RHS1 member, Bob Young (coldwatergold) just emailed me the other day about a huge rockhound pow-wow going on next weekend in Calaveras County, so of course I had to stop by the Gazette and tell everyone about it.  I’ll be at the show around noon on Saturday to meet Bob and his rockhound friends.  If you are in the area I hope you stop by.  It sounds like it is going to be a lot of fun.   I’ll  have pics and some gab about the show in a few weeks, so if you don’t get to go,  you can come here and find out what it was that you missed.

Here’s the Info about the Pow-Wow if you are interested in dropping by and having some rockhound type fun, too.

36th Annual Snyders’ Valley Springs POW WOW

May 7-9, 2010

Tags: California rock shows, children's activities, gemstones, gold prospectors, lapidary rough, rock and gem hunters, rockhound equipment, rockhound events, rockhound supplies

Just a note about the upcoming Pow Wow Club event near the Saddle Mountain Washington area.  I’ve been there and the some of the petrified wood there is spectacular.   If you like Rockhound get togethers, this is one you don’t want to miss.  You can read more about it in the March Newsletter – which includes a download to help you find the event and/or contact the club:

http://www.rockhoundstation1.com/newsletter.html

Tags: petrified wood, rock and gem hunters, rockhound events, rockhound newsletter, Rockhounding Washington, rockhounds, Saddle Mt, Washington

Hi Everyone. 

I want to remind everyone to get their BEST pictures of their most awesome finds ready.   On  June 1st  we will start our CALENDAR PICTURE CONTEST.   The 13 pictures with the most votes will be featured in the 2011 Gem Hunter’s Showcase Calendar.  The Picture with the most votes will be featured on the cover.

Each picture will include a caption with the finder’s name, the region the stone was located, and any contact information – such as shop names and locations and/or websites that the winner would like to have included.  Free advertising and some high test bragging rights for those of you finding the most awesome gems and taking great photos.

Please do make sure that the pictures you send are of gems that YOU find.  RHS1 is not responsible for plagiarized  material. If you use someone else’s pictures or info and get caught doing so, it will be YOU that is responsible, not RHS1.   I’m pretty sure our rockhound community is above this kind of thing, but legally – I have to put up this statement, so here it is.

TO ENTER THE CONTEST
1. You must be a member of RHS1 to participate in this contest.  Registration is free – membership is always free. Make sure to put us in your email so your confirmation doesn’t go to your spam folder.  If you have difficulties registering,  just drop me a line and I will activate you myself.

2. Send your picture  to us via the “contact US” button by June 1st, 2010.  Include your username,  the name of the mineral specimen, and what region you found it in.    We will accept 2 pictures from each contestant.

Pictures will be posted on the Photo Gallery on June 1st  with instructions about how to vote.  Voting will continue until the last day of August 2010 – On September 1st  we will announce the winners.

HAVE A ROCK SHOW COMING UP IN 2011?  STAY TUNED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO HAVE YOUR SHOW LISTED ON THE CALENDAR so nobody will forget to visit your show!

I’m looking forward to some spectacular pictures this year!

Tags: Gem Hunter's contest, gemstone picture contest, gemstones, rock and gem hunters, rockhound calendar, rockhound photo gallery, rockhounds, rockhoundstation1.com

Up for sale is an awesome rare collection of Yellow Cat Redwood from Utah. This material was used by Tiffany in the 30′s to make jewelry before the mine was closed. All funds raised by this sniper sale will be used to help with medical costs of a old rockhound who had a massive heart attack a few weeks back. He has loads of stuff and we are helping out with this sale. The sale starts at 8pm Eastern Standard Time this Sunday, simply log onto www.elegantcabs.com at 8pm and have at it .

Sunday Feb 28 at 8pm Eastern Standard TIme
AT: http://www.facebook.com/l/05455;www.elegantcabs.com
log onto the site now and preview what will be available

Tags: lapidary rough, lapidary supply, petrified wood, rock and gem hunters, rockhound calendar, rockhounds, Yellow Cat Redwood from Utah

Over the last few weeks earth has been showing signs that there is crustal shifting – 10 km deep quakes have been occurring globally. These quakes were accompanied by the recent deadly quake in Haiti and have been occurring with frequency since….although not always at notable magnitudes.

Last night Chile was hit by an 8.8 magnitude quake that is sending a wall of water toward Hawaii. It is expected to hit the Hawaii coast in a few hours – around 11:00. They have updated that time recently -the water is moving faster than they had first realized.

On the 26th a 7.0 magnitude quake hit just off of Japan at 22km depth – sparking tsunami watches.

As of the magnitude 8.8 quake that hit Chile last night at a depth of 35km, there have been six magnitude 6 quakes at 35km depth – on 6.9 quake which is very nearly the size that just toppled Haiti.

For perspective on the wall of water headed for Hawaii – it is about three times the size of the 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia.

There have also been 28 after shock quakes of 5.0 – 5.9 magnitude at depths of 35km in the region of Chili since that time.

We will update you on this event with more information about quakes and current geological states of the earth today.

If you are living in a coastal area, you might just want travel in shore a ways today even if you are not in Hawaii.

Tags: Chile Earthquake, Earth Watch, Earthquake watch, Earthquakes, Geology, Natural Disasters, Tsunami Warning

HEY NEW JERSEY ROCKHOUNDS

If you have a puzzling specimen sitting on the shelf that you just can’t identify or have other questions about mineral identification, you really don’t want to miss the 42nd annual open house at The Geology Museum at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, on January 30th.

At the open house people can have their own samples professionally examined.  There will also be a mineral sale for those looking to add some great material to their own collections, as well as hands-on geology activities for children.

Along with the rock and mineral identification program, earth science presentations include:
Earthquake Detection for the Citizen Seismologist 3:00 pm
Madagascar’s Buried Treasure: Dinosaur and other Vertabrate Fossils from the Land that Time Forgot 2:00 pm
Paleoclimatic Framework of Human Evolution: Examples from Olduvia Gorge 11:00 am
Monitoring our Ocean Planet: The Scarlet Knights Trans-Atlantic Challenge 10:00 am

Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Geology Museum at Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Scott Hall
43 College Avenue
New Brunswick presentations in room 123
mineral sale in room 135
hands-on children’s activities in room 115.

Additional presentations in Geology Hall
85 Somerset Street
New Brunswick
rock and mineral identification, children’s activities in Geology Museum, 2nd floor

Tags: children's activities, earth science, Geology, Geology events, Mineral Identification, New Jersey events, rock and gem hunters, rockhounds