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CRYSTALS AND CABS Newsletter of the Capital Mineral Club
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Click here: for an on-line printable Member Application form |
President - Bill Brown, PO Box 6446, 3 Melody Lane, Raymond NH 03077, Phone 895-4157 |
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April 2002 |
Volume 2 Issue 8 |
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Capital Mineral Club News |
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Inside this Issue:
March Minutes Pg 2
Goffstown Insert by Vince Valade
April CMC Meeting Pg 3
Calendar of Events Pg 4 |
The CMC will meet Saturday, April, 13th
from 10:30PM – 4:30 PM at the home of Gordon and Pam Jackson. A
workshop will be held, including a pot luck lunch provided by all
attending. Members are encouraged to bring mineral specimens to the
workshop.
A workshop will be held, including a pot luck lunch provided by all attending. Members are encouraged to bring mineral specimens to the workshop. See more information on page 3. Thanks go to Don Dallaire and Ernie Schlichter for an interesting presentation on a recent collecting / vacation trip they took to Montana. The club had the pleasure of viewing slides of Don and Ernie collecting in Lolo Pass, Butte and the PC Mine
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EDITOR’S NOTE
All submissions to the newsletter welcome !
DEADLINE for submissions is the 3rd Saturday of every month. Late submissions will be carried over to the next month.
My address can be found on the back page of the monthly newsletter.
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Diamonds Diamond of the Month – Koh-i-noor Diamond "Stories abound around the Koh-i-Noor: It is said that he who possesses the Koh-i-Noor will possess the world. But he will also possess the worst misfortune. Only a god or a woman, it is said, can wear it safely." Originating back to "the times when the Gods mingled with men", a male child was found wearing the "Mountain of Light" on his forehead. As an adult, the male child, Karna, dies in mortal combat defending his right to the throne of the sun god, Surya, his father. The "stone of light" rolls into the dust, soon after to be found and placed in the middle of the forehead of the statue of the god, Siva. From the early 1300's the "Mountain of Light" weighing 186 carats, has been passed down from generation to generation, beginning with the family of the Rajah of Malwa, in India. Re-cut in the reign of Queen Victoria, the Koh-i-nor finally came to rest in the Tower of London, where it continues to be a chief treasure of the British Crown Jewels, and now weighs 108.93 carats.
Credits for this article go to: http://www.abdiamondjewelry.com/world_famous_kohinoor_diamond.htm http://www.diamondtrade.com/basics/famous.cfm http://www.tyler-adam.com/26.html
Next Months Diamond – The Cullinan |
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Happy Easter |
