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MSA VOLUNTEERS HONORED 2022 ROCKHOUND OF THE YEAR AWARDS MSA Meeting, Thursday, January, 19, 2023 Piper Hall, Franciscan Renewal Center, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Being an all volunteer 501c(3) non-profit organization, it takes a lot of passionate members who are willing to volunteer their valuable time to help ensure MSA continues to inspire, improve, and be relevant in today’s world. MSA was established in 1935 by founder and past president Mr. Arthur L. Flagg and MSA will celebrate 88 years in 2023 thanks to the many member volunteers! Please congratulate MSA’s 2022 Rockhounds of the Year (ROTY) as voted by Membership at December 2022 Holiday Jamboree: HANNAH BRODHAGEN Junior CHRIS WHITNEY-SMITH Adult HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL ROTY CANDIDATES & VOLUNTEERS! Mineralogical Society of Arizona (MSA), MSA Founder Mr. Arthur L. Flagg, origins of thumbnail mineral collecting and MSA Legacy Life Member Dr. Alex Schauss featured in The Mineralogical Record, November-December 2022, Vol.53, No.6.1 Supplement: “Refined Elegance: The Small Treasures of Mineralogy.” If not a subscriber of The Mineralogical Record, copies of this amazing supplement may be purchased for $38 at following link: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/back_issues/refined-elegance-the-small-treasures-of-mineralogy/ Introduction Jim Houran The Elegant World of Thumbnail Minerals Wendell E. Wilson, Jim Houran Featured Collection- The Thumbnail Collection of Alexander Schauss Alexander G. Schauss, Wendell E. Wilson Alexander Schauss: Consummate Connoisseur Wendell E. Wilson Afterword Robert M. Lavinsky THANK YOU TO VOLUNTEERS, VENDORS, VISITORS AND RADISSON FROM MSA - the 2ND PHOENIX HERITAGE
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