Programs for Upcoming Meetings
Updated 01/27/2012

General Meeting (7:30 p.m. on the 4th Tuesday)
(Send suggestions for General Meeting Programs to Bill Moore, HGMS 1st Vice President. E-mail him at programs@hgms.org or phone him at (713) 222-2389.

Date:
Program:

January 24, 2012
Neal Immega: Meteorites and Meteor Wrongs

Since there is no time during the meeting, I will be having a workshop starting at
6 p.m.to identify meteorites including the etching step to show Widmanstatten lines. If you want help, bring your stuff in. I will teach everyone there how to practically identify meteorites. I am set up for you to grind and polish your meteorite for the etching step.

For the program, please bring in your meteorites (including all the high priced ones I sold you from the Cross collection). I also need meteor-wrongs including some steel mill slag. A tektite would be nice also. Bill M. - please bring one of your big ones. Fred B. - please bring one of your etched specimens. Ray K. - got any Pallesites (olivine and iron)?

This program will be hands-on, and you WILL learn because you will do the work.
This premeeting class will be in the classroom and not the lecture hall because we need to use the grinder, sander, and buff for the polishing. Bring a sewing needle on a 2-foot long thread, and I will show you how to make it into a super sensitive iron/magnetite detector. Come any time between 6 and 7:30.

neal
Date:
Program:		 February 28, 2012
Inda Immega: The Van Pelt Carvings

Beading Section (1:30 p.m. on the 3rd Saturday)

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Program:

January 21, 2012
Hearty Fringe Earrings
Date:
Program:		 February 18, 2012
To be announced

Paleo Section  (7:30 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday)

Date:
Program:		 January 17, 2012
To be announced
Date:
Program:		 February 21, 2012
To be announced

Lapidary and Silversmithing Section (7:30 p.m. on the 3rd Monday)

Date:
Program:		 January 16, 2012
Designing with Shapes: Looking at shapes to develop a design. We also will be discussing the stone cutting competition to be held during our next show.
Date:
Program:		 February 20, 2012
Design 2: Bring a matched pair of precut stones (suggested cut is the boomerang shape, or smaller thin marquis, or a pair of pie wedge shapes) to be used in a design process that encourages you to think outside the box.

Mineral Section (7:30 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays)

Date:
Program:		 January 18, 2012:
Show & Tell featuring Arizona items: Okay, Society members, it’s time to show off your Arizona beauties! In honour of the 2012 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show theme “Minerals of Arizona,” the Mineral Section is hosting its own show and tell presentation featuring specimens from the collections of Society members that were found in the Grand Canyon State. Members who bring in specimens can talk about how they obtained their prized possessions and give insight into collecting Arizona items of your very own.  This presentation promises to be very laid back, yet informative and (hopefully) lots of fun. As always, the meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. and refreshments will be provided.
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Program:		 February 1, 2012:
DVD of attendees’ choice. Due to the participation of many Mineral Section members in Tucson, those not able to attend will chose a DVD from the Library to view. The tentative choice is to continue with another part of the 2011 “What’s Hot in Tucson” from the January 4 meeting. Refreshments will be provided.
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Program:		 February 15, 2012:
Tucson Show & Tell Part 1. For those who were lucky enough to attend the most famous mineral gathering in the world, bring in your recent acquisitions from the many Tucson Shows. Give us your impressions of “Tucson 2012,” and regale us with your experiences. For those who could not make it, come and see what you are missing. Refreshments will be provided.
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Program:		 March 7, 2012:
Clear Lake Show & Tell and Tucson Part 2. Bring in your recent acquisitions from the Clear Lake Show (February 25–February 26). Let us drool over your new acquisitions. Specimens that did not make it back from Tucson in time for the previous meeting will also be discussed and viewed. Refreshments will be provided.

Day Light Section (1:00 p.m. on the 2nd Monday)

Date:
Program:		 February 13, 2012
To be announced
Date:
Program:		 March 12, 2012
To be announced

Faceting Section (6:30 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday)--That's right, one hour earlier than other Sections!

Date:
Program:		 February 8, 2012
To be announced
Date:
Program:		 March 14, 2012
To be announced

Archaeology Group (7:30 p.m. on the 1st Thursday)

Date:
Program:		 February 2, 2012
To be announced
Date:
Program:		 March 1, 2012
To be announced

Youth Section (10:00 a.m.-12 noon on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays)

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January 21, 2012
February 4, 2012; February 18, 2012
 

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