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, January 14th; we meet at the clubhouse located at 516 West Atlanta Street in Marietta, and we start at 7:00pm.
The January program will be Collecting Fossil Shark Teeth in the Southeast by Regina Snyder. If you have ever been fascinated by prehistoric creatures and their remnants, this might just be the adventure you’re looking for! Regina is an avid collector— over fifty years and over five countries. She volunteered for thirty years at Burpee Museum of Natural History, working on prepping fossils and creating museum displays, and served as a member of the Board of Directors. Regina owned and operated a retail business that sold fossils and minerals for over twelve years. Currently, she volunteers at the Tellus Science Museum, working in the Fossil Dig, Gem Panning and with CCGMS member, Christen Knickerbocker, in the Curatorial Services Department. We’ll have refreshments and free door prizes! We hope to see you there!
Several lots are auctioned off at each regular Member Meeting, which is typically held on the second Tuesday of every month. Our auctions are another way to add to one’s collection, usually at a great price, without having to travel too far, and helps with paying for the club’s operating expenses. On Tuesday, January 14th, the first item up for bid is a GEODE from Keokuk, Iowa (top); this quartz geode, with a prominent calcite crystal, was found in the Mississippian-age (about 340 million years old) sedimentary rock formation in that area. The second item is an AGATE slab (middle); a type of microcrystalline quartz, agates form in volcanic or sedimentary rocks, typically as nodules within cavities where mineral-rich water deposits banded layers of silica. The third lot will be three SAPPHIRES (bottom); Also known as corundum, sapphires are a mineral composed of aluminum oxide; the classic blue sapphires also have traces of titanium.
Thank you, Auction Chair Wayne Dodd, who selected, cleaned, and photographed each lot.
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