Backbenders Gazette February 2023
THE BACKBENDER’S GAZETTEN E W S L E T T E R O F T H E H O U S T O N G E M & M I…
Display Bases for Your Specimens
Display Bases for Your Specimensby Sigrid Stewart and Steve Blyskal We are discussing bases for individual specimens which will help to organize and display your collection. Not every rock, mineral,…
Backbenders Gazette January 2023
THE BACKBENDER’S GAZETTEN E W S L E T T E R O F T H E H O U S T O N G E M & M I…
Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument Road Tripby Sigrid Stewart Most photos by Steve Blyskal Building photos from www.nps.gov/dino/index.htm My husband Steve Blyskal and I go to Colorado often but once in a…
Summer is Coming (So Work on your Collection)
Summer is Coming (So Work on your Collection)by Sigrid Stewart Originally Published in the June 2022 Backbender’s Gazette Yes, summer is coming and what’s a Texas rockhound to do? In…
Rock Story – A Poem
Rock Story – a Poemby Sigrid Stewart Originally published in the December 2021 Back Bender’s Gazette AFMS Editor’s Contest 2022, First Place Adult Poetry SCFMS Editor’s Contest 2022, First Place…
School Collections
School Collectionsby Steve Blyskal This article originally appeared in the February 2021 Backbender’s Gazette SCFMS Editor’s Contest 2022, First Place Original Adult Article Advanced When you enter the HGMS clubhouse…
A Tucson Show Exhibit
A Tucson Show Exhibit by Steven Blyskal This article originally appeared in the July 2020 issue of the Backbender’s Gazette In 2019 I decided I wanted to put in an…
Using a Water Gun to Clean Minerals
USING A WATER GUN by Steve Blyskal This article originally appeared in the March 2021 Backbender’s Gazette What I like to use for cleaning mineral specimens is the high-pressure…
Will Heierman
Featured Member: Will Heiermanby Sigrid Stewart with Will Heierman Will Heierman, an HGMS member and noted collector of gold and corundum specimens, gave a truly stellar presentation at HGMS’ General…