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Attention Junior Members,

March Show 2012 is coming!

Dates: March 3-4, 2012

Yes, it will be fun! Start collecting to put in your Show display case.

Check out Katelin and Will's Delaware Mineral Show Page

Junior Members,

We need your help in setting up, participating, and taking down our Show.

You are welcome to join in with your Display Cases with our club's Show Theme: "Made Mined in America"

T’S SHOW TIME!!  

Show dates:   Saturday March 3 and Sunday March 4, 2012

Our annual show is just around the corner, and now is the time to start thinking about an exhibit.

This year’s theme is ‘Made Mined in America’.

So, ask your parents if you can join in the fun.

There are a lot of our club members out there who have interesting specimens and collections.  What better way to share your enthusiasm and your treasures than by organizing them to exhibit in one of our display cases at the March show! 

If you have never prepared an exhibit and do not know where to start, do not let this deter you.  We have printed guidelines and experienced exhibitors who are willing to advise you to enable you to put your first exhibit together.  There are several classes and categories to choose from.  You may choose to compete (against a standard, not against other competitors), or to be non-competitive.  The Club provides the display cases, including liners and lighting. 

Have your parents take a look at the exhibit entry form in this newsletter to obtain more information.  Fill it out and mail it in!  I also have the entry form in an electronic format (MS Word or Adobe PDF), if you would prefer. 

We also have two Club showcases, and are always looking for interesting specimens from our club members for these cases.  I coordinate the Club Theme showcase.  Items in this display case follow this year’s show theme. Tom Pankratz coordinates the Club Field Trip case, which showcases specimens that have been collected by our members on club field trips. 

Please have your parents call or email me if you are interested or need more information. 

Esther Kerns, Exhibits Chairperson

ejkerns@yahoo.com
(302) 478-1336

 

 

Here are some photos of display cases from 2010:

  • Paula McCarter's with "Minerals"

  • Emma Barnes with "Fossils of Sulphur, Indiana"

  • The Simpkins boys had a hand in collecting for "Gems & Minerals from Around the United States"

               

 

Wow, we practically sold out all of our material from our Junior Booth this year! Time to gather up some more from club fieldtrips and donations.

Adult Members, when you high grade your collections, please think of the Juniors for our March 3-4, 2012 Show. (Don't worry, we have plenty of storage space.)


Our Junior Booth, March 6-7, 2010.

Our March 7-8, 2011 Show

Junior Booth 2009 Sample Offerings

 


Click here for a printable Membership Form
Check with your parents first :-)

 

 

Check out:

Dinosaurs! (Cool links)

Katelin and Will's Rock, Fossil & Shells Page

Start a Rock Collection (AMNH)

Simple Rocks Slide Show (K-2)

National Geographic Kids Quick Flick: Volcanoes (a cartoon)

Smithsonian Kids Collecting

Gator Girl Rocks

GeoAdventures in Delaware by the Delaware Geological Survey

PaleoPatti's Dinosaur and Fossil Digs Website

Diamond Dan's webpage for Young Mineralogists

Our newest Fossil Page: DMS "Fossil Forum"

September's Mineral of the Month: Delaware Garnet

February's Mineral of the Month: Petrified Wood, Part I

March's Mineral of the Month: Petrified Wood, Part II

petwood.gif (1714 bytes) There's some science and pictures!

 

Fun Links About Petrified Wood:

 

  

                     Agates are colorful and cool!

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Our March 2005 Show theme is "The World of Agates"

                                  agate.gif (1155 bytes) Check out our Agate Page links!!

 

                         Erupting Volcanoes!

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                                               See Mt. St. Helen's Live Volcano Cam!

 

                                                  Online Resources  

                                              Moh's Hardness Scale

                                                 Geologic Time Scale (USGS)

 

Questions & Comments: info@delminsociety.net

This page last updated:  January 10, 2012 07:04:41 PM


Next Meeting
 

February Program:

"Mineral Identification" presented by Bill Stephens, Professional Geologist

General Club Meeting:
February 13, 2012
(Monday)

We are meeting at
The Greenbank Mill, Wilmington, DE


Special Meetings:
 

*Show Committee Meeting, Thursday  February 16, 2012

*New Home/Lapidary Committee, 2012

*Board Meeting, Sunday
February 19, 2012 at Noon

Next Field Trips
 

Fieldtrips!

Past Fieldtrips
 

Next EFTA Trips
For more info:
EFTA
Next Show
DMS March Show
March 3-4, 2012

 


Our 2012 Show Theme:
"Made  Mined in America"

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