Cycad Anatomy and Fossil Occurrences in Texas
Cycad Anadomy and Fossil Occurrences in Texas The following article was published by Scott Singleton in Fossil News, vol 12 #9, 2006 Images are the author’s from his personal collection…
Fluorite From Mexico
Fluorite From Mexicoby Steve Blyskal, HGMS Mineral Section Chair This article originally appeared in the January 2021 Backbender’s Gazette Mexico is the third largest worldwide producer of fluorite for the…
Field Trip to the Miocene Fleming Fm. of Jasper Co., East Texas
Field Trip to the Miocene Fleming Fm. of Jasper Co., East Texas On May 14, 2016, the HGMS held a field trip to familiar hunting grounds in East Texas, just…
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…
Ammonites—Shared Efforts: Memorial Day Field Trip to Lake Texoma
Ammonites—Shared Efforts: Memorial Day Field Trip to Lake Texoma by Neal “field trip” Immega, HGMS member (Published in the September 2005 The Backbender’s Gazette) Squid? It may seem very strange…
2021 Show Pictures
2021 Show Pictures Here are a variety of pictures from our recent show. Click once to enlarge a picture and enable the slideshow feature.
Opals
Opals (From the November 2020 Issue) Beautiful precious opals are featured in an article in the November 2020 issue of the BBG: How Opal Produces the “Play of Colors”. See…
HMNS Video Featuring Irene Offerman
HMNS Video Featuring Irene Offerman (From the November 2020 Issue) Featured Member for November, Gary Anderson, mentions in his article an HMNS video featuring Irene Offerman and her 26 years…
Jasper Miocene Wood
Determining the Source of Petrified Wood Jasper-Sam Rayburn Reservoir Collecting Areas (From the September 2020 Issue) Scott’s paper “Petrified Wood in the Miocene Fleming Formation, Jasper County, Texas ” was…
HGMS Faceting Section Member Scores Big in Competition
HGMS Faceting Section Member Scores Big in Competition (From the August 2020 Issue) HGMS and Faceting and Gemstones Section member John Lee scored highest in this year’s Australian Faceting Guild…