The next meeting is Tuesday, January 28th, 6:00p gather, 6:30p business, 7:00p program: Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Minerals
What Causes the Effects? Where are they found? How to Care for them. How to identify them. How to best see the different colors. Cautions with UV lights.
Meeting Location: South Conference Room at the HGMS Ed Center, 7901 Bailey Cove Road SE, Huntsville.
Did You Know?
The largest alluvial gold nugget ever found was discovered in Victoria, Australia in 1869. Dubbed “Welcome Stranger”, it weighed a staggering 158 pounds before being refined. Its’ melt value in today’s market would be $5.46 million USD. Source: wikipedia.
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: Gemological Institute of America.
