SFMS Rockhound Roundup
Excerpted from the December HGMS newsletter
The 2nd annual SFMS Rockhound Roundup will be March 6th-8th in the Suwannee River Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. There will be an SFMS Social Friday evening, March 6th to foster interclub connections. The SFMS Executive Meeting will be Saturday evening, March 7th so that participants won’t have to choose between the Roundup or the Meeting.
All SFMS club members are encouraged to set up their own vendor booth at this event. There will be a minimum fee of $25 per booth. The fee will be used to cover all costs for amenities at the venue. If you have any questions, please call or text Jerri Heer, SFMS Secretary at 419-344-9999, or send email to her at Jheerx6@aol.com.
Member buyers, the only cost is the park admission fee. Member sellers, the cost is the vendor fee of $25 (per booth) plus the park admission fee. Sellers, you will also need to register for this event. Email your payment and your application to Jerri Heer by February 28th. To see the flyer, click SFMS Roundup Flyer. To see the application, click SFMS Roundup Vender Application. You will also need your 2020 HGMS membership card to enter the event. If you haven’t paid your 2020 dues yet, or if you need to get your 2020 membership card, please see Bill Friday.
Did You Know? In January, a staff member at Gosman’s Fish Market in Montauk, Long Island, was shucking clams when he discovered a rare pearl. Finding an intact pearl in food preparation is uncommon because most clams are shucked mechanically and any pearls are lost or destroyed. This pearl weighed 27.78 carats and measured a whopping 18.9 x 11.32mm – that’s slightly larger than a dime! GIA confirmed that the extraordinarily large pearl formed naturally. Source: 
June: Pearl - Produced in the bodies of marine and freshwater mollusks either naturally or cultured by people with great care. Lustrous, smooth, subtly-colored pearls are jewelry staples, especially as strands. Alexandrite: The color-change variety of the mineral chrysoberyl. Bluish green in daylight, purplish red under incandescent light; hard and durable. Top quality examples are rare and valuable.
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