Feb 25 - Yesterday at Ludlow

I've been told it was a fantastic trip to Ludlow for Thulite yesterday. Everyone had "Bags Full" and as an added bonus Montie took the group to another place in the vicinity to gather gorgeous Jasper. Wish I could have been there! And a great thanks to Barbara Wiggins for the photos!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Up coming events:

The regular business meeting will be next week, Tuesday February 20, 6 PM PST. The program, "What to do with all the rocks you find and make some money too" will be presented by Molly Barnett (MCC instructor). Wow, wish I didn't have class that night and could attend!

Field Trip: Saturday February 24, 2007 Ludlow Area for Zoisite (massive green and pink Thulite) 4WD High Clearance Vehicle Advised, Meet at Ludlow (off I-40 West) in the Dairy Queen-76 Station parking lot at 9 AM PST 10 AM MST. Folks, it takes about 1 3/4 hours to get there from Needles. Any questions about the field trip, call Barb Ballard or Corinne More.

Here is a "quickly done" example of the Zoisite material collected near Ludlow.

Blue Agate Mine Field Trip Feb 10, 2007

I don't have the exact count, but many members, dogs and guests went to the Blue Agate Mine yesterday. What an awesome day! Here are some photos in no particular order. And thank you Barbara and Don for submitting photos!

Of course, my favorite, lunch time!

The 'Rock Hounder Bees' working hard to un-earth that 'hard-to-get' Needles Blue Agate!

Below, Corinne is explaining the history of the Needles Gem and Mineral Club to a prospective member Jerry! Welcome Jerry and we hope you bring Leslie!

Another News Flash - Update!

February Field Trip changes:

Field Trip February 10, 2007 Saturday Ludlow Area for Ruby Zoisite
High Clearance Vehicle Advised
Meet at Ludlow off-ramp I-40 9 AM PST 10 AM MST

Has been changed to:

Blue Agate Mine
Meet at Hwy 95 (South of Needles) at the Havasu Landing Road (approximately 21 miles south of Needles) at 9 AM PST - 10 AM MST - Park to the right and we'll leave from there. We'll go to the mine and maybe another place, time permitting.


Field Trip on February 24, 2007 “Boulders” South of Kingman
Interesting Unusual Stuff - 4WD High Clearance Necessary
9 AM PST, 10:00 AM MST
Meet at E I-40 Shinarump Road Exit 44

Has been changed to:

Field Trip February 24, 2007 Saturday Ludlow Area for Zoisite (massive green and pink Thulite) 4WD High Clearance Vehicle Advised, Meet at Ludlow (off I-40 West) in the Dairy Queen-76 Station parking lot at 9 AM PST 10 AM MST

Any questions, Call Barb Ballard or Corinne More

A copy of yesterday's post about field trip change

Change in Field Trip Plans February 10
The field trip posted in the Blue Agate Newsletter February 10, 2007 Saturday to the Ludlow Area for Zoisite High Clearance Vehicle Advised Meet at Ludlow off-ramp I-40 9 AM PST 10 AM MST

Changed to
Blue Agate Mine

Meet at Hwy 95 (South of Needles) at the Havasu Landing Road (approximately 21 miles south of Needles) at 9 AM PST - 10 AM MST - Park to the right and we'll leave from there. We'll go to the mine and maybe another place, time permitting.

Any questions, call Corinne More or Barb Ballard

Adobe Reader can read out loud to you!

Adobe Reads out loud – Thanks Don (from the Scribe Conference)

It is possible to have Adobe's Acrobat Reader read the contents of your documents for you. That's awesome, isn't it?! If you're interested in learning how to make this happen, keep reading, because this is such a good tip and I'm so excited to tell you all about it. Here we go! Before I go any further, you need to make sure you have a couple of things already on your computer in order for this process to work. Here are the requirements. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or higher installed on your computer and you must have a speaker connected to your computer with the volume turned up. (It's good to have the speaker turned on too!) : )

Once you have both of those things, you can move on. So, now, let's see how we can make Acrobat Reader do your reading for you. Just follow the directions below.

1.) Open any PDF file that you want to read. Activate the Read Out loud feature by going to View, → Read out loud, → activate read out loud.

2.) If you want Acrobat Reader to read the complete PDF file, press Ctrl + Shift + B and it will start to read the file.

3.) If you want Acrobat Reader to read a selected page, click on the page you want to hear and press Ctrl + Shift + V. It will then read only the page you have selected.

4.) To pause the reading, press Ctrl + Shift + C. To continue reading from a pause, press the same combination of keys again and it will start back up.

5.) To stop the reading, press Ctrl + Shift + E.

Have Fun!

California Federation of Mineralogical Societies website

For those club members who don't know, we are a member club of this organization. Information about the Society and all the member clubs (including their newsletters) are available at:
http://www.cfmsinc.org/
Just go to the site, click on "Clubs" at the top of the page, find a club you're interested in, and click on their webpage address (if they have one).

Mike

Change in Field Trip Plans February 10

The field trip posted in the Blue Agate Newsletter
February 10, 2007 Saturday to the Ludlow Area for Zoisite
High Clearance Vehicle Advised
Meet at Ludlow off-ramp I-40 9 AM PST 10 AM MST

Changed to

Blue Agate Mine

Meet at Hwy 95 (South of Needles) at the Havasu Landing Road (approximately 21 miles south of Needles) at 9 AM PST - 10 AM MST - Park to the right and we'll leave from there. We'll go to the mine and maybe another place, time permitting.

Any questions, call Corinne More or Barb Ballard

More Photos - Estrella Road Field Trip

Photo one: On the ridge west of the road, looking down with the NGMC vehicles parked in the center of the photo.
Photo two: Surprise! Looking west from the ridge where the previous photo was taken, there are these signs of human habitation, in one of the old Black Mountains mining areas.