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Gallery Page 2009
Updated May 16th

- click here or gallery link above to see!

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Lee Creek Spring Trip
May 3rd, 2009

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Next Meeting: 17 May 09
BOWIE COMMUNITY CENTER
3209 Stoneybrook Drive
Bowie, MD 20715
--------------------------------------Rostrum Articles Needed
- the deadline for getting articles in to the next issue of the Rostrum newsletter is June 10th.          
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Projector Fundraiser
- Please purchase tickets in support of the MGS club trying to raise funds to purchase a new projector. Winners will receive some really nice fossil and other specimens donated by club members.
---------------------------Silent Auction & Raffle
- Please continue to donate good quality items for our Silent Auction & Raffle held at each club meeting.
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*NEW* MGS Business Cards
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Gallery Pics Needed:
- Send me your pics & images  
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Green Mill Run,NC Link
... check it out!

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* Visit Aurora Fossil *
Museum

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Visit the Calvert Marine Museum
   
    
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The Maryland Geological Society is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the collection, study and display of all aspects
of the geological sciences.
Membership is open to all and all are welcome!

Featured Fossil

Domed Stingray Tooth: Species unknown. Found in a Palaeocene site in MD.

 


 
MINERAL OF THE MEETING

Mineral of the May 2009 Meeting: Euclase (Beryllium Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide)

Formula:
BeAl[OH|SiO
 
 
 
System:
Monoclinic Colour: Colorless, white, pale ...
Hardness:
Name:
From the greek for easy and fracture, due to good cleavage
This page provides mineralogical data about Euclase.

image courtesy of: http://www.mindat.org/photo-57349.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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