Adrian Van Zweden taught his first class when Harry Truman was in the White House, and his most recent class this month. The ramrod-straight 92-year-old towered over a roomful of fourth- graders at Eastern Christian Elementary School in Midland Park. He was showing them his collection of colorful rocks and minerals and his big, old magnet.
Rockatomics Gem and Mineral Show features beads, fossils, jewelry, minerals and rough rocks for sale, a.m.-5 p.m. today-Sunday, Pierce College Farm Center, 20800 Victory Blvd., Woodland Hills. 818-993-3802.
HINCKLEY - L.C. Bates Museum on the campus of Good Will-Hinckley will celebrate National Fossil Day from 1 to 3 p.m. today. There will be fossils to examine and a life-size model of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull at the museum, located on Route 201. Other events at the museum include extreme animals 1-3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, where guests can learn how certain animals push their limits. Night at the Museum is 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, where guests can learn about Maine minerals and rocks.
Dianne Gunning, a former shipper for the DeLorme Map Store in Yarmouth and an active member of the Lincoln County Gem and Mineral Society, died Thursday. She was 67. Mrs. Gunning worked at DeLorme for about 10 years. She loaded 70- pound boxes of maps into delivery trucks and shipped individual maps to customers throughout the United States.
RANGELEY - "Recreational Rock and Mineral Exploration" will be the subject of a nature program from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, at the Wilhelm Reich Museum, Dodge Pond Road. It will presented by Jerome Guevremont. Guevremont came to Rangeley in 1964 as an instructor at the Redington Training Facility. He left there in 1969 and went to work for the town of Rangeley, building and running the town's wastewater facilities.
WOOSTER -- A $295,961 grant from the National Science Foundation will bring two highly valued instruments to The College of Wooster this summer, and enable students and faculty to analyze the chemical and mineral content of rocks and soil, as well as archaeological artifacts. These instruments can tell us a lot about how rocks and minerals were formed and how they changed over time," said Meagen Pollock, assistant professor of geology and the principal investigator on the grant. "Previously, we had to send the materials off campus to determine their geochemical content.
Minerals and Metals: A World to Discover http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ mms/scho-ecol/toc_e.htm This is an excellent Canadian government website by the Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS) that provides detailed and engaging information on the "main minerals and metals produced in Canada and how these natural resources are used in our daily activities." There are also some very good educational materials such as Rock Creations (how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are made) and Discover Earth's Treasures (examine rocks to investigate the earth's crust).\n There's even a Rock Scavenger Hunt that requires answers to questions about rocks and minerals.
Mines of Spain Geordes: Iowa's State Rock telling stories Jan. 18 - Storyteller, author and award-winning photographer William G. Hosford will present Geodes - Iowa's State Rock - a free presentation which will introduce kids of all ages to rocks, minerals and geodes - Jan. 18 at 1 p.m. at the E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center at the Mines of Spain.
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