April, 2019

Cache Rock & Gem Club Volume 7, Issue 4

Editor Jessica Vahsholtz 53 North 200 West, Brigham City Utah 84302

Meetings are on From the Top of the Rock Pile

the 2nd Thursday Gary Warren – Club President
of the month at
Summit Well, we are into April and show. We need the help of
Elementary only a month out from our everyone so please come out
7:00pm show. I hope all of you are and help. The show is a big
80 West Main feeling like I am and ready to project and with the new
Smithfield, UT get out and have some fun venue we are getting more
looking for Rocks. vendors in and we need the
Junior club members help of everyone. We will be
meet separately after For our first trip, we will be passing around a signup
opening going down to Topaz for the sheet of the different
announcements.
weekend. We will be going on activities that we need help
Visitors are welcome. the weekend of April 27th. with so make sure you get
We wanted to go on the 20th, your name on the list.
Annual Club
Membership
but it is Easter Weekend and
the place goes nuts down One other trip that we might
Individual $15.00 there so we will wait for a take at the end of this month
Family $20.00 week and go on the 27th. You is over to Woodruff to collect
can stay as long as you would shells but this will depend on
Calendar
like. I will be going down on the weather. We will keep you
of Events
the 26th to place signs out so informed on this. It also could
Club Meeting that you can find us and will be the first weekend in May.
Thursday April 11th at be staying until Sunday
7pm @ Summit
Elementary School
afternoon. Hope to see all of you at our
Smithfield, Utah club meeting on April 11th at
We will talk about the trip 7:00 pm at Summit
more at Club meeting on the Elementary School in
All content is by the
editor with the 11th of April. Smithfield.
exception of where it
is denoted otherwise. For our club meeting this
month, we will doing work
projects to get ready for our

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Trips for the 2019____________________

April 27th – Topaz Mountain for weekend

May 25th – Wendover, Gold Hill – Agate Chrysocolla

June 15th – Cleveland – Near Price Utah

July 19th – Spanish fork – Birds Eye

August 16th – Wyoming to Jim Grey’s area and Rock shop

September 20th – Arco Idaho – Lace Agate, Black Obsidian

October 11th – Moab Utah for Weekend Floy Wash

Display Cases
For those of you that would like to put their display case
together before the show and get it ready, we have the
display cases over to the shed in Hyrum. You can pick one
up anytime that the shed is opened. The next shed opening
will be next Wednesday April 24th from 5 to 7 pm. We will
have the display cases set up for the show on Wednesday
the 8th of May and you can come in anytime after 12 to set
up your case. If you are taking one to get it ready, then we
will need to have the case back by 9:00 am on Wednesday
the 8th of May so we can get it onto the stands. Hope this
works out and just see Bret at the shed so he can open the
trailer for you.
Gary
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April Birthstone Junior Members
You probably already know of
the diamond’s toughness. In
fact, it’s the hardest gemstone
Crystals
and is made of just one
element: carbon. The study of crystals is called Crystallography.

Its structure makes it 58 times
harder than anything in nature
and can only be cut with
another diamond. While it’s
become nearly synonymous
with wedding engagements, it’s
also the perfect stone for
individuals who want
something that’s just as
appropriate for everyday wear
as it is for special occasions.
Diamonds come in several
colors, including yellow, red,
pink, blue, and green, and
range in intensity from faint to
vivid. Generally speaking, the
more saturated the color, the
higher the value.
In fact, diamonds sparkling with
intense color are rare and may
be priced higher than a
colorless diamond of equal size.
Because fancy-color diamonds
are very desirable, color is
sometimes introduced in a
laboratory. These are correctly
called color-treated diamonds.
Its unique physical properties
means it has the best possible
luster of any gemstone when
cut and polished well. So if
you’re in the market for
“sparkle,” the diamond is the
gemstone for you.
All minerals have a regular crystal structure. This structure is made up of
many flat surfaces which are called faces. When these crystal faces join
together they form a crystal. The structure a group of crystal faces form is
called a crystal system. Although there are over
3,500 different minerals that have been identified, they all fall into one of
seven crystal systems:
The Cubic System
(also called the Isometric System)
includes the minerals diamond, galena, gold, silver, fluorite, garnet, halite
and copper.
The Hexagonal System includes the minerals emerald, benitoite, graphite,
molybdenite, and vanadinite.
The Rhombohedral System includes the minerals calcite, quartz,
rhodochrosite, siderite and dolomite. This is a branch of the hexagonal
system.
The Tetragonal System includes the minerals rutile, scapolite, wulfenite and
zircon. n
The Orthorhombic System includes the minerals aragonite, barite, celestite,
goethite, and marcasite.
The Monoclinic System includes the minerals gypsum, augite, biotite,
epidote, and hornblende.
The Triclinic System includes the minerals plagioclase feldspar, ulexite,
turquoise, and albite.
Courtesy: kidsloverocks.com – Coloring sections courtesy mondaymandala.com & Coloringbookofshadows.com

Courtesy:americangemsociety.org

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 Cache Rock & Gem Members Rock Shed
I have Rocks
400 West ~60 South The rock shed is open for the season! Use
in my Shed!
Hyrum, UT of the shed is by appointment on
Wednesday 4-7 pm and Saturday 10-2 pm
with the exception of field trip days and
holidays.

Shed Crew:
Larry Christopherson 435-723-6476
Bret Fonnesbeck 435-757-4927
Only trained shed crew are authorized
Email: bsjunkstop@gmail.com
to set up and run the saws.
Gary Warren 435-720-1775
Cost is ; Adults Jr. members
Wheels $2.00 $1.00 Slab saw cost 0.10 per inch of rough.

***The Shed will be closed on Saturday April 20th for Easter

weekend and on Saturday April 27th for the Topaz Trip.***

Upcoming Club Shows in the Neighborhood

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 Club Officers
Bob & Maria Stewart
Club President Gary Warren rock_hunter1@hotmail.com Mexicanroseagate.com

1st Vice President Anita McCollum anitamccollum@comcast.net We have been assembling

a large collection of
2nd Vice President Dave Nielsen dsnielsen@live.com silicates, mainly agate,
jasper and quartz from
Secretary Dawnette Hunter Mexico for over 10 years.
We are now offering our
Treasurer Kathy Farnsworth dfarnsworth@hotmail.com collection for sale online
and at various rock and
gem shows. Our mission is
to find, collect and sell the
Board Members finest agate, jasper, geodes
and other forms of
Head Chair Dave Farnsworth dfarnsworth@hotmail.com chalcedony, mainly from
family-owned property in
Shed Mngr. Larry Christophersen Larry-0021@comcast.net Mexico, to offer to you at
Shed Assistant Mngr. Bret Fonnesbeck bsjunkstop@gmail.com affordable prices.

Trip Mngr. Dave Nielsen dsnielsen@live.com

Trip Assistant Mngr. Mike Hunter mikehuntersr@gmail.com

Jr. Member Mngr. Shawndra Johnson calandshawn@gmail.com

Assist. Sally Warren and Shelly Lofthouse

Rock Show Mngr. Gary Warren rock_hunter1@hotmail.com

Assist. Jay Anderson
Rock Buckets
The club has 3 gal buckets
Advertising Mngr. Luann Wilmore momouse@gmail.com of rough rock for sale. The
rough is a varied collection
from club trips and include
Social media Mngr. Jessica Vahsholtz iwannarockandgolf@yahoo.com petrified wood, palm, agate,
etc. The cost of a bucket is
Welcoming committee Debra Fabre` n/a $10.00 to club members. If
Assist. Marsha Christophersen interested, contact one of
the club officers.
News Bulletin Editor Jessica Vahsholtz iwannarockandgolf@yahoo.com

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