CLUB MEETINGS

   Welcome to all the members of the club and to anyone interested in joining the family of mineral enthusiasts.  Feel free to attend one of our monthly meetings to meet others with similar interests and to enjoy a hands-on demonstration, presentation, or other planned activity.
   Monthly club meetings are held at the East Islip Public Library, 381 main St.Montauk Hwy,
 [7:00-9:00] on the third Monday of the month, except for holidays and in July and August.  Coffee and cake is served.

Next meeting

September 20 meeting
We will be having one of our favorite speakers ChrisVisco discussing the geology of Mars
​meeting at new location East Islip library

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March 16th
LECTURE
​cancel do to the coronavirus

Feb  3
 Change of date due to Presidents'
day and the library being closed  February17th

January  5th
HOLIDAY DINNER
THE  PARLOR HOUSE



NOVEMBER 18TH
HANDS ON
TREE OF LIFE SUNCATCHERS 

Oct. 21
NAME THAT ROCK

Sept.  16th

                            Chris Visco lectured on how rocks remember 


CLUB PICNIC
Heckscher  State Park
July 13th  good weather 
you missed  great   day
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​APRIL 15TH
FLUORESENCE ROCKS LECTURE
Ray Egington


MARCH 18TH
​LECTURE  ON BEACH GLASS
JOHN AND CAROL PESEK

FEBRUARY 25 LECTURE
​TESLA

JANUARY 6 HOLIDAY DINNER
THE PARLOR HOUSE IN SAYVILLE​

​NEXT MEETING
DEC. 10th
Chinese auction and holiday party


​November 19
Hands-on bracelets

AMBER
hands-on   polishing amber

SEPT 17
​WHAT AM I


​NAME THAT ROCK

ANNUAL SUMMER
PICNIC
JULY 14TH
​HECKSCHER STATE PARK

JUNE18th
BRAGGING RIGHTS
Best Self-Collected [rock, mineral or gem]
Best Purchased Item [rock, mineral or gem]
Best purchased Item [lapidary, jewelry-other]
​Best Self-made [lapidary, jewelry-other]


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May 21
lecture
​guest speaker Brett Bennington

dinsaurs in our backyards


​APRIL 16TH
​HANDS ON
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​
ROCKS
​REMEMBER
MARCH 19TH
​CHRIS VISCO


​Feb. 5th
​Trivia Night

<-winning team
​         installation of officers->

Jan 8th
​Holiday Dinner & Live Auction

December 18
​HOILDAY PARY
​Chinese auction


​November 20
​hands on just in time for the holidays
This month you are in for a real treat! Or is it a trick?  The only way you wil find out is to be at the meeting on Monday,  Rocktober 16th!!

OCT 16th
​more in depth on opals
​SEPT 18th
​lecture
Mitch Portnoy and Dr. Vivien Gornitz  lectured on Opals.  Vivien Gornitz focus on the mineralogy and geology of opal.  Mitch gave an overview of the art and folklore of opal usage in global cultures.



​July 15th
ANNUUAL PICNIC
HECKSCHER STATE PARK​​
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June 19th Annual Bragging Rites

May 15
​Due to illness of our guest speaker could not make it.   We saw our emergency back up DVD on How the Earth was Formed
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April 17th Hands-On:  
​Paint on Rocks
with
​Debbie Winston

March 20th our speaker Judy Ann Olsen, discussed the intrinsic value of gems.  Some of the gems we talked about were the jewels of Elizabeth Taylor and what they sold for!

​FEBRUARY 27TH

HANDS ON

​LADDER DESIGN BRACELETS

​HOLIDAY DINNER

​                                                                                                    PARLOR HOUSE GRILL
WEST SAYVILLE
​JANUARY 8,2017

​

Dec.19th ​CHINESE AUCTION
   & A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

​appetizer

desserts

AT  OUR NOV 21ST MEETING

WE ALL MADE WIRE WRAPPED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS OR SUNCATCHERS

Oct 17



lecture
Travels In India
Denise  Buss



Sept. 19th
​Show and Tell



August 13th
bus trip to
​Springfield, MA

Shop to you drop!

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​July 23rd
Summer picnic
​Heckscher State Park

                                                                                                                                                                                                        


​​June 20th
bragging rights
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Best self-collected :       Kenny Klecak:
Garnet
Best purchased item:
 John Pesek:
Agatized coral
​Best   lapidary        Barbara Kruger
​Coloisonne

MAY 16TH
HANDS ON

MINE GEM TREES
OUR TEACHER CAROL PESEK



APRIL18TH

CHRIS VISCO
LECTURE
MINERALS OF NEW YORK



            MARCH 21ST
JOHN PESEK spoke about SILICATE an the structural principles of this amazing mineral
John has been a science teacher for over 30 years.  He received his bachelor of science degree at SUNY at Stony Brook.  He received advanced degrees at Virginia state university

FEB 22     HANDS ON
USING JUMPRINGS WE MADE CHAINMAILLE BRACELETS

Using jump rings we learned how to make decorative chains

We also had installation of officers


JAN. 3 WE HAD OUR
  HOILDAY DINNER 

WE HELD A LIVE AUCTION FOR A FEW VERY SPECIAL SPECIMENS
IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFULAND SOME OF THE BIDDING REALLY GOT EXCITING






Dec. 21
CHINESE AUCTION
ALSO A HOLIDAY PARTY

 Nov. 16th

Hands on
We all learned how to make jump ring bracelets



OCT 19TH
Igneous Rocks-  Synopsis by Cheryl Neary
Hands-On  Mica project with Kerry Dicker
 pendant using mica
Sept. 21      SHOW AND TELL
 WHAT WE DID IN OUR SUMMER HIATUS
DID YOU TAKE A TRIP?
DID YOU GO TO SPRINGFIELD?
DID YOU FIND SOMETHING?

CLUB PICNIC AUG. 1.2015
HECKSCHER STATE PARK

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GOOD FRIENDS AND GOOD WEATHER
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BOYD DICKER THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE CLUB
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GOOD FOOD AND GOOD CONVERSATION
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WE HAD A TIE FOR BEST FOUND SPECIMEN

JUNE 15
BRAGGING RIGHTS
MEMBERS WHERE CHALLENGED TO BRING TO THE MEETING

THERE BEST SELF-COLLECTED
 BEST HAND-MADE
 PURCHASED ROCK
PURCHASED LAPIDARY PIECE
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KERRY ANN SHOWED OF THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR CLUB BOYD DICKER


May 18th

we all learned how to  make

 MEMORY BRACELETS 

 

APRIL 20TH
WHAT THE HECK IS THIS
Have you ever picked up a rock and you just don't know what it is? 
Chris Visco  showed us how to do a little research and what to look for to
identify what we have
 
We also had a little party for
Kerry Ann who is bringing
a new little member into the world next month

We all had fun passing around some of
those strange specimen





MARCH 16TH

HANDS ON
WIRE WRAPPING.  EVERYONE  MADE THERE OWN INDIVIDUAL PENDANTS


FEB.23

CHRIS VISCO
lectured us on how rocks
tell us a story 
ROCKS REMEMBER

We also had installation of new officers
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CHANGING OF OFFICERS


HOLIDAY DINNER
JAN 11TH
 
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CHINESE AUTION

DEC. 15TH
HANDS ON
KERRY ANN SHOWED US ALL HOW TO MAKE  DREAM CATCHERS  



NOV.17


CHERYL AND KERRY SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCE OF THEIR KENTUCKY FIELD TRIP FOR GEODES

OCT20TH            JOHN KING
OUR SCRIMSHAW EXPERT GAVE US A QUICK HISTORY AND EXAMPLES OF THE ART
 THEN WE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ARE OWN

SCRIMSHAW IS THE NAME GIVEN TO SCROLLWORK, ENGRAVINGS, AND CARVINGS DONE IN BONE OR IVORY
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SEPT. 15
Judy Ann Olsen was our guest speaker, a well-known expert in the industry 



 She told us how the gem industry enhances stones. The discussion and debate was about is this acceptable and ethical.




BUS TRIP

SPRINGFIELD MASS


THE SPRINGFIELD SHOW IS THE LARGEST ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD

JULY 12

WE HAD OUR ANNUAL PICNIC AT HECKSCHER STATE PARK

JUNE 16
CHRIS VISCO
 GAVE A POWER POINT AND LECTURE ON THE FOSSILS OF
NEW YORK

MAY 19

HANDS ON

KERRY ANN

SHOW US ALL HOW TO WIRE WRAP A SHARKS TOOTH


APRIL 21
GUEST SPEAKER
MITCHELL PORTNOY

MITCH IS THE PRESIDENT OF TH NY MINERALOGICAL CLUB AND EDITOR OF MINERAL NEW, A NATIONAL PUBLICATION

MALACHITE
MARCH 17TH MEETING

IN THE SPIRIT OF ST. PATTY'S DAY A LECTURE ABOUT IRELAND,  SOME OF THE GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENON AND CONNEMARA MARBLE
PRESENTED BY CHERYL NEARY

JAN. 5TH  ANNUAL HOLIDAY DINNER
CHINESE AUCTION
WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AND THE CHINESE AUCTION WAS VERY SUSSESSFUL
WE ALSO HAD THE INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS
NOV. 18TH
IN THE SPIRIT OF THE UPCOMING SEASON
WE ALL MADE CRYSTAL SNOWFLAKE
SUN CATCHERS
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OCT. MEETING
KATHLEEN OUR GUEST SPEAKER EXPLAINED TO  US WHAT AURAS ARE AND HOW THEY WORK

SHE EVEN TOOK THE TIME TO GIVE ANYBODY WHO WANTED A ONE ON ONE READING

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Kathleen DiResta

SEPT. 16TH
Kathleen is a jewelry designer, silversmith, shop owner and a teacher.

Kathleen has a rare mixture of artistic talents and magnificent craftsmanship and enthusiasm.  It made her lecture extremely engrossing

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JULY 20TH WE HAD OUR ANNUAL SUMMER PICNIC AT HECKSCHER STATE PARK.  IT WAS A HOT DAY BUT WE ALL FOUND OUR OWN WAY TO KEEP COOL

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RUTH COFFEY
JUNE 17
DISSCUSSED HURRICANE SANDY AND HOW IT AFFECTED FIRE ISLAND AND THE LIGHT HOUSE

APRIL 15TH
GUEST SPEAKER
JUDY ANN OLSEN

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JUDY ANN OLSEN


A PROFESSIONAL JEWELRY WRITER AND GRADUATE OF THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA.  SHE IS A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR TO LUXURY JEWELS 24 MAGAZINE AND GEMSTONE GURU.COM
THE CLUB AND GUESS WERE TOTALLY CAPTIVATED ON THE POWER POINT PRESENTATION SHE GAVE.  SHE SPOKE ON AN OVERVIEW OF GEMSTONES, THE GLOBAL GEM TRADE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FAIR TADE GEMS.

MARCH 18TH
WE ALL MADE WIND CHIMES WITH GEODE SLABS

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FEB. 4TH HANDS ON

WE ALL MADE LANTERNS WITH MICA
THE MICA WAS COLLECTED FROM OUR LAST FIELD TRIP TO THE TOVECO MINE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
WE HAD TO PEEL AND CUT THE MICE TO SIZE
IT GAVE THE LANTERNS A WARM AMBER GLOW

Jan. 6

Hoilday meeting/dinner
at Bella Verde
   Our hoilday dinner was great fun.  We had a chinese auction with items the club members donated,  It was very succesful.  We had the election of officers, o and yes we had a lovey meal.

Dec 17th
SHOW AND TELL


CLUB MEMBERS AND GUESTS WERE INVITED TO BRING IN AND SHARE THEIR SPECIALTY

MANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAD A GREAT DEAL TO SHARE.  THEY WERE INTERESTING, EDUCATIONAL, HUMOROUS AND EVEN HEART WARMING.

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 Nov 19th
Terry Szenics was our guest speaker
Terry Szenics, local collector and dealer, gave a talk on...
"One of the most notable finds of the 1960s;  Collecting of purple apatite at the Pulsifer Quarry on Mt Apatite in Acton ME.

Oct. 15th meeting
Kerry Ann led us with a hands on.  We all made spider sun catchers for Halloween.

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some of our many guest speakers

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