CFMS Annual Mineral Show in Pasadena, March 8-10!

CFMS Mineral Show

CFMS Annual Mineral Show in Pasadena, March 8-10!

CFMS Mineral Show
CFMS Mineral Show

Organized in 1936, The California Federation of Mineralogical Societies (CFMS) was created to bring about a closer association of Clubs and Societies devoted to the study of Earth Sciences and the practice of Lapidary Arts and Crafts in the Western part of the United States.

Dates & Times
Friday, March 8, 2019 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday, March 9, 2019 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday, March 10, 2019 10 am – 4 pm

Adult (18 and over) $5.00
Junior (12 to 17) $4.00
Child (11 and under) FREE (with paid adult)
Senior (60 and over) $4.00
Active Military $4.00

https://pasadenalapidary.org/2019-show/
Representing 100 gem and rockhound clubs statewide, the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies proudly presents its 2019 CFMS Annual Show & Convention – California’s Natural Treasures. We invite you to attend and experience…

Mountains, deserts, and the Pacific Ocean have endowed our state with uniquely rich geological resources – and a richly diverse history, with people coming from all over the world to mine, study, build, and make things of beauty. We celebrate them all.
Educational displays, activities for kids, fine jewelry, and lapidary crafts – from stone pendants in colors chosen by Mother Earth to polished spheres like planets – you’ll find rock-related fun on all sides and demonstrators to show you how it’s all done. For the whole family, we’re sharing an exciting way to enjoy Nature through the rockhounding hobby. Don’t miss the Raffle!

This year the Pasadena Lapidary Society will be hosting this annual event. Many of its club members and friends will be volunteering their time in an effort to put on an unforgettable show.

CFMS Mineral Show
CFMS Mineral Show


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Kanawha Rock & Gem Club Show and Sale! Save the Date!

Kanawha Rock and Gem Club

Kanawha Rock & Gem Club Show and Sale! Save the Date!

Kanawha Rock and Gem Club
Kanawha Rock and Gem Club

October 19-20; 47th annual Kanawha Rock & Gem Club show and sale. So. Charleston Community Center; 601 Jefferson Road; Sat 10-6, Sun 10-5; Admission $3.50. Children 12 & under free. Gemstones, minerals, plant and animal fossils, beading supplies and one-of-a-kind hand-crafted jewelry. Lapidary demos, soapstone carving instruction, gold panning, mini-mine, scavenger hunt with prizes, geode cracking, free kids crafts. Parking is free. Contact Robbin Maxwell, PO Box 4414, Clarksburg WV 26502, (304) 695-1586; e-mail: mystical.gifts@hotmail.com

http://www.kanawharockandgemclub.org/about.html
About Kanawha Rock & Gem Club:
CLUB PURPOSE
The collection and study of rocks, minerals, and fossils and the sharing of knowledge and expertise in these fields.

The study and practice of lapidary and the sharing of knowledge and expertise in this and related fields.

To cooperate with educational and scientific institutions or other groups engaged in increasing the knowledge and popular interest in Geology, Mineralogy, the Lapidary arts and related subjects.

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME!
Individual as well as family memberships are available. The annual cost of an individual membership is $15 and $20 for family. The club welcomes children, and includes a special youth group! Many family friendly activities are conducted by the club, including:

Crafts and Jewelry Making using Rocks and Gemstones
Field Trips to Museums, Caves and Exhibition Mines
Educational Videos
Field Trips in search of fossils, rocks and gems
Guest Lecturers
Socializing with fellow rock and gem enthusiasts
Annual Rock and Gem Show!

Kanawha Rock & Gem Club welcomes visitors to come and visit the club and attend a meeting before committing to a membership!


If you would like more info on local Mineral shows and rockhound clubs click on the American Geode News page for up to date listings and links to Gem Show, Mineral Show, and Fossil Show announcements. American Geode updates our rockhound news twice an hour and showcase the top mineral shows and rockhound news in the USA and the World. Also, follow American Geode on Twitter for even more rockhound events, commentary, and laughable quips from American Geode. https://twitter.com/AmericanGeode

Cave House Museum of Mining and Geology Show

Cave House Museum

Cave House Museum of Mining and Geology Show of jewelry, gems, minerals, and fossils is September 28-29, 2019!

Cave House Museum
Cave House Museum

Welcome to the Cave House Museum 2019 Jewelry, Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show and Sale!!
Dates and Times: Saturday September 28, 2019 from 9-5 and Sunday September 29, 2019 from 9-4.
Show setup begins at 2PM on Friday, September 27, 2019.
Venue: The Pavilion at Howe Caverns, 255 Discovery Drive Howes Cave, NY 12092. This is an indoor
venue with heat and electricity and will be locked overnight. The facility has room for 24 booths.
Proceeds: Proceeds will go towards completing the renovation of the historic Cave House Museum of
Mining and Geology. The museum is an educational, not-for- profit organization that provides educational
opportunities for the children of all ages and promotes the history of the Howes Cave area, the need for
mining and the importance of geology in modern life.

About the Cave House Museum: https://howecaverns.com/about-cave/

A new era began for Howe Caverns on April 19, 2007 when the 220 shareholders of Howe Caverns, Inc. sold the company to two local men, Charles M. Wright and Emil J. Galasso. Both men vowed to invest several million dollars in improvements to Howe Caverns over the coming years.

Mr. Galasso is also the founder of the Cave House Museum of Mining & Geology on the site of the original Howe’s Cave located on land adjacent to Howe Caverns. The vision for the future of these properties includes joining the present Howe Caverns to Lester Howe’s original cave on the site of the museum so that visitors may see the natural wonder as they did in the 19th century.

The new owners continue to fulfill their vision for a renewed Howe Caverns to expand the tour beyond the current Lake of Venus. Eventually, this work will unite the entire cave system as it was found when Lester Howe discovered it in 1842. Walkways, lights and bridges will need to be installed. The 875 feet of cave destroyed by mining in the early 1900’s will need to be recreated.

Since 2007, visitors can now view the Cave House Museum at various times during the year.
The Cave House Museum is a restoration project and is expected to take several years for completion.


If you would like more info on local Mineral shows and rockhound clubs click on our News page for up to date listings and links to Gem Show, Mineral Show, and Fossil Show announcements. We update our rockhound news twice an hour and showcase the top mineral shows and rockhound news in the USA and the World. Also, follow us on Twitter for even more rockhound events, commentary, and laughable quips from American Geode.

Ventura Gem, Mineral, Fossil, Lapidary Show, March 2-3!

Ventura Lapidary Show

Ventura Gem, Mineral, Fossil, Lapidary Show, March 2-3!

Ventura Lapidary Show
Ventura Lapidary Show

The Ventura Gem & Mineral Society’s 57th Annual Gem, Mineral, Fossil, & Lapidary Show is coming to the Ventura County Fairgrounds (10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura), on Sat., March 2 (10AM-5PM) and Sun., March 3 (10AM-4PM). There are going to be beautiful displays, the annual Country Store & Plant Sale, silent auctions and a raffle for great prizes, kids activities, demonstrators showing rock cutting and jewelry-making techniques, and all sorts of dealers selling rocks, fossils, minerals, jewelry, and lapidary arts supplies. Entrance to the show is free, although there is a $5 parking fee imposed by the fairgrounds.
VGMS Gem & Mineral Show – March 2-3, 2019
The VGMS holds its annual Gem and Mineral Show (at the Ventura County Fairgrounds) on the first full weekend in March. Join us for 2 days of exhibits, dealers, kid’s activities, silent auctions, raffles, plant sales and a rummage sale. (The latter two sales fund our scholarship program.)
The 57th Annual Gem, Mineral, Fossil & Lapidary Show of the Ventura Gem & Mineral Society (VGMS) takes place March 2–3 (10AM—5PM, Saturday; 10AM—4PM, Sunday) at the Ventura County Fairgrounds (10 W. Harbor Blvd, Ventura, CA). The show is open to the public and admission is free, although the Fairgrounds charges a parking fee if using the Fairgrounds lot.

There’s gold in them thar hills, and you can learn how to pan for it at the 57th Annual Show of the Ventura Gem & Mineral Society. At one booth, expert prospectors will guide you through the steps of gold panning, and you can purchase “pay dirt” to pan for real gold in your own backyard. You’ll also see displays that include meteorites, handcrafted jewelry, and “Auggie”, the California State Dinosaur.

With a focus on kids and education, on gemstone cutting and jewelry-making, and on rocks and fossils, the Ventura Gem and Lapidary Show has been a fun family event for 57 years. During our pre-show dinner on Friday, March 1, we will present a $1,000 Scholarship to geology student Diana Valentino of Santa Barbara City College. The next day on entering the show, kids will be given a free polished stone at our Welcome Booth, where we will have free rock samples and educational packets for teachers. At the Kids Booth, children will enjoy activities offering an assortment of rocky prizes. A display nearby will offer information about the society’s two-room museum in Ojai, where teachers, home-schoolers, and Scouts can arrange tours by appointment.

This free lapidary show will feature 60 displays of gems, minerals, meteorites, fossils, and award-winning handcrafted jewelry. Among these will be educational exhibits of fossils collected locally in and around Ventura County, as well as a display of our State Rock, Mineral, Fossil, and Gemstone (including a gold nugget and Ice Age saber-tooth cat). Still other displays will show how stones collected locally have been crafted into jewelry. Demonstrations throughout the show will give visitors up-close looks at artists pursuing their skills, including gemstone cutting, silver work and jewelry making, beading, and other arts. Raffle prizes include fine jewelry, a $100 bill, mineral and fossil specimens, and more. Also part of the festivities are hourly silent auctions for rocks, minerals, and fossils, as well as a white elephant sale, plant sale, and over 15 dealers selling beads, opals, jade, gemstones, crystals, fossils, jewelry and jewelry-making supplies, and gift items. It’s a Ventura tradition the whole family can enjoy!

VGMS was founded in 1944 to encourage interest in rocks, minerals, fossils, jewelry-making, and related areas through education, activities, and exhibitions such as this annual show, which is open to the community. The society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, educational organization and welcomes individual and family members. VGMS hosts monthly talks on earth science topics and lapidary arts, makes presentations to area schools, and conducts field trips for members and guests that often involve collecting rocks, minerals, and fossils in southern California and neighboring states.

The show is the society’s major fund-raising event helping to underwrite educational activities, including the annual college scholarship.
http://vgms.org/category/gem-show/

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Gem, Amethyst, Rock, Fossil Sale Houston March 2-3, 2019

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Huge Gem Amethyst Rock Fossil Sale Houston March 2nd, 3rd (9am – 5pm) – (Houston, TX)

Sale date and times:
Saturday March 2nd – 9am – 5pm
Sunday March 3rd – 9am – 5pm

Admission = Free
Parking = Free

Free garnet $8 value for the first 1000 visitors / limit 1
Meteorites $10 each/ limit 5
Free rock collecting bag with purchase / while supplies last
Larimar cabs $5 each / limit 5
Amethyst Cathedrals up to 65% off – Request pictures as inventory too large for whole sale
Specials

Forms of payment: Cash Preferred (Bring ATM receipt of that day get free rock(s).

Want invitation to future events in your city: Send email with your city to rocktrading(at)aol.com

Address Directions below:
Homewood Suites by Hilton Houston NW at Beltway 8
8950 Fallbrook Drive, Houston, Texas, 77064
Hotel: 832-648-4700

Directions:
From Downtown Houston: Take I-10 W, US-290 W and Sam Houston Tollway N to TX-8 Beltway N. Take exit Fallbrook Dr. Hotel is on the NW corner of Fallbrook Dr. and Beltway 8

(Walk through hotel front door. Walk directly to the Show Room)

Gems and Cabs
Minerals – literally 1000(s) of exquisite minerals from around the world
Fossils – Beautiful specimens from around the world
Lapidary rough and slabs – lbs from around the world (must request list in advance)

Gems, Minerals, Fossils, and Lapidary rough (Too many to list, but here are a few.)

Thick Agate slabs, Book ends, Amethyst, Amethyst Geode Cathedral, Ammonites, Actinolite, Agate Geode, Anglesite on Galena, Apatite in Orange Calcite, Aquamarine, Aragonite, Arsenopyrite, Aventurine, Azurite, Azurite Ball, Azurite on Malachite, Baby Tabasco Geodes, Banded Calcite, Barite, Barite with limonite, Biotite Mica, Black Tourmaline, Botryoidal Goethite, Botryoidal Hematite, Brazilian Amethyst/ Quartz/ Calcite, Brazilian Minerals, Brochantite (Green), Bumble Bee Jasper, Calcite, Calico Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar on Dolomite, Clam Shell Fossil, Cobaltoan Calcite, Copper, Dog tooth Calcite, Dolomite, Druzy Quartz, Erythrite, Faceted emeralds, Fire Agates, Fire Opal In, Matrix Eggs, Fluorite, Fluorite Sphere, Fossils, Fossilized Coral, Fuchsite, Galena, Garnet, Gemmy Green Epidote, Geodes, Gold sheen Obsidian, Green Apophyllite, Green Zebra Serpentine, Healerite, Hemimorphite, Indian minerals, Kayanite, Larimar Cabs, Laumontite on Green Quartz, lava, lepidolite, Lunar Moon sphere, Malachite, Malachite azurite specimens, Malachite Crystalline, Meteorites, Mexican Geodes, Missouri Druzzy Quartz, Native Copper, Natural Turquoise Rough Rock, Obsidian, Onyx, Opal, Optical Calcite, Orange and blue calcite, Orange Quartz, Orpiment, Palm Wood, Petrified Wood, Plumbogummite, Pyrite, Pyrite “Sun”, Pyrite with Quartz, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Quartz Sphere, Quartz/ Amethyst, Rhyolite Utah/ Nevada, Romanèchite, Rose Quartz, Roselite (magnesian) with Dolomite, Rutilated Quartz, Satin Spar, Selenite, Sharks Tooth, Sharks Tooth in matrix, Silicon Carbide, Slabs, Smithsonite specimens, Smoky Quartz Clusters, Sodalite, Spheres, Stibnite, Stilbite, Strawberry Quartz, Tiger Eye, Tourmaline, Trancas Hollow Geodes, Trilobite, Turquoise, Vanadinite, Wulfenite, Zebra Agate, lapis lazuli, larimar cabs and silver jewelry, pyrite suns, stone pyramids, veracruz amethyst, double terminated aura quartz, mixed stone pendulums, pietersite, large faceted sapphire pieces, septarian nodule geode eggs, moqi marbles, spheres and much much more!

Please forward to anyone interested.
Teacher discounts
Bulk discounts


If you would like more info on local Mineral shows and rockhound clubs click on our News page for up to date listings and links to Gem Show, Mineral Show, and Fossil Show announcements. We update our rockhound news twice an hour and showcase the top mineral shows and rockhound news in the USA and the World. Also, follow us on Twitter for even more rockhound events, commentary, and laughable quips from American Geode.

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