May 2000
Club members were fascinated by the twinned specimen of Staurolite
from Keivy, Kola Peninsula, Russia. The write-up explained how twin
crystals form and the lore of this unique mineral.
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June 2000
We featured sprays of attractive Aragonite,
our first mineral from Morocco. Members learned about polymorphs and
pseudo-crystal forms from the write-up.
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July 2000
This was a very special month as we featured
California Jade from Jade Cove in Big Sur. We still get polished pieces
from time to time of this hard-to-find stone! The write-up delved into worldwide jade
sources and the mystique of this marvelous gem/mineral!
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August 2000
Dravite was the second member of the
tourmaline family to be featured in our Club. Club members were delighted by the
quality of both the specimen and the write-up.
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September 2000
We featured lovely, small, gemmy red Spinel on
marble matrix from Myanmar (Burma). These will be very small but very
sharp octahedral crystals. Very, very nice!
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October 2000
This was another special month as we featured highly attractive
crystal clusters of Hemimorphite from Mexico. We explained
in the write-up what its name tells us about its crystal form!
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November 2000
Jarosite from the famous Laurium mining district in Greece
was our featured mineral. Each specimen had a number of minute
glistening crystals on matrix. Our first featured mineral from Greece!
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December 2000
Another exceptional month as we featured Celestite (aka celestine) from
Madagascar, which ranks among the most strikingly beautiful of all
minerals!
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