The Petoskey Stone Oak land County Earth Science Club March 2013 www.OCESC.com March Program- Native Nations happens as you push and burnish the bezel. Dwight Keith will show his collection But when setting a stone with corners, the Club Meeting of Native American artifacts. tendency is to push the long sides of the March 6th bezel down first. No compression occurs 7:30 along the sides, and all excess metal is left Organizer for at the corners. Compressing everything Board Meeting Programs/Refreshments Needed there is difficult. Often the only way to Our Club needs an organizer for remove the extra metal at the corner is to 6:30 programs and refreshments. Please make a saw cut and fold the two sides in to consider volunteering- see Dwight touch. Keith or any club officer. If you want a smooth bezel all around the corners, the simple solution is set the April Auction Preparation corners of the bezel first. Then push in and We look forward to the April Auction, burnish the sides. In this way the necessary and now is the time to get ready for it. compression is distributed along the length Beginning Thursday, Feb. 14, we'll of all sides and not forced to occur at the look over minerals, pick out the best corners. With the corners set first, the top and get them ready. edge of the bezel can easily be compressed Come, help us. We work from 1:30pm along the sides. to about 4:00 or whatever time you can help. We will do this for 3-4 Cheaper & Better Pickle weeks. We have a good time handling minerals, talking and learning about Most jewelers use a granular pickle mixed them and just chatting. We need help, with water. The active ingredient is so please come and join us. sodium bisulfate. This can be purchased Katherine Van Hoy from local stores as a common pool chemical used for adjusting the acidity of Bezel Setting Problems the water. It's sold under various names, so be sure to check the list of active When bezel setting a cab that has ingredients for a brand that is 95% or more rather sharp corners, have you ever sodium bisulfate. had problems pushing the metal down at the corners? It's a common problem An added benefit is that the pool chemical often causing a wrinkle in your bezel is more pure in form than what is sold for and a grimace on your face. jewelry use and does not cause the often found brown grime floating on the top of a pickle pot. Upcoming Events (evenInt sor cdean rb feo for au nbed zate lw two wca.roptckurneg tem.he com or www.amfed.org/mwf/Calendar/) For detailed informatio n, please visits itnonediv,i dtuheal tclopub e’sdge web ofsi te.he bezel must More Bench Tips by Brad Smith are at be compressed and become shorter to facebook.com/BenchTips/ Nov 1 th ru Nov 29 - Rlaocy kdow Polni sonthinog t heC lsastones at. C WAiIt hB aui lding, 7-9or P sMee, Ctheut tbooking/s ha"Bpiencng/h polTipsishi forng J teawugelhtry by Leon Pearson, and ropeoundn t oor t heova publl stoneic. C thionts anactt uWraaltleyr ford ParksM ak&i ngRe"c ronea tAionmaz 248on- 674-5441 , J Upcoming Events (events can be found at www.rockngem.com or www.amfed.org/mwf/Calendar/) For detailed information, please visit individual club’s website. OCES Club Silver Class continues—at the CAI Building. CAI building use fee is $1.00 per day of attendance. Taught by Marie Rathburg, for club members. Dates are Wednesdays February 27, 30, March 13, or 20 or 27 Roamin Club Auction, Mar. 2-3, 11-6PM, Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty, Livonia MI, Free adm/parking Michigan Mineralogical Society Social and Swap, March 11, 7 p.m., Cranbrook Institute of Science, 39221 N. Woodward Ave. Contact: Millie Hurt, (248) 398‐6693 Jackson MI, March 15-17; Annual show; Michigan Gem & Mineral Society; Jackson County Fair Grounds American 1 Event Center; 200 W. Ganson; Fri. 11-7, Sat. 10-7, Sun. 11-5; adults $4 (discount coupon on Web site), seniors $2, students $1; www.mgmsrockclub.com Taylor MI Rock club Show, 13115 Telegraph Rd St John’s Lutheran Church ;Mar 16. 10 – 5PM. Info, call Lou – 734-259-8880 Bead Bonanza- Mar 17 10-5PM, Southfield Municipal Complex, 26000 Evergreen Rd., $5 Admission 37th Annual Gem, Mineral and Lapidary Show- 4/20-21; "Agates . Beauty, Color & Variety"Sat. 10:00 am-7:00 pm Sun. 11:00 AM-5:00 PM; Great Artist Demonstrations and Outstanding Dealers Lectures Displays, a Raffle and Tin Can Auction; info [email protected] 2013 Midwest Federation Show, April 6-7, Lincoln NE Wyoming MI; April 4-6; Annual show; Indian Mounds Rock & Mineral Club; Wyoming Village Shopping Center; 28th St., west of US 131; Thu. 9:30-9, Fri. 9:30-9, Sat. 9:30-8; free -- indianmoundsrockclub.com 2013 Refreshments 2012 Programs Jan. Chris and Walt Jan. Lookout Mt/Rock City- The Whiteheads Feb. P. Keene, L. West Feb Trip to Poland, incl. minerals- K.VanHoy Mar. Mar Native American artifacts, Dwight Keith April April Silent Auction May Jackie Presson, Monica Rowe May June Banquet-Potluck June -- Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov Club Member Swap/Sale & Elections Dec. Club Banquet-everyone bring a dish Dec. Banquet ***March Birthdays *** 3 Amy Hiller 21 Ben Hiller-Sawicki 2 Meeting Address: OAKLAND COUNTY EARTH SCIENCE CLUB Christ Lutheran Church 5987 Williams Lake Road Waterford MI 48329 Club Web Site—www.OCESC.com Editor: Laura Sheffer, e-mail: [email protected] Midwest Federation Library: see http://www.amfed.org/mwf/resources/geologyprograms.html Rentals are open to all club members- contact Pat Powers, e-mail [email protected] General Meeting: First Wednesday each month, September through June at 7:30 PM Board Meeting: Same day as General meeting, at 6:30 PM General and Board meeting are held at Christ Lutheran Church. Purpose: To associate the member families, to promote activities that help families learn about Earth sciences and lapidary arts, and to cooperate with other similar organizations. Grinding classes and workshops are held at the C.A.I. building- 5640 Williams Lake Rd. Open hours in the grinding room- $1.00/person/day payable to the C.A.I. Building. Officers - 2012 OCESC is a member of MWF-AFMS President: Dwight Keith Committees: Vice-Pres: Tony West Programs/Refreshments- Open position Secretary: Chris Shull Classes- Tony West Field Trips- J. Rives Treasurer: Leon Pearson Children’s - R. Woerner Membership- E. Snyder By-Laws- C. Roller, P. Brady, Directors L. Pearson Library- L. Whitehead Bob Albertson (11-13) Historian- (open) Silversmith- E. Snyder Rod Krupka (13-15) Scholarship- R. Seibert Nancy Mathura (11-13) Rock Raffle- Shows- E.Snyder, Nancy Pfauth (11-13) K. Van Hoy Sunshine- N. Mathura Tom Pierson (11-13) Publ.- L. Sheffer, R. Seibert Web site- D. Whitehead Gerry Runkle (12-14) Grinding Room- L. Pearson Eleanor Snyder (Emeritus) Banquet-N. Lill, L.Pearson, N. Pfauth Roberta Thomas (11-13) Newsletter Contributions- All Members: Katherine Van Hoy (Emeritus) Articles and items of interest are welcome! – Please send them to the Linda Whitehead (13-15) editor (US Mail or E-mail) by the 13th of the month. See above for Editor’s address. Membership Dues: Annual Membership dues (due each February): $20.00 per family unit or individual. Students pay $7.50 if not covered by family membership. Club name tag is $5.00 per person. ALL adults are required to wear their name tag. Contact: Eleanor Snyder. 3 OCES GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING JANUARY 2, 2013: The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM. Both the December Minutes and Treasurer’s Reports were approved. The lift- chair just needs to be finished and inspected. Membership approved $500 for the deposit on chair. Also it is time for the audit; two people are needed. This does not take much time; both the 2011 and the 2012 years need to be checked. Thank you Eric Rathburg for volunteering. Grinding Room will start up again and will continue on Mondays & Tuesdays. Beading class by Tony will be starting January 11th at the church. We still need someone to handle programs and refreshments. Eleanor cannot teach the Silversmith Classes in the evening; perhaps a different time? The Library is open tonight. The Website looks great; Dave is always open to new ideas. We had two visitors that came with rocks to be identified by our group. Katherine says that sorting for the April Auction will be on Thursday afternoons at the CAI building. The MMS Banquet is January 19 with a very interesting speaker. The raffle took place. Tonight’s program will be a video about Lookout Mountain. Meeting adjourned at 8:50 pm. Respectfully submitted, Chris Shull, Secretary. OCES BOARD MEETING FEBRUARY 6, 2013: The meeting was called to order at 6:50 pm. The January General Meeting Minutes were approved (no Board minutes for January 2013). The Treasurer’s Report was approved. We paid the Midwest Federation $362.00 for yearly dues. OCES dues ($20) are due now-see Eleanor. Our 2011 and 2012 audits are now complete. We also received a special certificate to acknowledge 45 years of the club’s existence, from the Federation. Grinding Room-4 to 5 regulars; bought oil for saws. Chair-lift has an electrical problem; more info next week. Sunshine - Please keep Lynnette and Monica in your get well thoughts. Beading Class- One more class before Tony goes to Florida.