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December 11, 2020 @ 7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
The December meeting of the Staten Island Geological Society will be held on Friday, December 11 starting at 7:45 pm. Prof. Steve Okulewicz of the Department of Geology, Environment, & Sustainability at Hofstra University will do a presentation on “Organic Gemstones”. He will explain how they differ from true mineral gemstones and will discuss their origins and types of organic gemstones including: coral, jet, amber, pearls, ammolite, ivory, abalone, and tortoise shell. This will be a Zoom presentation but ONLY available to bona fide and paid up members of the Society. The Zoom link will be published in the e-newsletter of the Geoexaminer, sent to all members this week.