The next meeting is Thursday, February 22nd, 2024, 6:30p.
Meeting Location: South Conference Room at the HGMS Ed Center, 7901 Bailey Cove Road SE, Huntsville.
For those who did not make it, the January meeting was a blast! We talked about garnets, January’s birthstone, petrified wood of Alabama and beyond, and the wonderful world of sea shell collecting! And we have a great lineup for this coming Thursday, the 22nd. Bob Kemper will
be demonstrating how to separate pebbles and sand by weight (how to separate gold from the slurry), Bill Friday will be taking the Pups on a tour of the Lapidary Lab, discussing how to be safe and how to use the equipment, and amethyst, the February birthstone, will also be covered! We will also give out some awards and discuss how to earn awards! We may even have a field trip coming up real soon! Come and find out the wonderful things we have in store and come away with geological knowledge that will dazzle your friends and family!
Meeting Schedule
We’ll meet at the Ed Center in the South Conference room every 4th Thursday through October 2024 with alternate dates for November and possibly December 2024. If you are half as excited as I am about Pup Power in 2024, I know that you will make every effort to attend every meeting and add to your mineral, gem and fossil collection!
Your Pebble Pups Team – Mike, Angela, Dee, Theresa, Scott, and Bill
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 hsvgems@gmail.com.
More information about the Future Rockhounds of America program can be found at AFMS Juniors – FRA Badge Program (amfed.org).