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Ott, Fred
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Blogs

  • Needles Gem & Mineral Club Blog
    needlesgemmineralclub.blogspot.com/
Links to CFMS Clubs Newsletters

  • Convair Rockhound Association, San Diego, CA
    Tektite   http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3436/tektite.htm
  • Ventura Gem & Mineral Society, Inc., Ventura CA
    Rockhound Rambling   http://www.www.vgms.org/
  • Searles Lake Gem & Mineral Society, Inc., Trona, CA
    Halite Highlights   http://www1.iwvisp.com/tronagemclub/
  • Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society, Fallbrook, CA
    Lithosphere   http://www.fgms.org/newsletter.htm
Links to Other Clubs Newsletters

  • Knoxville Gem and Mineral Society, Knoxville, TN
    KGeMS   http://www.korrnet.org/kgms/
  • Southern Appalachian Mineral Society
    Mountain Mineral Monthly   http://www.main.nc.us/sams/newsletter.html
  • Mineralogical Society of Arizona
    The Rockhound Record   http://www.azminerals.com
  • Rockwood Gem and Mineral Society, St. Louis, MO
    Rockwood Rockhound News   http://www.members.tripod.com/rockhounds/news.htm
  • Tomoka Gem and Mineral Society, Inc.
    The Tomoka Coquina   http://www.tomokagms.org/
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