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| Topic of the month | Refreshments |
| Ruby in Zoisite | November Jean Eckstein |
- November 21-23, 2008 St. Louis Mineral and Gem Society Annual Show-New Location----Viling Center, Holiday Inn Hotel, 10709 Watson Road, St Louis, MO
- November 21-23: ST. LOUIS, MO. Saint Louis Mineral and Gem Society 51ST ANNUAL FALL MINERAL, GEM, AND FOSSIL SHOW AND SALE. New location, new dates! Viking Conference Center, Holiday Inn Motel, 10709 Watson Road. Fri. 4:00-8:00, Sat. 10:00-7:00, Sun. 10:00-5:00. 17 dealers selling minerals, fossils, jewelry, polished and carved items. Shop for Christmas! Mineral displays, FREE Rockhound Starter Kits for children! Daily door prize, special prize drawing for bringing postcard reminder of the show, Grand Prize Drawing; you do not need to be present to win. Donation: Adults $2, Students with ID $1, Children 12 and under FREE, Scouts in Uniform FREE! FREE parking! CONTACT: Melissa Perucca, peruccam@aol.com, (636) 861-3865, or visit our club web site at www.stlmgs.stlearthsci.org.
to BEAD OR NOT TO BEAD
Hey ..we moved the time to after the meeting, so stick around it could be fun !!
Door Prizes
We want to thank the local merchants and venders for their donations to be used as door prizes at the Mozarkite Society of Lincoln, MO. 49th annual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show. They also helped out with the silent auctions. It was a real team effort and with everyone's help it turned out to be a great success. There are many behind the seen preparations that had to be done, if you had a hand in them take a bow. We did a great job this year!
Larry Twenter opened the special board meeting at 5:35. The meeting was set to discuss the recent Rock, Mineral, and Jewelry Show in Lincoln. Present were Linville and Hilda Harms, Larry and Joyce Grinstead, Jean Eckstein, Colleen Johnson and Robin Kimber. Jackie Logan was absent so Jean Eckstein took the minutes.
Old Business: As previously voted on, all silent auction revenue from the Rock, Mineral and Jewelry Show in 2008 were to be put into a scholarship fund for a Lincoln High School graduate planning to study science. Joyce reported that $352.65 was raised for this fund.
New Business: Linville H. suggested we need to be listed in the Midwest Federation schedule since we are members. We discussed whether to have a separate bank account for the scholarship fund. Joyce stated that she didn't feel that was necessary as long as she listed it separately as a line item. Larry Grinstead suggested it would be adequate to review the scholarship fund twice per year.
Larry Twenter made a motion that the club set up a binder with tabs for each activity of our Rock, Mineral, and Jewelry Show. Robin Kimber seconded the motion. This would set procedures: Joyce G. will write procedure for collecting and keeping track of revenue. Jean will write procedure for silent auctions. Robin will write ideas and procedures for programs, raffle drawings and door prizes. Hilda will come up with a supply list and write how to organize the Saturday evening Pot Luck. Linville will write guidelines for the field trips to the Harm's Mine. Colleen will write procedure for the hospitality booth. Larry Grinstead will write procedures for the food vendor(s).
Larry Twenter will contact the city of Lincoln and write up a Safety Plan in case of emergencies. Joyce Grinstead will be in charge of advertising, flyers, and mailing lists. It was suggested by Larry Twenter that these be written ahead and brought to the next meeting for discussion so that the process is expedited. It was suggested that we take pictures of the hospitality table with supplies laid out for a visual tool.
Jean Eckstein was contacted by Jack Lietzke, the Lincoln Mayor. He asked for a list of all vendors so that he can write each of them thank you notes and invite them back next year. Jean will take the list to Jack L. and take the payment to the Lincoln City Clerk for the park rental. Linville was invited to the next Lincoln City Council Meeting October 13. He is going to ask if local merchants will contribute to 1 Larger raffle prize and smaller door prizes in addition if the like. Larry T. asked Sandra Bird, a vendor who is on the Lincoln City Council, if sinks could be put up in the shelter house bathrooms at the park.
The sound system wasn't adequate for the outlying areas of the park but Robin said their were 2 more speakers in the storage unit we may ask to use next year.
Jean Eckstein stated that we need to plan our "float" for the Lincoln Christmas Parade. Larry Twenter will contact Pepsi about donating a large banner printed with "Mozarkite Society, Inc." and possibly MO State Rock etc. This could possibly be put on the side of a truck or marched through.
Joyce will update the flyers for our show for next year so we can start getting them out early. It was decided to change the beading group's time to after the regular meeting so the time won't conflict with the executive board meeting time at 6 PM quarterly. Linville made a motion to adjourn. Joyce seconded.
By Jean Eckstein
Mozarkite Society, Inc Meeting - September 30, 2008
President Larry Twenter called the meeting to order following the Executive Board Meeting. He read the minutes of the August 25, 2008 meeting in Secretary Jackie Logan's absence. The balance was amended to $1,380.02 from $1, 380.08. Joyce G. made a motion to accept the minutes as amended. Larry G. seconded.
The Treasurer's Report was given by Treasurer, Joyce Grinstead. We are waiting on the bill for chicken from Jackie so don't have a final amount on total revenue from the Rock, Mineral, and Jewelry Show yet. Jean Eckstein made a motion to accept the Treasurer's Report as read. Linville seconded the motion.
An ad thanking the Lincoln businesses for their support by donating prizes for the show will be placed in the Lincoln New Era by Jean. It will list all of the businesses, the City of Lincoln, and Doug McCain who donated $300 toward the $600 printing of the booklet about Mozarkite. Linville made motion and Robin seconded.
Larry T. suggested we clean out our storage unit by Doug McCain Realty in Lincoln on Saturday, October 11th at 11AM. We will meet there. Jean made a motion to adjourn. Colleen seconded. Meeting adjourned. Snacks provided by Mrs. Kateman were enjoyed by all. The program was a DVD about the Royal Peacock Opal Mine in Nevada taped by Colleen. Thank you for the interesting program, Colleen!
By Jean Eckstein
Ruby-Zoisite,
also known as anyolite, is the natural combination of ruby
and zoisite crystals in a single specimen. Zoisite, the same
mineral as tanzanite,
provides an earthy green and black color while ruby
lends pink and red highlights. Ruby-zoisite is usually shaped
as cabochons or carved into decorative shapes, including animals
and religious icons.
Ruby-zoisite
was first discovered in 1954 in Tanzania. The name anyolite goes
back to the word for green" in the native language of the
Massai.
Ruby-zoisite achieves only hardness 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs
scale, and is thus not very resistant. Therefore it should
be worn with care, never be cleaned by ultrasonic method and
never come into contact with acids.
Ruby-Zoisite colors
The green zoisite rock carries black hornblende inclusions and
large, but mostly opaque rubies.
Cut and polished ruby-zoisite appears in an earthy green and
black color with exiting pink and red highlights, due to the
presence of ruby.
Lighting
The exiting pink and red highlights become visible, if the stone
is viewed from different directions.
Clarity
Due to its massive inclusions most ruby-zoisite
are opaque.
Cut
Usually shaped in cabochon cut, or carved in decorative shapes.
Ruby-Zoisite location and deposits
Ruby-zoisite, like tanzanite,
is only found in Tanzania
Ruby-Zoisite gemology
Species: Zoisite
Color: Green with black and opaque ruby inclusions
Chemical composition: Ca2Al3(Sio4)3(OH) calcium aluminum silicate
Crystal system: Orthorhombic, multifaced prisms, mostly striated
Hardness: 6.5-7
(Mohs scale)
Specific gravity: 3.35
Refractive index: 1.691 - 1.700
Birefringence: +0.009
Color of streak: White,
Fluorescence: None
http://www.gemselect.com/gem-info/ruby-zoisite/ruby-zoisite-info.php