HGMS Monthly Meeting

6p – 9p, South Meeting Room, HGMS Education Center (in the Sandra Moon Community Center), 7901 Bailey Cove Rd SE, Huntsville.  (Map)

Did You Know?

The largest alluvial gold nugget ever found was discovered in Victoria, Australia in 1869.  Dubbed “Welcome Stranger”, it weighed a staggering 158 pounds before being refined.  Its’ melt value in today’s market would be $5.46 million USD.   Source:  wikipedia.

January:  Garnet – The garnet group of minerals offers gems of every hue, including deep red almandine, fiery red pyrope, orange-yellow spessartine, and rare intense-green varieties of andradite, grossular, and uvarovite.   Source:  Gemological Institute of America.