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NEFTA FIELD TRIPS 2002 October 6 – New York Mineralogical Club (am) East Petersburg, Penn. - Ober Quarry - Fluroite, Dolomite, Calcite, Pyrite, (pm) Denver, Penn, - Martin Limestone's Kurtz Quarry - Fluroite, Dolomite, Calcite, Pyrite, October 6 – Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society Georgetown Quarry – Tourmaline, Beryl Apatite October 6 – Conn. Valley Mineral Club Loudville, MA. Loudville Lead Mines, – Manhan Lead-Silver Mine, Wulfenite , Pyromorphite Galena, Quartz xls, Anglesite, Cerussite, Sphalerite October 6 – Delaware Mineral Society’s Prospect Park, PA – Kyanite, Sillimanite, Quartz xls October 6 – Delaware Mineral Society’s Media, PA – Anthophyllite, Asbestosic Talc, Suntstone Amazonite (rare), Serpentine, Pyrolusite, Goethite, Common opal (fl) October 12 – Franklin County Rock & Mineral Club Valley Quarry - Shippensburg, Pa - calcite & Pink Dolomite, Chert Nodules and Stromatolite ( algae Fossils) October 20 – North Shore Rock & Mineral Club, Ashland Quarry - Hornblende, Pyrite, Arsenopyrite, Magnetite & Serpentine, rain date for October 27th November 2 – Franklin County Rock & Mineral Club Valley Quarry - Gettsburg, Pa. - Epidote, Stilbite, Calcite, Dujuerelite, Dendrites, Garnet var Andradite November 2 – Conn. Valley Mineral Club Hardwick, MA – Shaft #10 Quabbin Reservoir – Anglesite, Heulandite, Apophyllite, Halite, Opal, Babingtonite, Limentie, Calcite, Manetite, Chlorite, Prehinite, Epidote, Pyrite, Fluorite blue xls., Sphalerite, Galena, Stilbite, Goethite, Rutile, Gypsum, Tremolite, Molbdenite, Thomsonite
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Tiffany - continued from pg. 1 mounted in a necklace of white diamonds and worn for the first time as a personal ornament at the Tiffany Ball in Newport in 1957. The honor of this first wearing went to the Ball's chairwoman, Mrs. Sheldon Whitehouse. In 1971 the Tiffany returned to South Africa for the exhibition which marked the centennial celebration of the Kimberley Mine. After an absence of forty years from London, Tiffany's re-opened their branch in Old Bond Street in 1986 and displayed the diamond to herald their return. The sole hiatus in the otherwise uneventful history of the Tiffany has centered on reported attempts to sell the diamond which was valued at $12,000,000 at the end of 1983. In 1951 the new chairman of Tiffany's recommended that the gem should be sold. This decision horrified some members of the old Board. A buyer agreed to pay $500,000 for the stone but the deal fell through because the chairman wanted a check in full whereas the prospective buyer wished for other financial arrangements to be made. Then in 1973 the New York Times carried an advertisement by Tiffany's, offering to sell the diamond for $5,000,000. However, in the circumstances it would be as well to recall the story of the eager new salesman who, when he asked what would he get if he sold the famous gem, was promptly told by the head of the firm "Fired". The Tiffany to this day is still displayed for all to see at Tiffany's Fifth Avenue, New York. Credits for this article go to: Linda Crane, Winnipeg, Man. Website of the Canadian Institute of Gemmology - Pacific School of Jewellery Arts http://www.cigem.ca P.O. Box 57010, Vancouver, B.C. V5K 5G6 Tel./Fax (604) 530-8569
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New Hampshire Mineral Clubs - Meeting Dates Saco Valley Gem and Mineral Club 3rd Thursday of each month at the Albany, NH Town Hall – 7:00 PM Keene: 1st Saturday of each month at Keene State College, Bldg. 18, Keene, NH – 7:00 PM Nashua: Last Wednesday of each month at the Nashua public Library, Court St., Nashua, NH in the downstairs Theater Room – 7:00 PM Southeastern NH Mineral Club: 2nd Wednesday of each month, St John’s Methodist Church, 28 Cataract Ave., Dover, NH – 7:00 PM |