Arizona's Oldest Mineral Society
MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ARIZONA
FIELD TRIP
SUPERIOR PERLITE QUARRY
(APACHE TEARS-OBSIDIAN)
Saturday, April 27, 2024
This is a Mineralogical Society of Arizona (MSA) Members Only Field trip to the Superior Perlite Quarry for Apache Tears-Obsidian.
MEET TIME: 8:30 AM, Saturday, April 27, 2024 (meeting location near SUPERIOR, AZ and trip details will be sent via email AFTER Registration)
*** REGISTERED TRIP ATTENDEES SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR MEET-UP DIRECTIONS WHEN YOU GET REMINDER EMAIL ***
END TIME: Estimated Noonish.
TRIP DETAILS:
LIMITED TRIP:
(40) MSA Members (MSA Show & Club Volunteers Given Priority)
FEE's:
TRAVEL NOTE: Please allow at least 1/2 hour more time than normal to get to the meeting spot. The delays were not noted on the state of Arizona highway condition website.
VEHICLE:
RECOMMENDED TOOLS & ITEMS: Buckets, back pack, water, basic rock hunting tools, knee pads, trash grabber, lunch, small rock hammer, long-handled rake with 4-5 stiff tines.
SAFETY REQUIRED: Hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, sturdy and toes covered footwear, long sleeve shirts & pants (clothing that covers the body). Sunscreen, hat, and extra water. There will be a small number of hard hats and safety glasses for loan if you cannot get your own.
MATERIAL: Apache Tears (obsidian or volcanic glass). A few of these translucent Apache Tears are some of the largest in the world.
RSVP REQUIRED: By Friday, April 25, 2024 @ 6:00 PM or until trip is full.
FIELD TRIP LEADER: Chris Whitney-Smith email: Ask.ChrisWS@yahoo.com.
Apache Tears! Chris Whitney-Smith and Bill Freese photos.
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DOBELL RANCH (PETRIFIED WOOD)
Saturday, May 4, 2024
This is a joint Mineralogical Society of Arizona (MSA) and Daisy Mountain Club Field Trip. We are going to DoBell Ranch in Holbrook, AZ on Saturday, May 4th, 2024.
This is a great trip to pick up some very nice pieces of petrified wood. Everything from jewelry size pieces to several hundred pounds are available at a very inexpensive rate (normally, I fill up a 5-gallon bucket for about $45).
Rhonda DoBell and her family make sure everyone finds what they want and leaves happy. She will probably have lunch for us as well, usually burgers, hot dogs and stuff.
MEET TIME: 9:45 AM, Saturday, May 4, 2024
*(Meeting location near Holbrook, AZ and trip details will be sent via email AFTER Registration)*
END TIME: Estimated 2-3:00 PM
FEE's: $45 per 5-gallon bucket
TRAVEL NOTE: This is a long drive, about 3 hours. Please allow at least 1/2 hour more time than normal to get to the meeting spot.
VEHICLE: Any vehicle can make this trip without issue.
RECOMMENDED TOOLS & ITEMS:
· A minimal digging tool will be useful.
· Bring something (a bucket) into which you will place your rocks.
· Don't forget your hat, sunscreen, gloves and other regular field trip stuff, AND CASH!
MATERIAL: Petrified Wood.
RSVP REQUIRED: By Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 6:00 PM.
FIELD TRIP LEADER:
Bill Freese MSA Field Trip Committee & Trip Leader (602) 568-6843bfreese77@cox.net
Top Photo: White Light.
Bottom Photo: Long & Short Wave UV Light.
Araucarioxylon Arizonicum, Chinle Formation, Holbrook, Arizona (Arizona State Fossil), LGF Foundation/Mike Fleeman Collection. Chris Whitney-Smith Photos.
Triassic period (around 250 to 200 million years ago).
Araucarioxylon arizonicum is an extinct species of conifer and is the state fossil of Arizona. The petrified wood of this tree is frequently referred to as "Rainbow Wood" because of the large variety of colors some specimens exhibit. The red and yellow are produced by large particulate forms of iron oxide, the yellow being limonite and the red being hematite. The purple hue comes from extremely fine spherules of hematite distributed throughout the quartz matrix.
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Franciscan Renewal Center, (Piper Hall),
May 16, 2024 @ 7.30 pm Arizona time
* Meeting is on 3rd Thursday.
* Okay to bring refreshments.
* MEETING will be In-Person and Zoom.
* Okay to bring (ONE) example of Mineral of the Month.
Join us May 16th for presenter Richard W. Graeme IV program “Fluorescent Minerals of Bisbee, Arizona.” Fluorescent Minerals are the least studied of the aspects of mineralogy, even post-mining minerals and radioactive minerals have been examined far more carefully from the locality. It took time for in a sense a more mature appreciation for minerals to develop for these minerals to be appreciated. They had to compete with species more obviously interesting, azurite, malachite and cuprite or at the time the strong economic interest in uranium minerals. Presently, 339 distinct mineral species have been identified from Bisbee of these, only 15 are recognized as fluorescent. We will look and the beginning of this interest and examine the species known and look at the future possibilities.
Rich was born in Bisbee, Arizona in 1968 and was collecting underground with his father and twin brother by age six. Minerals and mining were the focal points of his youth, with many hundreds of hours spent underground in Bisbee and other western mining areas collecting minerals and mining artifacts.
He has worked in the gold fields at Nome, Alaska, the fabled Sunnyside Mine at Silverton, Colorado and in the Continental Mine near Silver City, New Mexico as well as the Golden Queen Mine near Mojave, California, gaining first-hand experience in underground mining.
Because of the difficult times for the domestic mining industry, Rich switched from a mining major to education and received his degree in education from the University of Arizona in1999. He now taught science in nearby Sierra Vista for 25 years. During this time, he has authored or co-authored eight books, Including, The Mineralogy of Bisbee Volumes 1&2. Presently, volume 3 is well-under way with just over 200 pages.
Mark your calendars and register as Mineralogical Society of Arizona is proud to have Richard present his very special program for MSA!
Thank You RICHARD for your illuminating program and increasing MSA’s appreciation for All Things Bisbee!
Meeting starts at 7.30PM Arizona time.
SATURDAY, June 22, 024 @ TIME (TBA) Arizona time
Meeting is on 4th SATURDAY.
* POTLUCK
MEETING will be In-Person ONLY (No Zoom).
Program TBA.
September 19, 2024 @ 7.30 pm Arizona time
Meeting is on 3rd Thursday.
* No refreshments
MEETING will be In-Person and Zoom.
October 17, 2024 @ 7.30 pm Arizona time
November 21, 2024 @ 7.30 pm Arizona time
(You may arrive as early as TBD)
MSA 2024 Holiday Jamboree & Christmas Party
(Scottsdale) Location revealed after Registration & Payment.
Look at bottom of Confirmed Registration Email for Link to PDF with DIRECTIONS and MAP.
December Holiday Jamboree if more than just a party and meeting, it is also election of 2025 Officers and Board and election of
2024 Rockhounds of the Year (Adult) and (Junior).
HOLIDAY JAMBOREE CONSISTS OF FOLLOWING:
RSVP REGISTRATION & PAY $FEE TBD
PER MEMBER PRE-PAYMENT REQUIRED.
REGISTER & PAY:
Log-In to your MSA Profile on msaaz.org, go to EVENTS tab to complete registration and pay.
DEADLINE TO RSVP REGISTER & PRE-PAY: December 11, 2024.
LIMITED (## TBD) PAID MSA MEMBER ONLY EVENT.
Payment is non-refundable due to catered meal.
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