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TULSA ROCK & MINERAL SOCIETY ADDRESS: BOX 2292 TULSA, OK 74101 www.tulsarockandmineralsociety.org .

2019 Officers are elected by club members each November-December

President Steve Ridgway 918-557-1107 [email protected]

1st VP/Programs Peter Grice 918-607-3445 [email protected]

2nd VP/Field Trips Holly Proctor 918-361-3081 [email protected]

Secretary Roberta Wagle 918-695-4291 [email protected]

Treasurer Jerry Nagel 918-640-1324 [email protected]

Shop Foreman Billy McBa 918-455-0602 [email protected]

Editor

Web/Library Martha Rongey 918-230-1094 [email protected]

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Historian Larry Wagle 918-695-1527 [email protected]

Past-President Donna Loffer 918-407-1194; 918-371-5051 [email protected]

Directors Richard Jaeger, George Hill, Sharon Richards

2019 Committee Chairs are appointed by the incoming President

Chatpile Editor Wayne Mouser 918-582-8700 [email protected]

Rock Donations Larry Wagle 918-695-1527 [email protected]

Show Chair Eric Hamshar 918-284-3503 [email protected]

Club Scholarship Dianne Kirk & Richard Jaeger [email protected]; [email protected]

Fed Representative Liz Thomas 918-486-3788 [email protected]

Publicity Martha Rongey 918-230-1094 [email protected]

By-Laws Bob & Nancy Hicks, Scott Robb [email protected]

Pebble Pups Julia Allande 918-834-3405 [email protected]

Hospitality Table Kimberly Perry 918-859-3053 [email protected]

Uniform Rules Leon Reeder 918-346-7299 [email protected]

Need VOLUNTEERs for Education and Hospitality. Contact TRMS President Steve Ridgway

The Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society, Inc. was organized in April 1958 to promote interest and provide

education in the earth sciences, in historical artifacts, in jewelry-making and all forms of the lapidary arts. Field trips, the

club workshop, monthly meetings and other activities provide opportunities for life-long learning. Meetings: The second

Monday of each month at the College Hill Presbyterian Church, 7th and Columbia Street, Tulsa, OK. Refreshments and

coffee begin at 6 p.m. Pebble Pups meet at 6:15 and the membership business meeting and program commence at 7

p.m. ALL WELCOME!

The T-Town Rockhound, official bulletin of the Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society, is issued every month preceding

the regular monthly meeting. Permission is granted to reprint items from the newsletter unless otherwise designated, provided

that full credit is given to the author and the T-Town Rockhound. Please send items for the newsletter by the monthly

deadline, the 20st of the month preceding publication, to the Editor.

TRMS Membership: Single $12 - Family, $15, due Jan. 1. Mail: PO Box 2292, Tulsa OK 74101.

http://www.tulsarockandmineralsociety.org/

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T-TOWN ROCKHOUND July, 2019 Vol. LXVII No.7 Monthly newsletter of Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society tulsarockandmineralsociety.org

Show News

Monday, July 8th is our last Club Meeting prior to the Club Show, so please try to attend. There will be

yard signs available to help promote the show, so if you live in an area that sees much traffic, please plan to put

one in your yard if possible. If you are unable to attend that meeting, but you are able and willing to put a sign

in your yard, please contact Steve Ridgeway at 918-557-1107 to arrange to get one. Also, for those who have

not yet signed up to help work the show, you may sign up at the meeting, or, you may contact Donna Loffer at

918-407-1194 to get signed up. It is very important that everybody pitches in to help make this year's show our

best yet!

Thursday, July 11th at 6 PM we will need volunteers with strong backs to help load the club truck at the

Allande's, at 8523 E 5th Place in Tulsa. This usually takes about an hour if we have enough help.

Friday, July 12th, beginning at 9 AM, we will need help at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Exchange Center setting up

for the show. This is a big process! So please consider pitching in if you can. For those who are putting in

displays or participating in working exhibits, you may begin your setup at noon. Dealer setup also begins at

noon.

Saturday, July 13th at 9 AM, the club Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show begins at the Tulsa Fairgrounds

Exchange Center. The show runs through 6 PM that day. Again, we will need all the volunteers we can get.

Coffee and donuts will be available in the hospitality room in the Southeast corner of the Exchange Center.

Sunday, July 14th at 10 AM, the Show continues and lasts through 5 PM. Beginning at 5 PM, we will once

again need a lot of help packing up after the show and then unloading the truck at the Allande's place. Coffee

and Donuts will be available in the hospitality room. Also, at 9 AM Sunday there will be a meeting of the

Rolling Rock Club in the hospitality room prior to the show, as well as a small auction to benefit the Rolling

Rock Club Scholarship Fund. That meeting and auction is open to any TRMS members.

If you have any questions regarding anything relating to the show, Club members should call Eric Hamshar at

918-284-3503 or at the Correll Museum at 918-266-3612.

Eric Hamshar, show chair



Treats for the July 8 general membership meeting hospitality hour will be

courtesy of the members with last names beginning with the letters S through Z. Please and

thank you!

PEBBLE PUPS

At our June meeting the Pebble Pups learned about our state fossil, Saurophaganax Maximus. We

also discussed other fossils that are found in our part of the world, and inspected the samples of what

we might find on the June field trip. We then made dinosaur tracks in clay with toy dinos. We then

talked about petrified wood and organic fossils like amber. To wrap up we enjoyed some tasty orange

amber with bugs trapped inside.

*We are all missing Miss Julia and hope she is able to rejoin us soon!!

--Holly Proctor, JRoA Fill-in

Compiled by Wayne Mouser from T-Town Rockhound archives

5 YEARS AGO JULY, 2014; Comments on the July Show- Richard Jaeger, TRMS, AFMS

President: Our show was excellent. I believe the number of competitive exhibits was the 2nd highest since 2003. Certainly though the attendance at the various meetings and banquet meals was quite excellent, the numbers for the All-Officers Luncheon and the

Breakfast with the Editors and Webmasters were the highest in many years. The numbers for the Cracker Barrel and Awards Banquet were well above average. Robert Livingston, AFMS Show Consultant, wrote to Liz Thomas. Liz, you did a super fine job handling our show and convention for us in AFMS. Every detail seems to be nailed down well. I was so happy to see you receive the special

award. Over the past 25 years I have been to several AFMS conventions all over. Your show ranks right up there with my all-time favorite three: Moab, UT, Billings, MT, Riverside, CA and now Tulsa. Don’t know why but it seems Rocky Mountain Federation knows how to do it better. (I did not include my own 2011 in Syracuse, NY, because I did not want to “guild the lilly” as they say). Anyway thanks to you and Ben and all of you who put on a mighty fine event and I know all others agree. The Tulsa club definitely wins my top accolades for enthusiastic members who seemed to knock themselves out in every area covered. My home Syracuse club has trouble getting enough workers. You had

plenty. And the 16 or so demonstrators - I have only seen that many maybe one other time in all my years,

Incredible. Gold stars for the Tulsa club for sure. Rockhounds are the greatest folks... 15 YEARS AGO JULY, 2004:.Thirty-Two members and 3 visitors present. Winning door prizes were new member, Edward, Bob Shaha, Richard Spees, Juanita Dewey, Noah Maddox and Anne Cooper. Bob Shaha led the meeting due to Richard Jaeger was out of town. Bob announced Doris Moore had died and her son has donated the Moore’s collection and equipment to TRMS. Bob announced Gemfaire had donated $1000 for our scholarship fund. John Ravenscroft reported By-Law changes would be voted on at the August meeting. Ken Siler led the field trip to the

Grand Lake area. The library case featured calcite from Mary Watts’ Collection. The program was a video about geology and origins of the Arkansas River.



(History continued) 25 YEARS AGO JULY, 1994: Forty-three members and 3 guests counted off for door prizes. Dixie Lee Alf presented the AFMS trophy to Pat and Larry Gregory for first Place in the New Editor Division of the AFMS bulletin competition. Verne Groves received 2nd place award in the AFMS “How to do it” Program Competition in the show in Houston. Verne Groves gave an interesting program on rocks & Minerals of Arizona. July field trip was canceled due to not

finding a suitable place for the workshop. Leon Reeder wrote an article titled “Basic Lapidary - How to Cut a Cabochon - Part 7" 45 YEARS AGO JULY, 1974: There were 93 members and guests present. Don Swisher called one young visitor, Britt Fort, to draw numbers for the door prizes. Door prizes were donated by Meeks Rock Shop and Don Swisher donated an amethyst he had just finished faceting. Richard Jaeger, Program Director introduced Rogers Moore who presented a slide program on his trip to Europe. The field trip was to Chandler Park for the Annual TRMS Rock Swap

and Picnic.

The Conglomerate

News from the Chatpile

By Wayne Mouser, [email protected]

Bob and Nancy Hicks rode the zip line on the club field trip to Van Buren. At almost 89, Bob was the oldest by a month and two years, to ride the zip line.

Steve and Sharon Richards went to northwest Georgia in early May to go to the William Holland Lapidary School (now called William Holland Retreat, I think) for a week. Drove to Dickson, TN on a rainy Saturday and spent the first night. Traveled on into Young Harris, GA on Sunday, arriving around 4:00 pm. Checked-in, had dinner at 5:00 and

started classes at 6:00. Steve took Faceting II from 9am until 9pm each day and Sharon took Gem Identification 9am until 5pm with just breaks for lunch and dinner from Monday until Friday noon. It was like going to Adult Summer Camp with the dorm-type rooms and cafeteria style meals. Each sleeping room has private baths and beds that are adequate. Beautiful area and they really enjoyed the experience. From March until November instructors from around

the country volunteer their time to teach in a huge variety of classes each week. They teach everything from cabs to photography, from basket weaving to silversmithing. If you want any details, contact them! On the way home, they stopped in Franklin, NC and looked around at the multi-venue show that they had going on. Heading north to I-40 they drove the “Tail of the Dragon” on Highway 129 with its 314 turns in 11 miles (this was not by decision but just trying to find a shortcut to I-40). Beautiful, but harrowing drive – motorcyclists love this road!

Those who attended the Rock-Hound Luncheon June 25 was: Ben & Liz Thomas, Roberta Wagle, Steve & Donna & Nate Loffer, Mark Petersen, Chester & Elaine Lee, Jim & Ruth Williams, Martha Becker, Richard Jaeger, Roxanna Chamberlin and granddaughters Kaylane & Trinity, Leon Reeder, Wayne Mouser, Steve Robinson, Julia Cross.

Today, June 25, Chester & Elaine Lee celebrated their 59th anniversary.

June 10th, Julia Allande’s Mother passed away after a long illness. Condolences to Julia and her family.




July meeting program Presentation: Lecture Title: How Exotic Gems are Changing the Jewelry Industry Description Gems that were once only bought by collectors have become increasingly popular in jewelry stores and

designer boutiques. New finds have made these non-traditional gems more available, and retailers are using the stones to set themselves apart from their competition by creating unusual items to wear and give as gifts. This increasing interest in exotic gems prompted author Renée Newman to write five books on them – Exotic Gems: Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and Rare Gemstones.

Her presentation will help you evaluate the quality of unusual gem materials and show you how they can

be used to create distinctive jewelry. The session will include photo examples and information on:

● Unique jewelry designs with non-traditional gems ● Value factors that can be more important than color ● Care tips and appropriate setting styles for fragile gems ● Pricing, including the highest-priced non-traditional gems

● Geographic sources The main stones that will be discussed are apatite, fluorite, kyanite, rhodochrosite and tanzanite. However,

other colored stones will be illustrated and mentioned briefly.

Speaker Bio

Our speaker, Renée Newman, GG, learned to appreciate fine gemstones when she directed tours to Asia and South America in the early 1980's. Her passengers wanted details on how to evaluate the quality of the gems they were exposed to, so she signed up for the GIA Colored Stone Grading Course. She was so impressed with it that she decided to take the other courses required for gemologists.

After obtaining her gemological diploma, she was hired as a gemologist at a wholesale firm in downtown Los Angeles. Armed with trade experience and gemological credentials, Newman decided to create books that showed readers how to visually evaluate the quality of gems. Her first book, the Diamond Ring Buying Guide, was published in 1989. Since that time, she has written twelve more books on gems and jewelry. Information about the books and reviews of them are available on her website www.reneenewman.com/books.htm.

Newman’s books are used worldwide as buying guides, sales-training tools, gemology course texts and references for jewelers, dealers and appraisers. If you would like autographed copies of Renée’s books, bring cash or a check. Her books will be available for sale before and after the meeting for a discounted price of $15 each including sales tax.

Additional information about Renée and her books is available at www.reneenewman.com.

Field Trip News! The June field trip was a hit. We had a great turnout, about 20 including several of our Pebble Pups! We

drove north to Peru, KS and found lots of fossils. We found snails, horn coral, crinoid stems, brachiopods, and

others. After lunch in Sedan, KS we headed back out to scout a new location. We found a road side cave

with an underwater entrance, then headed back out to the highway where we found large pieces of horn

coral imbedded in Limestone. I think everyone had a great time, I know I did!

We will not be having a field trip in July due to everyone being busy getting ready for the show. In August,

I’m looking into a trip to the Ada area to look for Boley Agate.

As always, feel free to share sites with me that you would like to see on our trip list!

http://www.reneenewman.com/books.htm

http://www.reneenewman.com/



The club is looking for 2 members to act as delagates at the 2019 RMFMS Convention in Prescott,

AZ August 2-4, 2019. We need to have delegates to vote on our behalf.

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July Birthdays Bob Avakian Roger Bush Sim Chambers Wilma Clary Joyce Crain Russ Doden David Hatfield David Hogate Chuck Keller Ian Kirk

Tony Morris Jon Puls Carla Rader Penny Richardson Savannah Shaeffer Liz Thomas Melany Walker Kay Waterman Jim Williams Jim Wolfenbarger



July ANNIVERSARIES Julia and Paulino Allande Courtney and Shane Fowler Sherry and Roy Heim Jane and George Hill Dianne Kirk Donna and Steve Loffer

Jessi and Michael Moreno George Paizis Amy and Chris Puls Jackie and Scott Robb Jewel and Harley Todd Delores and Keith Wall

May New Members,Welcome! Christine Davis J.T. Davis Logan Davis Aidan Davis Jeanne Hart Renae Musick Rose Paluckis Del Oakes Alexandra Oakes Carla Shwadlenak

TRMS WORKSHOP—A GREAT RESOURCE FOR CLUB MEMBERS! TRMS members are welcome to use the club workshop during the scheduled sessions. You will be asked to sign a

waiver if you work at the shop. Young people must be accompanied by an adult. Material for cutting and polishing is available at the shop for $1 a slab. There is a charge for cutting a piece on the big saw. Please, contact the shop foreman or the charge person 24-hours in advance.

TRMS WORKSHOP HOURS First Saturday 1:00 to 5:00 PM

Third Saturday 1:00 to 5:00 PM Third Tuesday 5:30 to 9:00 PM

Fourth Thursday 5:30 to 9:00PM Contact Billy McBay, supervisor, 918-407-6066

The workshop is located next to Elsing Museum in the lower level of the Learning Resource Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University, 81st and Lewis, Tulsa.



Minutes of TRMS Board Meeting June 4, 2019

President Steve Ridgeway called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm at College Hill Presbyterian Church. Board members present: Donna Loffer, Jerry Nagel, Peter Grice, Holly Proctor, and Sharon Richards. Guest present: Wayne Mouser, member. Motion to approve the minutes of the May Board meeting as published in the June newsletter was made by Donna

Loffer, seconded by Sharon Richards. Motion passed. Motion to approve the Treasurer’s report as published in the June newsletter was made by Peter Grice, seconded by Holly Proctor. Motion passed. Wayne Mouser noted that he had an error in the Conglomerate article that he submitted for the June issue of the newsletter. In the paragraph about the Wichita show, he mistakenly typed “hamburger” eggs instead of “rattlesnake”

eggs. The Board members present admitted that they had not noticed the error. Reports: Past President Donna Loffer noted that since we now have a new Spinning Wheel that is much easier to transport to our events, she recommends that we see if there is another club who could use our older one. Long-time member Lilik Hakola’s husband made the older one and it has served the club well for many years. After some discussion the

Board decided to try to contact Lilik (who has moved to Tuscan, AZ) to let her know we would like to donate this unit to the Ponca City club which has recently began to hold shows again. 1st Vice-President Peter Grice noted that he has been asked to speak to a metal-detecting club at their meeting in July. He noted that he has programs scheduled for the remainder of the year. On July 8, he has author Renee Newman speaking. She will have some of her books available for purchase at the meeting.

2nd Vice-President Holly Proctor made a trip to Peru, KS to check the area for our June field trip. She reports that it was an easy trip with lots of shells and shark’s teeth. We will not have a field trip in July due to our show; she hopes the Arkansas River will be down so that we can do some searching along the banks in August.

Holly has done our newsletters for the past two months and will be able to do the July issue. The Board gratefully appointed Rebecca Ridgway to fill the vacancy of Editor beginning with the August issue. The vote was unanimous.

Old Business: President Steve Ridgway stated that he had several members visit with him at the recent Bead and Gem Show concerning the upcoming proposed By-laws changes. Since we could have several new members and/or guests at the meeting on June 10, he would like to invite anyone, who has concerns or questions concerning the changes, to come to the July Board meeting to discuss and postpone discussion and the vote during the June general meeting. The Board agreed.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 pm. Respectfully submitted by: Sharon Richards, acting secretary

Minutes of Membership Meeting March 11, 2019 President Steve Ridgway opened the meeting at 7 p.m.

There were no visitors this evening. Roberta Wagle made a motion to accept the secretary's report is printed, 2nd by Gail, motion approved. Wayne Mouser made a motion to accept the treasurer report as printed Roberta Wagle 2nd, motion approved. We had 5 rock pups present tonight; their topic for tonight was trace fossils, dinosaur fossils and Amber. They had yellow Jell-O with bits in it to imitate bugs in Amber. Donna and Steve Loffer provided each Pebble pup with a piece of horn coral. Holly Proctor will provide next month specimens for the pups.

We had 75 in attendance with six door prizes. Alphabet S - Z will provide snacks for the Social Hour. Eric Hampshire announced the last show committee meeting would be held the following Monday.



(Membership meeting minutes continued)

Holly Proctor announced the June field trip on the 22nd to Peru Kansas for fossils. Everybody will meet at 9 a.m. in Owasso at the QuikTrip on 76th Street North at 9 a.m. Harvey Shell made an announcement of the artifacts show at ORU to be held on August 25th.

Peter Grice announced that Renee Newman, author, will be next month's program tonight would be provided by Peter Grice re site prospecting. Liz Thomas made a motion to accept the bylaw change as printed in the past 2 newsletters, 2nd by Richard Jaeger, discussion was held of pros and cons. After a lengthy discussion Liz Thomas called for a vote, 2nd by George Hill, motion was approved. Sharon Richards made a motion to adjourn 2nd by Liz Thomas, motion approved.

Respectfully submitted, Roberta Wagle

ON THE ROAD AGAIN Please submit items to the editor

Audgust-16th Annual Prescott Gem and Mineral Show And the 2019 RMFMS Convention, Findlay

Toyota Center(Event Center), 3201 N. Main St, Prescott Valley, AZ 86323 (8/2/19)Friday 9am-5pm

(8/3/19)Saturday 9am-5pm (8/4/19)Sunday 9am-4pm



TRMS July 2019

The club regularly meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the College Hill

Presbyterian Church, 7th and Columbia near the TU tennis courts. A social hour precedes each

meeting, with coffee and snacks. Visitors are always welcome. Pebble Pups meet at 6:15

preceding the general membership meeting. For Workshop sessions contact foreman Billy McBay

at 918-407-6066 or the charge person 24 hours in advance.

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