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CRYSTALS AND CABS

Volume 2 Issue 2

Fun and Games
Amalgam Isometric Ag2Hg3
Apatite Hexagonal - Dipyromidal Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,C1)
Beryl Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal Be3A12Si6O18
Graphite Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal C
Brazillianite Monoclinic - Prismatic NaA13(PO4)2(OH)4
Chalcopyrite Tetragonal - Scalenohedral CuFeS2
Galena Isometric - Hexoctahedral PbS
Rhodochrosite Trigonol - Hexagonal Scalenohedral  MnCO3
Wulfenite Tetragonal - Dipyromidal PbMoO4
Tourmaline (Schorl) Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal NaFe++3A16(BO3)3Si6O18(OH4)
Cinnabar Triganol - Trapezohedral HgS
Dolomite Trigonal - Rhombohedral CaMg(CO3)2
Smithsonite Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral ZnCO3
Gypsum Monoclinic - Prismatic  CaSO4·2(H2O)
Fluorite Isometric - Hexoctahedral  CaF2

Calendar of Events

  • Oct. 19 - 21:  West coast Gem & Mineral Show - Fall (new show) Fri. - Sat. 9:00am - 6:00pm, Sun. 9:00am - 5:00pm, Holiday Inn - Bristol Plaza, 3131 S Bristol, Costa Mesa, CA; for info: Martin Zinn Expositions, PO Box 999, Evergreen CO 80437-0999, email: MZ0955@ aol.com,website: www.mzexpos.com
  • Oct. 20 - 21: Atlantic Coast Gem & Mineral Show,  sponsored by the Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore.  Pikesville Armory, 610 Reisterstown Rd; Pikesville, MD
  • Oct. 27:  17th Annual South Penn Rock Swap, sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania and The Franklin County Rock and Mineral Clubs. The South Mountain Fairgrounds, 1.5 miles West of Arendtsville, PA on Route 234
  • Oct 27:  12th Annual Fluorescent Mineral Show, "Ultraviolation 2001" sponsored by the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County. First United Methodist Church, 840 Trenton Rd., Fairless Hills, PA.
  • Oct. 27 - 28:  30th Annual Gem, Mineral Fossil Show
    " East of the Mississippi, " sponsored by the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters. Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus, Route 113, East Avenue, Warwick, RI.
  • Nov. 2 - 4:  Mineral Show,  sponsored by the  Smokey Mountain Mineral Society Inc.  Dandridge Rescue Squad Building, 915 Industrail Park Road. 0.8 mi. S. I -40 Exit 417, Dandridge, TN.

  • Nov. 3 - 4:  32nd Annual "Gemarama" Gem, Jewelry & Lapidary Show,  sponsored by the Tuscarora Lapidary Society. CFS, School at Church Farm,  Bus. Rt. 30 & Rt.202, Exton, PA.
  • Nov. 3 - 4:  10th Annual Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Show, sponsored by the  Northern Virginia Mineral Club. Student Union Building, George Mason  Univ., Fairfax, VA.
  • Nov. 10 - 11:  39th, Annual Gem and Mineral Show,  hosted by the Nassau Mineral Club.  N.Y. University in Old Westbury, Rt.106 Old Westbury, N.Y.
  • Nov. 10:  Richmond Gem & Mineral Society's Annual Fall Rock Swap, 9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. Ridge Baptist Church Meeting Hall, 1515 East Ridge Road, Richmond, VA
  • Nov. 17 - 18:  Jewelry & Gemstones & Minerals & Fossils & Supplies, sponsored by the Gem & Mineral Society of the Palm Beaches. South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center; Palm Beach, FL
  • Feb. 23 - 24:  9th Annual James Campbell Memorial  Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show & Sale, co-sponsored by the New York State Museum and the Capital District Mineral Club. the New York State Museum, Empire State Plaza,
    Albany, NY
Apr. 5 - 7:  30th Annual Atlantic Micro-mounters Conference,  Tysons Westpark Hotel (new  location), McLean, VA