Vulcan Quarry, Stringfield Road, Huntsville, Alabama, Saturday, April 13th, 2019
Meeting Time/Location
6p – 9p, 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? 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: https://www.space.com.
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.
Source: https://www.gia.edu.
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