The next meeting is Thursday, February 27th, 6:30p. at the Education Center
January was a fun month with lots of talk of fluorescent minerals! Special thanks to Anthony Zwilling and Angela Mendoza for setting up the “cave” and bringing in specimens with a variety of responses to UV light. Each child who was able to join our Pebble Pups meeting had a chance to choose a rock and then see how it glowed under shortwave and longwave UV lights. We even got to see some with phosphorescent properties and talk about how they held onto the light! No matter what color each rock glowed, the children who chose them had fun looking at everything that was brought in for the program. Bill Friday was able to take the older group and dive a little deeper into what gives fluorescent minerals their glowing properties and how phosphorescence works.
This month we are going to be talking about geodes and nodules – where to find them, how to tell if there is something exciting below the surface, and how to open them. Every child who joins us this month will have the chance to take home their own geode and nodule!
We are still planning our field trip to Cathedral Caverns on Saturday, March 29th. If you are interested in joining us, please reach out to Suzanne Miller at [email protected]. We will also have information printed out at the meeting. This field trip will add to our topic for next month and give the group a chance to look at a cave in action.
Please join us for our meeting on Thursday, February 27th at 6:30pm at the HGMS Education Center at the Sandra Moon Community Center, located at 7901 Bailey Cove Road SE, Huntsville, AL. We can’t wait to see you there!
Suzanne Miller and crew plus Angela, Kendall, Theresa, Matthew, Dee Dee, Bill, Jeff, and Mike
About Pebble Pups
The Pebble Pups is a program for youngsters to learn more about the world around us, concentrating on rocks, minerals, fossils, and geology. We offer field trips, too. Interested children and grands of members, ages 8 to 18 years old are welcome to come join us to investigate and discover rocks, minerals, gems and fossils. For contact information, please email [email protected].
More information about the Future Rockhounds of America program can be found at AFMS Juniors – FRA Badge Program (amfed.org).
Did You Know?
February: Amethyst – The purple variety of the mineral quartz, amethyst often forms large, six-sided crystals. Fine velvety-colored gems come from African and South American mines. Amethyst is beautiful enough for crown jewels yet affordable enough for class rings and mineral specimens. Source: 
