Palos Verdes Gem & Mineral Society
A non-profit California corporation whose primary objective is the promotion of the study, collecting, working, and exhibiting of gems, minerals, and fossils.
Member of the California and American Federations of Gem and Mineral Societies.
Location:
MEETING PLACE: The Community Room of the Palos Verdes Main Library – (THIRD FLOOR)
701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
MEETING DATE; Second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
MEET AND GREET: 6:30 pm
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
The library now closes at 8:00 pm, Monday thru Thursday.
The second floor indoor parking will also close at 8:00 pm.
Please park on the roof of the library or public-street parking on deep valley drive.
Please do not park on the second floor or in the surrounding shopping area parking.
Programs:
JANUARY 9, 2012 – PROGRAM – DINOSAURS – (EYEWITNESS VIDEO)
See the world
as never before. Become a paleontologist and piece together the facts behind
these real-life monsters.
Experience the process of discovery from start to finish
the excitement of digging, reconstruction, and the realization of what dinosaurs
might actually have looked like.
EDUCATION REPORT – Marge Crandall, Vice President – Education, starts the first in a series of quizzes to broaden our knowledge.
Quiz #1 is
“Rocks and Minerals.” The quiz will be sent out under separate e-mail cover.
Please print the quiz, fill in the blanks, and bring to the January meeting for
discussion.
SHOW AND TELL
– Art Nagy and Dale Keel –
Fossils and treasures from a Del Air Rocks field trip to Refugio/Gaviota Beach
in January 2011.
Field trip report by Art Nagy to follow.
FEBRUARY 13, 2012 – DVD PROGRAM – “AMBER - Jewel of the Earth”
Forty million years ago a
diverse community of insects living at the bottom of a tree in a temperate
forest chanced into a sticky pool of pine resin.
Then a mere 67 years ago a young boy named David Attenborough was given the
amber stone containing the entombed bugs.
"Jewel of the Earth" explores the remarkable time capsule of ancient life
preserved in this and countless other samples of fossilized tree resin, or
amber.
Sir David Attenborough, now
grown up and a celebrated naturalist and TV personality, hosts the program. As
he makes abundantly clear in the show,
he is still entranced with the amber specimen from his youth and the
seemingly magical quality of the material to serve
as a crystal-clear window to an age before humans walked the Earth.
Coincidentally, David's
brother Richard starred in the movie that made amber famous: Jurassic Park,
in which Richard plays a billionaire entrepreneur who extracts DNA from
amber-entombed mosquitoes in order to clone living replicas of their
prey—dinosaurs.
While such a scenario is probably unlikely, amber can resurrect prehistoric life
in a quite different way, as NOVA demonstrates by probing the
amber-encased clues that paint a fascinating picture of ancient biomes.
SHOW AND TELL – Member display of amber pieces.
MARCH 12, 2011 – PROGRAM – “EUREKA! GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT.”
A program by
member, Tom Laymon, Hear these topics discussed: 1. What is gold? 2.
Where has it been found in California?
3. What impact has the Gold Rush had on California? 4. Gold Rush inventions.
5. How can you find gold today?
6. Discuss gold panning day field trip on Saturday, March 17, 2012. What to
take, what to wear, and what to know.
SHOW AND TELL – See equipment and demonstrations. See gold. See the armed guard.
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012
GOLD PANNING DAY FIELD TRIP TO SAN FRANCISQUITO CANYON, NINETY (90) MINUTES FROM
HERE.
Date: Saturday March 17, 2012
Starting from:
Starbucks 46 A Peninsula Center, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274, Peninsula Shopping Center, Hawthorne and Silver Spur
Time: Leaving promptly at 7:00 AM
April 9, 2012 – Program - Geology And Paleontology Of The Palos Verdes Hills
By Arthur R. Brown And Stephen Jacobs
Arthur R. Brown and Stephen E.
Jacobs. Authors, Consulting Engineering Geologists,
"Geology and Paleontology of Palos Verdes Hills, California: A 60th Anniversary
Revisit to Commutate the 1946 Publication of U.S.G.S.
Professional paper 207, Edited by Arthur R. Brown, Roy J. Shlemon and John D.
Cooper."
May 8, 2012 - Presentation: “Sharks and Their Gnarly Teeth! by Joe Cooke.
Joe is a speaker and author of "Fossil Shark Teeth of the World: A Collector's Guide,"
Joe Cocke recently retired after 33 years working at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
During that time he worked in the departments of Vertebrate Paleontology, Education and Animal Habitats."
June 11 2012 - Program DVD:
"Volcano"
Volcano explodes the myths surrounding our planet’s violent nature.
Journey to the most inhospitable regions of the earth, where rock melts - and all life trembles.
Witness the destructive effects of volcanoes and earthquakes – and the life-giving results of their aftermath.
Narrated by Martin Sheen.
Membership:
Annual Dues: Individual $25.00, Additional Family Members $15.00 each.
Initiation Fee: $12.00 per person which includes name badge.
Application for membership may be made after attendance at three Club activities.
GUESTS ARE WELCOME AT ALL MEETINGS, FIELD TRIPS, AND OTHER FUNCTIONS.
PALOS VERDES GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY
2012 SLATE OF OFFICERS
President – Art Nagy, Margie Bohn
Vice President – Programs – Peggy Hill
Vice President – Education – Marge Crandall
Vice President – Awards – Agnes Widding
Secretary – Peggy Hill
Treasurer – Mindy Laidlaw
Federation Director – Dot Beachler
COMMITTEES
Bulletin Editor – Peggy Hill
Field Trip Director – Tom Laymon
Hospitality – Agnes Widding
Sunshine – Lynette Vandeveer
Historian – Margie Bohn
Photographer – Art Nagy
Advertising – Margie Bohn
Web Master – Dale Keel – (http://www.pvgms.org
Refreshments - Rotating