Brevard Gems. President s Message. Happy Mother s Day! REMINDER: Web address:

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1 N E W S L E T T E R F O R C E N T R A L B R E V A R D R O C K A N D G E M C L U B REMINDER: Brevard Gems Web address: Happy Mother s Day! The General Meeting will be Thursday, May 2nd at the Merritt Island Library at 6 pm. Board meeting will be Monday, April 29th at 6 p.m. at the shop. I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Meeting Minutes Class Schedule Annual Picnic Map Club Fundraising Manatees Fundraiser Just for Kids Class Pictures Member Notes Emerald May s Birthstone V O L U M E 2, I S S U E 5 President s Message Some fun things coming up!! Take me out to the ball game on May 11, Saturday your summer evening at 6:35. We hope to projects. see you there. Come take a If you wonder why I always chance on the 50/50 to seem to be stressing benefit our club. Please sell raising funds for the club, some tickets to friends and it s because it costs us neighbors. $9,000 a year to pay the Saturday, June 1, 11-3 pm, routine rent, utilities, and let s picnic and bid on insurance for the workshop. Add another lapidary items at the auction to raise funds for the club thousand for basic supplies scholarship. Bring a dish to and machine maintenance. share to the Patrick AFB If you think the workshop pavilion on the east side is something special, and (ocean side) of A1A north of there s a bunch of us who the AFB main gate and do, please help us support donate or buy from the it. auction. See map inside. The club meeting on May 2, 6 pm, at the Merritt Have a look at the class Island Library will be the listings inside to see what last formal meeting until fun things are planned at the September 5. The ballgame and picnic are the workshop. Casting, metalsmithing, cabbing, events following and we wirewrap, beading, and will keep in touch over the many other things happen summer to keep you regularly. We ll be happy to informed about scheduled explain what these classes classes and any other are about and help you plan events. Open shop sessions will all remain the same through the end of May. The only change is in June, July, and August when Lowell will only do machine maintenance Wednesday mornings and not have open shop since Bill and Tom will be away. We hope to see you at the meeting, the game, the picnic, and/or the workshop. If not, have a happy and wonderful summer. If you go rockhounding or take classes, please remember to bring something to share at show and tell at the September meeting. The May Board meeting will be held at the workshop Monday, April 29, at 6 pm or at 7 pm if the Workshop Committee needs to meet first. That will be up to Roz since she will be conducting those meetings. I will be back for the General meeting at the Library on Thursday, May 2. See you then!! M A Y Michele Huntington 2013 President

2 P A G E 2 Meeting Minutes April 4, 2013 Meeting called to order by Michele at 1804 hours at the Merritt Island Library, Pledge of Allegiance, new visitors welcomed. Guest speaker Dr. Rachel Wentz gave a presentation on ancient Florida. Minutes from the March 7th, 2013 meeting were approved as published in the newsletter. Treasurer s report was presented by Jenta and filed for audit. Membership report was presented by Sara, with membership total at 110. Anyone needing to sign up as a member, please see Sara. Show 2014 Update: Roz updates the 2014 show will return to Kiwanis Island Feb. 8-9 as a 2 day show with set up the afternoon of Feb. 7th. The show committee had its first meeting. Most vendors will be returning and the club is considering using the annex at Kiwanis Island for more room. We will need to contract an ATM for use and we are considering using food trucks for concessions. Workshop report: Carrie Williams brought our need for a burn out kiln to Wesche Jewelers and they donated a kiln which John has installed. Lucy and John will do a test burn out soon. Lowell reporting the oil has been changed in all saws and new wheels are on the star machine. Roz reports we are well stocked on supplies and will be ordering new drill bits. The work shop committee met and they are encouraging members to please clean up areas when finished and help with general clean up. Class schedule: As published in newsletter. Jenta will be collecting a $10 fee when classes are signed up for as a deposit for the first class and to hold your place in class. John will repeat Sunday afternoon copper classes April 7th and 21st. Lowell s Thursday morning cabbing class is full, but members can sign up for a Monday evening class. On April 8th Michele and Tom will be teaching a wire wrap pendant class but members must have basic wire wrap first. On April 18th there will be a copper necklace class with Lucy. Billy may do a faceting class in May, talk to him if interested. The opal class with Michele is full at present. Old Business: Mary has entered our website and newsletter in competition with other entries, it is in the process of being scored. Erleen continues working on the cookbook as she is retiring soon. The Manatee game fundraiser will be May 11; tickets are $7 and are available in shop or from Mary or Emily. Ongoing fundraising includes cans collected in the shop and meeting door prizes by Lowell, and the picnic auction. The summer picnic auction will be June 1 with the Browns reserving the pavilion at PAFB beach. Roz and Jenta will coordinate food and the proceeds from the auction will benefit the scholarship to Wildacres or William Holland. Members are also encouraged to donate items for the auction and are to bring a dish to share. A box is in the shop for donated items for the auction. Roz will need help setting up the showcase in Cocoa Library in May and will need loaned items for display. Lucy is chair for the Scholarship Committee, see her for information, the scholarship is be awarded in Feb New Business: Michele needs volunteers for committee appointments. Michele is temporary workshop committee chair, Roz temporary class coordinator chair, Madeline nominating chair with others needed on this committee. Roz is library showcase coordinator, she is requesting individuals to assist in coordinating the specific libraries. Audit committee is Roberta and Joann. Announcements: SFMS Federation website is afms.org/sfms, see the schedule online for 2013 classes. The SFMS s newsletter is the Lodestar which members can receive by signing up by . Roz continuing to collect stamps for possible scholarship through SFMS, no forever flag stamps accepted. 2 scholarships were awarded in Refreshments break and door prizes by Lowell. Show and Tell Lyn showed fabric/metal pieces and copper metal coloring, Jenta displayed bracelets she made. Mario displayed a stone piece. Meeting is adjourned at 1940 hours. B R E V A R D G E M S

3 Class Schedule P A G E 3 May 6th Lowell will start a cabbing class on Monday evenings. May 7th Lucy and John will start a casting class on Tuesday evenings. Sunday afternoons John will continue with metalworking classes. Faceting is on hold until Billy returns. Opal classes with Michelle remain full as scheduled. Michelle will have a wire-wrap sign-up sheet at the meeting for members to indicate their projects of interest if they have already completed the basic wire-wrap bracelet and pendant. Sign-up sheets will be available at the meeting. Please be prepared to pay $10 deposit to Jenta Wyatt when signing up. Open shop time continues with supervisors available to provide assistance on silversmithing, glass fusing, and beading as needed. Hours are: Sun. 1-4 PM, Wed. 9 AM- 12 PM, 1-4 PM, and 6-9 PM, and Thurs. 6-9 PM. Annual Picnic Saturday, June 1st From the North: Take A1A south toward Patrick Air Force Base. South of the Base property line, there are two (2) block houses on the east (ocean) side of the road, then a tree area, then the pavilion and parking lot will be on the east side. From the South: Take A1A north toward Patrick Air Force Base. Go through the traffic light at the Main Gate (west side), and then through the traffic light at the Block House (east side ocean side), then the pavilion and parking lot will be on the east side.

4 P A G E 4 Club Purpose: The purpose of this club is to foster interest in and to promote knowledge and appreciation of minerals, gems, fossils, and the earth sciences. We also disseminate information and instruction in the lapidary arts and the utilization of precious metals in our crafts. These purposes are accomplished through regular meetings with informative programs, workshops, study groups, and field trips. Officers: OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Michele Huntington (321) raymich06@bellsouth.net 1st Vice President: Roz Mestre (321) roz.mestre@att.net 2nd Vice President: Sara Fellows (321) sunysara@cfl.rr.com Secretary: Emily Holston (321) joshholston@hotmail.com Treasurer: Jenta Wyatt (321) JWyatt15@cfl.rr.com Directors: Tom Brown 2013 Shop Location: Lucy Caracoglia Imperial Blvd, Unit D John Catana 2014 Cape Canaveral, FL Bill Dewey 2014 (Imperial is located off A1A just south of the Port) Club Fundraising The club is looking for great ideas for fundraisers. Claudia Walsh is our new Fundraising Coordinator. If you have an idea or are interested in participating in our efforts, please contact Claudia at Joe.Thekimberlingroup@gmail.com. Don t forget the club collects cans! Save your cans and bring them either to the shop during open workshop hours OR to the monthly meeting. The club also collects cancelled stamps. (No Forever stamps, please!) Drop them in the envelope at the shop. Mary MacLaughlin, Editor (321) mmaclaughlin@lycos.com Deadline for items for June issue is May 17th. B R E V A R D G E M S

5 P A G E 5 Manatees FUNdraiser Saturday, May 11th Game time: 6:35 P.M. Location: Space Coast Stadium Viera Last day to buy your tickets is at the meeting on May 2nd! Caption describing picture or graphic. Tickets are only $7 each and are available at the shop or at the April and May meetings. Come on out for a fun evening of baseball and raise some money for the club! We need your support! Just for Kids From KidsLoveRocks.com

6 P A G E 6 Class Pictures Michelle s Opal Class Zia cutting opal Melissa cutting opal Silversmithing Class Bill Sambor Teresa Sambor Samantha shows off her latest projects Close-up of Samantha s project B R E V A R D G E M S

7 P A G E 7 Member Notes Compliments of our new member Mario Vento: The SFMS field trip is full. As mentioned at the meeting, Mario has a friend in California that owns a mine, and he is willing to give a bonus to club members on their orders if they mention Mario s name when ordering. There is the possibility of more savings if club members wish to form a buyers group. Contact Mario at rokhounds@gmail.com or look at the mine s website, Emeralds May Birthstone The name emerald comes from the Greek 'smaragdos' via the Old French 'esmeralde', and really just means 'green gemstone'. Innumerable fantastic stories have grown up around this magnificent gem. The Incas and Aztecs of South America, where the best emeralds are still found today, regarded the emerald as a holy gemstone. However, probably the oldest known finds were once made near the Red Sea in Egypt. Having said that, these gemstone mines, already exploited by Egyptian pharaohs between 3000 and 1500 B.C. and later referred to as 'Cleopatra's Mines', had already been exhausted by the time they were rediscovered in the early 19th century. Emeralds have been held in high esteem since ancient times. For that reason, some of the most famous emeralds are to be seen in museums and collections. The New York Museum of Natural History, for example, has an exhibit in which a cup made of pure emerald which belonged to the Emperor Jehangir is shown next to the 'Patricia', one of the largest Colombian emerald crystals, which weighs 632 carats. The collection of the Bank of Bogota includes five valuable emerald crystals with weights of between 220 and 1796 carats, and splendid emeralds also form part of the Iranian National Treasury, adorning, for example, the diadem of the former Empress Farah. The Turkish sultans also loved emeralds. In Istanbul's Topkapi Palace there are exhibits with items of jewelry, writing-implements and daggers, each lavishly adorned with emeralds and other gems. From a chemical-mineralogical point of view, emeralds are beryllium-aluminum-silicates with a good hardness of 7.5 to 8, and belong, like the light blue aquamarine, the tender pink morganite, the golden heliodor and the pale green beryl, to the large gemstone family of the beryls. Pure beryl is colourless. The colours do not occur until traces of some other element are added. In the case of the emerald, it is mainly traces of chromium and vanadium which are responsible for the fascinating colour. Normally, these elements are concentrated in quite different parts of the Earth's crust to beryllium, so the emerald should, strictly speaking, perhaps not exist at all. But during intensive tectonic processes such as orogenesis, metamorphism, emergences and erosion of the land, these contrasting elements found each other and crystallized out to make one of our most beautiful gemstones. From the International Colored Gemstone Association Website

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