Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page
Inside this Issue:
Klicks & Klacks from the Editor 2
Program Competition 2
Oklahoma II: Dinosaurs, Red 3
Dinosaur Track Meet? 7
Book Review 8
Membership Stats 9
Teach 10
Zap Zap Yipes 10
A Wire Wrapper’s Tale 11
Kansas Poel 12
Early Human Footprints in England 13
Calif. Poppy—Indicator of Copper 14
AFMS/RMFMS Show Documents 14
SCRIBE Meeting 22
Shows & More 22
Officers & Committees 21
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The President’s Voice Dear Members of the Rocky Mountain Federation:
I would like to invite and encourage you to attend the combined Rocky
Mountain Federation/American Federation Show and Convention here in
Tulsa Oklahoma from July 9-13, 2014. This is a wonderful opportunity to visit
with fellow rockhounds from around our Federations and the whole United States. Only
once every seven years is the combined American Federation of Mineralogical Socie-
ties Show hosted by our Federation.
Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society has been working hard to provide us with an excellent
show. It will be complete with dealers, a variety of exhibits, kids’ activities, programs,
silent auction, field trips and more. They will also be providing the usual Awards Banquet
Saturday night and Editors/Webmasters Breakfast Sunday morning. There will also be
many other meetings going on that you will want to attend. You should really attend
one of these functions if you have not previously done so.
This is also where we conduct the business of the Federation. The Executive Committee
will meet Friday morning and the House of Delegates will meet Saturday afternoon. It is
extremely important that your club be represented in the House of Delegates. If no one
from your club is able to attend, please contact your State Director and arrange for
your club to be represented by Proxy.
As you look through this packet at the reports turned in by the various officers and com-
mittee chairmen you will get a good idea of the work the RMFMS is doing for your hob-
by. I know many items of interest will be discussed and we can learn from the success
and challenges that clubs in different parts of our Federation have experienced this
past year.
Once again I invite you to attend the Federation Show and Convention in Tulsa as they
always have a wonderful show! I am looking forward to meeting and visiting with as
many of you as I can.
Diane Weir
Volume 45
Issue 3
March 2014
March 9—Daylight Saving Begins
March 17—St. Patick’s Day
March 20—Spring Begins
A ll RMFMS member reports are now in. We ended 2012-13 with 77 member organizations. One club has
folded or is no longer active, Longmont (CO) Gem and Mineral Society. We have had one new organi-
zation join RMFMs in the first quarter of 2013-14, The Southern Teller County (CO) Focus Group.
Total paid membership in 2013-14 is 7,872 individual members, compared to 7,096 in 2012-13. Total paid plus
life/honorary membership is 8,426 compared to 7,342 in 2012-13. This is an astounding increase in membership
and not confined to just a few clubs. While a few clubs have lost some members, many clubs throughout the Federation
have increased membership, from just a few new members to as many as 100 new members.
This is a great trend so let’s keep it going. It is really good to see our clubs thriving and growing.
Treasurer’s Report by Gene Maggard
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 2
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Klicks & Klacks from the Editor by Betty Cain
The following is the opinion of this editor with credit to the original authors as applicable.
I ’m always on the lookout for something to get our readers’ attention,
something to make them think, or something to get them inspired to
become more active participants in their clubs and the Federation. I
don’t profess to be a writer but feel that I’m a pretty fair editor. So, I often choose to
reprint thoughts of others.
I found this from our White Mountain Gem & Mineral Society’s President, Tonie
MonDragon; it was published in their January, 2014 Rock Talk newsletter. “January's
thought is Integrity. It is the practice of choosing ethics over convenience and truth
over popularity. Remember, there is never a wrong time to do the right thing. So, my
fellow rockhounds, go forth and dare to be yourself!”
Seems to me that integrity should be a year-round attribute. The word equates to an-
other for me, and that word is accountability. We should be accountable for our ac-
tions (or lack thereof) to our fellow rockhounds. We should not be afraid of being bul-
lied if our actions are performed with integrity. We should have the courage to speak
up if something does not seem right. Others may have the same thoughts as you. Our
country and federation were formed by people who had a thought and spoke up. Let
your voice be heard; you may have the next great idea to solve a problem or make
things happen for the benefit of all.
Program Competition—Why Bother? by Marge Collins, AFMS Program Competition Chair
Do you like to share your “rockhound” interests?
Do you demonstrate at Shows or other events?
Have you ever prepared a display for a meeting or at a show?
Have you presented a program about a special interest at a club meeting or dur-
ing a show?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, why not take the next step—enter Pro-
gram Competition to share your interest and enthusiasm with viewers across the coun-
try?
You ask, why bother?
Viewers across the country are waiting to see new presentations.
You’ll earn national recognition.
A cash award helps to defray the expense of producing a presentation.
A digital camera and computer make this process so much easier! If you have ques-
tions, a fellow Club member or a friend may be able to help; or, choose a contact be-
low.
Be sure to use the best images possible - “fuzzy” pictures - whether out of focus or low
resolution – are counter productive. When writing your script, remember every profes-
sional author has one or more editors. In other words, don’t be satisfied with the first
draft. Ask someone to read the script to you. Listen, take notes; and then re-write as
needed. (Again, thank goodness for computers!)
Program Competition “rules” and entry form were published last month in AFMS News-
letter and are on AFMS website www.amfed.org
For more info, contact your Regional Librarian (who is one of the judges) or Competi-
tion Coordinator: Marge Collins (269) 695-4313 or [email protected] We’re looking
forward to your entry, and so are viewers across the country!
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 3
Oklahoma II: Dinosaurs, Red Beds, and Plains by Dr. Mike Nelson
L ast month my column centered on the eastern one-third of Oklahoma, home of deciduous trees,
Mississippian and Pennsylvanian rocks, coal mines, a coastal plain, large lakes, the Ouachita and
Ozark Mountains, and the lead-zinc mines. This month I move further west where the middle third of the
state is dominated by exposures of late Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks, many of which are red in
color. The Panhandle region has exposures of dinosaur-containing Mesozoic rocks along with a Ter-
tiary cover and a few basalt flows. Interrupting this logical sequence of rocks are two interesting
“mountain” regions—the Ardmore Mountains south of Oklahoma City and the Wichita Mountains in the southwest near
Lawton - subjects for later discussion.
To better understand the geology and related landforms of
Oklahoma, readers should keep in mind figures 1-3.
The sandstone cuestas (Spanish for cliffs) region has gently
dipping, to the west, sandstone layers protecting underlying,
slope-forming shale layers. The sandstone of the province is
late Pennsylvanian in age and was formed as flowing rivers
carried sand and other sediments into deltas and estuaries of
an ocean. These sandstone hills are quite scenic with a
somewhat distinct flora and fauna and extend into Kansas as
the Chautauqua Hills Province. The dipping beds of the
cuestas are associated with the large Ozark dome to the
east. I have collected some nice tree-fern fossils in the north-
ern reaches of the province but mostly I just visited the area
for the scenic beauty and camping, noting the old-growth
forests of post oak and blackjack oak with blooming redbuds
in the spring.
In Kansas, the Flint Hills are one of the major physiographic provinces in the state (trending north-south) and provide a
unique landscape of native tall grass prairie in a rocky and hilly terrain with major relief (at least for the plains states). In
Oklahoma, this province is known as the Limestone Hills (also The Osage or the Limestone Cuestas) and only extends about
one-third of the way south. The Flint Hills/The Osage have marine early Permian rocks exposed and are quite fossiliferous. I
have not collected in The Osage but have pulled hundreds/thousands of fossils from the Flint Hills in Kansas. For 20 plus
years, I took my undergraduate invertebrate paleontology class to the Flint Hills, and students routinely collected over 100
different species from Permian rocks.
The later Permian represents the end of the great Paleozoic seaway in the U.S. where marine waters that had covered
parts/most of the continent since the late Precambrian were receeding and drying. Plate activity had moved continents
world-wide so that a single large continent, Pangaea, was formed and, except for continental margins, marine waters
receeded from the (current) North American continent (Fig. 4). The later Permian represented the culmination of the Ap-
palachian-Ouachita Orogen where Gondwana was attached/sutured to (current) North America. As the Permian seas
were drying and receeding, the continent experiened restricted circulation waters and widespread depostion of halite
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spot.com
Fig. 1. Geologic map of Oklahoma (from Oklahoma Geological Survey). Note the light blue streak (Permian) trending north-south through the state.
Fig. 2. Physiographic regions of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Geological Survey). A the Arbuckle Mountains, W the Wichita Mountains, RB, the Permian red beds, HP, the High Plains. Compare with Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. A more detailed province map of central Oklahoma (courtesy of Oklaho-ma Geological Survey).
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and other “salts” and gypsum. In addition, wind and fluvial (stream) deposits containing
grains of iron-rich minerals later “rusted” and created the color in the widespread red beds
trending north-south through the center of the state. As these beds extend north into Kansas
they are known as the Red or Gyp Hills. I have “looked” at the gypsum, anhydrite, and dolo-
mite but found them rather uninteresting as mineral specimens and “left them in place.”
Now, I have to admit that my experience with the central Oklahoma red beds essentially has
been driving I-35 south to the Arbuckles or Texas Cretaceous! About the only prospecting
accomplished has been to look for the barite roses. Of course, I suppose these concretions
are the best-known mineral in this part of the state (Fig. 5).
There are several instances where minerals, mostly calcite,
barite, and selenite gypsum, have formed clusters of crystal
“roses” or sand crystals. In some case the roses are formed
from “pure” minerals, with maybe an incrustion of sand
grains, such as the selenite roses (Desert Roses) from St. Da-
vid, Arizona (see Nelson, Feb. 4, 2013). However, in parts of
northwestern Nebraska, the selenite roses have been replaced by chalcedony.
In other cases, the mineral solution carries along sand-size grains from the host rock as inclusions. London (2008), in an arti-
cle in The Mineralogical Record, noted that “roses are mineral specimens, not rocks, because the shapes of rocks are in-
determinate, whereas the shapes of minerals are determined by a combination of forms and habits derived from the inter-
play of crystal structure and environment of growth.” Each of the petals of the rose are individual barite crystals. The Ok-
lahoma roses are due to the “intergrowth of crystals of barite…into a cluster of divergent blades… The rose-like concre-
tions incorporated the iron-stained quartz sand grains and thus acquired the red color of the host Garber Sand-
stone” (Tulsa Geoscience Center, 2012). The Oklahoma Geological Survey (London, 2009) noted that “the best explana-
tion for the roses is that deep basinal groundwater containing barium and reduced sulfur species (sulfide) migrated up-
ward along fractures and porous layers into the Garbar Sandstone. Upon reaching an aerated region, the sulfur in the
groundwater was then oxidized from sulfide to sulfate, leading to the precipitation of barite.”
Barite roses were designated as the official “State Rock” in 1968. It seems unfortunate that no mineralogist (or so it seems)
told Governor Bartlett and the legislature that barite roses are minerals, as opposed to rocks. But, life goes on!
In Kansas, the red to orange barite roses are similar (Fig. 6) except they have been collected from the Cretaceous Kiowa
Formation (see Nelson July, 23, 2013). However, the precipitating solution most likely was derived from barium-rich solutions
in the underlying Permian rocks.
Calcite sand crystals are similar to the barite roses except the form takes on the shape of calcite
crystals. I suppose the most famous locality for collecting these latter crystals has been Rattle-
snake Butte in South Dakota (now off-limits see Nelson, Jan. 9, 2014) although some crystals have
started to come from Wyoming (see Nelson, Dec. 17, 2011).
The further west one goes in Oklahoma, the less time I have spent in the region other than travel-
ing south to the Wichita Mountains or to southwestern Texas where my son attended a university.
A long time ago (my favorite phrase), I did take my students to: 1) Alabaster Caverns State Park;
and 2) the Great Salt Plains. The cave is formed in Permian age massive gypsum and is a solution
cavity. In my home state of Kansas a few miles to the north, there are large sinkholes such as Big
Basin that are related to subsurface dissolution of similar age gypsum and halite. At one time,
before collaspe, a large natural bridge near Sun City was 35 feet wide, 55 feet long, and 12 feet above stream level. In
addition, there are at least 117 gypsum caves in Barber County (Kansas Geological Survey, 2013).
The second place that we visited was the well-known Great Salt Plains near the Arkansas River to dig and collect selenite
gypsum crystals - there is both a state park and a federal wildlife refuge and collecting is on the refuge and hours/days
etc. are posted. Check ahead before you drive to collect!
As it appears to me, the salt plains are essentially a playa with incoming fresh water, at times, but without an outlet. The
original source of the salt and gypsum are beds in the underlying Permian rocks - as noted above the great Paleozoic sea-
way was receeding and drying and evaporation of brine waters left behind a number or different minerals. In the playa,
Fig. 4. Cartoon showing configura-tion of continents at the end of the Paleozoic Era. Note how Africa and South America collided with North America and produced the Appala-chian and Ouachita Mountains.
Fig. 5. Barite rose collected near Norman from Permian Garber Formation. Width of left single rose ~3.5 cm.
Fig. 6. Barite Rose collected many years ago near the hamlet of Bavaria, Kansas, in Creta-ceous rocks. Width ~6 cm.
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 5
the saline- and gypsum-infused groundwater is usually a few inches to to few feet
below the surface. If the groundwater reaches the surface for a short duration but
then evaporates, a crust of halite forms while the gypsum crystals form below the
surface (Fig. 7). These selenite crystals at the salt plains are sort of a chocolate
brown to orange color due to minor amounts of iron oxide used as a coloring
agent. What makes the crystals unique is that they have included tiny sand grains
and these grains are in the shape of a hourglass! Some crystals are covered by a
thin layer of sand while others are quite transparent, and the included sand grains
are clearly observed. According to all references I could locate, this is the only
locality in the world where this hourglass inclusion occurs. I don’t have the slightest
idea “why”, and it appears that other geologists are also “stumped” at the shape
of the inclusions. At times the crystals are solitary, sometimes they are twinned
(penetration twins common), and many times are in clusters. A gazillion of these crystals have been collected since they
are “for sale” in virtually every rock/mineral shop and in the rock and mineral shows. But they are also fun to collect if you
don’t mind getting a little muddy during the process.
In 2005, Oklahoma designated hourglass selenite as the official State Crystal.
Along the Cimmaron and Canadian Rivers a hummocky terrain of both grass covered (stabilized) and active sand dunes is
found. Most of the dune fields are on the north side of the rivers as a southern wind blows sand- and silt-size grains from the
current alluvium and the older terrace deposits. These dune fields are similar to the large fields on the north side of the
Great Bend of the Arkansas River in Kansas.
I have always had an interest in history, and especially of western U.S history between ~1800 (Lewis and Clark) to ~ 1890
(Wounded Knee). This was a time of great conflict between representatives of the federal government and the Native
Americans. Since I grew up in Ottawa County Kansas, I have been particularly interested in the summer of 1868 when
Southern Cheyennes and some of their allies raided settlements along the Saline and Solomon rivers (I grew up fishing in
these rivers) killing several Caucasian settlers. Partially as a result of these raids, General Phillip Sheridan, Commander of
the U.S. Army’s Department of Missouri, an area of over a million square miles between the Rocky Mountains and the Missis-
sippi, decided to conduct a winter campaign against the “insurgents.” In this manner, he hoped to destroy food stores
and horses along with people and housing at a time when the Native Americans were usually semi-permanently camped
for the winter. In late 1868, Sheridan sent Lt. Colonel George A. Custer on a winter mission to subdue the Southern Chey-
enne in western Oklahoma. At the ensuing battle or massacre (I will not get into that argument) on November 27, 1868,
Custer destroyed the village of, and killed, the Cheyenne Peace Chief Black Kettle at an encampment along the Washita
River in the redbud plains of far western Oklahoma. If readers ever get a chance, take a side trip and visit the national
monument.
About where the Panhandle “hooks on to” the main segment of Oklahoma, the Plains Border section of the Great Plains
Physiographic Province ends and the large High Plains section begins. At one time in the late Tertiary, the Ogallala For-
mation (Group) extended from the Rocky Mountains (the source for its sediments) eastward to the Missouri River and be-
yond. However, uplift to the west, and erosion by rivers on all sides, has essentially left the High Plains as an island, one that
is capped by the Ogallala Formation. Today, the High Plains extend from the Pine Ridge Escarpment along the South Da-
kota-Nebraska border south to the breaks at the Edwards Plateau in Texas. The western boundary is situated at the eroded
breaks along the mountain front (such as the Colorado Piedmont). In the east, the formation feathers and thins, and the
High Plains end. Most people know about the High Plains as being the source of the rapidly depleting Ogallala Aquifer.
Exposures of the Ogallala Formation are common in the Panhandle.
A very unique geological area is located in the far western Panhandle of Oklahoma, and much geology is preserved in
Black Mesa State Park and the surrounding area along the Cimarron River where rocks from the Triassic to Recent are well-
exposed. Triassic and Jurassic rocks in the Great Plains are relatively rare east of New Mexico and Colorado as are Ceno-
zoic volcanics. However, a nice section of the Triassic Dockum Group and the overlying Entrada and Morrison Formations
of Jurassic age crop out in the area. Of additional interest are the remains of dinosaurs, both body fossils and ichnofossils
(dinosaur tracks), from the Morrison. Most people with even a slight interest in natural history usually associate dinosaur fos-
sils with places like Dinosaur National Monument and the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry in Utah and Canon City and Dinosaur
Ridge in Colorado. However, an Oklahoma geologist by the name of Willis Stovall collected thousands of dinosaur bones
from the Morrison around Black Mesa in the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. Today, most of these fossils reside in the Sam No-
ble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
Fig. 7. Penetrating twin hourglass selenite with sand inclusions. Length ~4.0 cm.
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One particular dinosaur collected by Stovall from near Black Mesa was designat-
ed in 2000 as the State Fossil of Oklahoma. Saurophaganax maximus is a large
theropod (meat-eating) maybe 50 feet in length and 17+ feet tall. It is most likely
related to the allosaurs, the dominant theropods of the Morrison. A cast of a front
claw is shown in Fig. 8.
I once paticipated in a field trip to the area, mainly to examine the exposures of
Cretaceous rocks. This section is very similar to the Cretaceous rocks in Kansas; the
big difference being the aerially widespread exposures in Kansas compared to
quite limited outcrops in Oklahoma. The oldest Cretaceous units are the Chey-
enne Sandstone, a fluvial sandstone (mostly), overlain by the marine Kiowa Shale.
The latter formation is quite interesting in that it contains a “southern” assemblage of invertebrate fossils. That is, marine
waters invaded the continent from the south, and the resulting rocks contain fossils normally associated with Gulf Coast
Cretaceous rocks in Texas.
Marine waters then retreated south and the mostly non-marine (wind,
stream, delta, estuary) Dakota Formation was deposited. Some units in
the formation contain dinosaur tracks (similar to Dinosaur Ridge in Colo-
rado).
The widespread Western Interior Seaway (WIS) is represented in Oklaho-
ma by the Graneros and Greenhorn Formations (calcareous shales and
limestones) overlying the Dakota. Invertebrate fossils such as coiled am-
monites and straight-shelled baculites along with inoceramid bivalves
are abundant. The WIS had marine waters transgressing from both the
north and the south, and the resulting fauna is completely different from
fossils found in the Kiowa Shale.
One of the best known structures in south-central/southwestern Colora-
do is the Raton Mesas starting near Trinidad and continuing eastward
along the Colorado-New Mexico state line where thick (~800 feet) late
Tertiary basalt flows (~3.5--9.0 Ma) cap the Poison Canyon Formation (Tertiary: Paleocene) and hold up the topography.
The area, including Barella Mesa and Johnson Mesa, is often referred to as the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field since the bas-
alt extends as far east as Clayton, New Mexico. Near Trinidad, Fishers Peak (9626 feet) is the highest point in the United
States east of I-25. Further east on the plains, “near” Tobe, and Walt’s Corner, Colorado, is an isolated, but related, mesa
termed Mesa de Maya where 400-500 feet of basalt cover the Ogallala Formation at an elevation of around 6500 feet.
The Mesa continues south and eastward as Black Mesa and actually extends into the Oklahoma Panhandle where at 4973
feet it is the highest point in Oklahoma (Fig. 9). Suneson and Luza (1999) believe the age of the capping basalt flow at
Black mesa is ~5 Ma.
To be continued as OKLAHOMA III. Plan now to attend the joint AFMS/RMFMS meeting in Tulsa in mid-July, 2014. Check
the Federation web site for details.
For additional reading see:
Publications, many available as PDF files, of the Oklahoma Geological Survey at: www.ogs.ou.edu.
Neil Suneson, 2010, Petrified Wood in Oklahoma: The Shale Shaker, v 60, no.6.
Common Fossils of Oklahoma, Sam Noble Museum: www.commonfossilsofoklahoma.snomnh.ou.edu
Oklahoma Crystal Collecting: www.brightok.net/~rockman/
REFERENCES CITED
Anonomous, 2013, Red Hills: Rocks and Minerals: Geofacts, Kansas Geological Survey.
London, D., 2008, The Barite Roses of Oklahoma: the Mineralogical record
London, D., 2009, The Barite Rose; State Rock of Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey
Tulsa Geoscience Center, 2012, Barite Rose: Our State Rock: www.tulsageosciencecenter.org Suneson, N. H. and K. V. Luza, 1999, A Field Trip Guide to the Geology of the Black Mesa State Park Area, Cimarron County,
Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geological Survey Open-file Report OF4-99.
All references listed as Nelson refer to my Blog at: www.csmsgeologypost.blogspot.com
Fig. 8. Terminal phalanx or claw of Sauro- phaganax maximus.
Fig. 9. Image of Mesa de Maya and Black Mesa, Colorado, new Mexico and Oklahoma. Image © Google Earth.
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 7
A Dinosaur Track Meet? By Jack Shimon, Pikes Peak Pebble Pups All photos by Mom, Julie Shimon
M y “fossil Grandpa” took me to visit this neat site when I was in Texas last summer. We drove away from Austin to a
small rural community where it seemed there wasn’t anything to find. My Grandpa pointed me to a small trail, full
of flowers that Jane stopped to admire, which eventually led
down a steep trail into the river bed. This was definitely not a
popular hiking trail and I doubt many people except geo-
cachers have been to this spot. The site is an Earthcache which is
a type of geocache that teaches you about a unique geosci-
ence feature. I have been to several Earthcaches in Texas and in
at least four other states (Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina and
Florida) and learned some interesting lessons. Our job was to
study the dinosaur tracks and answer some questions1.
What type of dinosaur made these tracks? A theropod like ve-
lociraptor or T-rex, or maybe even the recently discovered Lyth-
ronax argestes. Some type of carnivorous predator, and to think,
I was standing right where it walked so long ago! It was a little
frightening to imagine one coming along and what that would
be life in real life.
The first task was to measure the stride. The stride is the distance between two footprints
(right- right), not the step length as shown by Jane and I (right-left). I calculated the
stride length as 112 inches.
Next, I had to measure the
length of one footprint. I
measured several and took
the average to be 18 inches
long.
Then, I calculated the hip height, which equals five times the
print length, or 5x18 inches, which is 90 inches. My hip
measures only 30 inches high.
Next, I calculated the length of
the dinosaur, which is ten times
the print length, or 10x18 inch-
es, which is 180 inches. I am
only 52 inches long, but I also
don’t have a tail like a thero-
pod.
The final task was to determine if the dinosaur was
walking, trotting, or running. To do this you divide stride
length by hip height, which is 112/90 = 1.244. I first
guessed that it was walking because the prints were
so clear and there was no smudging. Was I right?
Yes, I guessed correctly! For the calculation stride
length divided by hip height the following values cor-
respond to motion: <2.0 is walking, 2.0-2.9 is trotting,
and >2.9 is running.
I had a lot of fun at the Earthcache with my Grandpa and enjoyed learning how to inter-
pret dinosaur tracks. As we were exploring some more he showed me these interesting
Jane and I at the dinosaur tracks. We are each standing by a footprint.
Dinosaur track.
The tape measure indicates the height of the dinosaur hip.
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 8
layers. The thick hard white layers are deep
water limestone deposits. The thin bedded gray
layers in between are shallow water mudstones.
The dinosaur tracks were found at the base of
the lower mudstone layer.
References: 1 Track Meet? Cache GC1RZM5 by Waterweasel &Tygress
About the author: Jack Shimon is a member of the Pikes Peak Pebble Pups in Colorado
Springs, and is in the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Unit. He is in 3rd grade and
also enjoys cub scouts, mountain biking and playing the drums. He is always conducting
research on Earth science topics either through science or art.
The tape measure indicates the length from head to end of tail.
Book Review by Barbara Florio Graham, SCRIBE Jan-Mar 2014
D iamond Dan's Mineralogical Dictionary is a little gem of a book! Billed as a useful resource for mineral collectors, it
serves both amateur and those who have been collecting, buying, and selling for decades. It's also an easy way to
introduce young people to the vast store of minerals most of us take for granted, lying right under out feet!
Like many children, I collected rocks as a child. I wrote a humor article about this which was widely published, most re-
cently in Prose to Go: Tales from a Private List. In that piece I point out that many kids outgrow their collections, which usu-
ally contain just ordinary stones they find at random.
But I took Geology at university, and began then to collect in earnest. Over many decades I've gone to
gem and mineral shows, purchased raw gemstone jewelry, and have selections of large and small
specimens and slabs in my living room, dining room, and on the shelf above my kitchen table.
I have several books describing rocks, minerals and gems, but none contains the kind of detailed de-
scriptions of terms used in the field. The value of this guide is that he includes both scientific and com-
mon nicknames used by the layperson, like tail gate, stubby, and pebble pup.
Most terms are illustrated by color drawings, which I found very helpful. Arborescent, Basal cleavage,
Deliquescence, Plumrose, and Radiating are some instances where the drawings really helped me visu-
alize these.
Did you know that “faden” is German for “thread” which is why crystals of quartz that have a white
thread-like line running through them are called Faden Quartz?
Another one I didn't know was Pinacoid. This describes two parallel faces which are often seen on the end of an elongat-
ed crystal. Darryl gives beryl and wulfenite as examples.
The size and light weight of this pocket guide makes it ideal to take with you when you go out, whether on field trips or on
any trip where you might come across rocks and minerals you want to identify. The low price also makes it a great little gift
for a youngster, or for bulk purchases to Scout troops or other organizations.
Find Diamond Dan's Mineralogical Dictionary at: www.diamonddanpublications.net
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 9
Rocky Mountain Membership Stats Editor Op-Ed
N ow that all club memberships have been completed, I would like to share some fascinating da-
ta that was gathered from the membership forms we received.
I am provided with a copy of each dues form received by the Treasurer as they arrive, either by snail
mail or e-mail. Gene provides a copy to me so that I may add club contact e-mail addresses to our
newsletter distribution. He also provides a copy to Kay Waterman, our RMFMS Directory Chair, and to
Jennifer Biddle, our Webmaster. In the past, I would check for new e-mails for any new officers and
editors, but I never really paid much attention to the rest of the document areas. This year was different.
I recorded the number of adult members, junior members age 12 & over, and any lifetime members indicated by the
club treasurers. I also did a quick check of the dues and premiums calculations. I never see the payments and cannot
verify the actual amount remitted. Okay, that’s the gist of the data I was collecting this year.
Here are the results not covered in the Treasurer’s Report by Gene Maggard:
We have a total Junior membership of 399, that’s up 6% over last year.
85% of the dues forms were received before February 1st. (I’ll cover the significance of this
later.)
Central Dakota Gem & Mineral Society was the first form received this year, October 29,
2013.
Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds reported the biggest increase in membership, up by 90%
from last year.
24 clubs reported an increase in membership of greater than 10%.
Albuquerque Gem & Mineral Club reported the largest membership, 452 adults and 35 juniors.
Las Vegas Gem & Mineral Society has the largest number of junior members, 56, and is the second largest club, 459
total members.
Those are all very positive indicators that rockhounding is enduring even in bad economic times. We are grateful to all
of you who join us in supporting our favorite hobby.
Now for the results we’re not so proud of:
40% of the forms received had flagged entries; i.e., missing officer information, no calculations shown on the form, etc.
22% of clubs underpaid the insurance premium for members age 12 & up plus Life/Honorary members. We know your
life members do not pay dues to your club, and they do not pay Federation dues; that’s a gift to them from you and
us. However, life members should be counted for the insurance premium to ensure they are covered under the policy.
If you have 75 adult members (including juniors age 12+) and 8 Life/Honorary members, your insurance premium
should be calculated using 83 members; i.e., 83 x $.65 = $53.95. The dues would be 75 x $1.50 = $112.50. The total
amount submitted would be $53.95 + $112.50 = $166.45.
20% of our clubs chose not to purchase the insurance. That’s not a problem for us; however, if you do not have sepa-
rate coverage through another policy, your club could be open for suits. The insurance we offer can also be extend-
ed to include your landlord for monthly meetings, the show venue landlord, etc. You can’t beat the price—just $.65
per member. It protects the public from harmful actions by any of our members, including field trips.
15% of our member clubs submitted their dues after February 1st. According to our Articles of Incorporation, Para-
graph 2 states that any club desiring membership must apply to the Secretary who in turn obtains votes from the Exec-
utive Committee before admitting them to the Federation. Paragraph 5 states that a member society who has not
paid their dues by February 1st are automatically suspended and considered not in good standing. They should re-
apply to the Federation. I believe no late-paying club has been asked to re-apply in the past, but it is certainly a viola-
tion to just ignore the AOI.
9% overpaid on membership dues by including Life/Honorary members.
5% underpaid on membership dues by excluding Juniors members.
4% overpaid on insurance due to miscalculation.
Club member information may be found under the clubs listings in the RMFMS Directory.
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 10
"Teacher" By Jack Shimon, 3rd grade
He who knows the most geology
Let me into the club to learn
About minerals and rocks.
He challenged me to try
Opportunities,
Write, draw, learn, speak.
Who believes
In me?
YOU!
Author bio: Jack Shimon is a member of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society
Pebble Pups, and he participates with the Pikes Peak Pebble Pups and Earth Science
Scholars on projects, field trips, and community outreach projects. He is 9-years old
and is in third grade at school. Jack brings his dog Comet to some of the Pebble Pup
meetings. Comet is the mascot for the CSMS Pebble Pups.
Note: Jack Shimon wrote this poem to the leader of the Pikes Peak Pebble Pups. This poem is a nonet and is
not the easiest form to work with. A nonet is a nine line poem with diminishing syllables. The first line containing
nine syllables, the next line has eight syllables, the next line has seven syllables. That continues until the last line
(the ninth line) which has one syllable. Nonets can be written about any subject. Rhyming is not required.
Zap - Zap - Yipes Via the AFMS Safety Web Site by Mel Albright
Y ou are peacefully working away in your rock shop. You reach over and touch the cabbing machine (or trim saw, or
rotary tool, or faceting machine, or whatever) when - ZAP - ZAP - electric shock hits. If you're
lucky, you say YIPES, turn loose, and unplug the appliance. If you're not lucky, the electricity surges
through you down to your foot and into the ground, and your spouse finds your body sometime later.
Exaggeration? - Unfortunately, no.
A real, common danger? - Unfortunately, yes.
So, what should you do? - Several things.
First and most important is to check ALL the wiring on ALL your machinery ALL the way from the plug
to the other end. AND DO IT OFTEN. Frayed? Replace it. Loose? Tighten it. Cracked so water can enter? Replace it. Badly
bent where it goes through or under? Replace it. And, if you get a "tingle" from the tool body itself - DO NOT USE IT until it's
repaired or replaced.
Second, you should make sure that you are on an insulated surface while you are working. A rubber or vinyl mat. A wood-
en bench - not metal. A wooden stool, not metal. A wooden floor - ALWAYS kept dry. ANY other floor - ALWAYS kept dry.
So, if you touch a short, you'll get a tingle, not a zap.
Third, make sure you have a grounded system and that you are using it. Modern wiring must have three wires - two carry-
ing electricity and a grounding prong. If you don't have that, you can be in danger. If you are using an adapter to bypass
the grounding prong, you can be in danger. Re-wire and ground the tool.
Finally, and best of all, install a ground fault interrupter on your system. These may either be placed on the circuits in your
main breaker box by an electrician or you or an electrician can replace the plug receptacle in the wall with one - and
they are NOT very expensive. What these do is turn off the electricity a fraction of a second after a short occurs - so, if
you're in the short circuit, it acts before you are shocked - and saves your life or a bad burn.
Most important - NOW is the time to think about this - not after you're shocked (or killed).
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 11
A Wire Wrapper’s Tale by Llewellyn Alspach, Shawnee Gem & Mineral Society
W hen I first become a Rockhound I had no idea what you did with the rocks that caught your eye. Later after joining the Shaw-nee Gem & Mineral Society (Shawnee, Oklahoma) the rocks really came to life. There are so many different things you can
do with them! I was totally fascinated and wondered what would be come my nitch. Our club is blessed with so many talented Rock-hounds. Tom makes spheres, facets does silversmith work, cuts and polishes rocks and is willing to teach anything he knows. Bob-by makes cabs and does wire wrapping, Dottie does all kinds of weaving, beading and jewelry making with rocks, plus she often demonstrates her specimen collection and has a fluorescent collection. Randy built himself a sphere machine and makes spheres, his wife Arlene makes lovely rock and bead jewelry. Kenny & Barbra are multi-talented in lapidary work from cutting, polishing, col-lecting and wire wrapping. George does everything and is a very willing teacher of lapidary projects. While in the Ada Gem, Mineral and fossil club I learned the joy of collecting fossils. With so many options how could I choose my nitch.
As the months passed I grew to love the wire wrapping that I saw and from going to various estate sales we had acquired a consid-erable number of lapidary equipment machines. It seemed everyone knew how to wire wrap but no one was teaching classes in it. Luckily one member of the Ada club had a beginners class I jumped on that quickly and got to attend two of his classes. I Loved it!! So armed with a small amount of knowledge I started attempting to wire wrap. I also donned my sweetest smile, said please and got members of our club in Shawnee, like Bobby and Donnie, to help me with things I did not understand how to do. At the time you could still subscribe to The Wire Artist magazine out of Canada. Those magazines had how to patterns and are worth their weight in gold for learning wire wrapping. But sadly are no longer being published.
I learned to cut rocks, shape and tumble freeform cabs over the years so material to work with came easily to me. I haven’t met a rock in any shape yet, that I can not wrap and make it look lovely. Some folks have given me some real challenging projects to do, like oddly shaped pieces of crystal formations. I was most complimented once at a club meeting when someone ask Bobby ( whom I considered the best wire wrapper in our club) to wrap something for them. He said “get Llewellyn to do it she is better at it”. I felt like I had gained my crown when he said that.
Personally I like to wrap with 14kt gold filled wire because I consider what I do to be works of art. But I have also started using a lot of gold or silver colored copper wire in projects because it is so very cheap and does not tarnish, also works very well. I am currently teaching classes to anyone who wants to learn. I have taught classed at our Shawnee club, numer-ous one on one classes to anyone who ask, and I teach a monthly class for two days to a group of ladies where I live. The cheaper wire is very good for teaching.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with rockhounding and the lapidary arts, I want to tell you the adventure a rock goes through on it’s way to becoming a fine piece of jewelry.
There are a few ways that we can come up with a rock. By far the most interesting one is to go on a field trip or a rockhounding va-cation and pick it up yourself. To me that is a thrill like no other! We have walked on beaches, climbed mountains, dug huge holes in the desert, waded rivers and creeks, and even crawled in abandoned mines and caves in pursuit of a rock. The weather is never a reason not to hunt rocks, rain only makes the rocks show their true colors, snow, sleet and wind require a few more clothes, and intense heat requires more water and enhances your suntan. If you find a nice rock it is worth it all!
For those less adventurous souls, you can buy rocks at rock shows or go to an estate sales or auctions when an old rockhound dies and his family has no idea what to do with all those rocks and junk tools. We got some rocks and most of our lapidary equipment in this way. It is a bitter/sweet event that one of our own died but the fact that someone is going to appreciate his/her rocks and equip-ment is the sweet part. The rockhound would like that.
Ok, now you have rocks and most likely used equipment that doesn’t work and has to be repaired. Most equipment built before the age of computer chips and technology are easily repaired with parts from a hardware store. at fixing old equipment.
One thing we like to do is spend the month of January in Quartzsite, Arizona. The desert floor out there is covered with vendors from every country in the world selling rocks. We normally only buy rocks from far away countries that we know we will never visit, like Madagascar, Afghanistan or Africa etc. I have been guilty of chunking down $300.00 for 100 pounds of a rock that I really want. Rocks are heavy and don’t come cheap.
The good sized rocks journey starts by being cut into slabs, or slices, about 1/4th inch thick or as thick as you desire your cab to be. Here is where the next excitement begins. You never know what shapes and colors you are going to see inside of the rock. If it is just duh, you toss it aside and get another rock. This one is filled with all kinds of color, shapes and vugs (vugs are small cavities inside of rocks that usually contain crys-tals). The cutting is done on the big rock saws, 12“, 18“, 24“ and 36“ saws. All rocks are cut in oil which is an incredibly messy event. From here, I take the slab and decide which areas are the most beautiful and are hard enough to make jewelry. Now you probably thought all rocks were hard didn’t you? Not so, there are
hard rocks and soft rocks. Diamonds are hard, sandstone is soft. They have to be processed differently. I have an 8” saw that cuts in water and is not so messy, though all lapidary operations are somewhat messy. It is not something you do in the spare bedroom. We have a lapidary room in the barn which is insulated and has heat and AC so we can work /play all year with our rocks.
Got off track: Back to the rocks adventure. After I decide where is the prettiest I start with my small saw cutting the slab into rough shapes containing the desirable parts. The undesirable parts are put in another container to be tumbled later to give away free to little people at the clubs county fair booth.
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 12
Now I take the rough cut pieces to my diamond grinding wheels. I start with a really rough textured one to more quickly (actually nothing happens quickly to a rock) grind it closer to the desirable shape. From here I move to a finer textured wheel and continue to grinding it into the shape I have envisioned in my mind. I usually let the rock’s personality direct me to how it would be most beauti-ful, I call them freeforms. Thus I come up with unusual shapes and sizes. Some say everything I make is big and gaudy, which is probably correct because I like big and gaudy.
Once I have obtained the desirable shape I separate them into the hard and soft rock containers. The soft rocks must be gently polished on a diamond flat lap or soft diamond wheels, one at a time. It takes a couple hours of working with it to get one polished. I am working on mastering that technique. Once I have enough hard freeforms made they will be put into a six pound rotary tumbler with ceramic filler and a grinding grit and water. They are tumbled continuously (24/7) for at least a month in this condition. What this accomplishes is a rounding of the edges and smoothing of the flat surfaces. After a month or so we remove the contents and wash the freeforms to see how many survived this abuse. We usually lose 3-4 to breaking or undercutting. They are now in what is called a pre-polished state.
After they are thoroughly washed they are returned to the tumbler with ceramic filler and a polishing grit and water. They will remain in this for 2-3 weeks tumbling 24/7. When we finally remove them from this tumbler they are very shiny and ready to be wire wrapped.
The beauty of rocks is that there are never two alike. Even slabs cut from the same rock will all vary in some manner from the other slabs. It is totally fascinating to see what the end products will look like.
Wire wrapping is as individual as the person doing it. I was taught by four different men. Each of them did it differently and I developed the way I like to do it, which is totally different from the guys. Again, I will let the shape, color and designs in the rock guide in the wrapping. I only use wire as a means to display a lovely rock. Some wire artist like to hide the rock with wire swirls and designs, but that is not my way. I will sometimes use small beads or wires off to the side of the rock to create a balancing effect. Like I said it is all individual.
The best way to get started wire wrapping is by taking a class. Some rock clubs have them, or you can invest a bit of money and get classes from professionals through web sites, www.wire-sculpture.com is one that offers classes throughout the year in various cities. I took an advanced one with Dale Armstrong in Dallas and it was a very rewarding experience. I took a couple classes from Jim Meier from the Tulsa club, I consider him the most awesome wire wrapper I have ever seen, bar none! He recently moved to Arizona so an suspecting he will be teaching out there before much longer. He is not as costly as wire-sculpture.
Wild Acers In North Carolina has offered classes to club members since 1977. I have not been there but have heard rave reports from folks who have. The web site for information on this offering is http://www.sfmsworkshops.com/Information_Sheet.html . Patterns and videos are available both to download or view on the internet. A pattern is definitely an asset to learning to wire wrap if you can’t find a class. I just recommend reading them very carefully and doing them one small step at a time. I am willing to help anyone who heeds help or has a question if I have the knowledge to do so. My email is [email protected]. My feeling on wire wrapping is that it is not rocket science and if I can do it anyone can. Get brave, do some reading, ask people who know to show you and just make a pest of yourself like I did, and someone will teach you to get rid of you. I wish anyone who wants to learn the opportunity to join this fun creative activity. If I can be of assistance just email me and I will help you if I can. Thanks, Llewellyn
KANSAS POEM FOR MY FRIENDS... GLACIAL DRIFTER, FEB 2014
It's winter here in Kansas
And, the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At twenty-five below.
Oh how I love Kansas
When the snow's up to your hips
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen to your lips.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful,
So, I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave Kansas,
My feet are frozen to the ground. (Author unknown)
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 13
Early Human Footprints in England The Rock Vein, January 2014
T he earliest human footprints outside of Africa have been uncovered, on the English coast, by a team of scientists
led by Queen Mary University of London, the British Museum and the Natural History Museum.
Up to five people left the series of footprints in mud on the bank of an ancient river estuary over 800,000 years ago at
Happisburgh in northeast Norfolk.
Dr. Simon Lewis from Queen Mary's School of Geography has been helping to piece together the geological puzzle sur-
rounding the discovery -- made in May 2013 -- which is evidence of the first known humans in northern Europe.
Dr. Lewis's research into the geology of the site has provided vital information on the sediments in which the prints were
found. "My role is to work out the sequence of deposits at the site and how they were laid down. This means I can pro-
vide a geological context for the archaeological evidence of human occupation at the site."
The importance of the Happisburgh footprints is highlighted by the rarity of footprints surviving elsewhere. Only those at
Laetoli in Tanzania at about 3.5 million years and at Ileret and Koobi Fora in Kenya at about 1.5 million years are older.
A lecturer in physical geography, and co-director of the Happisburgh project (http://www.ahobproject.org/), Dr. Lewis
added that the chance of encountering footprints such as this was extremely rare; they survived environmental change
and the passage of time. Timing was also crucial as "their location was revealed just at a moment when researchers
were there to see it" during a geophysical survey. "Just two weeks later the tide would have eroded the footprints
away." "At first we weren't sure what we were seeing," explains Dr. Nick Ashton of the British Museum "but as we removed
any remaining beach sand and sponged off the seawater, it was clear that the hollows resembled prints, and that we
needed to record the surface as quickly as possible."
Over the next two weeks researchers
used photo-grammetry, a technique
that can stitch together digital pho-
tographs to create a permanent rec-
ord and 3D images of the surface. It
was the analysis of these images that
confirmed that the elongated hol-
lows were indeed ancient human
footprints. In some cases the heel,
arch and even toes could be identi-
fied, equating to modern shoes of up
to UK size 8. While it is not possible to
tell what the makers of these foot-
prints were doing at the time, analy-
sis has suggested that the prints were
made from a mix of adults and chil-
dren. Their discovery offers research-
ers an insight into the migration of
pre-historic people hundreds of thou-
sands of years ago when Britain was linked by land to continental Europe. At this time, deer, bison, mammoth, hippo
and rhino grazed the river valley at Happisburgh. The land provided a rich array of resources for the early humans with
edible plant tubers, seaweed and shellfish nearby, while the grazing herds would have provided meat through hunting
or scavenging.
During the past 10 years, the sediments at Happisburgh have revealed a series of sites with stone tools and fossil bones;
this discovery is from the same deposits. The findings are published in the science journal PLOS ONE.
The work at Happisburgh forms part of a new major exhibition at the Natural History Museum Britain: One Million Years of
the Human Story opening on February 13.
I was thinking about a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. So, I'm wearing my garage door opener.
Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. Some people try to turn back their odome-ters. Not me, I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved.
I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age, and call it 'Pumping Rust'.
One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young. Ah, being young is beautiful, but be-ing old is comfortable.
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth . . . AMEN
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 14
The California Poppy – An Indicator of Copper From California Mining Journal (Edgar B. Heylum Ph.D. & Richard Pearl, date unknown), via The Glacial Drifter, Feb. 2014
P lants have been used by prospectors searching for minerals since the Middle Ages. Some
plants favor soil that contain or have an abundance of a particular element. Many pro-
spectors use the desert trumpet as a gold indicator even though it has not been proven to be a
true gold indicator. Plants of the mustard family excel in absorbing uranium and may be of use
to the geobotanical prospector who is searching for uranium minerals.
The California poppy is a known indicator of copper as it requires copper to exist. Some copper
compounds are soluble in water and can be carried for miles by ground water, so the presence
of poppies does not necessarily indicate that there are copper minerals in the immediate area.
Roadside occurrences of poppies should be ignored because of the roadside drainage and
the presence of various contaminates from passing cars and trucks.
The presence of poppies in the open desert is much more meaningful. Near the San Manuel Mine, north of Tucson, pop-
pies grow in profusion on the ground known to be mineralized ground. On non-mineralized ground, the poppies terminate
abruptly, and the fault line can be traced by means of the poppies. Often, dumps at copper mines are completely cov-
ered by poppies.
Since gold, silver and other metals are frequently associated with copper, the presence of the California poppy can be a
clue to the possible presence of valuable metal deposits. For the Rockhound, many of the primary and secondary copper
minerals are of interest: they include chalcopyrite, turquoise, malachite, and many more.
2014 AFMS/RMFMS CONVENTION & SHOW
Dear Fellow Rockhounds:
I want to invite and encourage you to attend the combined American Federation/Rocky Mountain Federation Show & Con-vention in Tulsa, Oklahoma from July 9 to 13, 2014. The actual show is from July 11 to 13 with various meetings beginning on July 9. The AFMS Show is always a wonderful opportunity to visit with fellow rockhounds from around the country. It is also a chance to share ideas, see new materials, make new friends, and become more familiar with another area of our won-derful country.
The Tulsa Rock & Mineral Society, in conjunction with the RMFMS, has been working hard to provide us with an excellent show; it will be complete with dealers, a variety of exhibits, kid’s activities, programs, silent auction, field trips, and more. They will also be providing the usual All-Officers Luncheon on Thursday, the Cracker Barrel on Friday, the Awards Banquet Saturday evening and Breakfast with the Editors & Webmasters on Sunday morning. You should really try to attend one or more these functions as they truly add to the show experience. Of course this is also where the AFMS will conduct the business of our Federation. The AFMS Uniform Rules Committee will meet Wednesday evening with the annual AFMS Board of Directors and AFMS Scholarship Foundation meetings taking place on Thursday.
Once again, I invite you attend the AFMS/RMFMS Show & Convention and am looking forward to visiting with as many of you as I can.
Richard D. Jaeger President, American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Welcome to Tulsa Oklahoma,
The Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society would like to take this opportunity to extend an invitation to you to attend our annual show. This year, our event will be in the Central Park Hall building on the Tulsa State Fairgrounds. We will be hosting the combined American Federation of Mineralogical Societies and the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies shows.
Our membership is working to ensure that this event will be a memorable one, and that your stay in our state will be a pleasant one. This packet contains all the information and contact names that you should need to make this an exciting and enjoyable event.
Thank You, Steven Loffer President TRMS 2014
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 15
TULSA ROCK AND MINERAL SOCIETY PRESENTS ROCKS AND GEMS OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY
2014 RMFMS/AFMS CONVENTION & SHOW
EXHIBITOR’S ADVISORY Each exhibitor is requested to comply with the listed instructions and guidelines.
Registration and Badges: Each exhibitor will check in at the registration table at Central Park Hall before setting up a display. You will be given a dis-play location number and a show packet containing the necessary ribbons. Exhibitors may not assign, sublet or share, in whole or in part, the space assigned to them unless approved by the Exhibits Chairman for that entry. Installing Your Display: No exhibitor can begin setup of their display until table covers and display cases are in place. Each exhibitor must have the display(s) installed and in proper order by the opening of the Show. Installation may be done on Thursday, July 10 from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm or on Friday, July 11 from 8:00 am to 9:00 am unless other arrangements are made with their Exhibits Chair-man. Hours of Show: The Show will be open Friday and Saturday, July 11 and July 12, from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm. Sunday, July 13, the show hours are 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. Removal of Displays: No exhibitor may dismantle or remove his/her display before 5:00 pm on Sunday, July 13, without the knowledge and prior consent of their Exhibits Chairman who will contact the show Chairman. Each exhibitor shall remove their exhibit as soon as possible after the close of the show. Restrictions: The Tulsa Rock & Mineral Society, Inc., reserves the right to restrict any exhibit which in the opinion of the Show Committee, may hinder the general character and atmosphere of the show. Distribution of advertising matter in any part of the Show is strictly forbidden without written authorization of the Show Committee. In the event of such a restriction or eviction, the Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society, Inc., its members, officers or authorized agents will not be held liable for any refund of the expenses of the exhibitor. Security and Liability: The Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society, Inc., will furnish around the clock security, and will take all reasonable and expected pre-cautions to protect the property and persons of each exhibitor. However, it is mutually agreed that the Tulsa Rock and Miner-al Society, Inc., its members, its officers, and authorized agents, or the Tulsa Expo Square, shall not be liable to any exhibitor for any damage to or for the loss or destruction of any exhibit in whole or in part. This includes the property claims for any such loss, damage, or injury, are expressly waived by the exhibitor. Submission of the signed application for the exhibit space constitutes acceptance of all rules and regulations as outlined above.
Rocky Mountain Federation and Mineralogical Society
Rocks & Gems of the Indian Territory Junior Cash Award Entry Form
This entry form must be signed, dated and received by June 16th, 2014
Please complete all information on this sheet pertaining to your exhibit Mail to: Diane Weir 2300 S. Union Ave, Roswell, NM 88203
Name: Age:
Name of Club:
Exhibit Space Required:
Example: If the specimen is mounted on a piece of plastic that is 4 x 5 inches and the label is 2 x 4 inches then the of the exhibit will be 6 x 5 inches. The Chairman will know that this exhibit will require around 10 x 9 inches and will arrange the exhibits in cases for the best fit.
Certification: I certify that I collected and preformed all work on this Specimen and that I am a member of a RMFMS club.
Signature:
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 16
TULSA ROCK AND MINERAL SOCIETY PRESENTS ROCKS AND GEMS OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY
2014 RMFMS/AMFS CONVENTION & SHOW Dear Fellow Rockhounds:
The RMFMS/AFMS Show and Convention will be held July 9 – 13 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society would like to extend a warm welcome to all members of the American Federation. The Federation meetings begin on July 9, and the Show will be on Friday July 11. The show will be in Central Park Hall Building at the Tulsa Fair Grounds. This ad-dress is 4145 E 21st St. Maps are included in this packet.
This year’s show will include many working demonstrations, special exhibits, competitive and non-competitive exhibits, many dealers from around the country, and an expanded children’s area with many rock related activities. Programs will be pre-sented throughout the show, door prizes will be given away every hour, and there will be a continuous silent auction. We hope to have field trips in conjunction with the show if we can finalize the arrangements.
The headquarters hotel for the convention will be the Hilton Garden Inn at 4518 East Skelly Drive, Tulsa Ok. The room rate will be $89.00/night for a king or queen room, $119.00/night for a suite and breakfast is included. To make reserva-tion you may call 918-878-7777 or go to the website at: http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/T/TULMDGI-ROCKS-20140707/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG.
Schedule of Meetings:
Wednesday, July 9: Uniform Rules Committee Meeting 7:30 pm at Host Hotel
Thursday, July 10: AFMS Delegates Meeting 9:00 am at Host Hotel
AFMS Scholarship Foundation Meeting 15 min after Board Meeting
All Officers Luncheon (open to everyone) 12:30 pm at Host Hotel
Friday, July 11 RMFMS Executive Committee Meeting 1:00 pm at Show Site
Cracker Barrel 7:30-9:00 pm at Host Hotel
Saturday, July 12 Rollin’ Rock Club 8:00 am at Show Site
ALAA Annual Meeting 9:30 am at Host Hotel
RMFMS Delegates Meeting 1:00 pm at Host Hotel
RMFMS/AFMS Happy Hour 6:30 pm at Host Hotel
RMFMS/AFMS Awards Banquet 7:30 pm at Host Hotel
Sunday, July 13 Breakfast with the Editors & Webmasters 8:00 am at Host Hotel
SCRIBE 15 min after Breakfast
Oklahoma State Council 2:00 pm at the Show site
Registration forms for the Show and applications to exhibit are included in this packet. We hope to see you at the RMFMS/AMFS show this year. This is a wonderful opportunity to visit old friends. Thank you for your support.
Please look over all the material in this packet. You may copy any and all forms that are needed for your club to use. Also, all this information will be on our website at www.ttownrockhound.org or the AFMS web site at www.amfed.org or the RMFMS website at www.rmfms.org.
Ben Thomas [email protected] 918-486-3788 Co-Show Chairman Finis Riggs [email protected] 918-587-4400 Co-Show Chairman
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 17
AFMS/RMFMS COMPETITIVE EXHIBIT ENTRY FORM
Rocks & Gems of the Indian Territory
TULSA COUNTY EXP0 SQUARE CENTRAL PARK HALL
July 11 – 13, 2014
All entries may be set up on Thursday, July 10, 2014 from 1pm to 8 pm, or on Friday, July 11, 2014 from 7:30am to 9am. All en-
tries must be ready for judging by 9am and may not be removed pr ior to the close of the show at 5pm Sunday, July 13, 2014
without permission of the show chairman.
24 HOUR SECURITY WILL BE FURNISHED
TWO GUEST PASSES PER EXHIBITOR WILL BE PROVIDED
Please complete all information on the entry form and the certification form and mail or e-mail to the competitive exhibit registration
chairman for acceptance and acknowledgement. Mail to: Richard Jaeger, 3515 E. 88th Street, Tulsa OK 74137-2602. or
You must fill out a separate application for each entry. ENTRY DEADLINE: June 16, 2014
Refer to the AFMS Rules Updated to January 2014 for Competition. Contact your regional Supply Chair for updated rules, or go to:
<amfed.org>.
NAME_______________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________
PHONE_______________________EMAIL_________________________________________
SOCIETY____________________________________________________________________
This display is to be entered in (check one)_________RMFMS or___________AFMS Direct
EXHIBITOR GROUP: MASTER_________ ADVANCED_________ NOVICE__________ JUNIOR__________ SOCIETY__________
EXHIBIT DIVISION: EXHIBIT CLASS:
IF JUNIOR, give birthdate
If Direct Entry, indicate when and where eligibility was earned
Do you have your own case___________ Size: Width_______Height_______Depth_______
Do you need to borrow a case____________________________________________________
Cases are available on a limited basis. The approximate inside dimensions of these cases are 33 ¾” wide by 21 ½ deep by 22” high. Lin-
ers or risers are not available.
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 18
CERTIFICATION FOR EXHIBITORS
I hereby certify that all material entered in competition by me is my own property, or if Society, all material belongs to members of
the society. All work except minor findings or where otherwise allowed by the AFMS uniform rules was completed by me.
I have read the current rules and agree to abide by them.
Exhibitor’s Signature___________________________________________________________
PRINT NAME:________________________________________________________________
Exhibitor’s Society:_____________________________________________________________
I hereby certify, as an officer of the above name Society, that the exhibitor is a member in good standing. To the best of my
knowledge, he/she is eligible to exhibit in the stated classification according to the Rules.
Signature:_____________________________________________________________________
If sent e-mail, we need the officer’s email___________________________________________
Title:_________________________________________________________________________
Date:_________________________________________________________________________
BOTH PAGES MUST BE SENT BACK.
Be sure and make a copy for your use.
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tor'!
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older. Then, it dawned on me. They were
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Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 19
AFMS/RMFMS NON-COMPETITIVE EXHIBIT ENTRY FORM
Rocks & Gems of the Indian Territory
TULSA COUNTY EXPO SQUARE CENTRAL PARK HALL
July 11 – 13, 2014
All entries may be set up on Thursday, July 10, 2014 from 1 pm to 8 pm, or on Friday, July 11, 2014 from 8 am to 9 am. Exhibits may not be removed prior to the close of the show at 5 pm Sunday, July 13, 2014 without permission of the show chairman.
24 HOUR SECURITY WILL BE FURNISHED
TWO GUEST PASSES PER EXHIBITOR WILL BE PROVIDED
Please complete all information on the entry form and mail or e-mail to the non-competitive exhibit chairperson for acceptance and acknowledgement. Mail to:
Kay Waterman 1334 N. McFarland Pl. Claremore OK 74017 Or send to [email protected]
You must fill out a separate application for each entry. ENTRY DEADLINE: June 16, 2014
NAME_______________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS___________________________________________________________________
PHONE____________________________ E-MAIL_________________________________
SOCIETY____________________________________________________________________
Description of Exhibit:
_____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________ Junior Exhibit_______________
Do you have your own case_________ Width__________Depth_________Height_________
Do you want to borrow a case________ Exhibitors are urged to bring their own cases whenever possible. TRMS does have a limited number of cases available for use. Cases are available in three configurations. Liners or risers are not available. If you want to borrow a case, please check which type.
Regular Case_______ 33 ¾” wide by 21 ½” deep by 22” high
Freddie Case_______ 37 3/8” wide by 22 ¼” deep by 25 3/l6” high
Wichita Case_______ 29 ½” wide by 23” deep by sloping height of approx. 3” to 7” (the lighting in the building is more than adequate for this case).
Be sure and make a copy for your use.
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 20
TULSA ROCK AND MINERAL SOCIETY PRESENTS “ROCKS AND GEMS OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY”
2014 RMFMS/AMFS CONVENTION & SHOW July 9 – 13, 2014
ADVANCED REGISTRATION FORM (Please Print or Type)
Name(s):_______________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________
E-Mail:____________________________ Phone:_______________________
Name of Club/Society:_____________________________________________
Check all that apply:
Federation:
AFMS___RMFMS___SCFMS___CFMS___MWF___NFMS___EFMS___SFMS__
Office:
Officer______Chairman______Delegate______Alternate______Editor______
Exhibitor______Judge______Other__________________________________
Admission & Event Fees: Number Total
One Day Pass $6.00 ______ $______
Three Day Pass $10.00 ______ $______
Breakfast with the Editors $12.00 ______ $______ (If you are a guest of the hotel there will be no charge for the buffet breakfast)
All Officers Luncheon $15.00 ______ $______ (Buffet of Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Potato Salad, Baked Beans, Deserts, Tea, Coffee)
Awards Banquet $35.00 ______ $______ (Buffet style BBQ Hickory Chicken, BBQ Bologna, BBQ Chopped Beef, Fried Green Tomatoes, Baked Potatoes, BBQ Beans, Mini Corn on the Cob and Assorted Pies) (Native American Indians will be performing for our pleasure.)
Total Amount Due $__________
Deadline for advanced registration will be June 16, 2014. Remittance must be accompanied with registration from. Please make all check payable to Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society. Du-plicate form if necessary.Return to:
Liz Thomas Meeting/Banquet Chairman 13896 S 293rd E Ave Coweta, Ok 74429
If you have any questions please contact me at: [email protected] or call 918-486-3788.
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 21
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 22
To have your RMFMS member club sponsored events listed here, email bettycain3 @comcast.net. You may include other info about your show if you wish but will only be printed as space permits.
All RMFMS clubs are also encouraged to register their event listings on
the RMFMS web site at: www.rmfms.org. Email your submissions to the
Webmaster at [email protected].
March 14-16, 2014 Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque Gem & Mineral Club Springs Show, NM Expo Center
on San Pedro Dr,; contact Paul Hlava, 505-255-5478, paulhlava@
q.com.
March 21-23, 2014 Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins Rockhounds Show, Larimer County Fairgrounds.
March 28-29, 2014 Ada, OK
Ada Gem, Mineral & Fossil Club Show, Pontotoc County Fair-
grounds, Ada, OK; contact Ed Vermillion, 405-527-6431, okieed42@
windstream.net.
April 12, 2014 Arvada, CO
North Jeffco Gem & Mineral Club Silent Auction, 6842 Wadsworth
Blvd, Arvada, CO.
April 12-13, 2014 Siloam Springs, AR
Northwest Arkansas Gem & Mineral Society Spring Show, AR
Community Bldg. on Mt. Olive; contact DeLane Cox, 479-254-0894,
April 25-27, 2014 Wichita, KS
Wichita Gem & Mineral Society Annual Show, “It’s not
just gold that glitters”, at Cessna Activity Center, 2744
George Washington Blvd. Wichita, KS. Contact Gene
Maggard, 316-742,3746 or [email protected].
May 2-4, 2014 McPherson KS
McPherson Gem & Mineral Club Annual Show, 4-H Fair-
grounds, 710 W. Woodside, McPherson; contact Kim Vasper, 620-
241-7732, [email protected]
May 3, 2014 Lakewood, CO
Colorado Mineral Society Annual Auction, Holy Shepherd Luther-
an Church, 920 Kipling, Lakewod; contact Richard Nelson, 303-697
-1574, [email protected]
May 3-4, 2014 Kingman, AZ
Mohave County Gemstoners Annual Show, Kingman Academy of
Learning HS, 3420 N. Burbank, Kingman; contact Mary Gann 928-
757-8121.
May –8-10, 2014 Logan, UT
Cache rock & Gem Club Show, Bridgerland Vocation School, 1400
N. 1000 West, Logan; contact Gary Warren, 435-720-1775,
May 16-18, 2014 Sandy, UT
Wasatch Gem Society Annual Show, Salt Lake Co. Equestrian
Park, 2100 W. 11400 South, South Jordan, UT; contact April Rob-
inson, 801-824-4984 [email protected]
Shows,
Events &
SCRIBE Meeting at National Show
We have arranged to conduct a very short SCRIBE meeting after the Editors/Webmasters awards on Sunday, July 13 at the
AFMS/RMFMS/Tulsa show. If you are not enjoying the benefits of SCRIBE membership, this may be just the opportunity for
you to come onboard with fellow editors, authors, and webmasters across the U.S. and Canada. Plan to join us at the
show. The following is an example of the information provided to our members:
NOTES FROM TALK GIVEN AT THE SCRIBE ANNUAL MEETING, QUARTZSITE ARIZONA JANUARY 25, 2014
Presented by Gene Stirm
THE BULLETIN
If you are starting from scratch or taking over an existing bulletin, you begin with your layout. When developing your lay-
out, the look of your bulletin, a useful tool is the Federations bulletin contest judging sheets. Because your club’s bulletin
has always looked like it does, doesn’t mean it can’t be improved, spruced up or redesign it completely. But, don’t
change just for the sake of change. Good design starts from filling a need; form follows function.
SIZE MATTERS: Determining the size of your club’s bulletin comes first. Size of page and number of pages are based on con-
tent and budget. How it will be distributed, print or electronic, physical constraints, paper and use of color will all enter into
the determining sizes.
MAILING REQUIREMENTS: Envelopes or self-mailer with closures seals. (These issues will become more important with the
USPS in the future, especially with new restrictions and if you use mailing permits.) Stitch (staple) upper right corner.
CARRIER PAGE FOR SELF-MAILER: I place the indicia (postage paid by the sender) up-
side-down, and corner stitch the upper right corner so when the pages are folded and
sealed, the staple in behind the return address, and the fold will run on the guide as in
goes through automatic sort machines. I use colored paper for my carrier page, using
different colors throughout the year. The other half of the page is used for special mes-
sages or announcement. We are a small club and use First Class stamps, but meeting the
Post Office bulk-mail requirement assures better and faster delivery. Remember the
required seals. Stitch end up behind the return address when folded. The fold gives
smooth edge to run on in the auto-sorting machine. Continued in April’s newsletter.
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 23
President Diane C Weir 2300 S Union Ave Roswell, NM 88203 575-317-6146 [email protected]
Vice President Jeri House 1604 Sunset Place Roswell, NM 88203 575.622.3688 [email protected]
Secretary Peggy Maggard 8418 SE Hwy 77 Leon, KS 67064 316.742.3746 [email protected]
Treasurer Gene Maggard 8418 SE Hwy 77 Leon, KS 67064 316.742.3746 [email protected]
Historian Cinda Kunkler 210 NE35th St Topeka, KS 66617 785.286.1790 [email protected]
DeLane Cox 8152 Spanker Ridge Dr. Bentonville, AR 72712 479.254.0894 [email protected]
Bill Smith PO. Box 311 Hardtner, KS 67057 620.296.4652 [email protected]
Arizona/Nevada Russ Stewart 1300 N. Matterhorn Rd Payson, AZ 928-474-9712 [email protected]
Colorado Beth Simmons 1420 S. Reed Lakewood, CO 80232 303.986.9693 [email protected]
Kansas
Lyle Koerper 1644 Valleyview Court Wichita, KS 67212 316.722.7115 [email protected]
New Mexico/Texas Robert L. Carlson 1585 Los Pueblos Los Alamos, NM 87544 505.662.5534 illegitimusnoncarbor [email protected]
North Dakota Ray Oliger 516 N 20th St Bismarck, ND 58501 701.223.4986 [email protected]
Oklahoma/Arkansas Virgil Richards 26815 51st St Broken Arrow, OK 74014 918.640.9592 [email protected]
S Dakota/Nebraska Sony Hemscher PO Box 376 Piedmont, SD 57769 605.431.2755 [email protected]
Utah Tom Burchard 875 E. 4500 S. S. Ogden, UT 84403 801.479.4286 [email protected]
Wyoming Jim McGarvey PO Box 116 Kinnear, WY 82516 307.856.6188 [email protected]
Circulation Bill Cain Address on page 2
Convention Advisory Robert L Carlson
See TX/NM State Director
Editor—Publicity Betty Cain Address on page 2
Finance Robert Haines, Chair 104 S. Brookside St. Wichita, KS 67218 316.683.9021
Wayne Cox 8152 Spanker Ridge Dr. Bentonville, AR 72712 479.254.0894 [email protected]
Fluorescent Technical Pete Modreski 3555 Mill St Wheat Ridge, CO 0033 303.425.9549 [email protected]
Fossil Technical Roger Burkhalter 16560 E. Maguire Rd Noble, OK 73068 405.899.4260 [email protected]
Insurance Gene Maggard 8418 SE Hwy 77 Leon, KS 67064 316.742.3746 [email protected]
Lapidary Tech Mike Snively 8495 W. Starr Circle Littleton, CO 80128 720.981.0752 [email protected]
Mineralogical Tech Jim Hurlbut 2240 S Adams Denver, CO 80210 303.757.0283 [email protected]
Nominations Judy Beck, Chair
3021 E Country Club Rd Saline, KS 67401 785.823.7069 [email protected]
2nd Committee Member DeLane Cox
See Past President
3rd Committee Member Vacant
Program Library Jennifer Biddle 1620 Kingsway St Sapulpa, OK 74016 918.361.1957 [email protected]
Publications Contest Beth Simmons 1420 S. Reed Lakewood, CO 80232 303.986.9693 [email protected]
Safety Vacant
Webmaster Jennifer Biddle See Program Library [email protected]
Webmaster Contest Vacant
AFMS Club Rockhound of the Year Award (ACROY) Bill Cain Address on page 2
All American Club Vacant
Boundaries Robert L Carson See NM/TX State Director
Credentials Vacant
Directory Kay Waterman
1334 N. McFarland Place Claremore, OK 74017 918.521.4386 [email protected]
International Relations Mike Nelson 645 Popes Valley Dr Colo. Springs, CO 80919 719.522.1608 [email protected]
Junior Program Diane C Weir See President
Long-Range Planning Judy Beck, Chair See Nominations
Robert L. Carlson See NM/TX State Director
3rd Committee Member Vacant
Name Badges Richard Jaeger 3515 E 88th St Tulsa, OK 74137-2602 [email protected]
Parliamentarian Gene Maggard See Treasurer
Permanent Address Robert Carlson See NM/TX State Director
Program Competition Jennifer Biddle See Program Library
Ribbons Kaye Thompson 1830 Mesita Ct. Colo. Springs, CO 80906 719.636.2978
Scholarship Sandy Cannedy 15071 County Rd 1170 Binger, Okla. 73009-5006 405.656.9019 [email protected]
Supplies Kim Blanton 728 E. Sand Dunes Dr. Sandy, UT 84094 801-604-1263 [email protected]
Trophies Robert L. Carlson See NM/TX State Director
Arizona/Nevada Bill Jaeger 3441 E Astro St Hereford, AZ 85615 520.803.6590 [email protected]
Harry Kilb 3411 Tomahawk Dr Lake Havasu City, AZ 86406 928.855.1630 [email protected]
Colorado Tim Austin 2918 Plymouth Rd Grand Junction, CO 81503 970.263.7404 [email protected]
Mike Nelson See Int’l Relations
Kansas Mike Nelson See Int’l Relations
Nebraska Leroy Meininger 81 Toluca Lane Gering, NE 69341 308.623.2661 [email protected]
New Mexico/Texas Vacant
N Dakota Rodney Hickle 1631 28th Ave SW Central, ND 58530 701.794.3342
Oklahoma/Arkansas Bill Lyon 112 N. Hillcrest St Ada, OK 74820 580.332.8666 [email protected]
Doris Perkins 405 SE Ave G I Idabel, OK 74745 580.286.3133 [email protected]
S Dakota Jan Baumeister 19702 E Hwy 18 Sp 56 Welton, AZ 85356 928.785-3238 [email protected]
Utah Jim Alexander 360 5th St Ogden, UT 84404 801.399.0785 [email protected]
Wyoming Jim McGarvey See WY State Director
Lee Whitebay, Chair 4669 N Prentice Rd Ponca City, OK 74604 580.765.2074 [email protected]
B. Jay Bowman 191 Bowman Rd Ponca City, OK 74601 580.761.5966 [email protected]
Roger Burkhalter See Fossil Technical
Robert Carlson See NM/TX State Director
Jack Thompson 1830 Mesita Ct. Colo. Springs, CO 80906 719.636.2978
Updated 1/9/14
STANDING COMMITTEES
PAST PRESIDENTS
RMFMS Officers, Executive Committee, and Committee Chairpersons 2013/2014
OFFICERS
STATE DIRECTORS
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
PUBLIC LAND ADVISORY
UNIFORM RULES COMMITTEE
Committee Chairs
are appointed by the
President.
Ofcrs & State Directors
are elected by the House
of Delegates
Executive Committee
consists of Officers,
State Directors, and two
immediate Past
Presidents
Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2014 Page 24
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