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Presentation: Excavating an Ancient Arizona “Elephant”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Paleontologist Rose Fowers will present a slide show of the excavation of a Mastodon in Arizona in the 1990s.
Rose participated in the dig and will share her experience of the \u201cuncovering\u201d of this rare specimen.
Rose is a founding member of the Southwest Paleontological Society that is affiliated with the Arizona Museum of Natural History.
She was appointed as an Adjunct Curator in paleontology with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History.
She is now retired and lives in southern New Mexico with her husband and lots of rocks.
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Presentation: Jasperoid in Sierra County, New Mexico<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Sierra County hosts numerous occurrences of gemstone-quality jasperoid.
This talk explores the geologic processes that formed these intriguing and colorful rocks.
Bruce Cox is a geologist that hails from Montana and spends winters in T or C.
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Presentation: Egg Carton Mineral Collecting (Kids 5 and Up)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Egg cartons and rocks: what do they have in common? Kids: come start your mineral collection! Decorate your egg carton and learn how to fill it with amazing rocks you find! Choose 2 rocks to take home! All supplies provided.
No unattended children, please.
Presented by SCRAGS member Susan Postlethwait.
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Presentation \u2014 River Diving in the Deep South: Agatized Coral and Mammal Fossil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Speaker: Rick Schwardt, Hobbyist Collector of Fossils in Florida.
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Presentation: Power Crystals for Protection and Positive Energy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This talk will address the following questions: What are Protection Stones? How do Protection Stones Work? How do you use Protection Stones?\n\nCheryl Gott is proprietor of Natural Healing Stones, a vendor at our event.
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CANCELLED Presentation: Orbicular Granite in New Mexico<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This presentation is cancelled due to illness.
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Presentation: Egg Carton Mineral Collecting (Kids 5 and Up)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Egg cartons and rocks: what do they have in common? Kids: come start your mineral collection! Decorate your egg carton and learn how to fill it with amazing rocks you find! Choose 2 rocks to take home! All supplies provided.
No unattended children please.
Presented by SCRAGS member Susan Postlethwait.
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Presentation: History of Traditional Santo Domingo Pueblo Handmade Jewelry and Flint Knapping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Speaker: Harvey Abeyta, Santo Domingo Pueblo Artist.
No photography or video will be allowed during this presentation.
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Presentations will be updated soon! Please check back.
Saturday Sunday See the Complete Schedule of Events 12pm: What’s Going on Beneath Your Feet? Ore Deposits and Hot Springs in the Rio Grande Rift Dr.
Virgil Leuth, Senior Mineralogist Emeritus, former Director, New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum in Socorro, NM 2pm:  Fossils of Southwest .
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