MSA newsletter

President’s Message
Chris Whitney-Smith
Inside this issue:
President’s Message 1
Officers/committees 2
Arizona Mineral Collector 4
MSA Meeting Info 4
Mineral of the Month 5
October Program 7
Getting to know ...Bob 8
Getting to know … Joanne 12
Membership Info 12
Website Mineral 13
Terra Mineralia 15
Schloss Freudenstein Cast. 16
In the Field 17
October Field Trip #1 19
October Field Trip #2 20
Coalition Field Trip 20
Raffle Items 21
Silent Auction Items 22
September Meeting pics 23
Upcoming Shows/Events 30
Quartzite Show Info 30
Getting to know ...Mardy 31
Earth Science Day 33
ASU-Earth Space Exp. Day 35
The Rockhound Record
MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ARIZONA
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Volume 73, No. 9 October 2014 Alice LaBonte, Editor
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Please help us Explore new
field trip adventures …
Share your ideas & sugges-tions
to improve our club
and Collaborate with each
other at meetings & shows.
September program presented by Doug Duffy on
the “Lapidary Arts” was a packed house. Doug
gave a fun and step-by-step educational tour of
how to create cabs, slabs, spheres and more. He
delighted us further by filling two tables with his
beautiful rough and finished lapidary material. In
Doug’s heyday, he shared that he could craft a cab
from rough to jewelry setting ready in 2.5 minutes!
Well done and Thank you Doug!
Every October, MSA will strive to offer a program
related to and in honor of our founder Arthur L.
Flagg who founded Mineralogical Society of
Arizona in 1935. Arthur was president for the first
15 years and newsletter editor for the first 17
years. His fire and enthusiasm for our hobby made
MSA the great organization that it is today. Please
check out MSA website to read current and the
first 20 years of the Rockhound Record. Arthur’s
biography and several photos of MSA’s Mineral
Collection are also available on our website.
For our October pro-gram,
the great Bob
Jones will present a
tailored version of the
program he debuted at
Open House for Best of
Best Mineral Collec-tions
in Arizona at Uni-versity
of Arizona Min-eral
Museum in Febru-ary
2014. Bob’s pro-gram
talks about the
origins of minerals in
the Southwest and how A. L. Flagg and MSA
played early roles in Arizona Mineral History.
After Bob’s program, stick around for Silent
Auctions, Mineral Raffles for Adult, Junior &
Visitors, Buy/Sell/Trade Event, Fellowship &
Refreshments. Please bring any minerals, lapi-dary,
rocks or jewelry you would like to sell or
trade to next meeting. Based on success of the
previous meeting, the varieties of minerals to Buy,
Sell or Trade has improved significantly.
Arizona State Fair “Dreams Delivered”;
October 10th-November 2nd 2014 located at
Arizona State Fairgrounds; 1826 W. McDowell
Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85007.
Betty Deming has presented a mineral exhibit at
Arizona State Fair on behalf of MSA for years
and we need to turn out and support our hobby
for it to remain relevant & exciting to new gen-erations.
I encourage everyone to visit these fun
exhibits. As a teenage Rockhound growing up
in rural Eastern Arizona, it was a thrill exhibit-ing
my mineral collection at Greenlee County
and Arizona State Fairs and I hope you will too.
Delivery of exhibits is on October 6th. Thank
you Betty for all you continue to do for our
hobby at AZ State Fair! For detailed infor-mation,
please visit https://azstatefair.com/.

The Rockhound Record Volume 73, No. 9
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2014 Officers and Committees
President: Chris Whitney-Smith
ask.chrisws@yahoo.com (602) 405-1502
Vice President: Mike Williams
M-Williams1@cox.net (480) 650-1090
Secretary: Dawn Boushelle
ldyscaper@cox.net (602) 403-3031
Treasurer: Lynne Dyer
unodyers@hotmail.com (480) 396-2393
Newsletter Editor: Alice (Margie) LaBonte
alice.labonte.al@gmail.com (602) 620-1371
Mineral Curator: Chris Whitney-Smith
ask.chrisws@yahoo.com (602) 405-1502
Print Newsletter Distribution: David Lay
davidlay777@gmail.com
Hospitality/Door Prizes: Bob Holm
(623) 247-1325
Club Field Trip Coordinator:
Joey Philpott Jr. joseph_13_13@yahoo.com
(602) 828-9298
Field Trip Leaders:
Julie Massey jules4140@yahoo.com
(602) 882-0411
Dawn & Don Boushelle ldyscaper@cox.net
(602) 403-3031
Coalition Field Trips: Betty Deming
azrockhound02@yahoo.com (602) 242-1553
Membership: Dawn Boushelle
ldyscaper@cox.net (602) 403-3031
Refreshments: Maria Nichols
(480) 636-1251
Statutory Agent: Terry Dyer
unodyers@hotmail.com (480) 396-2393
Webmaster: Patti Polk
rockhound_86326@yahoo.com
Board of Governors:
Julie Massey (2014) - Charles Krog (2014)
Terry Dyer (2015) - Don Boushelle (2015)
Bob Holm (2016) - David Lay (2016)
Dr. Ray Grant (Past President)
President’s Message - continued
2nd Annual Earth Science Day Gem &
Mineral Show at Mesa Community Col-lege:
Saturday, October 18th (10AM-
4PM): MSA is invited to participate and
MSA members are needed to help with the
club booth. Stop by and help us and if you
have material with labels we can use on the
spinning wheel, please bring it to the meet-ing.
Earth Science Day will be a fun and
educational day (see the activities in this
newsletter). We will set up the spinning
wheel and will need some volunteers to
help man it for the day. This is a good
way for us to connect with the public and
find new members. Earth Science Day
event replaces the Family Day event,
which was held at the Arizona Mining and
Mineral Museum every October. Please
contact Chris Whitney-Smith to volun-teer.
SAVE THE DATE: December meeting is
our Holiday Jamboree, Thursday, Decem-ber
11th at 7:00PM in Father Owen Room
at Franciscan Renewal Center. We will
have election of 2015 officers, a great
meal, fellowship, and fun prizes so you
don’t want to miss it! Also, MSA Junior
Thumbnail Competition, so juniors, get to
work for opportunity to win some great
prizes and awards! Arthur Flagg & MSA
originated Thumbnail collecting as a
hobby for the children of MSA and it is
only fitting MSA Juniors are continuing
the proud TN competition legacy.
43th Annual Flagg Gem and Mineral
Show; January 9th-11th 2015 “Arizona
Gold” at Mesa Community College—NE
corner of US 60 & Dobson Road, Mesa,
AZ. FMF will also have a Junior Thumb-nail
Competition with Flagg Show Bucks
redeemable for minerals at FMF booth for
juniors who exhibit, so juniors keep
collecting. Remember it’s Free!
 Free parking
 Free admission
 Free stuff for the kids
Hope to see you there!
61st Annual Tucson Gem & Mineral
Show; February 12th-15th 2015
”Minerals of Western Europe”
is opportunity for juniors to exhibit at
the biggest Gem & Mineral Show on
Earth! Juniors should have received
good evaluations and feedback from
MSA & Flagg Show TN competitions
and be ready to compete at TGMS.
MSA junior members have scored first
place at TGMS show last two years in
their respective categories. Chloe Main
won 1st place for her miniatures and
Harris Kominiski won Best of Show
2014 for his TN collection.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS for
November 13th meeting!
Dick Zimmerman will present a great
program on Septarian Nodules and
Geodes.
Visiting Mineralogists & Rockhounds,
please get in touch with us!
EDITOR’S CORNER
Got an editorial idea or want to see an article about your favorite mineral?
Then let us know. We are always open to new content ideas from our members. Just
remember, we usually run a tight deadline, so the sooner we hear from you , the better.
Once again, thank you for your support. ~ Alice (Margie) LaBonte

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President’s Message - continued
A.L. FLAGG
THUMBNAIL MINERAL COMPETITION
FOR JUNIOR MEMBERS
ATTENTION JUNIOR Members,
A.L. Flagg Thumbnail (TN) Mineral Competi-tion
will be at our December meeting. See the
rules below. Great prizes for every Junior
member who enters, so start looking for those
TN’s!
Rules
 Each junior member can enter 10
thumbnail specimens.
 They must be in thumbnail perky boxes.
 They must be labeled as to what they are
and where they are from.
 Juniors can collect specimens, trade for
them, buy them, use specimens handed
out at the meetings.
 They will be judged on presentation
(label completeness and neatness) and
what the specimens are.
 The competition will be held at the
December 11, 2014 meeting of
MSA and prizes will be awarded.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
September 2014 Meeting!!!
Heidi Bitter of Tempe
Andrew McDonald of Scottsdale
Steve Pegler of Scottsdale
Nathan Scholten (father) of Scottsdale
Harrison Scholten (son) of Scottsdale
Angelica (Angie) Trevino of Chandler
QUALITY MINERAL DONATIONS
WITH LABELS NEEDED
See Mike Williams or Chris Whitney-Smith.
Mineralogical Society of Arizona is a non-profit
organization and will gratefully
acknowledge your significant In-Kind Dona-tion
with a TAX Deduction Letter. All indi-viduals
making In-Kind donations to our non-profit
organization may claim a tax deduction
based on the fair resale value of the items
donated. It is the contributor’s responsibility
to determine this value.
Your contribution to Mineralogical Society
of Arizona is fully deductible for tax purposes
to the extent allowed by the current tax laws.
If you have any further questions, please con-sult
your tax advisor.
Thank you again for supporting Mineralogi-cal
Society of Arizona!
NAME BADGES READY FOR PICKUP:
THANK YOU
September Meeting Donors:
Dana Slaughter
Phil Richardson
Dr. Carleton Moore
Joey Philpott Jr.

Arizona Mineral Collector – Number 171
By Dr. Raymond Grant
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Two years ago I wrote about corundum in
this column. Here is a little update on the
two corundum localities in Mohave County.
One is the Ruby No. 1 claim near Kingman,
where there are corundum crystals in mica
schist. The color of the crystals is darker
gray, no rubies there. Since I wrote the col-umn,
Frank Burns has polished a few of
these crystals for me. They all show some
chatoyancy and one shows a weak star. I
have not been able to get a good photograph
but I included a couple of photographs to
give you the idea.
The other locality is the “blue, red, and
white material in a pegmatite dike with an-dalusite”
from the Grand Wash cliffs, Red
Lake district, Mohave County. F.W. Gal-braith,
1947, first listed it in the second edi-tion
of Minerals of Arizona. I found some
more information about its location at the
MRDS site of the United States Geological
Survey (mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/). The loca-tion
is given as 113.76413W and
36.34694N or section 34 north, range 14
west, section 14 in the Grand Gulch Bench
quadrangle topographic map. This is on the
Arizona strip about 35 miles or so south of
Interstate 15 not far from the Nevada bor-der.
This area is really remote and I have an
idea that I might never get there, even
though I would love to collect some red,
white, and blue corundum.
Another place to look if you are in that
same area is the Hummingbird claims that
are on the north side of Virgin Peak and
almost on the Nevada state line about 12
miles south of I 15. These may be same as
the Bachman Mica claims (T38N, R16W,
sec. 31) that are in a file at the Arizona Ge-ological
Survey. There are beryl crystals
reported up to 15 inches and this is the only
chrysoberyl occurrence in Arizona. Yellow
to greenish-yellow tabular striated crystals
of chrysoberyl have been found there.
If you know of any other localities where
corundum may be found, let me know.
Corundum crystals from Ruby No. 1 claim, Mohave County, polished by Frank Burns.
Photos courtesy of Dr. Ray Grant
MSA Meeting Location, Dates, and Times
REMAINING 2014 MEETING DATES
& TIMES:
 October 9: Father Owen room -7:30
pm.
 November 13: Padre Serra room -
7:30 p.m.
 December 11: Father Owen room -
7:00 p.m.
Franciscan Renewal Center:
5802 E. Lincoln Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
Arrive 7:00 PM – Meeting at 7:30 PM
“Padre Serra” Room in Piper Hall
“Father Owen” Room in Halle Building

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Mineral of the Month – Mimetite
By Dr. Ray Grant
Mineral of the Month for October is Mimetite.
It is lead arsenate chloride. It is in the apatite
group of minerals and very similar to Pyro-morphite
and Vanadinite. These three lead
minerals are all hexagonal and occur as pris-matic
to acicular crystals or botryoidal masses.
That makes it difficult at times to identify
which mineral you have. Color is the tool that
most of us can use. Mimetite is usually yellow
or yellow-orange, Vanadinite is usually red
and Pyromorphite is green or brown. This
means of identification will work most of the
time; just remember there are exceptions.
There are many Mimetite localities in Arizo-na.
Almost every Wulfenite occurrence in
the state also has Mimetite present. The best
Mimetite is from the Rowley mine. Other
localities with good specimens of Mimetite
include the 79 mine and the Mammoth
St. Anthony mine. When I first went to the
Rawhide mine in Mohave County there was
Mimetite everywhere and you could collect
flats, the last time I was there, I could hardly
find any Mimetite.
Mimetite, 4.3 cm, Tsumeb mine,
Tsumeb, Namibia, Africa. Scott Rudolph
collection; Jeff Scovil photo.
Members are invited to bring one sample from their
collection of the mineral of the month and give a
brief story about where they collected it or some-thing
about the specimen.
Mimetite, 8.9 cm, Congreso-Leon mine, San Pedro Coralitos, Chihuahua
Mexico. The Arkenstone collection; Jeff Scovil photo.
Mimetite, 3.3 cm, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Oshikotot Reg.,
Namibia, Africa. Jim Gibbs collection; Jeff Scovil photo.
Mimetite, 4.5cm, Pingtouling, Liannan
Guangdong, China. FMI collection;
Jeff Scovil photo.
***Unknown minerals
for identification can
still be brought to
the meetings.***

Mineral of the Month – Mimetite - continued
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Mimetite & Wulfenite, 9 cm, Ojuela mine,
Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.
Chris Whitney-Smith collection & photo.
Mimetite & Wulfenite, 5.2 cm, Red Cloud mine,
La Paz County, Arizona. Chris Whitney-Smith
collection & photo.
Mimetite, Arizona-Indiana mine, Marana, Pima
County, Arizona. Les & Paula Presmyk collec-tion;
Chris Whitney-Smith photo.
Mimetite & Wulfenite, 3.4 cm, Rowley mine,
Maricopa County, Arizona. Chris Whitney-Smith
collection & photo.
Mimetite,
Rawhide mine, Mohave County,
Arizona. Dr. Ray Grant collection
and photo.

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October Program – “Origins of Mineral in the Southwest”
Presented by Robert “Bob” Jones
For our October program, the great Bob
Jones will present a tailored program for
MSA that he debuted at Open House for
Best of Best Mineral Collections in
Arizona at University of Arizona Mineral
Museum in February 2014.
Bob’s program talks about the origins of
minerals in the Southwest and how
A. L. Flagg and MSA played early roles in
Arizona Mineral History.
In the 1950s and 1960s MSA’s Phoenix
Gem & Mineral Show at the Arizona
State Fairgrounds was the biggest show
in Arizona. A dealer at our show told the
Tucson club about the show so they
decided to enlarge theirs which started in
1955.
In 1961 TGMS invited Paul Desautels to
bring a Smithsonian exhibit and that trig-gered
their growth and in 1972 they in-vited
Dr. Peter Embrey to come from Eng-land,
all expenses paid. In 1958, MSA’s
Phoenix Gem & Mineral Show featured the
“Crown of the Andes” which brought in
about 50,000 visitors, a number still not
exceeded by the TGMS Main Show.
Bob is an MSA Milestone Life Member,
MSA President 1964, oldest living found-ing
member of MSA familial organiza-tion
Flagg Mineral Foundation. He is a
renowned collector, lecturer, author, Senior
Consulting Editor of "Rock and Gem,"
1992 inductee into National Rockhound and
Lapidary Hall of Fame, recipient of 1998
Carnegie Mineralogical Award, honoree of
mineral species name Bobjonesite.
Bob Jones with A. L. Flagg on
Planetarium Dome UA Best of the
Best Open House February 2014. Photos courtesy of Chris Whitney-Smith
The Crown
of the Andes
453 Emeralds
1500+ Carats
77 Ounces
13.5” High
6.25” Diameter
Photos courtesy
of Bob Jones
Bob Jones showing beautiful Azurite &
Malachite from copper mining town,
Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona.

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Getting to know MSA Milestone Life Member - Bob Jones
by Alice LaBonte
MSA past president and current Milestone
Life Member Bob Jones was born and raised
in Connecticut. When he was about 9 years
old he took a school field trip Yale Peabody
Museum located in New Haven, Connecticut.
While visiting the museum he saw his first
fluorescent mineral display. He was so
intrigued with the minerals that his love for
mineralogy was born.
As a young adult, Bob worked a variety of
jobs – auto mechanic, mailman, steel rigger,
fireman and snowplow driver. During 1944 –
1946, Bob served in the Air Force with the
509th Composite (Atomic Bomb) Group.
Once he received his degree in education, he
moved to Arizona and began to teach in
elementary education.
In 1959, Bob moved to Arizona after he grad-uated
with a MS in Science from New Haven
Teacher’s College (now known as Southern
Connecticut State University). He taught 2nd,
4th and 8th grade. As an 8th grade teacher,
Bob taught Geology, Earth Science, Biology,
Health, Chemistry and was study hall supervi-sor.
In 1968 Bob became a member of the MSA.
He’s also a member of:
 The San Diego Gem and Mineral Society
(Life Member)
 New Haven Mineral Society (Life mem-ber)
 Quartzite Gem and Mineral Club
 Tucson Gem and Mineral Society
(TGMS) - (Life Member)
Bob also served as board member for a vari-ety
of organizations:
 Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
Foundation (Life Member)
 Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Arts
(retired)
 Mineralogical Record magazine
(retired)
 Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
(retired)
 Kartchner Caverns State Park (retired)
 TGMS Show Committee (40 years)
In the 1950’s and 1960’s MSA held the
Phoenix Gem & Mineral Show at the
Arizona State Fairgrounds. At the time it was
the largest show in Arizona. In 1958, MSA’s
Phoenix Gem & Mineral Show featured the
“Crown of the Andes” – an authentic royal
crown. Bob was integral in getting this
exhibit to Arizona, which ended up attracting
a record breaking 50,000 visitors. This num-ber
of show visitors has never been met or
broken, not even by the TGMS’s world
renowned show!
Bob has been awarded numerous honors
such as:
 Carnegie Mineralogical Award (1998)
 American Federation Scholarship Foun-dation
(2000)
 Phi Delta Kappa – Outstanding Educa-tor
(1985)
 Finalist – Silver Telly Award (1994)
 Teacher of the Year (1978)
Bob also is currently involved with:
 International Ambassador of Good
Will
 American Federation of Mineral
Societies
 Golden Bear – California Federation
Mineralogical Societies
Writing is also something Bob is heavily
involved with. He has written scripts
and/or videos for:
 Smithsonian sponsored: “Gemstones
of America”
 “Russian Gem Treasures” (also
hosted)
 “Collecting Earth’s Natural Treas-ures”
(also hosted)
 Helped produce: “Treasures of Tuc-son”
 “What’s hot in Tucson” (Co-host)
His published written work is extensive
and impressive:
 1960 – 1972 Rocks and Minerals
magazine (writer)
 1972 Rock and Gem magazine
(writer) – 1993 – present (consulting
editor)

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Getting to know MSA Milestone Life Member - Bob Jones - continued
 Fluorescent Minerals of Connecti-cut
(book - Master’s Thesis)
 Nature’s Hidden Rainbows –
(Franklin/Sterling Hill) 1964
 Fifty Year History of the Tucson
Gem and Mineral Show
 The Frugal Mineral Collector (two
volumes)
 Over 1800 articles in Rocks and
Minerals, Rock and Gem, and Lap-idary
Journal, Monde et Mineraux
and Rock and Gem (Chinese edi-tion)
 Articles in Mineralogical Record –
Mark Chance Bandy Collection
 Friends of Mineralogy Report on
Educational Exhibits (The Grand
Reef Mine, The Mitch Gunnell Crys-tal
Collection, Ray Mine (written
with Wendell Wilson) and Mexican
Red Grossulars (written with Virg Leuth)
 Researched and wrote on the collection
of Philip Rashleigh, Cornwall
Bob’s professional and volunteer commit-ments
have allowed him to travel all around
the world. He visited various European coun-tries
during the several trips he took there
either with his colleagues (R. Bideaux and
Marty Zinn) or with family:
 Russia twice to collaborate with the
University of Moscow on the video
“Russian Gem Treasures”
 South Africa with R. Bideaux
 Columbian Emerald mines (with Jose
Vesga and Don Bachner)
 Australia – Chrysoprase mine
 Western Australia (with his wife Carol)
 China – Guest of Government, speaker at
Bobjonesite, North Mesa #5 mine, Utah
Photo courtesy of Bob Jones
the First International Gem, Miner-al,
Fossil Symposium (2004) – guest
visit to The Mineral Exhibition
(World of Minerals) – Geology
Museum – Beijing (2010)
Some of Bob’s favorite collecting sites
are:
 Connecticut for pegmatite's
 Apache mine
 Rowley mine
Although Bob never became a formal
mineral dealer, he did however enjoy
collecting. He first started collecting
fluorescent minerals and then started
collecting copper and lead species. He
has since sold off most of his collection
and gave his remaining world-wide col-lection
to his son Evan.
Bob does belong to a unique group of
people who have had a mineral named
after them. “Bobjonesite” was discov-ered
on the North Mesa #5 mine in
Utah. It was discovered in some petri-fied
wood.
Currently Bob keeps very busy as he still
writes some monthly columns for Rock
and Gem magazine and acts as Senior
Consulting Editor. He has recently writ-ten
some book chapters, collaborated on
various books and contributed to various
state publications. He also stays involved
with his other interests – his love of old
cars and his family.

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All photos by Alice LaBonte

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Bob Jones book
collection. Photos
by Alice LaBonte

The Rockhound Record Volume 73 No. 9
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Getting to know MSA Milestone Life Member - Joanne Hesterman
by Alice LaBonte
MSA Milestone Life Member and member
of The Maricopa Lapidary Society Joanne
Hesterman has always loved rocks. Growing
up in Oregon didn’t prevent Joanne from rock
hunting. She regularly collected agates from
the beach – even as young as 3 years old.
When she grew up, she became a science
teacher where she taught in both Oregon and
Arizona.
When Joanne moved to Arizona, she taught at
Central High School, North High School and
Estrella Mountain Community College. She
instructed in a variety of sciences such as
Biology, Earth Science, and Geology.
When the now defunct Arizona Mining and
Mineral Museum (AMMM) was open,
Joanne taught wire wrapping classes, worked
at the gift shop and even volunteered as an
outreach instructor. She traveled around
the state of Arizona, teaching students
about rocks and minerals. She was heavily
involved with AMMM for over fourteen
years – until the museum was forced to
close.
Joanne has had several rock and mineral
collections displayed at the Arizona State
Fair. Why she even won “Top in Educa-tion”
for one of her collections. One of her
state fair collections was called “The
Quartz Family Tree”, which she created
every inch of her display.
Joanne has had the privilege of visiting
various mines and collecting sites through-out
Arizona, especially many people’s
favorite – Rowley Mine. She loves to
collect all types of rocks and minerals,
agates, fossils and lapidary specimens.
Joanne never misses an opportunity to
visit rock and gem shows when she trav-els.
Why, when she travels back to Ore-gon
this October, you can be sure she’ll
be making a stop at the 34th Annual
Portland Regional Gem and Mineral
Show.
When not traveling, Joanne is a regular
volunteer at the Arizona Science Center.
What does she do at the Arizona Science
Center? She has a rock and mineral table
to teach kids about the properties of
rocks and minerals. She’s been volun-teering
there for a few years (since
AMMM closed) and will continue to
share her love of rocks and minerals
with her students.
Joanne Hesterman at MSA
November 14, 2013 meeting;
The closed Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum.
Photo by http://cronkitenewsonline.com/2014/01/lawmaker-seeks-
to-reopen-arizona-mining-and-mineral-museum/
Membership Dues and Information
If you have not already mailed your dues
to the treasurer, please bring it to the next
meeting. You may also mail it to Lynne
Dyer at the following address:
Lynne Dyer,
Treasurer
P.O. BOX 30031
Mesa, AZ 85275-0031
DUES/RATES:
Families & Couples - $20.00
Single Adults - $12.00
Junior (Under 18), Honorary and MSA
Milestone Life members are Free.
MSA Legacy Life members are Free
after the initial payment.
*ID Name Badges Are Available*
For information about purchasing a Life
Membership based on your age, please
visit our website:
www.MineralogicalSocietyArizona.org
and click on “MSA Club” tab.

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Mineralogical Society of Arizona Website Home Page Mineral Photo
by Chris Whitney-Smith
The Mimetite pictured on Mineralogical Society of
Arizona’s website home page is a classic example
of Gem Mimetite from the famed "Gem Pocket" at
Tsumeb. Found in just one small pocket in 1971, these
rare Mimetite are highly sought after and are considered
the finest examples of the species in the world.
Mineral Photographer: Jeff Scovil
Jeff is a world famous mineral photographer, author,
and lecturer. He is Associate photographer for both
Rocks & Minerals and The Mineralogical Record and
recipient of the 2007 Carnegie Mineralogical Award.
Jeff is an MSA Milestone Life Member and MSA
President 1985 and 1991. Jeff’s contribution of this
gem Mimetite photo for MSA’s website was the inspi-ration
for webmaster Patti Polk’s overall website color
and design.
This Mimetite is part of Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher’s
collection currently located in Switzerland. The vast
majority of Dr. Pohl’s collection is on exhibit at Terra
Mineralia on the campus of Technische Universität
Bergakademie Freiberg, Saxony (translated from Ger-man
as Freiberg University of Mining and Technology).
This is a small German University of approximately
6000 students. Freiberg University was established in
1765 by Prince Franz Xaver, regent of Saxony, based
on plans by Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppel and Frie-drich
Anton von Heynitz, and is the oldest university
of mining and metallurgy in the world. The chemical
elements Indium (1863) and Germanium (1886) were
discovered by scientists of Freiberg University.
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology is a
Technical university with 6 faculties (Mathematics and
Informatics / Chemistry, Biology and Physics / Geosci-ence,
Geoengineering and Mining / Mechanical Engi-neering
/ Material Sciences / Business Administration
and Economics. All classes (Bachelor, Master, PhD)
are without tuition fees; students pay only a registration
fee of about 70 € per semester.
Mineral Collector: Dr. Erika Pohl-Stöher
Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher is a Saxon-born Swiss Lady who
collected minerals for more than sixty years. Dr. Pohl
is a biologist and cosmetics heiress and one of the
world's best known contemporary mineral collectors
and in all probability, is the world's most famous female
collector.
Dr. Pohl made a permanent loan in 2004 of her collec-tion
of 80,000 world class specimens to Freiberg Uni-versity
of Mining and Technology. Dr. Pohl’s collec-tion
is regarded as one of the most valuable and signify
Mimetite, 1971 Gem Pocket, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, Africa.
Dr. Erika Pohl-Stöher collection; Jeff Scovil photo.
Dr Erika Pohl-Stroher signs the deed of charity 2004.
Photo courtesy of Terra Mineralia.
cant private collections in the world. Her collection is open to the pub-lic
at Terra Mineralia in the historic Schloss Freudenstein Castle in
Freiberg, Saxony. As a mark of respect to Dr. Pohl, she was awarded
the honorary title of a Senator of the Freiberg University of Mining and
Technology. The addition of Dr. Pohl’s collection to Freiberg Univer-sity,
clinched Freiberg as the world's largest mineral collection totaling
over 340,000 specimens.
Thank you Jeff Scovil and Anna Dzietzki, Head of Terra Mineralia
Mineral Collection in Freiberg, Saxony for taking me on this fantas-tic
journey and helping MSA discover the rich pedigree of our incredi-ble
website Mimetite!

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Mineralogical Society of Arizona Website Home Page Mineral
Photo - continued
Photo of Campus of the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Photo Credit: Robert Porter c/o Wikipedia
Map for Freiberg University TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Source: Google Map for Freiberg University TU Bergakademie
Freiberg, Germany. Malachite, D.R. Congo, Africa.
Photo courtesy of Terra Mineralia.

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Terra Mineralia, Freiberg, Saxony - By Durant Imboden
In the early 2000’s, Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher--
an 88-year-old cosmetics heiress who lived
in Switzerland--was looking for a way to
keep her vast collection of minerals intact for
future generations to enjoy. Harvard Univer-sity
wanted to buy the more than 3,500 min-erals,
gemstones, and meteorites that she had
assembled over six decades, and Dr. Pohl
was on the verge of accepting the offer.
Luckily for the town of Freiberg in Dr. Pohl's
native Saxony, George Unland--Saxony's
finance minister, and a former rector of the
Technische Universität Bergakademie
Freiberg--came up with an alternative pro-posal:
Dr. Pohl would make a permanent
loan of her collection to the TU-Bergakademie,
which would ensure that the
minerals were "reasonably accommodated."
After a search, a new home was found for
the collection in Schloss Freudenstein, a
crumbling castle on the edge of Freiberg's
city center. The Schloss was renovated,
with the mineral exhibition being given
three floors and a new entrance in the cas-tle
courtyard. Terra Mineralia opened in
2004 as one the largest and most modern
museums of its kind in the world.
What you'll see:
Terra Mineralia is a collection of more
than 3,500 objects that range from geodes
to gems to meteorites. The exhibition is
designed as a "mineralogical journey
around the world," with visitors moving
from continent to continent as they explore
the collection.
The museum also has exhibits on the
cultural role of gems, minerals in every-day
life, and the science behind the color
and appearance of minerals and gem-stones.
When to visit:
Terra Mineralia is open daily (except for
a handful of holidays). Hours are 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m. The museum recommends al-lowing
two to three hours for your visit,
although you can enjoy the high points in
an hour or less.
Guided tours are available.
For detailed visitor information, see the
museum's bilingual Web site at
www.terra-mineralia.de.
The museum castle courtyard.
All photos source:
www.terra-mineralia.de.
Display cases in Terra Mineralia, with Freundenstein Castle's columns and vaulted
ceiling as a backdrop.

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Schloss Freudenstein Castle, Freiberg, Saxony
By Durant Imboden
Source: http://europeforvisitors.com/germany/saxony/schloss-freudenstein.htm
Schloss Freudenstein Castle, or Freudenstein
Castle, has been around in one form or another
since 1168, when a Otto the Rich built a fortress
to protect Freiberg's silver mines.
The current Renaissance palace was completed
in the late 1500s as a McMansion upgrade to
the earlier castle, which had been the residence
of a duke and the birthplace of two prince-electors
of Saxony. Over time, Freudenstein
Castle became a kind of hotel for visiting digni-taries
and a venue for aristocrats' weddings,
christenings, and hunting parties.
In 1711, Tsar Peter I of Russia stayed at
the Schloss twice while learning about
mining in Freiberg, but from the late
18th Century until a 20th Century resto-ration,
the castle was used for such pur-poses
as an orphanage, a prison, a mili-tary
depot, an army hospital, a granary,
and a coffee-roasting facility.
Today, Schloss Freudenstein houses the
Freiberg Mining Archives and the
world-class Terra Mineralia museum.
You'll also find a Schlossrestaurant
with an outdoor café in the castle court-yard.
For more information about Freuden-stein
Castle, visit Schloss-
Freudenstein.net. In the meantime, here
are several photos to whet your appe-tite:
A footbridge leads across the moat and into Schloss Freudenstein. Schloss Freudenstein Castle is at the northwestern corner of
Schloss Freudenstein Castle restaurant's outdoor tables.
Freiberg's town center.
Photo credit: http://europeforvisitors.com/germany/saxony/schloss-freudenstein.htm

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In the Field
By Joey Philpott Jr., Field Trip Coordinator
Hello MSA members, this is your field trip
coordinator. I wanted to let you all know
that there are big field trip plans ahead for
balance of 2014. First off, is the calendar I
made of all the scheduled MSA trips so that
it will be easier for you to plan your trips.
Some months will have multiple trips sched-uled.
Other months will only have one,
mainly during holidays and show months.
We will also have a few overnight weekend
super trips planned. These will be trips that
are far from Phoenix. These trips will have
multiple localities to explore and more time
to spend at each location. There will also be
trips with an emphasis on our junior mem-bers,
to help them learn and build their col-lection
and collecting skills in an environ-ment
surrounded by knowledgeable mem-bers.
Trips this year will range from easy to
difficult, to cater to the capabilities of all the
members.
The Field Trip Leaders (Julie Massey, Dawn
& Don Boushelle) and I want to address
some of the opportunities we have to im-prove
from past field trips to make future
trips safer and more fun for everyone.
 If you are going to be late to the
meeting point, please call the Field
Trip Leader. We will let you know
who is leading the trip in the news-letter
with their contact info.
 When leaving the meeting place take
note of the lead/tail vehicle and the
vehicles directly in front and behind
you. Let’s look out for one another
and make sure we all get their safely.
 We are going to try and have a set
“Break/Show & Tell” time on our
trips. This will help us get a feel for
how everyone is doing and will assist
newer Rockhounds in identifying the
minerals in the area.
 There will be a Sign-In and Sign-Out
sheet on the lead vehicle. Everyone
will Sign-In at the meeting location
and Sign-Out when they leave to
help Field Trip Leader ensure every-one
gets home safely.
 Please be safe and refrain from
rolling/throwing rocks near other
members. Keep an eye out above and
below you.
TRIP REPORT - San Carlos Peridot,
Saturday, September 13, 2014
We had 11 adults and 2 juniors attend this
trip. The weather was perfect and the
Peridot was everywhere … what more
could you ask for? Members found Peri-dot,
Epidote and some minerals yet to be
identified. We all met up at Basha’s and
were lead on a short drive to the Peridot
claim by claim owner Steven Joey. Eve-ryone
enjoyed the scenery and was eager
to swing the first rock hammer. After
Steven gave a brief group meeting dis-cussing
the collecting rules, we were off.
The first major find was by one of the
juniors who discovered a large Peridot.
Some of the members used the smash
everything that looks promising method
(myself included), while others used the
patient sit and sift method. There were a
few more great finds throughout the day.
I saw a few nicely sized Peridot and some
great matrix pieces. As members com-pleted
their collecting, they stopped by
and chatted with Steven about his jewelry
and the life of a miner. Everyone left
with their bags full and smiles on their
faces.
Peridot from MSA Field Trip
Peridot Mesa 9-13-2014;
photo by Joey Philpott Jr.
Peridot Mesa (Olivine Outcrop),
9-13-2014; photo by Karen Nychay.
MSA Field Trip Members at Peridot Mesa
MSA Field Trip Members at Peridot Mesa
9-13-2014; photo by Joey Philpott Jr.

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In the Field - continued
Tom LaBonte at Peridot Mesa 9-13-2014;
photo by Karen Nychay.
MSA Field Trip Peridot Mesa 9-13-2014;
photo by Joey Philpott Jr.
MSA Field Trip Karen & Joe Nychay at Peridot Mesa
9-13-2014; photo by Joey Philpott Jr.
MSA Field Trip Members at Peridot Mesa,

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October MSA Field Trip #1
Saturday, October 11th, 2014
Queen Mine Tour, Bisbee, Arizona.
(For members of MSA, FMF & ESM.)
FIELD TRIP LEADER: Joey Philpott Jr.
PHONE #: (602) 828-9298
RSVP Required due to 25% Deposit.
***MSA will advance 25% Deposit to
secure scheduled tour.
***MSA Members to reimburse Field Trip
Leader Joey Philpott for 25% Deposit be-fore
taking tour.***
TOUR RATES: (taxes are included).
Prices subject to change.
$13 Ages 13+
$5.50 Ages 4-12
Free Ages 3 & Under
MEETING DATE:
Saturday, October 11, 2014
MEETING TIME: 11:00AM
***Arrive No Later than 11:30 AM to get
outfitted for mine train ride.***
***Tour Starts at 12-Noon***
DIRECTIONS to MEETING PLACE:
(3.5 hours from Phoenix)
Bisbee Visitor Center
478 Dart Road
Bisbee, AZ 85603
Directions from Tucson - approximately
90 miles
Interstate 10 East to Exit 303, Highway 80
- Benson, Tombstone, Bisbee
Highway 80 east approximately 49 miles
to Bisbee
After the tunnel, take the 2nd exit - Histor-ic
Old Bisbee exit. Exit right.
The Queen Mine Tour driveway entrance
is 50 feet straight ahead. Parking is availa-ble
at the tour.
Show up in Bisbee early to check out a
cradle of Arizona mining history and then
head over to Queen Mine Tours around
(11:00AM & No Later than 11:30AM) to
check-in and get outfitted in hard hat,
miner’s headlamp and a yellow slicker and
descend into the Queen Mine at High
Noon to head underground and back in
time. Tour guides are retired Phelps
Dodge employees and will lead MSA
group 1,500 feet into the mine and recount
mining days, techniques, dangers and dra-ma.
ALL ABOARD!
Learn more about Queen Mine Tours at:
http://www.queenminetour.com/
NEAREST TOWNS: BISBEE,
TOMBSTONE, BENSON, TUCSON
All images and photos source: http://www.queenminetour.com/

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October MSA Field Trip #2
Sunday, October 26, 2014
QUARTZ – Diamond Point, near Payson.
For members of MSA, FMF & ESM.
FIELD TRIP LEADER:
Dawn & Don Boushelle
PHONE #: (602) 403-3031
RSVP: Please RSVP to Field Trip Leader
MEETING DATE:
Saturday, October 26th, 2014
MEETING TIME:
ARRIVE: 9:00 AM
DEPART: 9:30 AM
DIRECTIONS to MEETING PLACE:
AUTO ZONE
109 E. Highway 260
Payson, AZ 85541
1st LOCATION:
MINERALS: Doubly terminated Quartz
crystals
DRIVING: moderate
SITE TERRAIN: easy/moderate
MINERAL EXTRACTION:
easy/difficult
2nd LOCATION:
MINERALS: Fossils and Agate
DRIVING: easy
SITE TERRAIN: easy
MINERAL EXTRACTION: easy
NEAREST TOWN: Payson, AZ
PRECAUTIONS FOR AREA:
Deep holes
TOOLS TO BRING:
Rakes, Hammer, Chisel
Diamond Point Sign near Payson.
Quartz, Diamond Point, near Payson.
Bill Yedowitz collection; Chris Whitney-
Smith photo
Mogollon RIM near Diamond Point North of
Payson. Chris Whitney-Smith photo.
October Coalition Field Trip - Agate
Saturday October 25, 2014
On Saturday October 25, 2014 rhe Payson
Rimstones Rock Club will be hosting a coali-tion
field trip for agates.
We will meet in the Bashas parking between
Bashas and Taco Bell at 9am.
We will leave there at 9:15 to our location.
Pat has done a detail memo I will hand out at
Bashas
***High clearance is need as it is rough
after the Houston Mesa road for a short
distance.***
We will be driving into the Childress Stock
Tank area. There is lovely material all
around the tank area and it is easy walking.
Remember to bring lots of water,
snacks, hats, long sleeve shirts, gloves.
***Watch out for snakes at all times.***
Bring chairs for catching up with old
friends. WEAR you club name badges …
meet new friends
Any questions call:
Lynne Wheeler 928-978-4062
Photo courtesy of Lynne Wheeler

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October 9, 2014 Meeting Raffle Items
ADULT RAFFLE GRAND PRIZE
Wulfenite & Mimetite, Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Ed Davis donation; Chris Whitney-Smith photo.
JR RAFFLE GRAND PRIZE: Cuprite , Morenci mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona.
Chris Whitney-Smith donation & photo. Ex. Joey Philpott Jr.

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October 9, 2014 Meeting Silent Auction Items
(Bring Cash/Checks and be prepared to BID)
Azurite, Malbunka Copper mine, Areyonga
Northern Territory, Australia. Dana Slaughter
Donation; Chris Whitney-Smith photo.
Malachite, Paoli, OK.
Donated by Dr Carleton Moore;
Mimetite & Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Ed Davis Donations; Chris Whitney-Smith photo.
Sphalerite, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Mineralogical Record complete set 1979, donated by
Dr. Ray Grant; Chris Whitney-Smith photo.

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September 11, 2014 MSA Meeting
Chris Whitney-Smith with Chloe Main
Junior Grand Prize Raffle Winner, MSA Meeting
9-11-14; Mike Williams photo. Chris Whitney-Smith with Ed Nichols , Raffle Winner,
MSA 9-11-14 meeting; photo by Mike Williams.
After Program Fellowship & Refreshments, MSA 9-11-14 meeting;
photo by Mike Williams.
Certificate of Commendation to Marc Fleischer for
his photographic contributions to MSA in 2013;

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September 11, 2014 MSA Meeting- continue
Chris Whitney-Smith with Chloe Main,
Raffle Winner, MSA Meeting 9-11-14;
Mike Williams photo.
Chris Whitney-Smith with Dominick Diana,
Raffle Winner, MSA Meeting 9-11-14;
Chris Whitney-Smith with New Member & Silent
Auction Winner Heidi Bitter, MSA Meeting 9-11-14;
Diane & Dr. Carleton Moore, MSA Meeting 9-11-14;

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Field Trip Coordinator Joey Philpott Jr reviewing 2-field trips
per month plan with members & Chris Whitney-Smith,
MSA Meeting 9-11-14; Mike Williams photo.
Chris Whitney-Smith presents Certificate of
Appreciation to September Program Presenter
Doug Duffy, 9-11-14; Mike Williams photo.
Hospitality & Raffle Chair Bob Holm
searching for Winners, MSA Meeting 9-11-14;
Chris Whitney-Smith with New Member and
Raffle Winner, Harrison Scholten,

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Lapidary & Turquoise Display for Show & Tell, 9-11-14 MSA Meeting;
Chris Whitney-Smith collection and photo.
Lapidary Arts Program Material, Doug Duffy
Collection, MSA Meeting 9-11-14;
Lapidary Arts Program Material, Doug Duffy Collection,
Lapidary Arts Program Material - Doug Duffy Collection -
MSA Meeting 9-11-14 - Mike Williams photo.

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Member Alan Korwin enjoying refreshments,
Packed House for Dough Duffy's Lapidary Arts Program,
Raffle Winner Diane Moore &
Chris Whitney-Smith, 9-11-14 MSA Meeting;
Packed House for Dough Duffy's Lapidary Arts Program,

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Refreshments Chair Maria Nichols with nice spread of
goodies, MSA Meeting 9-11-14; Mike Williams photo.
Sell & Trade Minerals, 9-11-14 MSA Meeting;
Sell & Trade Jewelry, 9-11-14 MSA Meeting;
Sell & Trade Minerals, 9-11-14 MSA Meeting;
Richard Holle Gieger Counter & Minerals,
9-11-14 MSA Meeting; Mike Williams photo.

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Sell & Trade Minerals, Chrysoprase, Tom LaBonte & Dr. Ray Grant,
9-11-14 MSA Meeting; Chris Whitney-Smith photo.
Shirley Cote & Dough Duffy,
Turquoise Mineral of Month for Show & Tell,
MSA 9-11-14 Meeting; Mike Williams photo.

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Upcoming Shows and Events
October 10, 11, 12, 2014
BUCKEYE, ARIZONA
West Valley Rock & Mineral Club -
1st Annual Helza Rock’n Gem & Min-eral
Show
 Helzapoppin Rodeo Arena
 802 N 1st St. (Miller Rd.)-Buckeye,
AZ 85326
 Show Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. all
three days
 Contact: Larry - 623-208-3230
October 11-12, 2014
SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA
Huachuca Mineral & Gem Club 40th An-nual
Show
 Cochise College; 901 N. Colombo Ave.
 Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4
 free admission
 jewelry, minerals, beads, lapidary sup-plies,
raffle, fluorescent display, geode
sales and cutting
 Contact: Maudie Bailey, (520) 378-
6291 email: gmbailey@msn.com
Website: huachucaminlandgemclub.info
November 8-9, 2014
LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA
Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society
Annual Show
 Lake Havasu Community Center; 100
Park Ave.
 Sat. 9-5, Sun. 9-4
 adults $2, children (under 12) free
 Contact: Sue Kirk, (928) 302-1531
email: macsuzy@mac.com
Website: www.lakehavasugms.org
October 18-19, 2014
SEDONA, ARIZONA
Annual show and sale; Sedona Gem &
Mineral Club
 Sedona Red Rock High School; 995
Upper Red Rock Loop Rd.
 Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-4; adults $3,
 children (under 12) free; indoors and
outdoors, more than 40 dealers, display
room, Arizona and unusual rock and
mineral exhibits, Kids' Corner, raffle,
minerals, agates, gemstones, copper,
jewelry, lapidary tools and supplies.
 Contact Bill Schwartz, (928) 821-3900
E-mail: bschwar13@msn.com
November 15-16, 2014
PAYSON, ARIZONA
Payson Rimstones Rock Club Annual
Show
 Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Event Center -
Hwy. 87 at Mile Marker 251
 Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4
 adults $2, children (under 12) free
 Contact: Margaret Jones (928) 970-
0857 email: margieaberry@gmail.com
October 31 - November 2, 2014
BLACK CANYON CITY, ARIZONA
Rock-A-Rama 38th Annual Gem &
Mineral Show
 High Desert Park, 19001 E Jacie
Lane, Black Canyon City, AZ - Exit
242 or 244, watch for signs
 Fri & Sat 9-4, Sun 9-2
 Free Parking and Admission
Website:
http://www.highdeserthelpers.org/eve
nt/rock-a-rama-3/
Desert Gardens Rock, Gem and Mineral Show-
January 1, 2015 through February 10, 2015 - Quartzsite, AZ
DESERT GARDENS HOLDINGS,
LLC SHOW GROUNDS
1055 Kuehn Road - Post Office Box
2818 Quartzsite, AZ 85346
This is an invitation to visit the Desert
Gardens Rock, Gem and Mineral
Show. Begins January 1, 2015 and
runs through February 28th. Most
vendors remain until February 10th.
Since 2000 Desert Gardens has been
home for 100’s of vendors selling
1,000’s of rocks, gems and minerals to
daily visitors, wholesalers and among
each other. We are the Largest Show in
Quartzsite, Arizona, one of the Largest
in the United States and feature vendors
from around the world.
This season over 200 vendors representing
10 Countries will display their talents and
products. Visitors will witness many intri-guing
and inspiring specimens.
FREE admission, acres of parking, re-strooms
and showers. Full hook-up RV
spaces, 25' x 35', are available for
$25.00/night includes electricity, sewer and
water. Dry camp is $8.00/night.
Early Reservations? Great idea.
After a long day - Your Site is Your Night
Enjoy the stars, grill your favorite meal,
Light a fire and share the experiences of the
day.
Oh, and Have fun!!!!
Best to reserve a space for one or a group,
please mention this invitation letter.
Hoping to hear from you.
Dennis E. Kuehl - General Manager
dgshowgrounds@gmail.com
February 13 - 15 Desert Bloom ATV Rally
- For information go to five2produc-tions.
com

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Getting to know friend of MSA – Mardy Zimmermann
Written by Alice LaBonte
Mardy Zimmermann, Vice President and
Outreach Coordinator for the Earth Sci-ence
Museum (ESM), has been a founding
member of ESM since 2011. ESM was
formed after the closure of the Arizona
Mining and Mineral Museum (AMMM) in
2011, through the efforts of the friends,
volunteers and employees of AMMM.
One of the educational programs that
AMMM had was an outreach program that
traveled outside the valley, teaching chil-dren
about rocks and minerals. When
AMMM closed, Mardy was passionate
about keeping this outreach program alive.
She immediately created an outreach pro-gram
for ESM - “there is no cookbook or
recipe for an outreach program that [can
replace] a museum”, so she wanted to bring
the museum to children.
ESM was formed as a 501c3 non-profit
organization and Mardy was adamant about
“moving to get the outreach program going
the next year (2012).”Although ESM out-reach
wasn’t designed to “replace”
AMMM’s outreach, but to provide earth
science outreach programs locally – in the
valley. Her philosophy was that “if kids
couldn’t come to us, we need to go to them
– for free.”
Mardy’s vision didn’t stop at just providing
pretty rocks and minerals for kids to look at,
she wanted to supply teachers with accurate
earth science tools and “to promote meeting
and exceeding state standards” in the earth
sciences.
In the first year of ESM’s outreach pro-gram
(2011/2012), Mardy (with the help
of ESM Chair of Science Advisory Com-mittee,
ESM founding member and MSA
Milestone Life Member Dr. Ray Grant)
developed the outreach kits, presentations
and the rock and mineral specimens. Mardy
wanted the rock and mineral specimens to be
of a particular size – small enough to fit into
the palm of a child’s hand. Mardy felt that
this would allow for easier learning. She
also “insisted on having identical specimens
as the presenter”, to give kids a good idea of
how to identify properties.
Mardy wanted to design egg carton supplies,
to help students create their own mini collec-tions
and other classroom supplies to help
teachers create “science centers” to be used
as educational resources. ESM’s egg carton
program was not a new program. It was an
extension of the egg carton activity that was
a fixture at the Flagg Gem and Mineral
Show, held every January at Mesa Commu-nity
College. Having an ESM egg carton
program – an opportunity for children to fill
an egg carton with minerals, to build their
very own mini mineral museum – will allow
ESM to reach schools, communities and
science fairs. This is consistent with
Mardy’s vision of ESM reaching children,
who may not otherwise get the opportunity
to learn about the earth sciences.
Correct properties, appropriate for all grade
levels and free for schools were all qualities
Mardy wanted to duplicate from AMMM’s
outreach program. Since Arizona school
funds have been drastically slashed, teachers
are limited in resources when it comes to
teaching about the earth sciences. Mardy
doesn’t want to discourage any learning
opportunity, which is why ESM’s classroom
outreach programs are free!
When ESM does present to a school, they
leave the teaching kits as a school resource.
Most are left in the school libraries, so that
“every child has a chance to learn about
earth sciences”, says Mardy.
ESM’s outreach programs have become so
popular, not only because of the learning
service they provide, but also because of the
accuracy of the information. Well estab-lished
organizations and educational sys-tems
have contacted Mardy to mentor them
in creating their own earth science pro-grams.
Tucson Gem and Mineral Society
(TGMS), rock and gem clubs and other
science centers have asked Mardy to proper-ly
train their instructors, provide mineral
kits and materials for their own programs.
She presented her ESM outreach programs
to Arizona teachers, community leaders and
newly formed earth science centers. All
these groups want to duplicate what Mardy
has been able to successfully create in a
short 3 years.
Why does Mardy feel that ESM outreach is
so important - because elementary school
teachers don’t have adequate materials or
books to teach about the earth sciences.
Arizona schools have continuously ranked
low on science testing. Many science pro-grams
are lectures and textbook reading.
ESM educational programs are hands-on
learning, where kids get excited.
Mardy helping a student “wrap” their egg
carton during a school science fair last
year. Photo by Alice LaBonte
A student during ESM’s egg carton program
last year. Photo by Alice LaBonte
ESM at the ASTA conference in October
2013. Photo by Alice LaBonte

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Getting to know friend of MSA – Mardy Zimmermann - continued
Mardy starts her programs by teaching the
fundamentals of the nature of rocks and min-erals.
She finds that the basic standards are
somewhat faulty. She teaches the scientific
process of rocks and minerals – elements,
then minerals, then rocks. She “attacks the
topic from the beginning, in a scientific
framework.”
ESM educational programs are so successful
that they are branching more into middle
schools. More middle schools are requesting
that ESM visit their schools and Mardy is
making sure her programs are developed to
accommodate middle school standards. She
wants the students to know rock and mineral
properties, the chemistry behind them and to
use larger specimens while building problem
solving skills. She also introduced fluores-cent
minerals into these programs.
ESM’s outreach goal is reach students across
the state. Their educational programs are
expanding into Pinal County and the Payson
area. ESM also educates home schooled
children, families and adults when they visit
community events, public libraries, muse-ums,
geology clubs, community centers and
organized groups (ie. scouts).
Last year ESM made the important decision
to reach out directly to Arizona science
teachers by attending the Arizona Science
Teachers Association (ASTA) conference
held in October. Last year’s ASTA confer-ence
allowed ESM to give teachers access to
their programs, vision and goal. Teachers
gained a firsthand view of the teaching kits
and materials. It was extremely important to
help increase the program’s visibility. ESM
will again be attending the ASTA conference
this month.
ESM has been the recipient of a Staple’s
grant two years in a row. The grant money
has helped ESM’s outreach program main-tain
some level of self-sufficiency. Mardy
uses the money to buy books, mineral spec-imens
and to help cover the cost of market-ing
materials.
ESM outreach educational programs
reached more students, organizations and
events during the last fiscal year, than the
previous fiscal year. They presented to over
4,428 students and 3,800 adults, families
and non-school groups. Their word-of-mouth
concept has been helpful in getting
ESM outreach into the communities. Mar-keting,
attending more educational events
and keeping key connections active to sci-ence
and education links will help expand
ESM and hopefully help them create an
actual brick and mortar museum. Nothing
can replace AMMM, but as far as Mardy is
concerned, that’s not going to stop her
teaching kids about rocks and minerals.
A student participating in ESM’s egg carton program
during a local school science fair last year.
Harvey Jong (ESM President) and Mardy Zimmer-mann
at an Arizona science teacher event
hosted at the Phoenix Zoo last October. .
ESM education outreach teaching kit.
Earthsciencemuseum.org
“There is no cookbook or recipe for an
outreach program that [can replace] a mu-seum”
- Mardy Zimmermann, ESM Vice
President of Education & Outreach Coordi-nator
All photos by Alice LaBonte

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Earth Science Day - Earth Science Museum
Photos courtesy of Alice (Margie) LaBonte
Earth Science Museum (ESM) is sponsor-ing
Earth Science Day on Saturday, Octo-ber
18, 2014 at Mesa Community College,
Physical Science Building.
Earth Science Day is in conjunction with
Earth Science Week, an annual world-wide
celebration of the geosciences.
This year’s theme is “Earth’s Connected
Systems” and ESM has a full day of fun
activities for everyone.
Admission, parking, planetarium show, lec-tures,
demonstrations and activities are free!
Schedule of events are from 10 AM to 4
PM:
10:00 – Earth Science Day opens
10:15 – Planetarium Show – seating is lim-ited
and free tickets should be picked up at
the information table.
11:00 – Lecture – Lightning and Thunder-storms
in Arizona. This lecture provides a
brief overview of our current knowledge of
the lightning discharge and then presents the
long-term patterns of cloud-to-ground
lightning strikes across Arizona. Long-term
patterns of hourly lightning are presented
which show the movement of lightning
activity across the state from the highest
terrain around noon to the desert lowlands
at dusk.
11:30 – Activity – Geomodels: This cut-and-
paste activity involves building models
to learn about the rock and water cycles,
crystal forms, and prehistoric creatures.
12:30 – Planetarium Show – seating is
limited and free tickets should be picked up
at the information table.
1:00 – Lecture – Geological Events in the
News. Volcanic eruptions in Iceland and
Papua New Guinea; lava flows threaten
homes in Hawaii; earthquakes rattle Cali-fornia…
Learn what’s behind these recent
news headlines and if are they connected.
1:30 – Activity – Demonstrations of the
different types of volcanoes and earth-quakes
2:30 – Planetarium Show – seating is
limited and free tickets should be picked
up at the information table.
3:00 – Lecture/Demonstration – Creepy
Crawlers. Halloween is coming up, and
creepy crawlers, such as spiders, worms,
and snakes, are part of the scary celebra-tions.
See these creepy critters up close
and learn about their life cycles and role
in the biosphere.
From 10 to 4 – Various clubs from
around the Phoenix area will host popu-lar
activities, such as the egg carton col-lections
and spinning wheels. For one
dollar, kids can build a collection of 12
rock, mineral, or fossil samples in an egg
carton, while there will be a small charge
to spin to win assorted prizes. In addi-tion,
there will be a free dig for fossils
activity along with free mineral samples
for kids and teachers.
http://earthsciencemuseum.org/produc
ts/Earth_Science_Day_2013

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Saturday, October 18, 2014 - continued

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ASU’s Earth and Space Exploration Day

FROM:
ALICE LABONTE, EDITOR
MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ARIZONA
P.O. BOX 30031
MESA, AZ 85275-0031
Mineralogical Society of Arizona
Founded 1935
A Non Profit 501(c)(3) Organization
Purpose: To promote popular interest and education in Earth Sci-ence,
and related fields (Geology, Mineralogy, Paleontology, and
Lapidary arts). To foster a fellowship among individuals interested
in Earth Science and enable our members to better identify materi-als
we collect, and how to display or further process these materials.
To teach all generations about rocks, minerals, fossils, and what can
be done with them, and be collaborative in community of groups
with similar interests to our Society.
Meetings: 7:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of
the month, September through June. Please
refer to MSA website www.MineralogicalSocietyArizona.org
for meeting location, dates and times.
Dues / Rates
Families & Couples - $20.00
Single Adults - $12.00
Junior (Under 18), Honorary and MSA Milestone Life members - Free
MSA Legacy Life members are Free after the initial payment.
For information about purchasing a Life Membership based on your age,
please visit our website: www.MineralogicalSocietyArizona.org and click
on “MSA Club” tab.
Reprinting permission granted with proper credit given.
www.mineralogicalsocietyarizona.org
Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies
www.rmfms.org
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www.amfed.org

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