The next class is tentatively scheduled for February 3rd: Cursive Name/Initials & Leather Bracelet.
In this class, you’ll fashion a leather cord bracelet with a copper wire focal piece consisting of your name or initial(s) in cursive script. Bring your regular jewelry making tools, plus a large pair of bail-forming (aka “step”) pliers and a hammer and bench block, if you have them, and a pair of sharp scissors. Kit cost: TBD.
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.
