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6pm – 9pm, 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.

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: https://www.gia.edu, March, 2021.

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