Rocket City Jewelers (RCJ) meets every Wednesday evening from 6p.m – 9p.m. in the Paint Room (next to the Lapidary Shop) at the Senior Center.
We offer a class the first Wednesday of the month (with a second class occasionally offered on the third Wednesday in a 5-week month). Other Wednesday nights are open so you can work on individual projects. This is a great time to share tips with other members and to catch up on classes you may have missed.
For more information, to sign up for a class, or to let us know if you missed a class, please send email to hsvgems@gmail.com. Class signups are also available at the regular HGMS monthly meetings and the RCJ Wednesday night meetings.
Did You Know? The term organic describes gemstones that were made from, or came from, living, or once-living things. Examples of organic gemstones include pearl, amber, ivory and jet.
December: Tanzanite: Named for Tanzania, the country where it was discovered in 1967, it's the blue-to-violet or purple variety of the mineral zoisite. Tanzanite has become one of the most popular colored gemstones. Zircon: Optical properties make it bright and lustrous. Best known for its brilliant blue hues; also comes in warm autumnal yellows and reddish browns, as well as red and green hues. Turquoise:
Ancient peoples from Egypt to Mesoamerica and China treasured this vivid blue gem. It’s a rare phosphate of copper that only forms in Earth’s most dry and barren regions.
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