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Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society
Contact: W.C. McDaniel
2038 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104 [USA]
901.274.7706 • w.c.mcd@worldnet.att.net |
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05.02.13 -- 6:30pm -- MAGS Board Meeting: Library, St. Francis Hospital
05.10.13 -- 7:30pm -- MAGS Membership Meeting, Shady Grove Presbyterian Church: Adult program [Reelfoot Lake Finds] presented by Bill Lawrence; Youth program [Identifying Minerals]
05.18.13 -- TBA -- MAGS Field Trip: Blue Springs/Frankstown, MS
05.25.13 -- 10:00am -- MAGS Archaeology Group: C.H. Nash Museum, Memphis, TN
05.25.13 -- DMC Field Trip: Arrington, VA
Click here for a copy of the MAGS Constitution and By-Laws.
Important Note: Non-members are not permitted to participate in any MAGS field trips. This includes all areas: public, private collecting, and pay sites. No exceptions.
MAGS Rockhound News Highlights
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FROM THE MAY 2013 MAGS ROCKHOUND NEWS
The Earth Wide Open
05.02.13: BILL LAWRENCE: My talk will address a cache of 70 turkey tail blades, two stone beads, and a large lump of Galena (natural lead) that was recovered in the Reelfoot Lake area last Spring. Make your plans now to attend the May membership meeting. >>Read more in the May Rockhounds News>>
FROM THE APRIL 2013 MAGS ROCKHOUND NEWS
The Earth Wide Open
04.04.13: MATTHEW LYBANON: The 34th Annual Memphis Mineral, Fossil, and Jewelry Show will be on Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28. But MAGSters
can get a preview at the April 12 meeting. Tables manned by Show Committee members will represent the Show’s tables, booths, and activities.>>Read more in the April Rockhounds News>>
FROM THE MARCH 2013 MAGS ROCKHOUND NEWS
General geology of Tennessee
03.02.12: RON BRISTER: We will travel across 440 miles and 1.07 billion years from southeastern Tennessee to Memphis >>Read more in the March Rockhounds News>>
FROM THE FEBRUARY 2013 MAGS ROCKHOUND NEWS
2012 at Chucalissa
02.02.12: MATTHEW LYBANON: At our February Membershp Meeting, Robert Connolly will speak on the accomplishments and research direction that have occurred at the C.H. Nash Museum in the past year. >>Read more and see pictures from the trip in the February Rockhounds News>>
FROM THE JANUARY 2013 MAGS ROCKHOUND NEWS
From A to Z:
Archaeology at Ames (Tennessee) and Zippori (Israel)
01.02.2013: MATTHEW LYBANON: Under the leadership of Dr. Milton Moreland, a collaborative team from Rhodes College began a field school at Ames Plantation, near Memphis. In addition to the field school at Ames, for the past 20 years Moreland has excavated the site of Zippori in central Galilee. Although there are many differences between the sites, numerous
similarities can be found in the key goals of both excavations. >>Read more in the January Rockhounds News >>
FROM THE DECEMBER 2012 MAGS ROCKHOUND NEWS
Long day's journey into ammonite country
12.06.12: MIKE BALDWIN: My wife and I asked permission of our grown daughters to celebrate Thanksgiving early this year so we could join 12 other MAGS members and travel to the Dallas, Texas area to collect ammonites and other marine fossils over the long holiday. We had an awesome time collecting in dry creekbeds and on fossiliferous hillsides. >>Read more and see pictures from the trip in the December Rockhounds News>>
FROM THE NOVEMBER 2012 MAGS ROCKHOUND NEWS
Meteorites: rocks from space
11.01.12: ANITA WESTLAKE: This talk will cover the basics of meteorites: the types, where they come from, their value, etc. Included will be discussions on a few meteorite stories. If there's time, I will tell a personal story involving etching meteorites. I will also touch on the difference between meteorites and tektites.>>Read more in the November Rockhounds News >>
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On the MAGS blog
Topics on the MAGS blog include: Collecting petrified wood, Wells Creek Impact Crater, Frankstown fossils, Great Smoky Mountains geology, Tennessee geology, fluorescent minerals and meteorites. Drop by and check it out.
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"The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
–Marcel Proust (French Philosopher)
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
–Sir Edmund Hillary
"How to minimize the impact of a volcanic eruption
already in progress . . . Run."
–Anonymous
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