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The Panorama Prospector
January 2024 the first one of the coming year: Johnie’s Jabbers regarding 2024 Rock and Mineral Show dates and times, also workers list to fill. Identify the “Rock or Mineral” By Jim Retzer for last month and next month’s to determine. Article on the “Dolomite Problem” – Scientist resolve 200 year Geology Mystery a must read. Unakite: A multipart series begins to follow. Then the Jokestar Jim with another good one to get a good laugh from.
February 2024 newsletter we have Johnie Pitman jabbering about our upcoming Rock and Mineral Show. We once again have Jim Retzer with his Identify “Rock and Mineral” with last month first and then this month. Joe Barreca with a very interesting article regarding “UV Light”. See how the light reacts to different rocks or minerals when shined upon. Continuation of Unakite: A multipart series to read more about which ends our newsletter for this month
March 2024 Newsletter: we announce the winner of the Grand Prize giveaway from our Rock and Mineral Show this month. They were surprised to have won the Grand Prize! We got more of Johnie Jabber about a donated rock someone had. Identify the Rock and Mineral by Jim Retzer, with prior month before then new one for this month. Continuation of Unakite: A multipart series to read, before we show off pictures from our very successful Rock and Mineral Show this year.
April 2024 Newsletter starts of with April as National Volunteers Recognition Month by President Lynne Calvert, then a New Series on Tiger Eye. Next an interesting article by the Northwest University about “A Massive Ocean Three Times the Volume of Earths Surface Ocean Discovered 700 km below the Surface”. We have so hints on “What to do — and not do — if you are caught in an Earthquake!”. This month’s newsletter is finished off by an article about the “Mind-Blowing Experience” of witnessing the Eclipse firsthand by Roger and Lynne Calvert. If you missed it, you won’t be able to see it again until 2044!
May 2024 Newsletters it first gives you an idea on “Places to Go Adventuring and Rockhounding” by Lynne Calvert. Then the beginning a series named: “Tiger’s Eye (A series)”, next we Identify the “Rock or Mineral” By Jim Retzer with Last month’s rock or mineral identification, we end this month with another interesting article about “Geological Attractions Off the Beaten Path” By Lynne Calvert.
June 2024 Newsletter will give you the FOUR (4) High School Scholarship winners information about them, the series continues with this month about “Gemstones (A series)”, next Identify the “Rock or Mineral” By Jim Retzer Last month’s rock or mineral identified, and Lynne Calvert gives a report on the Clubs Field Trip on the “Montana Trip” to Crystal Park and Gem Mountain.
July 2024 Newsletter a continuation of the series on “Gemstones (A series)” from the previous month, next Identify the “Rock or Mineral” By Jim Retzer with Last month’s rock or mineral identification, Lynne Calvert ends this month on a report of the Clubs Field Trip to “Stonerose Interpretation Center Trip”
August 2024 Newsletter starts with a BIG SURPRISE from one of our great longtime members Gene Fisher donated a vibratory tumbler to the club, so take a look at the photograph of the item, next with Identify the “Rock or Mineral” By Jim Retzer and with Last month’s rock or mineral identified, next “A Miner with a Heart of Gold” By Lynne Calvert, now the following is the first segment of a series of articles covering some of the locations where Bob has found crystals of collectable minerals called “Crystal Locations I have Known” By Bob Bristow, back to the seriers of “Sedimentary Rocks (A series)” and then you will be amazed to read about the “Ringing Rocks” near Butte, Montana!
September 2024 Newsletter will not be posted or published for this month, because we took a break for other things, but stand-by for next month!
October 2024 Newsletter starts an update at Marcus Cider Fest 2024 and N/E Washington (Colville) Fair, where our Junior Rockhounders won awards, Rock or Mineral of the Month, Bob Bristow gives us a location to find Crystals in Oregon, then Glynis Hall gives us an amazing story about her trip experience traveling to “Ice Land” and then we finished out with an article on Sedimentary Rocks (A series) on how they are formed.
November 2024 Newsletter has an article written by Lynne Calvert on the Oregon Agent Beds. We have another Identify the “Rock or Mineral” which was Paninte. We continue on with the Sedimentary Rock (A Series) to finish this Newsletter out.
December 2024 This newsletter has a presentation to members about changing the Scholarship Program from High School graduating students to local community colleges. Nothing has been decided at this point but could be changing.
Once again we have the Identify the “Rock or Mineral” of Colemanite. We have another brain twister for next months “Rock or Mineral I.D. The rest of the Newsletter has various pictures of members during Field Trips taken and other activities this year.
This wraps up the end of 2024 with great anticipation for a year of 2025!
