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The Rhode Island Mineral Hunters (RIMH) wish to say THANK YOU to all the people that make this show happen every year. Our thanks go out to those that attend our show and support our love of the earth and what can be found in it. We also wish to thank all of our great dealers, the advertisers, CCRI, our great security personnel, and of course ALL the members of the RIMH that work so hard to make this show happen.

Steve Emma ~ RIMH President, Don Fail ~ Show Chairman

No part of this program may be reproduced or used without the permission of the RIMH. Contact Bruce Luscombe: LuscombePark@gmail.com

“ROCKtoberFEST”

2014 Gem, Mineral, and Fossil ShowSponsored by: RIMH - “Rhode Island Mineral Hunters”

OCT. 25th 10 AM - 6 PM, OCT. 26th 10 AM - 5 PMCommunity College of RI, Knight Campus, Warwick, RI

Show program, postcards and posters were designed and produced by:Bruce Luscombe, LuscombePark.com

All articles, images and design are © 2014 RIMH and/or the original author / artist.

Table of Contents2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ad: Coventry Credit Union3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Table of Contents4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Letter: “From the President”5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ad: Chiropractic Associates6 . . . . . . . . . ad: Emma Caning, more: “Presidents” letter7 . . . ad, article: “Geological Wonders In Your Backyard”8 - 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Show Floor plan & List of Dealers10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ads11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .article: “Right Place ~ Right Time”12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ads13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ad: Bob Frances Interiors14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . photos: “2014 Field Trips”15 . . . . article: “Mineral-Crystal-Fossil” crossword puzzleback cover . . . . . ad: Environmental Resource Associates

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From The President . . .In Retrospect

When I was a pre-teen (yes I really was at one time), as most youngsters I had a fascination with rocks and minerals. As a matter of fact I did an 8th grade science project on rocks and minerals. I spent hours at the library (no internet then!) researching mining companies throughout the US and I sat down and hand wrote letters to them asking for samples. Off they went day after day, week after week. I remember waiting for the mail and when a package arrived for me it was like Christmas.

But as life would have it I got older, wiser (?) and time passed. Marriage, children, jobs, bills, you know the drill. Then a few years ago something got into me. I went to a rock show at CCRI and it rekindled an attraction in me for minerals, rocks, and particularly for fossils. I joined the club.

Fast forward to today. Now I go out and collect rocks, minerals, fossils. My curiosity has become much greater, my desire to know about all these things around me as grown. My knowledge has grown. New friendships have arisen and new opportunities have become apparent. Now as president I see how important it is to have a great avocation, a hobby. How important it is to inspire young people to get out there and do something physical, maybe dig, and to learn first-hand about the world around us.

I really have found a new lease on life and I urge those of you who are reading this to think about what it is that delights you, what stimulates your intellect, what is FUN. If in the past you had an inclination to collect rocks and such there is no time as the present to stop and take stock of where you are in life. It’s about time that you get down to Earth, get a little dirty, have some

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good wholesome fun and find that youngster in yourself. I’ll never be that youngster again that spent hours researching, writing, digging, and waiting in anticipation for that special package to arrive. But I can be that young at heart mineral and fossil hunter. And just as I threw myself into what I did then I still can (at least for a few hours) throw myself into collecting and feel the anticipation and the satisfaction of finding something of personal value to me.

Don’t wait. Start now. If you do, I know you will the happier for it. I know I am. u Article by: Steve Emma, RIMH President

“In Retrospect” . . . Continued from page 4.

“ R I M H ”Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Inc.

We are a non-profit organization comprised of families

and individuals, both amateurs and professionals, who are dedicated to collecting, preserving, and educating the public

about the amazing world we live on. Please join us and explore the world and its natural, beautiful, interesting, and

unusual minerals, crystals, gems and fossils.

The RIMH is available to provide displays and educational support to area schools, groups, and organizations.

Visit our web site for more information: RIMH.US

Geological Wonders InYour Backyard

When I was a little girl, I loved to roam the woods behind our house. Upon expanding my exploration zone one day, I was delighted to find a pretty red stone half as tall as I was. My interest in it was at first all about the colony of ants systematically marching in and out of the fissures in their sandstone home. But, the fact that their paths weaved in and out of impressions of what resembled the shells

I collected at the seashore did not go unnoticed. I had found my first geological wonder – brachiopod fossils in sandstone.

One of the greatest joys of acquiring knowledge is how it

lights a corner of the w o r l d as yet unnoticed. Did you know that there are 300 million year old leaf fossils exposed at low tide off Rte. 114 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, just waiting for you to discover them? Did you know that there is a beach in Middletown where passersby stroll and never notice the cubed iron pyrite crystals that decorate the rocks at the water’s edge? There are a million places to begin your discovery of the geological world around you, some of them closer than you might imagine.

What’s in your back yard? Wouldn’t you love to know? Come join us in our quest for knowledge and a deeper appreciation of our beautiful, fascinating planet. u

Article by: Victoria O’Toole, RIMH

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Sponsored by: Rhode Island Mineral Hunters

“ROCKtoberFEST”

Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show and SaleCommunity College of RI (CCRI) Knight Campus, Warwick, RI

October 25th & 26th, 2014

Show EventsOVER 25 GREAT DEALERS

Crystals w Minerals w FossilsGemstones w Jewelry w GiftsEquipment w and More . . .

Free Door Prize Drawings(with paid entry)

Free Exhibitsand Demonstrations

Silent Auction

Kids Corner

Fluorescent Mineral Display

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LIST OF DEALERS 1 Diamonds and Dinosaurs 2 Gold-N-Gems 3 Barbara Smith McLauhlin

Fine Jewelry 4 Rock N’ Bone Minerals 5 JNL Minerals 5 Middle Earth Lapidary 6 Yankee Minerals & Gem Co. 7 Rocks to Gems 8 Crystal Cache Minerals 9 Phoebe’s Designs 10 Let’s Talk Jewelry 11 Highland Rock LLC 12 Green Mountain Minerals 13 Earth’s Hidden Treasures 13 Olde School Gems & Minerals 14 Earthtones 14 Professor’s Storeroom 15 Three J’s 16 Gaia’s Gifts 17 Land of Crystals 18 TJ’s Rocks & Gemcrafts 19 Eccentricities 20 Jessie’s Gems 21 U Ol’ Fossil S6 Fantasy In Gemstones S7 Krismark

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Right Place ~ Right TimeThe abandoned pit of the mammoth Consolidated and Golding’s Pegmatite Quarry in coastal Georgetown, Maine had surely weathered thunderhead gray by now, and I feared the nearby dumps - once blinding white and sparkling with mica – were now a porcupine’s paradise of scraggly vegetation and green saplings. In 1965 my father had driven me right into the belly of the newly closed pit, where he and I searched for big blue beryl crystals and rose quartz under tall walls of pristine, gleaming feldspar. Driving down the old mine entrance road, twenty years later now, my expectations of finding good specimens were low. “At the very least I can enjoy lunch while sitting on the dump rocks beside beautiful Casco Bay!” I thought to myself.

As I rounded the last bend, the bright blue water of the bay in the distance signaled my arrival at the first collecting area. To my surprise, the dumps in the foreground appeared white as a freshly fallen blanket of snow! Yet here it was - early June, 1985. I parked and walked excitedly around the fresh rock piles and newly plowed furrows, looking feverishly for mineral treasure.

All of a sudden, there it was! Aquamarine blue as the salty bay, four inches stout and over five inches in height. Flat-terminated on top, too, with six fine faces all around. How impressive it looked just lying there – half exposed – blue contrasting against the porcelain spar. Five minutes later I spotted another bundle of blue beryl crystals, and soon thereafter a gemmy chunk of “star” rose quartz. Wow, what a bonanza! By the end of the afternoon, I had collected so many examples of aquamarine, rose quartz, columbite, and lepidolite with colored tourmaline, that finally I realized – I forgot to have lunch!

Later, talking to the new owner of the quarry property, I learned that he had started crushing and selling the clean white stone locally for driveway fill. He told me that I was the first mineral collector to “discover” the area, because in the years following the Consolidated and Golding’s closure, visitors and gem seekers had dwindled to near zero. “You’re very lucky to have been at just the right place at just the right time,” he said. “I think it happens to everyone once or twice in their lifetime!” he continued, and I quickly nodded yes. This day, he was definitely right.

I dreamed that night of all the blue beryl and pink rose quartz there must be in all those white-pebbled driveways beside the road leading from Georgetown. u

Article by: Bob Sproule, RIMH

MAGIC ROCKSSee this exciting and colorful exhibit in our display tent:

“FLUORESCENT MINERALS”You will be AMAZED as you watch plain looking rocks

turn into VIBRANT, COLORFUL, GLOWING GEMS just by exposing them to Ultra Violet (UV) lights.

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FUN - ADVENTURE - EXCITEMENT - NATUREDISCOVERY - EDUCATION - FAMILY - FRIENDS

You can have it all by joining the RIMH.Visit our website to join or for more info:

RIMH.USSee some of the family fun and excitement our members had.Download our newsletter to see some of this years field trips.

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Finds & Field Trips

Mineral - Crystal - FossilCROSSWORD PUZZLE by Bruce Luscombe, RIMH

Visit our website: RIMH.US to download a larger version of this puzzle . You can also download a “Hints” page or an “Answers” page .

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Crossword CluesAcross 3. Common White Mineral 4. Where Ore Comes From 6. Coiled Fossil Shell 10. Green Gemstone 12. RI State Mineral 13. Famous Maine Mineral 15. Blue Gemstone 16. You Bang Rocks With One 18. RI State Rock 20. Fools Gold 21. I Can Be 24 Carat

Down 1. Mineral Grows in Special “Shape” 2. Really Hard Mineral 4. Rocks From Out of This World 5. Special Hollow Rock 7. Prehistoric Bottom Crawler 8. I can be Sterling 9. Always Wear ___ Glasses 11. Giant Prehistoric Reptiles 13. Really Soft Mineral 14. Red Gemstone 17. Purple Quartz 18. Tool You Split Rocks With 19. Used in Native American Jewelry

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