June, 2018
Cache Rock & Gem Club
Editor Jessica Vahsholtz 53 North 200 West, Brigham City Utah 84302
From the Top of the Rock Pile
Meetings are on Gary Warren – Club President
the 2nd Thursday
President Message
of the month at
Summit We are fast approaching the middle
Elementary of the year and I am wondering
7:00pm where it has gone. First of all, Happy
Father’s Day to all of you who qualify.
80 West Main It does take some effort to be a good
Smithfield, UT father, and I know that we have a lot
in the club who are good fathers.
We had a very successful Show this
Junior club members year and we had a lot of good
meet separately after comments about the show. I don’t
opening know if it was the rain, or people
announcements. were just planning on us for the
show. I know that advertising did
Visitors are welcome. help a lot and I want to thank LuAnn
for all her hard work on this. She did
Annual Club
a great job in all the advertising that
Membership
she did to help get the show out in
Individual $15.00 front of people and to remind them
of the show. I would also like to
Family $20.00 thank everyone who helped at the
show, without you, it becomes a long
Calendar day for us. Some of us even loses
of Events their voice. I know that the ones who
helped us with the show could see
Club Meeting what needed to be done, and
Thursday May 14th everyone pitched in and did it.
@7pm For our Club trip this month, we will
Summit Elementary be going over to Kemmerer and also
to a rock show in Marbleton
Wyoming on the same day.
All content is by the Marbleton is 70 miles North of
editor with the Kemmerer on US 189. I will send out
exception of where it a flyer for the show if some of you
is denoted otherwise. want to go earlier. We did have
Eureka on the list for this month but
we also want to help support this
other club and also it might be a bit
cooler out digging for fossils earlier in
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the year. I know that this could be a
long day so you might just want to
spend the night and take in both, the
fossils on Saturday and then the show
on Sunday or maybe on Friday since
the show runs for 3 days. See the
flyer on the newsletter.
We are going to bring back our “show
and tell” tables to club meeting so if
any of you have some rocks or
minerals that you want to give away,
trade or sell, you can do that too. We
will not want you to show and tell
until after the speaker gets done so
that we can give them the attention
that they need but when he or she is
finished, we will then start our show
and tell tables. If you are going to
bring something for show and tell,
please get to the meeting early to set
up so we do not disturb the speaker.
We will be having Evan Day come and
talk to us about Silversmithing 101
this month. Evan has been doing this
for some time and he can make this
look easy for anyone to start so it will
be a good meeting. This is another
way to help display your treasures, so
come and learn how to do
Silversmithing. Well I hope to see all
of you at club meeting on June 14th at
7:00 pm in Summit Elementary School
in Smithfield, and then for our outing
on the 16th of June to Kemmerer
Wyoming. Dave will have the trip
plans for us at the meeting.
Gary Warren
President
Cache Rock and Gem club
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June 16th: Kemmerer Trip

July 21st: West Side Utah Lake/Eureka Trip
August 18th: Devil's Playground Trip
September 15th: Wamsutter Wyoming Trip
October 20th: Hanksville or Orderville Trip

Field Trip Info: Saturday June 16th we will be going over to

Kemmerer to dig for fish. The cost will be $60.00 per adult
and $30 for kids. We will be meeting at the Smith's Store
on 1st East and 4th North where we usually meet at 8:00
am and hopefully arrive in Kemmerer around 10. After
you get through digging, there is a rock show going on in
Marbleton Wy. which is 70 miles north of Kemmerer on
189. The show is open until 5 pm if any of you would like
to go up after the dig.

Topaz Mountian Trip April 2018

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June Birthstones Junior Members

June is one of only two months that

has three birthstones associated with Fish Fossils
it, giving the lucky people born in
June a choice of gemstones between
pearl, alexandrite and moonstone.
Some fish are almost perfectly preserved, as with
June’s birthstones range from this Diplomystus. However, when the fish are examined carefully, slight
creamy-colored opalescent pearl and
moonstone to the rare color-
signs of decay can be noted. For example, look at the lower pelvic
changing alexandrite—one of the fin. Also, note there are a few vertebral elements out of place
most valuable gems on earth. With
this spectrum of price points and
immediately behind the skull. This might be due to expanding swim
color options, people with June bladder gases that ruptured into the brain.
birthdays can choose a beautiful
gemstone to fit any mood or budget. Courtesey: answeringgenesis.org

Pearls are the only gemstones made

by living creatures. Mollusks produce
pearls by depositing layers of calcium
carbonate around microscopic
irritants that get lodged in their
shells—usually not a grain of sand, as
commonly believed.

A relatively modern gem, alexandrite Photos: Courtesy John Whitmore

was discovered in Russian emerald
mines located in the Ural Mountains.
Legends claim that it was discovered
in 1834 on the same day that future
Russian Czar Alexander II came of
age, hence the name honoring him.
Because this unique gemstone
changed colors from green to red— n
the national colors of Russia—
alexandrite became Imperial Russia’s
official gemstone.

June’s third birthstone, moonstone,

was named by the Roman natural
historian Pliny, who wrote that
moonstone’s shimmery appearance
shifted with the phases of the moon.

Moonstone is composed of
microscopic layers of feldspar that
scatter light to cause this billowy
effect of adularescence. Thinner
layers produce a bluish sheen and
thicker layers look white. Moonstone
comes in a range of colors spanning
yellow, gray, green, blue, peach and
pink—sometimes displaying a star or
cat’s eye.

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FYI: Starting with this months club meeting we will have tables set up for the
next few meetings for people to bring in their rocks and minerals to show off,
trade or give away to other members.

I have Cache Rock & Gem Members Rock Shed

Rocks in my
Shed! 400 West ~60 South The rock shed is open! Use of the shed is
Hyrum, UT by appointment on Wednesday 5-8 pm
and Saturday 10-2 pm with the exception
of field trip days and holidays.

Shed Crew:
Larry Christopherson 435-723-6476
Bret Fonnesbeck 435-757-4927
Only trained shed crew are authorized Email: bsjunkstop@gmail.com
to set up and run the saws. Gary Warren 435-720-1775
Cost is ; Adults Jr. members
Slab saw cost 0.10 per inch of rough.
Wheels $2.00 $1.00
Upcoming Club Shows in the Neighborhood

Gem Faire Inc.

South Towne Expo Center
9575 S State Street
Sandy, Utah
June 15 and 16th 10 am-6 pm
th

and June 17th 10am-5pm

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 Club Officers
Bob & Maria Stewart
Club President Gary Warren rock_hunter1@hotmail.com Mexicanroseagate.com

1st Vice President Anita McCollum anitamccollum@comcast.net We have been assembling

a large collection of
2nd Vice President Dave Nielsen dsnielsen@live.com silicates, mainly agate,
jasper and quartz from
Secretary Dawnette Hunter Mexico for over 10 years.
We are now offering our
Treasurer Kathy Farnsworth dfarnsworth@hotmail.com collection for sale online
and at various rock and
gem shows. Our mission is
to find, collect and sell the
Board Members finest agate, jasper, geodes
and other forms of
Head Chair Dave Farnsworth dfarnsworth@hotmail.com chalcedony, mainly from
family-owned property in
Shed Mngr. Larry Christophersen Larry-0021@comcast.net Mexico, to offer to you at
Shed Assistant Mngr. Bret Fonnesbeck bsjunkstop@gmail.com affordable prices.

Trip Mngr. Dave Nielsen dsnielsen@live.com

Trip Assistant Mngr. Mike Hunter mikehuntersr@gmail.com

Jr. Member Mngr. Shawndra Johnson calandshawn@gmail.com

Assist. Sally Warren and Shelly Lofthouse

Rock Show Mngr. Gary Warren rock_hunter1@hotmail.com

Assist. Jay Anderson
Rock Buckets
The club has 3 gal buckets
Advertising Mngr. Luann Wilmore momouse@gmail.com of rough rock for sale. The
rough is a varied collection
from club trips and include
Social media Mngr. Jessica Vahsholtz iwannarockandgolf@yahoo.com petrified wood, palm, agate,
etc. The cost of a bucket is
Welcoming committee Debra Fabre` n/a $10.00 to club members. If
Assist. Marsha Christophersen interested, contact one of
the club officers.
News Bulletin Editor Jessica Vahsholtz iwannarockandgolf@yahoo.com

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