[Rockhounds] Learning Curve for Geology - was MR Texas Supplement

[Horst Windisch]

Hi Kreigh et al,

This concept, TOUR OF THE BASEMENTS was described in an USA Gem and Mineral 
Club Bulletin many years ago and I "transplanted" the idea to South Africa. 
We do this as one of our monthly rockhunts about every second year within 
the Pretoria Gem and Mineral Club. (On average we have at least one outing - 
sometimes two, per month, except December). A thorough time-table is drawn 
up for this event, taking into considersation  "viewing" time and '"travel" 
time between homes. We normally do not more than three homes on  a Sunday 
morning, sometimes finishing off with a barbeque at the Clubhouse.  The 
group meets (in their own vehicles) at the starting home, spends 30 - 45 
minutes there before proceeding to the next venue. We try and bring in as 
much as possible, various aspects of the hobby. Thus minerals, cabbing 
and/or tumbling, silversmithing are the areas we normally cover, but have 
included faceting, micromounting and objet d'art at some stage or other. We 
normally request members to book for this tour, as invariably the 
hostess/host will offer some refreshments during the short stay.

It is surprising what knowledge newer members in the Club can pick up in the 
course of a morning and it is always enlightening to see what your fellow 
Club members keep themselves busy with.

Horst

PS. As Kreigh mentioned, this is a good excuse for one to clear up and 
spruce up your home and/or basement.

-- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kreigh Tomaszewski" <Kreigh at tomaszewski.net>
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" 
<rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Learning Curve for Geology - was MR Texas 
Supplement


> For the past several years our Club has had held 'A Winter Field Trip
> To Basements'.
>
> A handful of members agree to open their homes, and collections, for
> six hours, on a specific weekend date.
>
> I did it a couple years ago and my wife freaked out about my basement
> (some/much cleanup assumed); the Club loved it.
>
> Collections should be shared!
>
> Kreigh
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, Feb 5, 2009, at 22:02 America/Detroit, Alan Goldstein
> wrote:
>
>>
>> The concept of having a group of collectors that meet at each other's
>> homes
>> and share peeks at their respective collections and discuss subjects of
>> mutual interest is a good one. I'd like to see something like that
>> start up
>> in my own home town. My only problem is that my wife would insist that
>> I
>> clean up the basement before inviting people over. That is a task that
>> I
>> wouldn't look forward to under most circumstances!
>>
>
>
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