UPCOMING EVENTS.... February Club Meeting: Wednesday February 18th at Hauberg Civic Center in Rock Island, IL at 6pm.... Wire Wrapping Workshop: Saturday February 21st 1-4pm at the Davenport Public Library on Eastern Ave. Rm. A

Upcoming Events:

 Wire Wrapping workshop: Saturday February 21st
Wire Wrapped Pendant Turquoise and Copper Jewelry Wire Wrapped Jewelry Copper Necklace Free Form Turquoise Heart Necklace
1-4pm at the Davenport Public Library on Eastern Ave. Rm. A – located across the Coffee Shop area. Come coil and weave with us.
 
Please bring any supplies you may have: stone, bead, tools, etc. We will try to supply whatever you may not have in order to create your pendant.


February Club Meeting: Our next meeting is Wednesday February 18th at Hauberg Civic Center in Rock Island, IL at 6pm.

Spring Show -  
April 25,26:  Black Hawk Gem and Mineral Club Spring Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show, Clarion Hotel 5202 Brady St, Davenport, IA 52806   Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.  The show will feature rocks, minerals, fossils, agates, geodes, tumbled stones, beads, silver and beaded jewelry, carved stones, spheres, arrowheads and much more. There will be demonstrations on Glass bead Making, Faceting, and Flint Knapping. You can learn to make arrowheads and/or Crack you own Geodes. Admission is free. For information call (563) 445-3034

Interesting Links:
Lapidary Journal
Mineralogy Database
The Geological Society
The Gold Rush Timeline
Californias Untold Stories       
USGS Volcano Observatory
Meteorite Central
Reno Gem and Mineral Society
Prospecting Gold in the
Bobs Rock Shop

Welcome
 To the Black Hawk Gem & Mineral Club Website!

What is The Black Hawk Gem & Mineral? Located in Rock Island Illinois, part of the Quad-Cities of Iowa and Illinois. We are a non-profit organization actively promoting interest in collecting. studying and working with gems, minerals and fossils. Organized in 1955, the Black Hawk Club joined the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical & Geological Societies in 1959. It is also a member of the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.

Wire Wrapping Workshop: Saturday February 21st
Wire Wrapped Pendant Turquoise and Copper Jewelry Wire Wrapped Jewelry Copper Necklace Free Form Turquoise Heart Necklace
1-4pm at the Davenport Public Library on Eastern Ave. Rm. A – located across the Coffee Shop area. Come coil and weave with us.

Please bring any supplies you may have: stone, bead, tools, etc. We will try to supply whatever you may not have in order to create your pendant.

February Club Meeting: Our next meeting is Wednesday February 18th at Hauberg Civic Center in Rock Island, IL at 6pm.

2015 Board:
President – Craig Moore
Vice President – Brett Henderson
Treasurer – Kellie Moore
Secretary – Michael Pepping
3Yr Director – Connie Huber
2Yr Director – John Oostenryk
1Yr Director – Mary Foulk