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Welcome.

We meet the
second Monday
of every month
at 7:30 PM
at the historic
Greenbank Mill.

[We do not
meet in
July or August.]

Photo taken with permission of Greenbank Mill.

Visit our hosts for events at: www.greenbankmill.org

Greenbank Mill
500 Greenbank Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
(302) 999-9001

This month we are meeting at:
Greenbank Mill

New! Click here for a printable DMS Membership Form

Contact Bob Ehrlich, Membership Chairman

Directions & Map

Our Next Meeting: Monday, June 8, 2008

Location: Greenbank Mill, Prices Corner, Wilmington, DE

Program: "Annual Club Picnic & Sale"

Members, bring your appetite and your specimens for trade or for sale (optional) to our informal club picnic!

We will dispense with our regular club business for a brief annual election of officers for the year. Though we will have no official program or presentation, feel free to bring some our your collection for an impromptu Show-n-Tell.

Rain or shine!

See you tonight,
Tom

Times: ~6:00PM (Setup) - ~8:15PM

Refreshments: See Sophie Homesy.

See Sophie to sign-up for what to bring to our June 9, 2008 Picnic! The club will provide the grill meats, plates & utensils; we bring the rest--like a covered dish dinner.

And, oh yes, please bring desserts! ;-)

At Our Last Meeting: Monday, May 12, 2008

Location: Greenbank Mill, Prices Corner, Wilmington, DE

Program: "The Physical Properties of Minerals"

A 45 min. video.

The write-up says:
'Close-up photography and clear explanation of the basic tests every rockhound should know to determine the identity of unknown minerals. All the physical properties are explained and demonstrated.'

If you have a mystery mineral that you haven't been able to ID, bring it along and perhaps the group will be able to figure it out. I have one such stone from what looked to be an abandoned mine (just a bit of a pit really) along the White Clay just north of Newark.









Program Review coming soon

This year's March 1-2, Show 2008 theme was: "Pegmatite Gems and Minerals"!

Our February & March Mineral-of-the-Month is also "Exotic Pegmatites" & "Local Pegmatites"

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Next Board Meeting: April 28, 2008, 7:00 PM (Postponed, to be rescheduled)
Location: Karissa's house
Contact: Karissa Hendershot or Scott Peters
Agenda: To be announced

For General Meeting Minutes & Board Meeting Minutes, see special editions of the Geogram.

Next Show Committee Meeting: April 21, 2008 (after our Show)
Location: Wayne's house
Time: 7:00PM SHARP! :-)
Contact: Wayne Urion
Agenda: Review of Show and planning start for 2009.

Summary of Show

March 1-2, 2008 Show Page

March 3-4, 2007 Show Page

Members Page

Directions & Map:

From I-95 take 141 North to Route 2 West (Kirkwood Hwy.). At third stop light take a right onto Route 41 North (Newport Gap Pike). At the bottom of the hill, just past the Wilmington & Western Railroad, take a right onto Greenbank Road. Drive past the mill, the parking lot is on the left, just after you recross the Wilmington & Western Railroad tracks.