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Picnic Potluck Meeting
Sep 8-10, 2017Greenfield, IN, Toledo, OH
Annual Show
Sep 15-17, 2017Tulip City Gem & Mineral Club
Annual ShowHolland, MI
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Sep 16-17, 2017Howell, MI Annual Show
Sep 23-24, 2017Joplin, MO, Oshkosh, WI Annual
Show
Sep 30-Oct 1, 2017Traverse City, MI Annual Show
Oct 7-8, 2017Springfield, IL Annual Show
Oct 11, 2017Board Meeting
Oct 13-15, 2017Warren, MI, Springfield, MO
Annual Shows
Oct 20-22, 2017Spencerville, IN, Mason, MI, Ft.
Wayne, IN, Clio, MI, Des Moines,IA, Annual Shows
This EditionAugust Program: Keokuk Geodes. p1Club Calendar/Board............... p2Club Shirts.Silent Auction info.. p2Show Corner............................. p3President's Message................. p4A True Rockhound..................... p4Board/General Minutes............... p5Show Displays............................ p6Profile: Amy & Rachel Gonzalez.. p7Junior Page: Geodes................... p9About Us..................................... p10
General Meeting – 7 pm August 30, 2017
KEOKUK GEODES
Geodes are found in a wide area around the southeast corner of Iowa, which includes sites east across the Mississippi River in Hamilton, Illinois and south to the northeast corner of Missouri near Alexandria. The geologic formation in which they are found is the Warsaw. These Keokuk geodes can include mineralization from a list of at least 20 separate minerals; occurring singly or in combination. The majority of these geodes are hollow, unlike the geodes found in southern Indiana.
The DVD we will watch was produced by the Midwest Federation and while not quite as professional as other programs, there is a multitude of examples of mineralization.
August Monthly Rock Color Contest
This month the “color” will be white to clear. Bring your best example and vote for your favorite specimen!
Bulletin of the Tulip City Gem & Mineral Club, PO Box 2082, Holland, MI 49422 Website: www.Tulipcity.or g
August 2017 Celebrating Fifty Years Volume 50, Edition 8
THE
TULIP CITYCONGLOMERATE
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Club Calendar
Oct 25 (Wed) – General Meeting, 7p, HMCCOct 28-29 - Cuyahoga Falls, OHOct 28-29 - Davenport, IANov 4-5 – Midland, MINov 4-5 – Sturtevant, WINov 11 – Quincy, ILNov 11-12 – Freeport, ILNov 11-12 – Crystal, MNNov 15 (Wed) Board Meeting, 7p, HMCCNov 17-19 – St. Louis, MONov 18-19 – Madison, WINov 29 (Wed) – General Meeting, 7p, HMCC
Dec 6 (Wed) Board Meeting, 7p, HMCCDec 20 (Wed) – General Meeting, 7p, HMCC
HMCC = Howard Miller Community Center, 14 S Church St. Zeeland, MIItalic listings are non-Club events. Major source of material is from: http://www.amfed.org/mwf/Calendar/
Check out the Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/tulipcityclub/
2017 Officers and Board of DirectorsPresident C.H. Falstad [email protected] President Julia Sherwood [email protected] Dan DeGroot [email protected] Patti DeGroot [email protected] Trip Coord. Bob Sinke [email protected] Betty Hoekstra [email protected]. Club Coord. Rick Smith [email protected]. Club Coord. Linda Winkelmann [email protected] Jackie Helder [email protected] Christine Silich [email protected] Ed. Rudy Silich [email protected] Coord Sue Goedert [email protected] Coord. Linda Plumert [email protected]. at Large Dan Nevins [email protected]. at Large Teresa DeMol [email protected] President -Bob Sherwood [email protected]
For 2017, there are fifteen (15) positions, which have one vote each. There are currently (16) persons on the Board (two persons share one position).
CLUB SHIRTS FOR SALE
Pre-paid orders for Club Shirts will be taken at the General Meetings on August 30, 2017. Delivery will be at the Show setup in September.
Wearing the shirts during the Show and at other Club events, helps the public to identify members of the Club by their distinctive shirts.
It also helps us to spot one another across the crowded Show floor!
Sizes & prices: Crew neck:
Sm. to 1X = $9.00 2X to 5X = $11.00
Polo shirt: Sm. to 1X = $13.002X to 5X = $15.50
Show Silent Auction Material
If you plan on putting items in thisyears Silent Auction, please drop it off at the Soccer Stop before noon on Friday. Please attach a bid slip securely to each item, or place your item with a bid slip in a baggie or box (bid slips are available on our web site). Please place all of your items in a cardboard box, wooden box or plastic tote with your last name clearly printed on the end.
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Show Cornerby Sue Goedert
It’s almost here! I’m really excited for another Show this year, and it can only be successful with everyone’s help. As usual, the signups to work at the show will be on the back tables at the club meeting this month. Please sign up. There are a few changes this time. We have moved the opening time back to 10am for both Friday and Saturday, so some of the shifts have changed slightly.
Meal will be provided for those that work and for our dealers. Shari Luttikhuizen is taking that over this year, and in an effort to minimize costs we are asking for more donations. She’s got some fun ideas, but we still need some people to bring main dishes like crockpot lasagna (she’s got an easy recipe ready) and sloppy joes and we also need lots of salads, cookies, and desserts to go with it, as well as lunchmeat, cheese and bread for lunches.
Please start getting your items ready for Silent Auction and the Artisan Market. The forms for Silent Auction are on the website under the Show tab at the bottom. We will be doing things a bit different for the Artisan Market this year, more on that at the meeting. All items need to be there by 6pm Thursday.
We have lots of openings for displays – please sign up and share your special treasures! Those get set up Thursday and need to come down right after we close Sunday. Any questions, contact Linda Plummert.
One other change we are making is that liquids are not allowed on the field unless they are in an enclosed container. Ice water and coffee will be provided, but please bring your own covered mug or water bottle if you need it on the field. This is something that can damage the turf and we want to make sure to keep our relationship on a positive note.
Show Chair Sue Goedert 616-452-7843 [email protected] Shari Luttikhuizen 616-669-4664 [email protected] Julia Sherwood 269-227-3202 [email protected] Dianne Graf 616-610-2683 [email protected] Teresa DeMol 616-836-2608 [email protected]/Memb Christine Silich 616-786-2480 [email protected] Betty Hoekstra 616-667-2294 [email protected] Linda Plummert 616-669-6759 [email protected] Games Kurt Brinks 616-399-2865 [email protected] Auction Steve Miller 269-751-2808 [email protected] Market Jackie Helder 616-566-6631 [email protected] Sales Bob Sinke 616-455-7567 [email protected] Rance Westover 616-754-7093 [email protected] Anne Westover 616-754-7093 [email protected] Rudy Silich 616-786-2480 [email protected] Peter Riemersma 616-895-5008 [email protected] Rocks Linda Winkelmann 616-834-6651 [email protected] Linda Winkelmann 616-834-6651 [email protected]
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President's Message
We’re just back from the annual July picnic, this year at Bob and Julia Sherwoods, and had a wonderful time. If you missed out, you missed some great potluck dishes, a chance to see some spectacular rock collections, commune with others that love rocks, discuss recent and future collecting opportunities, a chance to collect rocks along the beach shore, and even a chance to see the sun dip again into the distant horizon curve of Lake Michigan.
Many thanks to the Sherwoods for hosting a great picnic!As we have all been following, the TCGMC was blessed with the opportunity to find good homes
to the many specimens collected by Larry Graves. If you weren’t a winning bidder or raffle winner andmissed the opportunity to obtain some of these for your own collection, the agate team has been busyat work to give every family that wants a chance to put some of these in your own collection. They’ve diligently portioned out about 2 lbs of Lake Superior agates in some smaller sizes than the 2.9 lb “Larry Graves” auctioned off in our October meeting. The agate team will have these available, one lot per family member for the next few months. Come to the August or October meeting and you can pick out a pre-sorted bags for the very economical price of $3 per bag. I hope every family will take advantage of this one-time opportunity. See Shari Luttikhuizen or Julia Sherwood to purchase your one bag of Lake Superiors from the Larry Graves collection no later than our general club meeting on October 25th.
I have already picked up my bag, and it will be a special group of rocks. There are some beautiful pieces to display, but I also enjoy them because of who owned them. In the July 2017 volume of Rock & Gem, author Bob Jones discusses the value of provenance of a specimen. That means that tracked prior ownership of gem or mineral can add to its collectable and monetary value. He used an example of a piece of bournonite that could be traced back to the mid-1800’s. I have pieces in my collection that mean more to me because they were once owned by early members of our Tulip City Gem and Mineral Club. I have also been privileged to receive several very collectable and beautiful minerals collected by Dr. Steve Chamberlain, well-known mineralogist and author of several books onminerals. More on this subject in future messages.
Next on the agenda, in case you haven’t been paying attention, is the famous Annual Tulip City Gem and Mineral Club Show! I have been so thrilled to see the growth of this activity and also expanded involvement from so many volunteers. There’s still room for joining the fun. Don’t miss out. Sign up for one or several spots at our August general meeting, but if for some reason you’re not ableto make that meeting give Sue Goedert, our show chair, a call at 616-452-7843.
C.H. FalstadTCGMC President
A True Rockhoundby Chet Smith
Last month my granddaughter, Tamara, came to visit me. Tammy lives in Kentucky, and is a 6 th grade teacher.
After our converstaion slowed down, Tammy picked up a magazine and started to read about “Kentucky Lapis Lazuli”. The magazine was “Rocks and Moinerals” dated May/June 1961!
This month I received a note in the mail from Tammy. She said their family had hiked two miles around Lake Hematite (that was mentioned in the article) and found a lot of Kentucky Lapis Lazuli! Enclosed in the letter was a small plastic bag with a few pieces of Kentucky Lapiz Lazuli the had found while hiking.
I re-read the article.
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Tulip City Gem and Mineral ClubJuly Board Meeting
Sherwood CompoundJuly 29, 2017
4:30 PM – Call to Order
Approval of Agenda, Minutes and Financials dismissed. Motion made by Patti D Seconded by Rudy S.
Board reportsPresident – C.H. Falstad : No new items.
Show Coordinator - Sue Goedert showed us some new freestanding metal sign holders for the show posters. She has 15 special clips to attach to them. We will try to get some heavy duty clips. Bob sinke asked Steve Miller if we could get some shelves installed in the new trailer.
We would like to have the shelves installed during the show so we can use them immediately after the show. (JuliaSherwood) We need a drawing and help to install them.
Linda Winkelmann has packs of show adds to pass out to club members for distribution. Take as many as you can. They are packaged in packs of 50. We will try to get some inour local libraries in Holland, Fennville, South Haven and Blanford. We have given 950 to the Holland Welcome Center. We should get some to the local nature centers too.
Past President – Bob Sherwood may not attend festivities in the U.P. Due to important home issues. He passed out directions to the mines in the Keeweenaw.
Junior Leader – Rick Smith picked up the materials for the Petoskey polish activity .New Business:
A motion was made to have Dan Nevins fill the open position of Director at Large. He was elected by unanimous vote by all members present.
Field Trip Coordinator – Bob Sinke reported that a new Field Trip may be possible in southern Indiana for geodes. He and C.H. Falstad scouted the area south of Bloomington, a 5-6 hour drive from Holland.
The August Board meeting will be August 16th and the next General Meeting will be on August 30th.
Meeting adjourned at 5:00 pm.
Meeting notes submitted by :Secretary - Dan DeGroot[audio file No. 15]
Tulip City Gem and Mineral ClubGeneral Meeting
Picnic at Sherwood'sJuly 29, 2017, 5:10 p.m.
Welcome;
President: C.H. Falstad welcomed all to the picnic.
Show Chair - Sue Goedert reportedon the Show. The next show planning meeting will be on August 23rd. We arelooking for helpers and volunteers for the show. Please sign up on the clip boards in the house. Make a copy of your times on the note cards provided so you don't forget.
Shari Luttihuizen will be coordinating the Food for the upcoming show. We are asking club members to bring food items or donate money in order to keep costs down.
The Artisan table will be run differently this year with special tags to track each item. Put the value on the price tag and personal data on the associated cards.
Julia Sherwood explained that there was a flat of bagged Larry Graves agates on the back porch for sale to club members. There are 50 bags with about 2 pounds of agates in each. Eachbag is $3 and only one bag per family. We are tracking which families get themso all of our member families have an opportunity to select one.
Thanks to Bob and Julia Sherwood for having the picnic at their home.
Break for Refreshments: LET'S EAT
Adjournment of Business Meeting at 5:20 pm.
Notes submitted bySecretary Dan DeGroot[Audio File No. 16]
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Sign Up for a Show Display
OK folks – this is your chance to fill a display case for the Show. We have plenty of display cases, let's fill them all!
Doesn't your garage, shed, or basement have some beautiful, interesting rocks that want to see the light of day? Don't you have a display case at home full of rocks, gems, and minerals that would like to be admired by some eager young folks or by some senior citizen looking to shock his or her brain with some new and different information?
You may say, “I've never done that before” or “My collection isn't nice enough”, or “I don't have time!” If you love rocks, just make a display with the title “This is why I love rocks” And then in your display you can show us why you love rocks. If you've been on a family vacation or a field trip with theClub, we'd like to see what you found and where you found it. The first display is the hardest and we'llhelp you with that.
You display needs to be set up on Thursday before the Show between 3pm and 8pm. We will be at the Soccer Stop to greet you and show you where to set up. The case needs to be emptied out at 5pm on Sunday at the end of the Show.
To reserve a case, either sign up at the General Meeting on Wednesday August 20, or call me at 616-669-6759 (or 616-427-2894). And please, if you have any questions, call or email me at [email protected].
Thank you!Linda Plumert
Crazy Lace that is available!
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New Member Profile: Amy & Rachel Gonzalez
by Bob Sherwood
Amy, and her step-daughter, Rachel, joined our club at last year’s show. Rachel had first heard about Tulip City while shopping at Silva & Son’s in Zeeland a few years ago when a customer asked if she was a member. (Wonder who that customer was!) They both love rocks and wanted to learn more about them, then after learning more about us as a club and letting it “simmer” a bit, the two eventually joined.
Rachel graduated Zeeland High School then attended Kendall Art School and Columbia College in Chicago. She is currently employed by Yan Feng, formerly Johnson Controls. When Amy was young she had a grandfather in Tennessee who collected arrowheads, so that has stayed with her through the years. Both would like to do more field collecting and thoroughly enjoyed collecting fossilson the Alpena-Lafarge trip. They both had a chance to meet members at the recent picnic; in fact Rachel got so carried away with picking up rocks on the beach she missed dinner but made up for it staying late after everyone else had left and had leftovers. Rachel would also like to learn lapidary techniques, so hopefully our club members can help with that.
Amy & Rachel would love to travel, especially to our western states, as well as Hawaii. Ireland, Scotland and England would be on Amy’s future agenda.
Let’s help encourage these two budding rockhounds!
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Close-up of the crazy lace.
Moss Agate that is available!
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Junior Rock Club Page
“Geodes—Mother Nature’s Gifts”
This year the topic for Club’s annual Show in September is geodes! So, juniors, let’s learn alittle about geodes ahead of time: our August junior meeting topic will be on geodes!
Geodes have such wide appeal. I wonder if that’s not because they are like gifts, like Mother Nature’s gifts. The real surprise is on the inside and you have to open them up to see the gift. In our August meeting you’ll learn a little about the “box” and the “wrapping” of these gifts…because not every hollow cavity withcrystals inside is a geode. To be a geode (insteadof a vug) there has to be that “packaging.” We’ll also learn about the different kinds of crystals that can show up inside these “packages,” and of course we’ll have some show-and-tell specimens to illustrate some of these different mineral materials. Finally we’ll learn about some places that you could visit to collect geodes, even some places here in Michigan.
Why not join us for our Junior Meeting on geodes, Wednesday, August 30 at 7:00 at Zeeland’s Howard Miller Community Center.
Rick Smith & Linda WinkelmannJunior Club Leaders
Whole Keokuk Geodes
Keokuk geode w/bitumen. rayer-minerals.com
Keokuk snowball geode.
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Our club is a non-profit organization sponsored by the Holland Recreation Department. it is a member of the Midwest Federationand the American Federation ofMineralogical Societies. The generalpurpose of this club is to develop interest in and increased knowledge of minerals, rocks, gems, fossils, andthe lapidary arts. The objectives of this club shall be promoted wheneverPossible, through family participation.
Meetings are held monthly on the last Wednesday of the month at the Howard Miller Community Center, 14 S. Church Street, Zeeland, MI at7pm, unless announced otherwise in the TULIP CITY CONGLOMERATE.Junior Club welcomes young rockhounds and meets separately duringthe meeting.
To become a member,complete the form at
www.tulipcity.org
The deadline for submissionsis 5p the Thursday after the Board Meeting.
Advertising rates for club members are: $5 for businesscard size, $10 for ¼ page, $15 for ½ page, $30 for fullpage. non-member rates are double. Make check payableTo: TCG&M with ad copy to Editor.
Tulip City Conglomerate Rudy Silich, Editor 416 West Mae Rose AveHolland, MI 49424