From Rock to Diamonds Andrew Pass
Tue, May 17th 2016 at 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Club Meeting
Speaker:- Andrew Pass
Stewards:- Robert Eardley Lead & Sandra Houlston ( Vote of Thanks)
36 members and partners attended an evening meeting in which President Rod presented Ashley Weaver with a Paul Harris Fellowship award in recognition of dedicated work with the Club. During his 15 years as a member, he has been Treasurer for six years, Float master for four years and President. In addition Ashley has been Treasurer of Life Education for many years and Chairman of the Guy Harvey Youth Club for the past 8 years.
We were then entertained to an excellent talk by Andrew Pass on the history of Diamonds. Explaining where they have been found around the world, how they were formed, how the ore is extracted and how they separated the rough diamonds from the ore.
Finally he went into the science of cutting the gems into saleable commodities, showing us examples of the different grades of the finished products.
A vote of thanks was given Sandra Houlston, the President of Nantwich Inner Wheel.
