UPDATED 4/14/2019

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Ron Konoshaug won the 2018 micromount competition. 

Scott Braley won the 2019 photo competition.

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Completed ! June 10, 2018 Micromount competition. Ron Knoshaug won the competition. "Under Your 'Scope" will be Eye Candy mounts for your enjoyment.

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Completed, Swap meeting was great fun!   July 8, 2018  "Swap meeting" bring specimens or equipment that you want to trade.  Do a good job triming samples to a convenient size and labeling them.  This swap will only be for excanges, no sales. Everything must be removed from the room when the swap is over. Annual meeting:  Dues to be paid, and election of officers to serve for the coming year.

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Completed! Aug 12, 2018 Ed Petersen - Minerals of the Tonapah-Belmont Mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, with samples for "viewing through your 'scope."

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Completed!  Aug 25-26 field trip to Leadville (Sherman Tunnel, Wolftone Ore Pile)

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Completed! Sept 8-16  Denver Coliseum Show!

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Completed!Sept 7 -15 Colorado Mineral and Fossil Show, Crowne Plaza Denver Airport Convention Center    

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Completed!  Sept 9, 2018 "Under your 'scope" Minerals of Mapimi, Mexico. RMMA meeting across the hall from the CSM Mineral Museum.

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Completed! Sept 12, 2018 The Annual Colorado School of Mines Mineral Museum Open House starting at 6PM

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Completed! Sept 14-16, 2018 Denver Show, Minerals of Mexico.

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Completed! Oct 14, 2018   Inclusions in specimens from Herkimer Co., New York - Scott Braley

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Completed! Oct 20-23, 2018  RAMS field trip to Topaz Mountain, Utah.  Chris Raburn leader.

Completed ! Oct 23-24? 2018 Gold Hill Mine, Utah - Continuation from RAMS field trip. 

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Completed !  Nov 9-11, 2018  39th New Mexico Mineral

Symposium, Socorro, New Mexico

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Completed ! All Field Trips in a box distributed!  Nov  18, 2018 Meeting moved to avoid New Mexico Mineral Symposium.  Identification of unknown Minerals by Attending Members - Limit 6 specimens per member.  Open discussion of species identification techniques.

Free "field trips in a box".

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Completed ! Dec 9, 2018  Radioactive Microminerals - Scott Braley

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Completed ! Jan 13, 2019 Photomicrography review, by Michael Gobla.  Photo competition. 4th Annual Photography contest, submission of photos by February 2, 2019, limit of 5 images per member.

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Completed! Feb 10, 2019  Montana at the World's Fair:  How it became the Treasure State, -Mike Gobla

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Completed!  Feb 14-17, 2019 Tucson Show-  Theme is Wulfenite

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Completed!  Mar 10, 2019   Learn about microchemistry, with this class where you will perform a few hands-on tests to identify minerals from the Blanchard claims, with no business meeting. Joe Taggart

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Completed ! Apr 14, 2019   Mineral identification techniques Michael Gobla

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May 19, 2019 Moved to avoid Mother's Day.  Micromount competition.  Under your 'scope minerals of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York.

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 Jun 9. 2019  Joe Taggart will present a talk on trimming mineral samples.  A portion of the meeting will be outdoors, teaching how to carefully and safely use a large hydralic trimmer, as well as smaller trimmers.  (Carefully to not damage the trimmer, and safely to not damage the operator.)  You will be allowed to bring samples, up to fist size, to the meeting for trimming.

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July 14, 2019 1PM to 5PM   Swap meet-  Bring specimens you want to trade.  Election of officers. Pay 2019-2020 dues.

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Aug 11, 2019  Open

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Aug 24-25, 2019 Possible Leadville field trip.

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Sept 8, 2019 Open

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Oct 13, 2019 Open

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Nov 10, 2019 Open

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Dec 08, 2019 Open

Phillip Stoffel:

Gold, Hopes Nose, Torquay, South Devon, Devon, England, UK

 SCOTT BRALEY, Pseudobrookite, Marysville, Utah, USA