Grand Traverse Area Rock and Mineral Club, Traverse City, Michigan
NEWS - Our THURSDAY, June 20 meeting will be at the VFW at 6:30 p.m...
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The THURSDAY, June 20 meeting program, will feature our annual Silent Auction. Members are asked to bring an item or two to donate for this club fundraiser. It can be rocks or minerals, jewelry creations, lapidary or rock hunting tools, equipment or books. One of the favorite things people bring is baked goods. The meeting starts at 6:30 at the VFW.
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Please check your newsletter for more information on the "Pebble Pups" program for young rockhounds. This program is led by Steven Veatch and other volunteers. Check out the Pebble Pups own website. To check out this site CLICK HERE!!
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Here is a great resource on the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum website. Check out the MMGM@HOME page link at the top of the page. To check out this site CLICK HERE!!
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The club has a lease with the City of Traverse City to use the equipment room in the Carnegie building (Crooked Tree Arts Center)on Sixth Street. Open work room sessions are available. You must be a member and have taken the cabochon class to use the work room. You must register in advance due to the limited number of machines. E-mail scheduling@tcrockhounds.com to sign up for a work session. Remember, the workroom is not to be used for commercial puposes.
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The 2024 Keweenaw Week will be held August 4 - 11, 2024.... You can visit the website by clicking on the underlined event name above to find out the details. The organized events are Monday, August 5 with a mineral specialist speaking at the Seasman Mineral Museum. The surplus specimen sale will be on August 7. The remainder of the time will 10% off purchases of at least $100.00 at the Museum.
The event dates were changed in 2022 to be the same as those offered by the Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club which offers collecting events.
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The 2024 Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club show will be held on Saturday, August 3. There will be two collecting events this year. Friday, August 2 will be a collecting trip to the Republic Iron Mine. Sunday, August 4 is a trip to the Lindburg Quarry to collect Kona Dolomite. For details, check their website from our Sponsors/Links page.
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The Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club held their collecting and social events, August 4 through 11, 2023. Collecting trips are to the Central, Caledonia, Cliff, Wolverine #4 and the Knowlton mines from August 5 through 9. Follow the link to their web site from our Sponsors/Links page. The CCRMC Rock and Mineral show is August 9, 10, and 11. Registration opened April 22, and as of June 9 it appears that the collecting trips are full. You can check with the club to see if there is a waiting list for any cancellations.
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Various instructors will be teaching beginning cabochon classes, silversmithing, and wire wrapping classes. E-mail scheduling@tcrockhounds.com to sign up for a class. Remember, you must be a member of the club to participate in these or other classes. There are class size limits.
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Be sure to check the calendar
and the GTARMC newsletter for further updates!
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The 2024 Petoskey Stone Festival was held at Barnes Park in Eastport on Saturday, May 25, 2024. Check the festival website by clicking on the event title for more information or check their Facebook page. Next year, the show will be one week before Memorial Day Weekend.
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ROCKPUPS - YOUNG AND OLD - For some rockin' fun, click HERE for a fun word search!!
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This page link has many fun activities for the young geologist. The rest of the site covers other fun science subjects.
To check out this site CLICK HERE!!
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Here is an great page from Canada called "Rocks for Kids". Lots of places for learning and fun.
CLICK HERE!!
