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Meeting Time/Location

6p – 9p, South Meeting Room, Huntsville Gem & Mineral Education Center, Sandra Moon Community Complex, 7901 Bailey Cove Rd SE.  Park in South lot off Bailey Cove Rd SE.

2022 Calendar - Click for details

  • Metalsmithing Class – Jun 6 or 9
  • Rocket City Jewelers Class – Jun 15
  • Annual Picnic and Rock Swap – Jun 25
  • Future Rockhounds of America Meeting – Jun 30

Did You Know?

The next total lunar eclipse is on Sunday, May 15, from 8:30p to slightly before 2a Monday morning.  (The last total lunar eclipse occurred May 26, 2021.)  If the weather is clear, the “super flower blood moon” will be visible from the Americas, Europe, and Africa.  The Von Braun Astronomical Society (VBAS) is hosting a viewing at Yellowhammer Brewing’s Lost Highway Lounge (2600 Clinton Ave West, Huntsville) from 9p – 11:30p.  Source: https://www.timeanddate.com.

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. Source: https://www.gia.edu.

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