
COPPER COUNTRY ROCK AND MINERAL CLUB
HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN
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Elected
Officers for 2011 - 2012:
President ~ Norm
Gruber E-Mail: email:
pres@ccrmc.info
Vice-President ~ Phil
Halley
Secretary ~ Clyde
Hecox
Treasurer ~ Carol
Wiitanen E-Mail: email:
treas@ccrmc.info
Trustee ~ Steve
LaBonte (1 year)
Trustee ~ John Wells
(2 years)
Trustee ~ Charlie
Richardson (3 years)
Trustee ~ Steve Hecht (1 year, retiring
president)
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WHO ARE WE
?
WHAT DO
WE DO ?
For additional information go to our CCRMC Data
Page
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Link to:
~ 2012 Monthly CCRMC
Meeting Schedule ~
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Link to:
Next
Regular Meeting:
February 16,
2012 ~ 7:00 pm ~ Dollar Bay Fire Hall
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LAST YEAR
The
Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club recently held the
2011 16th Annual Gem
& Mineral Show
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August
12, 2011 |
Friday |
1pm
- 8pm |
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August
13, 2011 |
Saturday |
10am
- 6pm |
|
August
14, 2011 |
Sunday |
11am
- 5pm |
Houghton Elementary School
203 Jacker Avenue - Houghton, Michigan
( intersection of Jacker
Avenue & Bridge Street )
Free Admission ~ Free Parking
All 3 days: displays, door prizes, grab bags for kids, silent
mineral-auction.
Saturday 12:00 Noon - 5pm:
kids metal detect for buried treasurer
(kids 6-12 years old, accompanied by adult)
Sunday 1pm: WireWrap Jewelry
Demonstration
Sunday
2 pm: Rock Cutting Demonstration
bring a 2", or smaller rock to be
cut for free.
Dealers offering U.S. and World-wide
Gems, Minerals, Fossils,
Lapidary, Mining Certificates, Jewelry, Handcrafted Stone Lampshades:
Costigan's Minerals, Minnesota
Cynthia Kelman Jewelry, Wisconsin
Granite Glass Creations, Florida & Michigan
Hinshaw's Rock & Gems, Indiana
Larry Falater Scrip, Michigan
Harley & Jacquie Larson, Wisconsin
Riddle Hill Rocks, Illinois
Sunshine Rock Company, Wisconsin
and
The Quincy Hill Swap
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Quincy Mine Hoist Parking Lot
U.S. 41, just north of Hancock, Michigan
For information on 2012 Rock &
Mineral Show, or, to register for table space at the Quincy Hill Swap,
contact the 2012 Show Chairperson
Additional activities for this past 2011
U.P. Rock Collecting Week, can be found at:
Ishpeming Rock and
Mineral Club
2011
Caledonia Mine Activities
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Thanks To Everyone !
~ 2011
CCRMC Gem & Mineral Show Photographs ~
CCRMC
volunteer schedule for 2011 Show
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C.C.R.M.C.
meetings are held monthly on the Third ( 3rd ) Thursday evening at
7:00 pm.
Special activities include field
trips, Christmas in July, Christmas in December,
and quarterly lectures hosted by the Seaman Society.
For
additional information go to our CCRMC Data Page

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BLAST FROM DA
PAST - 2003
October
11, 2003 ~ One Special Day at the Delaware Mine Site
Tap this datolite photo above to see the story
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Mineral & Rock Collecting
and Equipment Links:
High Pressure Water Spray Gun Link
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White’s Metal Detector Repair Work from
Electronic Explorations
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For those wishing to purchase copies
of the best-ever “field manual”
"Red Gold & Tarnished Silver"
Mines and Minerals of the Lake Superior
Copper District
Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club, April 26, 2001
"RED GOLD" ordering information
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*Photograph by Dr. John Jaszczyk.
Detail of crystallized copper specimen, copyrighted Copper Country Rock and
Mineral Club logo,
in the collection of the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum.
Authority graciously granted in 1997 by the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
and Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan.
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