Wyoming State Mineral and Gem Society

The Wyoming State Mineral and Gem Society is a non-profit organization, with the purpose to promote and encourage the understanding of Earth Sciences, Lapidary Arts and their related fields. The purpose of the Wyoming State Mineral and Gem Society is to help provide a social framework to promote popular interest in education in the various earth sciences such as geology, mineralogy, paleontology, and related subjects. Members of the Society are dues-paying rock clubs within the boundaries of the State of Wyoming. Our goal is to share information with club members, educational institutions and to the general public.

State Rock

Nephrite Jade / Wyoming Jade

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The term JADE is a generic term that actually covers three minerals: Jadeite, Nephrite, and Chloromenianite.

Jade (Nephrite) was adopted as Wyoming's official gemstone on January 25, 1967. Governor Stanley K. Hathaway signed legislation introduced by the 39th legislature which established jade (nephrite) as the State Gemstone of Wyoming.

The famed Wyoming jade fields occur in a rectangular band that runs roughly from Lander southwest to Farson, down to the Red Desert in Sweetwater County, east to Seminoe Dam, north to Alcova, and westward back to Lander. Wyoming jade is black, olive green, emerald green, light apple green, and sometimes gray to white. The lighter colors of jade, especially apple green, are most in demand for gemstones.

For more detailed information about Wyoming State Geological Survey

http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/Default.aspx

Officers for 2010-2011 Year

President:

Connie Case - Member of Riverton Mineral and Gem Society
address:
Riverton, WY 82501
Phone: (307) 857-6173

Vice President:
Stan Strikes -
Member of the Cody Mineral and Gem Society, Cody, WY
Address: Cody, WY
Phone: (307) 587-6448

Secretary:
MaryAnn Northrup - Member of the Shoshone Rock Club, Powell, WY
Address: Powell, WY
Phone: (307) 754-4472

Treasurer:
Jane Neale - Member of the Shoshone Rock Club, Powell, WY
Address: Powell, WY
Phone: (307) 754-3285

Historian:
Richard Heumier - Member of Riverton Mineral and Gem Society
Address:
Phone: (307) 851-1946

Rocky Mountain Federation Mineral Society State Director
Jim McGarvey - Member of the Riverton Mineral and Gem Society
Address: Kinnear, WY
Phone: (307) 856-6188

Jade State News Editor
Gene Case-
Member of the Riverton Mineral and Gem Society
address: Riverton, WY 82501
Phone: (307) 857-6173

email info for Jade State News to: Gene Case