New aquamarine find in Finland

Peter Lyckberg will be the guest speaker for the Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society’s (FGMS) February 17 meeting. H e will be telling all about a new aquamarine find in Finland.

Lyckberg works for the new European Union and has dug in the Alps, the White Mountains near Bishop for woodhouseite, and in Scandinavia, Russia and other countries.

The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Alvarado Street Museum at 123 W. Alvarado Street in Fallbrook.

There will be a business meeting before the speaker’s program. There will be an opportunity drawing and FGMS mineral sales table, and refreshments will follow the program. Come out and hear a great speaker who comes all the way from Sweden, via the Tucson shows, to be here with us on the 17th.

Guests and newcomers are always welcome. For more information call the museum at (760) 728-1130.