{"id":1875,"date":"2022-06-23T11:37:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T15:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/?page_id=1875"},"modified":"2022-10-06T15:15:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:15:12","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1875\" class=\"elementor elementor-1875\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11bd40b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11bd40b\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">FMVA News<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9525b40 elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-posts__hover-gradient ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"9525b40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/10\/06\/september-2022-report\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"2036\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310077014_1180679069176985_1443690470944538537_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-2741\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310077014_1180679069176985_1443690470944538537_n.jpg 2036w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310077014_1180679069176985_1443690470944538537_n-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310077014_1180679069176985_1443690470944538537_n-1018x1024.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310077014_1180679069176985_1443690470944538537_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310077014_1180679069176985_1443690470944538537_n-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/310077014_1180679069176985_1443690470944538537_n-1527x1536.jpg 1527w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2036px) 100vw, 2036px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/10\/06\/september-2022-report\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSeptember 2022 Report\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Check out our September monthly report! We have updates from the recent Willis Mountain trip, an announcement about our recent VTCA donation for NOVA Books, and updates from industry partners and the 54th annual SVGMS show!<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/10\/06\/september-2022-report\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about September 2022 Report\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tOctober 6, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2615 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/08\/30\/august-2022-report\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299917772_936158034445835_7670985628262725665_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-2617\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299917772_936158034445835_7670985628262725665_n.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299917772_936158034445835_7670985628262725665_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299917772_936158034445835_7670985628262725665_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299917772_936158034445835_7670985628262725665_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299917772_936158034445835_7670985628262725665_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/08\/30\/august-2022-report\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tAugust 2022 Report\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Our monthly report for August has just released!<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/08\/30\/august-2022-report\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about August 2022 Report\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tAugust 30, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2562 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/07\/25\/july-monthly-report-2022\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A2AD2-2048x1365.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-2567\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A2AD2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A2AD2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A2AD2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A2AD2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A2AD2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/07\/25\/july-monthly-report-2022\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tJuly Monthly Report 2022\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Check out our monthly report for July 2022! The FMVA team has been super busy with the recent book launch, poster series, and the third Rockin&#8217; PD trip.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/07\/25\/july-monthly-report-2022\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about July Monthly Report 2022\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJuly 25, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2452 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/06\/27\/rockin-pd-event-buckingham-slate-quarry\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/290629625_568552391565552_6403934646031399380_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-2464\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/290629625_568552391565552_6403934646031399380_n.jpg 540w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/290629625_568552391565552_6403934646031399380_n-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/06\/27\/rockin-pd-event-buckingham-slate-quarry\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tRockin&#8217; PD Event (6\/24): Buckingham Slate Quarry\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Check out some photos from the recent Rockin&#8217; PD event hosted at Buckingham Slate! This is an ongoing field trip series for K-12 earth science teachers as part of an ongoing collaboration with the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance (VTCA) and the Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST). <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/06\/27\/rockin-pd-event-buckingham-slate-quarry\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rockin&#8217; PD Event (6\/24): Buckingham Slate Quarry\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJune 27, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2089 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/06\/23\/rockhound-101-dale-quarry-trip\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9550-1-2048x1536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-2093\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9550-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9550-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9550-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9550-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_9550-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/06\/23\/rockhound-101-dale-quarry-trip\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tRockhounding 101 Field Trips\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The second cohort of Rockhounding 101 recently went on two field trips to get experience out in the field. Both trips were a major success. Enjoy some photos from these adventures!<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/06\/23\/rockhound-101-dale-quarry-trip\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rockhounding 101 Field Trips\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJune 23, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-1873 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/06\/23\/june-2022-national-update\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Monthly-Report-1.png\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-2035\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Monthly-Report-1.png 1200w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Monthly-Report-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Monthly-Report-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Monthly-Report-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/06\/23\/june-2022-national-update\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tJune 2022 National Update\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>JUNE 2022 National Newsletter Update<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org\/2022\/06\/23\/june-2022-national-update\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about June 2022 National Update\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tJune 23, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ad34658 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ad34658\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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