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Confectionery Geology Mohs Scale Lollipop Set Ten lollipops of allegedly increasing hardness, from talc-soft taffy to a number ten that has never been independently verified.
Field Guides Five-Minute Field Tests: Streak, Magnetism, and Heft An educator packet of fast, cheap, decisive identification tests — streak plate, pocket magnet, and hand-weighing — with classroom demos.
Confectionery Geology Comparative Crystallography of Confectionery Minerals: A Follow-Up Report The much-requested sequel to "Sugar Minerals": new findings on rock candy nucleation, pop-rocks vesiculation, and the limits of the analogy.
Confectionery Geology Effervescence Symposium: The Science of Pop Rocks A joint session of the confectionery geology program: carbon dioxide vesiculation in candy and lava, with a strictly regulated tasting lab.
Certification Specimen Photography Winter Workshop A hands-on January weekend on specimen photography and documentation, feeding directly into the documentation specialist credential.
Annual Meeting Rockbound 2022 Annual Meeting The 2022 meeting in Albuquerque explored Rio Grande rift geology, with a desert-rose selenite field lab and the first confectionery geolo…
Safety Standards Ultraviolet Lamp Demonstration Safety Standard Eye and skin protection requirements for shortwave and longwave UV displays at shows, classrooms, and chapter meetings.
Certification Specimen Documentation and Photography Specialist An advanced track in defensible specimen records: labeling, locality data, and photography fit for the identification database.
Certification Junior Rockhound Program Leader The foundation credential for members who run youth programs, from classroom specimen kits to first field trips.
