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At the latest MGS meeting (October 14 on Zoom), MGS President Rick Smith led a discussion of the salient issues that should be considered as the club determines where, when, and how to conduct future meetings. Rick said that a November issue of the newsletter would include a survey regarding those issues and that a November Zoom meeting would be held to make relevant decisions.

Also at the meeting, Jim Stedman gave a talk introducing microfossils with a focus on finding foraminifera and ostracode fossil shells in Maryland. The montage of images below shows the various foram and ostracode shells included in his talk. All of these specimens came from matrix inside two fossil mollusk shells found along the Calvert Cliffs. They are from the Miocene.

As part of celebrating the club's 30th anniversary this year, all of this year's issues of the MGS newsletter, The Rostrum, will be posted on the website. Issues from 2021 and those for some previous years are available on the Selected Past Issues page.

No dues will be collected for 2021. Dues paid for 2020 will be applied to a future dues payment. Individuals can join MGS in 2021 by filling out a membership application form and sending it to Treasurer Rob King WITHOUT the $15 membership dues. The application form and Rob's address can be found on the Join page.

Zoom meeting on an as-yet-to-be-determined date in November. Information on accessing this meeting will be distributed to members.

The featured mineral is wavellite named for naturalist William Wavell. Bob Farrar has an article on wavellite in the latest newsletter.

The MGS Trips page has information on policies regarding trips and details about any upcoming trips. MGS trips are restricted to members. There are no trips currently scheduled.

Want to keep up with some of the latest information on fossils and minerals appearing on the web? Then check out the MGS WebSightings page.