Vulcan Quarry, Stringfield Road, Huntsville, Alabama – April 13th, 2019
Flint River, Madison County, Alabama – May 4th, 2019
Meeting Time/Location
6pm – 9pm, Merrimac Room (middle hallway), Huntsville-Madison County Senior Center, 2200 Drake Ave. SW. Park in North lot.
Did You Know? About 10% of the million plus tons of natural graphite mined annually goes into making the common #2 pencil. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org.
September Birthstone: Sapphire: A variety of the mineral corundum. Depending on its element content, sapphire may be blue, yellow, green, orange, or purple. Red corundum is ruby, while pink corundum can be either ruby or sapphire, depending on its locale. Sapphire may show a six-rayed star when cut as a cabochon.
Source: https://www.gia.edu.
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