...Welcome...Our rock club meetings are held monthly in Carrollton, Georgia (West Georgia)  Take a look a look around at our website...if you are interested in gems, minerals, and rocks -  rock hunting - rock hounding, or learning more about what we do then please join us at our next rock club meeting.

 Next Monthly Meeting

Thursday - July 9, 2009

Carroll County EMC

7 pm

Meeting Program:  "Stump The Expert"

Rock club members are asked to bring their rock finds that they need identified.  Do you have something that will stump the expert? 

Members - also bring in the extra rocks you have been gathering to the July and August meetings.  These will be used in making gem bags for the McIntosh Festival. 

......Report from our......

Annual
Picnic and Auction

Sunday - May 17, 2009

1 o'clock p.m.

Gold Museum in Villa Rica
Stockmar Road

Notes from the:  Carroll County Gem & Mineral Society Gold Dust Cookout

      The meeting was conducted in an appropriately relaxed manor for a fellowship luncheon. The location for our gathering can be attributed to the Villa Rica Gold Mine Museum, where Carl  Lewis a  dedicated club member and Gold Mine employee offered free guided tours to all who requested.  

   The cold rainy weather did not put a damper on the good food or camaraderie among rock- hounds. We had perfectly cooked hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill for the main course and all of the trimmings brought by all club members.  

Everything was delicious and we had a good turnout.

We also held an auction in hopes of raising money for future activities for the club. The objects up for auction were donated by and purchased by club members.  There was a plethora of items up for bid; they covered a time span of Paleozoic to Cenozoic.  Anything from hand-made jewelry pieces featuring various settings, as well as a massive quartz crystal in contrast with other  small, drusy quartz crystals. There was also a pretty nice trilobite and some great fossilized clam shells.  The club was able to raise some much appreciated funds. The spectrum of specimens was really quit broad. It was a great way to spend a day too nasty to hound as it rain was plentiful.

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