The next meeting is January 27th, 6:00p: See below for meeting information.
Hello Future Rockhounds!
We have a new name to indicate a new beginning and a great future.
Yes, I’m speaking to the youth in your family to come out in 2022 to the Education Center on the fourth Thursday of every month and be a part of Pebble Pups!
We are expanding Pebble Pups to help you become a true rockhound and the go-to person in your family, school and neighborhood for all things gem and mineral related! Some of the topics we plan to discuss include Rocks & Minerals, Lapidary Arts, Earth Resources & Processes, Fossils, Collecting, Field Trips, Fluorescence and Precious Metals. And most importantly, to help you begin an impressive collection of your own!
See you then!
Your Rockhound Team
Co-Chairpersons, Karen Allen, KarensMail@hsvAL.com, and Mike Harrison, campcraft.mike@gmail.com.
All Future Rockhounds of America (Pebble Pups) meetings are on the 4th Thursday of the month in the Rocket City Jewelers room in the Huntsville Gem and Mineral Education Center, 7901 Bailey Cove Road SE, Huntsville. Please enter the South parking lot from Bailey Cove Road SE and enter the building through the double glass doors.
Did You Know? Now is a good time to observe Comet “Leonard”, also known as C/2021 A1, the brightest comet of 2021. Dubbed the “Christmas comet”, Leonard can be seen in the Southwest sky in the Northern Hemisphere about 45 minutes after sunset. Source: 
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.
Almandine and pyrope are especially popular in jewelry.
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