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 Magic of Marble Festival celebrates Sylacauga marble, Alabama’s state rock.  This year, the festival runs from April 1-12 in Sylacauga, Alabama.  The Sylacauga Marble Quarry is the only producer of marble for sculpting and building construction.  For more information, see facebook.com/marblefestival or magicofmarblefestival.com

April:   Diamond – The hardest natural substance known is made of just one element – carbon.  Diamond is valued for its colorless nature and purity, but it also occurs in shades of yellow, brown, blue, green, red, pink, champagne-tan, cognac-brown, violet (rarely), gray, and even black.  Most diamonds are over a billion years old; formed deep within the earth.   Source:  Gemological Institute of America