabbing Class

Instructor:

Wes Manley

Class times:

By appointment,

Class Size:

2– 3 members per session

Time frame:

Approximately 2 hours

Class Fee:

$10 in cash or check payable to

CCGMS

Prerequisite: This is an

advanced class for stu-dents who have com-pleted the Introductory Class and have com-pleted 10 cabs in the

workshop that have been previewed by Wes.

Learn:

To make a template for a form cab or free-hand cut stone, your choice

 How to stabilize soft or delicate material Contact: Wes Manley at [email protected]

to schedule your class.

January 2017 SFMS First Quarter

Meeting Information

Hosted by Pinellas Geological Society, Largo, FL The Pinellas Geological Society invites all Officers and members of the Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc., to join us for our 41st Annual Gem and Mineral Show held at the Largo Cultural Center, 105 Central Park Dr., Largo, Janu-ary 13-15, 2017.

We have reserved a meeting room as well as a block of hotel rooms at the Holiday Inn Express, 210 Seminole Blvd., Largo Florida, 33770. The hotel is only a few blocks from the Show.

King and Queen rooms are available at $89/night. Call the hotel at 727-581-3900 to make reservations, asking for the Pinellas Geological Society block. Complimentary hot breakfast is provided.

SFMS Events:

Friday 7 PM – ―Cracker Barrel‖ at Holiday Inn

Ex-press

Saturday 8 AM – Registration, 9AM Executive

Meet-ing at Holiday Inn Express

Saturday, 6 PM – Club Dinner at a local restaurant

TBA (Usually Golden Corral)

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President Ray Borders’ Message

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great holi-day season. We’re looking forward to a fantastic year at CCGMS. We have a lot of great volunteers who provide lapidary classes, open workshops, field trips, interesting meetings, an annual show, dinners and other events. A lot of people pitch in to help with everything from grab bags to bringing delicious food to our picnic and dinners.

We recently had a chance to buy a great collection of almost 1000 minerals, ranging from high end specimens to excellent quality and rare lower value pieces to interesting specimens. Since we needed to make a decision on buying the collec-tion before the next meeting, we emailed members to get their vote on buying the acquisition. We were pleased at the overwhelming positive re-sponse from a large majority of our membership to make the purchase. Thank you for your vote! Last Thursday we had a group of member volun-teers who helped pick up the collection. Once again it was our volunteers who made it possible for our club to benefit from this great opportunity. This collection will benefit our club through auc-tions, club use and other means. Thanks to every-one who helped. Working together is what makes our club great!

Ray

Corresponding Secretary’s Report

Ingrid Millis broke her hip and had surgery. She is now recovering at: Pruitthealth-Brookhaven. You can send her a card or visit her at 3535 Aston Woods Drive NE, Room 214, Atlanta, GA, 303319. You can also call her at 770-451-0236. to let her know you are thinking about her.

Donna Barrett, Corresponding Secretary

Renew your Membership by December 30th!

Sign up now for another great year of classes, field trips, and fun activities at CCGMS Con-tact Membership Chair Al Sorensen at [email protected], or call him at 770-565-8270 Membership is $30 per family with an emailed newsletter and $40 per family with a US Postal Service mailed newsletter. See form on page 10.

Volunteers Needed in 2017

The easiest way to get involved and meet people at CCGMS is to volunteer. Not only will you help the club, you will have a lot of fun!

HOSPITALITY CHAIR: We need a new hospitality chair or a team of members to provide delicious treats at our monthly meetings, and to help organize food for our Annual Picnic, Dealers Dinner and Christmas Dinner. If you’d like to volunteer please contact President Ray Borders at

[email protected], 770-312-5205 or talk to him at our January meeting.

ORGANIZE SEWING OF GRAB BAGS: If you sew, we need a volunteer to organize the sewing of the grab bags that we fill with rocks, minerals and fossils and sell at our Annual Show in November. This year we sold 1280 grab bags at the show and 200 to a teacher. Keith Johnson is cutting out the fabric to have it ready to sew for the 2017 grab bags. Help out! Volunteer to start sewing bags or to help or-ganize a group of members to sew the bags. We have thread available to sew the bags with. Con-tact Ginger Lessard at glessard@bellsouth,net or 770-942-0059 to learn more.

New Members!

Susan Collins

Beth Garrett

Paul & Susan Marling

Wade & Lisa Port Nancy Sutton

Cobb County Gem and Mineral Society meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 at the Clubhouse. Visitors are welcome.

Join us at 516 W. Atlanta St.. Marietta, GA 30060.See our website at http://

cobbcountymineral.org/ if you need directions.

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2016 Christmas Dinner—December Minutes

On Tuesday, December 13th, the annual Christmas party commenced with the final opening gavel from President Paul Lessard who asked Greg Manley if he would please give the blessing before we ate an incredible feast.

After a delicious dinner prepared by all of us eaten on tables beautifully decorated, awards were given. Ginger Lessard, our hospi-tality chair, grab bag chair, and Junior Rockhound co-leader, was given the Unsung Hero Award. David Braswell was given the Rock-hound of the Year Award. Richard Cepurna was given the Volunteer of the Year Award for pitching in wherever and whenever he is needed. Life-time memberships were awarded to Lawrence and Shirley Parker and to Dion and Toby Stewart. Both couples give countless hours to the club, Lawrence and Shirley especially at the gem show, and Dion and Toby for the many field trips they sponsor and organize and especially the time they give to our classic monthly newsletter.

Then Parliamentarian Frank Tichenor swore in the board who will serve in 2017: President Ray Borders, Vice-President Bob Shively, Treasurer Wayne Dodd, Recording Secretary Lynn Avery, and Corresponding Secre-tary Donna Barrett. Immediately after, Frank became Santa Frank and organized the Christmas exchange where there were many oohs and aahs from the delights found in the packages.

After much fellowship, Paul then wished everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, closed the meeting, and handed the gavel to Ray. Thank you, Paul Lessard and Janie Bailey, for serving as our Presi-dent and Corresponding Secretary for the past three years.

-Lynn Avery, Recording Secretary

Photos by CR Munson

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January 2017, Gem and Mineral Shows

Jan 13-15—LARGO, FLORIDA: Show and sale; Pinellas Geological Society, Largo Cultural Center; 105 Central

Park Drive; Fri. 10-5, Sat. 10-5, Sun. 12-5; Free Admission; contact Leona Feldhausen, 2655 Nebraska Ave #247, Palm Harbor, FL 34684, (727)-709-3236; e-mail: [email protected]

Please note: The 2017 first quarter SFMS meeting will be held in conjunction with the Pinellas Geological Society Annual Show.

Jan 21-22—DELAND, FLORIDA: Show and sale; Tomoka Gem & Mineral Society, Inc, Volusia County

Fair-grounds; 3150 E. New York Ave; Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; Admission $4; The Tomoka Gem And Mineral Society pre-sents our 46th Annual Jewelry, Gem and Mineral, Fossils Show and Sale Volusia County Fairgrounds, Tommy Lawrence Building, State Route 44, Deland, FL (1/2 Mile East of I-4, Exit 118) ; contact Susan Morris, (386)-843-0152; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: wwwtomokagms.org

Jan 26-Feb 12—TUCSON, ARIZONA: Annual show; Eons Expos, Corner of I-10 and 22nd Street; 600 West 22nd

Street; Daily 9-6, Fri. - Sat. - Sun.; Free Admission; Public welcome; Located on the Green shuttle route; the 7th Annual 22nd Street Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show is in a colossal 250-yard heated tent and features dinosaur ex-hibits as well as minerals, fossils, meteorites, jewelry, cabochons, beads, carvings, silver, gold, coins, findings, lapidary, related art, tools, equipment, rough, displays, books, and more. Retail and wholesale; contact Heather Grana, 235 1st Street, Keyport, NJ 07735; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.22ndStreet.Show;

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2016 Board Members, Trustees and Chairpersons

Office Member Phone # Email

President Ray Borders 770-312-5205 [email protected]

Vice President Bob Shively 770-222– 5375 [email protected]

Recording Secretary Lynn Avery 770-607-9959 [email protected]

Treasurer Wayne Dodd 770-497-9790 [email protected]

Corresponding Secretary Donna Barrett 678-447-3432 [email protected]

Field Trip Coordinator Toby Stewart 678-417-1786 [email protected]

Membership Al Sorensen 770-565-8270 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Toby Stewart 678-417-1786 [email protected]

Show Chair Mary Ingram 770-427-1108 [email protected]

Hospitality Vacant

Historian Edna Morris 770-445-9274 [email protected]

Door Prizes Bob Hohn 770-630-8563 [email protected]

Exhibits Lawrence Parker 404-213-9727 [email protected]

Dealers Becky Patellis 770-973-7483 [email protected]

Webmaster AJ Pesce 678-941-9362 [email protected]

Publicity Tami Watkins 404-861-8670 [email protected]

Photographer Chris Munson 770-428-9344 [email protected]

Workshop Richard Cepurna 678-778-0774 [email protected]

Jr. Rockhound Chair Bob Hohn 770-630-8563 [email protected]

Jr. Rockhounds Ginger Lessard 770-942-0059 [email protected]

1st Tuesday Class Donna Barrett 678-447-3432 [email protected]

Class Scheduler Kristina Pesce 678-941-9362 [email protected]

Cabbing Coordinator Wes Manley email only [email protected]

Faceting Instructor Roy Meade 678-314-3204 [email protected]

Audit Jim Haege 770-698-9376 [email protected]

Grab bags Sandy Johnson 678-556-0243 [email protected]

Awards Pat Brown 770-924-4233 [email protected]

Clubhouse Facility Chair Richard Cepurna 678-778-0774 [email protected]

Clubhouse Events Chair Sarah Christensen 845-774-9994 [email protected]

Legislative/Parliament Frank Tichenor 770-579-3077 [email protected]

Trustees Ken Hunt 770-262-4584 [email protected] Becky Patellis 770-973-7483 [email protected] Wes Manley email only [email protected]

Pat Brown 770-924-4233 [email protected]

Great Online Links: (Live links, just click on them!) c- Our website

http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/mineral_id/index.html - Mineral ID

http://www.amfed.org/ - Federation Information

http://www.usfacetersguild.org - Faceting Information

http://www.amfed.org/sfms/lodestar_newsletter.html - SFMS Federation Newsletter

http://www.gamineral.org/ Georgia Mineral Society

http://www.schoolofgemology.com/ - International School of Gemology

http://www.tellusmuseum.org/ - Tellus Museum

www.sfmsworkshops.com SFMS workshops

Send Routine Correspondence and membership forms to: Cobb County Gem & Mineral Society, P.O. Box 4654, Marietta, GA 30061-4654

Please email any corrections, changes, articles, or comments to the Cobb-L-Stones Editor, Toby Stewart at

[email protected]. Thank You! Please ask for permission to copy items and articles from the Cobb-L-Stones. Proper