Held on second Tuesday of each Month Our Typical Agenda is as follows:
Start Time: 7:00 PM at the Clubhouse, 516 West Atlanta Street SE, Marietta, GA 30101
7:00 – 7:45 PM – Speaker or Presentation
7:45 – 8:30 PM – Monthly Business Meeting
8:30 PM – Door Prize Drawings, Silent Auction, Socializing and Refreshments
To get an idea of the types of programs that we typically have each month, take a look at some of the previous presentations.
The next monthly meeting is on Tuesday, November 12th; we meet at the clubhouse located at 516 West Atlanta Street in Marietta, and we start at 7:00pm.
The November program will be about pearls by Gerry White.
The November program will also include voting for the slate of 2025 Officers for the Executive Board. The Nominating Committee has selected the following slate:
President – Lynn AveryVice President – Rick SmithTreasurer – Dennis WorthingtonRecording Secretary – Boyd AshworthCorrespondence Secretary – Bart Hammond
According to our Bylaws, “Further nominations may be made from the floorby any active member at the November meeting. All contested electionsshall be by secret ballot, with a majority of all members present andvoting.” If there are members not on this slate but who plan to run,they must wait until the November meeting to be nominated. Please comeNovember 12th to vote and have a say about the kind of future you wantfor the club.
Trina Blankenship, Selma Tahboub, David Frohman, Lawrence Parker, and Rick SmithNominating CommiteeCobb County Gem & Mineral Society
We’ll have light refreshments and free door prizes! We hope to see you there! And wear your PEARLS!
Several lots are auctioned off at each regular Member Meeting, which is typically held on the second Tuesday of every month. On Tuesday, November 12th, the first item up for bid is lazulite from Graves Mountain (top); lazulite is named after its blue color from the Arabic word ‘lazaward’, meaning ‘heaven’. Lazulite can be distinguished from lapis lazuli by the presence of cleavage planes. The second item is a chrysocolla specimen (middle); this mineral is named from the Greek ‘chrysos’ (meaning ‘gold’) and ‘kolla’ (meaning ‘glue’) referring to the material used to solder gold. Chrysocolla is a hydrous copper silicate, so it is often found near oxidized copper deposits. The third lot will be hemimorphite from Mexico (bottom); this mineral’s name is from the Greek ‘hemi’ (meaning ‘half’) and ‘morphe’ (meaning ‘form’) because it has different crystal terminations at each end. The final lot will be jasper (above left); its name is derived from the Greek word meaning ‘spotted stone’. Jaspers are approximately 80% silicon dioxide mineral and can include up to 20% foreign materials, which account for its wide variety of colors and patterns.
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