Grant County Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Society : February 2017

2019 Gem and Mineral Show

Grant County Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Society will hold their 36th Annual Gem & Mineral Show over Labor Day weekend: August 31st, September 1st, and September 2nd, 2019.

Location: Grant County Veterans’ Memorial Conference Center @ 3031 Highway 180 East in Silver City, New Mexico.

Hours: Saturday, August 31st -- 9 am -5 pm
Sunday, September 1st -- 10 am – 5 pm
Monday, September 2nd -- 10 am – 4 pm

Free Admission to this great family event! Large assortment of vendors, Wheel of Fortune, Silent Auction, daily field trips for collecting and educational speakers.

Educational Speakers: Join us for a geological field trip north on highway 152 to Emory Pass on Saturday @ 9:30am and learn about "The History of Mining and its Importance" on Sunday @ 1:30pm and "Fluorescent Minerals: New Mexico and Beyond" on Monday @ 1:30pm.
Educational Displays from the New Mexico State University Zuhl Collection of Petrified Wood and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Field Trips to the Bear Mountain Geode claim (Saturday @ 2pm), the Thompson Fluorite Mine in the Burro Mountains (Sunday @ 9:30am) and the Georgetown Fossil area (Monday @ 9:30am)
Daily Jewelry Making Demonstrations from 10 to 12--learn a different wire wrapping technique each day!

Also visit downtown Silver City for a trifecta of fun this labor day weekend! Silver City Main Street will host the annual Taste of Downtown on Saturday from 11:30am to 2:30pm and Love Local, a celebration of the more than 140 locally owned downtown businesses.

Contact: Jeannine Weiner 575-654-4424 or jweiner2011@hotmail.com

Come join us!

New members are welcome! There is a membership application included with our monthly newsletter, or you can join at either a meeting or a field trip. Also see the link in About The Club for an application.

Our meetings are always the 2nd Thursday of the month at our headquarters at 2045 Memory Lane in Silver City. They start at 6pm with an optional potluck, followed by a short business meeting, and then a program.

We also have field trips on the 3rd Saturday of each month. You do need to be a member for the field trips, but dues are very inexpensive and you can join at the field trip usually. No experience is needed, although it's helpful to have a bucket and rock hammer. Our newsletter is generally posted by the first of the month, so you can read all about the upcoming program and field trip details at that time.

Annual Show on Labor Day Weekend

Have you ever been to the Rolling Stones Annual Gem and Mineral Show?

Well, for anyone who has been in Silver City on Labor Day weekend, the answer is probably yes.

What do you remember most?

The silent auction of incredible specimens, slabs, cabochons, and pretty rocks? Every half hour! Or maybe you remember your kids asking for quarters at the Wheel of Fortune. (You know you liked it as much as they did.) Every spin’s a win, whether it’s colorful tumbled agates or chalcedony roses or something you’ve never seen the likes of!
I hope you didn’t miss the Room of Displays. I know it’s kind of hidden (hey, we didn’t lay out the center), but if you followed your nose, you discovered not only the Lions Club “restaurant”, but an incredible petrified wood collection from NMSU (and someone to talk to you about it), a case of rare mineral specimens from NM Tech, and displays from the club members.

Oh, did you forget the vendors?

Well, walking the aisles is like being in a natural history museum, except you can buy the exhibits! There are beads for the beaders, slabs for the cabbers, and jewelry from funky to exquisite. Plan on at least a couple of hours or you WILL regret it.

Did you go on the field trips?

This year the educational (read: fascinating) tours start at 9:00 all three mornings.

Did you forget anything? You know how to get there—it’s out east on Highway 180 (3031, to be exact, next to Ace. Our hours are a little different this year, 9-5 on Saturday, 10-5 on Sunday, and 10-4 on Labor Day. (We WILL chase you out! Sorry!) I’m looking forward to seeing you there!

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