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The December 11th,  2004 meeting of the Capital Mineral Club was our annual Christmas party.  We had a good showing of 32 members and two guests,  Pete & Denise Cram.  Those who attended enjoyed a delicious buffet style meal.  The tenth annual  Best Field Collecting  and Best Lapidary Contests were held.  This year we almost had a complete sweep by Jim Tovey in our "Best Field Collecting" categories.  And due to Bill Brown's efforts the "Bill Brown Plaque" had  a new winner.  Bill has been busy teaching several club members and friends how to facet this year.  He introduced several of them to the club and presented them with early Christmas presents.  There were as many faceted cut stones as field specimens entered this year Top honors were:

BEST FIELD COLLECTING

BEST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE:

JIM TOVEY

AQUAMARINE BERYL

TRIPP MINE ALSTEAD, NH

BEST OF NEW ENGLAND:

JIM TOVEY

AMETHYST SCEPTER

HOPKINTON, RHODE  ISLAND

BEST OUTSIDE OF NEW ENGLAND:

DANA JEWELL

GARNET AND DIOPSIDE

ORFORD TOWNSHIP, QUEBEC, CANADA

BEST OF SHOW:

JIM TOVEY

AQUAMARINE BERYL

TRIPP MINE ALSTEAD, NH

BEST CREATIVE LAPIDARY

BEST FACETED:

BILL BROWN

BLUE LAVANDER CZ

20.20 Cts.  SQUARE BRILLIANT CUT

BEST OF SHOW:

BRIAN BISSONETTE

PINK GARNET ( RHODOLITE ROSE )

25.70 Cts.  ( SYNTHETIC  MATERIAL )

CONGRATULATIONS  TO  ALL  WINNERS!!

 The Christmas party ended with a Yankee swap and some great socializing.  Thanks go out to our Christmas Party Chairman, Scott Higgins, and all his little helpers.

Respectfully submitted,

Vincent Valade

Secretary

Capital Mineral Club

Concord, New Hampshire