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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 646, 3 Melody Lane, Raymond NH 03077, Phone 895-4157 |
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September 2002 |
Volume 3 Issue 1 |
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Capital Mineral Club News |
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Inside this Issue: May Minutes Pg 2 New Members
Hope Diamond Pg 3 (con't. from pg. 1)
NEFTA Field Trips Pg 4 2002
President's Letter Pg 5 In Memoriam: John Sinkankas Carl Krotki and Sybil Churchwell Other Mineral Clubs and Meeting Dates
39th Annual CMC Min- Pg 6 eral Show at Mt. Sunapee
White Mt. National For- Pg 7 est Plan Revision
Silent Auction Pg 8 Calendar of Events |
The September meeting of the CMC will meet Saturday, September 14th,
at 7:30 pm at the Salvation Army Building on Clinton Street in Concord,
NH.
Our guest speaker for the September meeting will be Fred Wilder. He will be giving a presentation on the technique of water-color painting and of special interest to the club, how he applied it to the beautiful illustrations presented in a publication describing the minerals of NH. The author being none other than our own, Bob Whitmore! The club would like to thank Bob Whitmore for his presentation on his trip to Madagascar at the May club meeting. Volunteers are needed for our annual Gem and Mineral Festival at Mt. Sunapee. Please contact John McCrory, Chairman, at 603-796-2152 to help with this event. Efforts are truly appreciated! See more info on page 6.
* See page 8 for info on the CMC Silent Auction!* |
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 Part III Hope Diamond The history of the stone which was eventually named the Hope diamond began when the French merchant traveler, Jean Baptiste Tavernier, purchased a 112 3/16-carat diamond. This diamond, which was most likely from the Kollur mine in Golconda, India, was somewhat triangular in shape and crudely cut. It’s color was described by Tavernier as a "beautiful violet." Tavernier sold the diamond to King Louis XIV of France in 1668 with 14 other large diamonds and several smaller ones. In 1673 the stone was recut by Sieur Pitau, the court jeweler, resulting in a 67 1/8-carat stone. In the royal inventories, its color was described as an intense steely-blue and the stone became known as the "Blue Diamond of the Crown," or the "French Blue." It was set in gold and suspended on a neck ribbon which the king wore on ceremonial occasions. King Louis XV, in 1749, had the stone reset by court jeweler, Andre Jacquemin, in a piece of ceremonial jewelry for the Order of the Golden Fleece (Toison D'Or). In 1791, after an attempt by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to flee France, the jewels of the French Royal Treasury were turned over to the government. During a week-long looting of the crown jewels in September of 1792, the French Blue diamond was stolen. |