Show-Me Rockhound member Robert Van Becelaere’s previous display of metal cast jewelry. He will give a talk on what he learned at JCCC about metal casting at the January 20, 2024 meeting.
Show-Me Rockhounds Club case at the Brass Armadillo, Kansas City, MO
SHOWS OF INTEGRITY – Present the 44th Annual Kansas City Fall Gem, Mineral, Jewelry & Bead Show
See attached flyer for dates and times and $1.00 off coupon. Show-Me Rockhounds will have tables with Great finds from mineral specimens, geodes, flint knapped projectile points, pre-forms/blanks, agate slabs, cut and polished agates, tumbled rocks, jewelry and more. There will be a Tribute to a Former member, and the Mary Bergman Hamilton Book of Minerals will be offered for sale. Hope to see you there!
PERDOT IN BASALT
Show-Me Rockhounds – Great Finds
Posted by April Buettner – member of Show-Me Rockhounds of Kansas City
The Show-Me Rockhounds went to Baldwin City, Kansas and bought some rocks and minerals from an old time rockhound. Here are some fluorescent minerals that I bought. Photographed under short-wave UV light and white light.
From Left to Right:
Back row: Uranyl activated Quartz; Three Purple Passion minerals from the Purple Passion Mine in Arizona. Orange is Calcite, blue is Fluorite and green is Willemite.
Middle Row: Granite with Mica; Purple Passion minerals;
Front Row: Agate; Chalcedony; Unknown “Bacon” Rock
From the collection of and photographed by April Buettner
FLUORESCENT MINERAL DISPLAY
HERE IS A VARIETY OF FLUORESCENT MINERALS THAT WILL BE AT THE 61ST GEM AND MINERAL SHOW. SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF EARTH SCIENCE CLUBS OF KANSAS CITY. MARCH 10,11,12, 2023 AT THE KCI EXPO CENTER, 11730 AMBASSADOR DRIVE, KANSAS CITY, MO. DISPLAYED BY DAN AND CONNIE SNOW OF THE SHOW-ME ROCKHOUNDS OF KANSAS CITY.
ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAN SNOW
61ST ANNUAL KANSAS CITY GEM & MINERAL SHOW
GEM SHOW NEWS
Show-Me Rockhounds of Kansas City present the Mary Bergman Hamilton Collection of Minerals. Donated in 2017.
Introduction to the Mary Bergman Hamilton Collection of Minerals
In 217, the children of Mary Bergman Hamilton donated her lifetime collection of minerals to the Show-Me Rockhounds. In order to share this gift with other rockhounds and interested earth science students, our club has put together this publication.
Mary had divided her collection into minerals she had purchased, those she had traded for, and those that she had found on rockhounding field trips. We have followed this same format in how we have organized this book. At the beginning of each section we have some tips for how you, as a rockhound, can add to your collection using these methods.
A number of the minerals in the collection fluoresce under short- or long-wave ultraviolet light. We have added a section to the book to highlight these minerals and explain a little about fluorescence.
We have a page showing the collection as it was displayed at the 60th Annual Kansas City Gem and Mineral Show in 2022.
Finally, there is a page of the book to emphasize the importance of good recordkeeping and labeling of a mineral collection. We show Mary’s method of index cards and mineral labeling.
We hope that this book will inspire both novice and experienced rockhounds by showing what a dedicated amateur can accomplish.
We have books available for $15.00 per copy. If you are interested in purchasing a copy(s) you may email Dan Snow President of the Show-Me Rockhounds of Kansas City at showmerockhounds.com