We’re planning to restart the Pups in February! The next meeting is February 25th. Program is TBA. Please check back for program information.
We’ll meet in the GeoSciences/Pebble Pups room in the new Huntsville Gem and Mineral Education Center at 6:00p. Bring your friends!
Meeting Time/Location
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, researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center identified the world’s oldest asteroid crater: a 43-mile wide impact structure in Yarrabubba, Western Australia. By analyzing radioactive elements in sample rocks, geochronologists determined that the collision occurred about 2 billion years ago. The impact sent 100+ billion tons of water vapor into the upper atmosphere possibly triggering a period of global warming. Source: The Week, February 14, 2020
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: https://www.gia.edu.
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