Newsletters for Members to Explore
The Panorama Prospector
Newsletter for October 2025 announcement by Lynne Calvert that An Golden Opportunity to Promote the Panorama Gem and Mineral Club, then an update on Marcus CiderFest with pictures, then article By Bob Bristow named: Arctic Adventures Part 1 – Kenai Peninsula
Newsletter for September 2025 two of our members went and wrote about this years “The 2025 NFMS Rockhound Retreat”, next NASA Rover Finds Mars Rocks That May Signal Ancient Life, then about The 2025 Hunters Fair Booth, By Lynne Calvert (with pictures). Northeast Washington Colville Fair with a couple of pictures. You might be interested in New Orleans is sinking—and so are its $15 billion flood defenses and New fossils reveal a hidden branch in human evolution.
Newsletter for July 2025 we had a presentation on Supporting the Community Colleges Scholarship Program instead of High School, then about our Trilobite Trip 2025 by Lynne Calvert (with a few pictures), article by: Kaitlin Flanigan on Hundreds of small earthquakes recorded in Mount Rainier swarm for first time since 2009, then unbelievable article about This underwater volcano off Oregon Coast is set to erupt in 2025: What to know
By Ginnie Sandoval, Salem Statesman Journal.
Newsletter for June 2025 we have this years 2025 High School Scholarship Winners listed, then the article by Bob Bristow on “Where to Find Dark Amethyst-Lined Geodes” (with a map to go), then Identify the “Rock or Mineral” By Jim Retzer with Last month’s rock or mineral I.D., another interesting article written on a Gemologist Guide to Identifying Petrified Wood.
Newsletter for May 2025 as we start on the second page with an article by Lynne Calvert Titled “The Speggtacular Thunderegg Hunt!” with some pictures, then a very interesting article on “Diamonds from the Deep: How Do Diamonds Form in the Deep Earth?”, right after this is another one regarding “What volcanoes and volcanic regions form the “Pacific Ring of Fire”?” and to end this month and you like crystals then read the last article “How are Crystals Made?”
Newsletter for April 2025 we have Identify the “Rock or Mineral” By Jim Retzer and a revealing of “Last month’s rock or mineral:” and “This month’s rock or mineral:” next we have an article named BRICK AND BRACK AND BEACHBUMS, By Lynne Calvert with some featured pictures.
Newsletter for March 2025 contains first off again by our Show Chairman Johnie Pitman. He gives an update about the results & thanks. “What on Earth is This?” The theme of this year’s Rock and Mineral Show rundown on what you miss if you didn’t attend the show with various photos. One of our members and vendors gives her prospect from a vendor view of the activity. Of course, we have the “Rock or Mineral” to Identify from last month but hold right there because you’ll have to wait until next month in April for the answer. We needed the room to list an article by Janet Loehrke, that was in USA TODAY, “Volcanoes are erupting all over the world: See where lava is flowing”
Newsletter for February 2025 we have a message from our Show Chairman Johnie Pitman, then we have to “Rock or Mineral” Identify Question by Jim Retzer, with a reveal of last months Identity. We have a fascinating mineral on Hemimorphite (very pretty also).
Newsletter for January 2025 as we start a new year to explore and discover: Club minutes from previous month and Board Meeting, a Repost from December 2024 newsletter regarding information about changes to Scholarship Program, Identify a “Rock or Mineral” by Jim Retzer, Photos of Christmas Dinner Party, and a informative article regarding “What is Adularescence and Minerals?”
