Grassy Creek Gem and Mineral Show is this summer! Register and make your plans now!

Grassy Creek Gem and Mineral Show

Grassy Creek Gem and Mineral Show
Grassy Creek Gem and Mineral Show

2018 Grassy Creek Mineral & Gem Show

Grassy Creek Gem and Mineral Show, time for dealer registration, and attendees can make their plans now too!
Supporting the Parkway Volunteer Fire & Rescue

Since….. The Grassy Creek Mineral & Gem Show has been held annually in support of our Parkway Volunteer Fire & Rescue. As the single largest source of funding for this awesome group of people, we try to make it the biggest and best thing going…
Set up day will be Saturday, July 28, 2018
Show dates will be Sunday, July 29 through Sunday, August 5, 2018
Times will be advertised from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm daily including Sunday
Space rental is $300.00 for a 20 x 40 space, includes water and electricity
Rental fees are due by April 1, 2018
After April 1st there will be an additional $50.00 late fee
Rental fees will not be refunded after July 14, 2018
Space sharing is limited to 2 dealers per 20 x 40 space, no exceptions
Dealers must not exceed the 20 x 40 space limitations – this includes awnings, sheds, tables, and walk spaces
All space must be occupied by Wednesday, August 1st, 8:00 AM or the space will be forfeited
Driving will not be allowed in aisles after set-up
Any deliveries by large trucks need to be pre-approved by Gem Show Committee
No visible alcoholic containers allowed
80% of merchandise must be mineral and gem related, no clothing allowed, not a flea market of trade lot
Quiet time will be observed from 11:00 pm until 7:00 am daily
All pets shall be leashed at all times
Dealer parking will be permitted in designated areas only! Absolutely no parking allowed in spaces designated for general public. All Dealers are required to park in the back of the field during the entire show
Parkway Fire & Rescus reserves the right to ask any dealer to remove any item(s) we deem indecent for public display
Parkway Fire & Rescue reserves the right to ask anyone to leave when the department feels they have sufficient evidence that any of the above rules have been violated.

Here is more information about the Grassy Creek Gem and Mineral Show!

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Santa Cruz Gem, Mineral, Fossil and Jewelry Show in April!

Jewelry Show
Mineral, Gem, Fossil and Jewelry Show
67th Annual Mineral, Gem, Fossil and Jewelry Show
Wizards, Crystals & Treasures
Sat & Sun • April 28 & 29 • 10 am – 5 pm
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Lecture Daily

Activities for All Ages
Gold Panning, Kids crafts, Rocks that GLOW Treasure Hunt (score wizard crystals treasure!) and Geode Cutting

Demos
Cabochon making, Arrowhead Knapping and Hands on Soapstone Carving

$6 Admission, Children under 12 & Scouts in Uniform Free
$1 Off With A Printout Of The Flyer
Mineral, Gem, Fossil and Jewelry Show

American Geode Info
Does your gem, mineral or fossil club or society need new members in your ranks? How about new guests to your gem, mineral and fossil shows? Would you like rockhounds and gem, mineral and fossil enthusiasts to travel across state lines to visit your show? Would you like exponentially more traffic to your club’s homepage or the show’s homepage?

American Geode can help. Between 3000 and 10000 rockhounds and gem, mineral and fossil enthusiasts visit our website each month. They also contact us for suggestions on clubs to join, and shows and events to attend.

Other mineral websites charge between $600 to $1000 per year for a banner ad on their site.

We charge a flat rate of $150 for 12 month basic partnership and offer much more than other mineral sites. Send us two banner ads, 728×90 and/or 150×150, that we will post on our website. As an add-on service, send your club announcements and show announcements for us to post over our famous American Geode Twitter with 10,000+ rockhound followers, fans and friends.

The benefits to you and your club are that you will raise higher in the Google ranks when someone searches for gem and mineral clubs, and gem and mineral shows. You will also view many more visitors to your site, soliciting information about how to join your club, download your member application form, and visit your shows.

Gilsum Rock Swap and Mineral Show 2018

Mineral Show
Mineral Show
Mineral Show

Gilsum Rock Swap and Mineral Show, sponsored by the Gilsum Recreation Committee, attracts thousands of rock and mineral enthusiasts from across the country each year. The event, known for its scenic location and small-town hospitality, will take place on the weekend of June 23-24, 2018 at the Gilsum Elementary School & Community Center, 640 Route 10 in Gilsum, NH. All monies raised by this event go to community recreation programs. Admission is free, although we do accept donations.

This year’s event includes a special presentation by mineral hunter and geologist Nancy Swing. Don’t miss “Rock-Hounding in New England,” Saturday at 1:00 PM in the auditorium, when she will share her own experiences rock hunting at key sites in the Northeast. Swing is the owner of Natures. She began collecting at the age of three, and is a regular speaker at rock and gem shows. This presentation is free.

Other events include our annual ham and bean dinner with homemade pies, a chicken barbecue, and panning for minerals for the kids.
Show Schedule: Saturday
8 AM Exhibits open

8 AM – Noon: Wholesome Foods Breakfast
10 AM – 2PM: Library books sale at the Library

1 PM: SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Speaker to be determined.

4:45 PM: Annual Ham & Bean Dinner with homemade beans and pies! Three seatings beginning at 4:45, 5:45 and 6:45 PM at Gilsum Congregational Church. Tickets on sale at the Rock Swap Central information booth all day and at the church at meal time.
6 PM: Dealer exhibits close

Sunday
8 AM: Exhibits open
8 AM – Noon: Wholesome Foods Breakfast
Noon – 2 PM: Chicken Barbecue
10 AM – 2 PM: Library book sale 10:00 – 2:00 at the Library
4:00 PM: Show closes – See you next year!
Visit us on Facebook at GilsumRockSwap, where you will find photos from last year’s show, announcements for this year’s event and more!

Mt. Hood Rock Club Rock & Gem Show April 27, 28, and 29, 2018

Gem Show


Gem Show
Gem Show
Mt. Hood Rock Club Rock & Gem Show
April 27, 28, and 29, 2018
Fri & Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4

At W.D. Jackson Armory
6255 NE Cornfoot Rd., Portland OR 97218
(take Alderwood Rd. from NE Columbia Blvd [south of PDX Airport])

FREE Admission, One free rock to each child.

Mt. Hood Rock Club, a nonprofit 501c3, is not affiliated with any school program or district.

24+ Dealers of Minerals, Rocks, Fossils, Jewelry, Beads, & More
Activities:
– Kids are w/ games & more.
– Door, raffle, & game prizes.
– Silent Auction bargains.
– View many Exhibits.
– Demonstrations of lapidary, wire wrap and more.
– Oral Auction on Sunday (old and rare material).

Be sure to check out American Geode’s collection of gems, minerals, rough stones, stone artwork, and other mineral ones-of-a-kind for auction in our ebay marketplace: https://www.ebay.com/usr/americangeode

Carbondale Fern Fossil Site – CLOSED

Carbondale had an area, site of former strip mining, that still had piles and heaps of shale and slate that contained fern fossils. American Geode has the good fortune of discovering this site back in 2015 and recovered many fern fossils for our clients in academia, for our collector clients and for donation to the gem, mineral and fossil societies to which American Geode belongs.

American Geode are very sad to report that this fern fossil site is now CLOSED and OFF-LIMITS. We returned to the site and saw a large sign declaring that this was a Pennsylvania State Mine Reclamation Project, and as we walked around, we saw no more hills, no pilings, no mounds. Everything was razed. The site was closed, off limits, we could see the tracks from heavy equipment that bull-dozed over the pilings and fossil mounds; this fern fossil site is gone. We took some photos of the now desolate and closed Carbondale fern fossil site, and American Geode still has some of these fossils in our inventory available for studying or purchase:
Name: Fern Fossils and Tree Branches
Fern Species: Alethopteris
Location: Carbondale, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Time: Pennsylvanian Sub-period, 320-290 million years old
Llewellyn Formation
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Carbondale fern fossils 1

Carbondale fern fossils 2

Carbondale fern fossils 3

Carbondale fern fossils 4

Carbondale fern fossils 5

Carbondale fern fossils 6