38th Annual Gem & Mineral Show--Labor Day Weekend!!

Gems, Minerals and Art together for the first time!

Visit the 38th Gem & Mineral Show and help us welcome the Silver City Makers Market artists!  

SHOW DATES:      Friday, September 1st from 11am-5pm
                            Saturday, September 2nd from 10am-5pm
                            Sunday, September 3rd from 10am-4pm

VENDORS:  

Name	Business name	Location	Merchandise
Carlos Alday	Minerals, Crystal’s, Precision Drilling	Archery Room	Minerals and jewelry
Tillie and Paul Aquillar	Chantilis Jewelry Design	Archery Room	jewelry, rocks, knives with gem stone handles
Elizabeth Ford/David Lundborg	Heartsong Arts and Crafts	Archery Room	Handcrafted earrings and wooden lazer cutout wall hangings
Youssef Hourourou	Mineralogy collection	Archery Room	Minerals & fossils
Kaihua Wen	Nature Little Stone	Archery Room	minerals, gemstone, natural
Susan Abbott	Desert Designs	Large Event Room	Native American jewelry
Harold Behrens	A-Z Rock Shop	Large Event Room	gems and minerals
Linda Boatwright	Azurite Gallery	Large Event Room	Jewelry, gems, minerals, fossils, agates
Kim and Don Cundiff	Kim's Kreations	Large Event Room	Silver jewelry with beads
Andy Eby	Artrox Lapidary	Large Event Room	Rough/polished rocks minerals and fossils
Kurt Easthouse	Back in Time Minerals	Large Event Room	Minerals and Rocks
Carla  and Rusty Fairey	Elkhorn Trading Company	Large Event Room	Pendants, fossils, photos
Marj and Don Gibboney	Paintbrush Jewelry	Large Event Room	Wire-wrap jewelry
Mar Heifner	Outsider Art by Mar	Large Event Room	Recycled/upcycled handmade art
Ron Kellner/Doug Kellner	RK Enterprises	Large Event Room	Jewelry, cabs, slabs,
Nicole and David Lavoie	Grounded Lifestyles	Large Event Room	crystal, minerals, gem jewelry,
Asher Lichtig	The Stone Turtle	Large Event Room	Rough and polished stone, jewelry, books
Tara O'NeillMary Sherman	Handmade Beaded and Wire-Wrapped Gifts / Thunderbird Jewelry	Large Event Room	Beadwork and wirework / Native American made jewelry
RuthAnn Rinsch/David Rinsch	Dave's Enterprise	Large Event Room	Rocks, gems
Simon Sotelo/Lisa Mills-Wilson	Dog House Art & Minerals	Large Event Room	rocks, minerals, beaded jewelry
Katherine West	ARTifact Gifts	Large Event Room	lino-cut prints
Ken Hadlock	Art by KGH LLC	Small Event Room	Digital Artwork
Miriam Medicine Prayer	Goddess Rises	Small Event Room	coral, beads, Arizona Turquoise, minerals, etc
Lenny Giusti/Brenda Holzinger	Silver City Tye Dyes	Small Event Room	rock bags,  geode tshirts
Kevin House	2 Guy's Rocks	Small Event Room	Slabs, quartz, geodes,
Kim Muller	Burro Mtn Studio	Small Event Room	Jewelry
Martin Olvera	Shadow Hills Rockshop	Small Event Room	gedoes, slabs, cabs
Marnie Raelene	Repurposed Lights & More LLC	Small Event Room	repurposed glass bottles-solar lights, electric lamps, candles & terracotta watering spikes with bottles
Carmen Ruiz		Small Event Room	fish prints
Lisa Rush	Raven's Den Art Studio	Small Event Room	pine needle baskets
Tina Salmon	HighDesertWildChild	Small Event Room	Handknit toys, handknit accessories, handknit/woven home accessories
George South		Small Event Room	Turquoise cabs
Patrick Zhang	Silver & Gem Design	Small Event Room	Fimdings, beads
Jan Searcy/John Searcy	Black Hat Trading	Studio	Jewelry, findings, rocks, stones, carvings, beads
Lynn Lewis	Creatively One Of A Kind	Training Room 116/117	Children's Apparel and Door Decor
Patricia Brubaker	Pinos Altos Designs	Training Room 116/117	Wood and resin crafts
Michael Wheeler	Ionmhasan na Talmhainn	Training Room 116/117	Indonesian Petrified Wood, Rough Rock Specimens, Polished Rocks, Leather Goods, Gold,
Sue Wu/Steve Dang	Beads Zone	Training Room 116/117	Semi Precious Gemstone Beads, Fresh Water Pearls, and Findings
Michael Zengerle	Rockhound Dreams LLC	Training Room 116/117	mineral specimens, polished minerals, mineral jewelry and gem/mineral accessories

 

FIELD TRIPS:  Depart Saturday and Sunday at 9am.  

    Saturday, 9/2--Rolling Stones VP Anita Williams will lead a collecting trip to Bear Mountain for pyrite and limonite crystals.  

    Sunday, 9/3-- Dr. Neal Ackerly will lead a historical hiking tour of the Boston Hill mining area. 

SPEAKERS:  

    Saturday 1:30pm:  Historian Bill Cavaliere will provide a look into early mining around the west with talk "Death in the Depths."  
    
    Sunday 1pm:  Paleontologist Rose Fowers will present a slide show and talk regarding her field experience during the mid-1990s excavation of a Late Pleistocene Mastodon—a native "elephant" that lived and died in central Arizona at the end of the last Ice Age.  Cancelled

NEW THIS YEAR:

Pebble Pups Activity Area--BLM educational books, Rock decorating, Mining for Pecos Diamonds, Face painging, a Dinosaur information table and more! 

$1 Wheel of Fortune--$1 per ticket or spin you can win all sorts of cool stuff! Every spin wins at the $1 Wheel of Fortune, but some wins will be extra special.  Each hour we will add a geode from Shadow Hills Rock Shop to the Wheel offerings.  You can also win some interesting mineral and fossil specimens and jewelry, all donated by our members.

Daily Raffle--We are thrilled with the generosity of the local business owners in Silver City and their support of our new Daily Raffle drawings.  The drawings will also include wonderful items donated by our members and Show Vendors.  All the items will be on display in the lobby of the Conference Center, as well as an updated list of available raffle items. 

 Donated Raffle Items (As of today & not including vendor donations): 

• 2 (two) Skateboard Decks donated by Josh Utley of Revoked Mob
• 10 (ten) Gift Certificates from the Off College School of Cosmetology for full-service appointments
• 8 (eight) Gift Cards from Domino's Pizza for $5 each
• Gift Certificate from Jalisco's Restaurant for $25
• Gift Certificate from the Union Army and More Store for $25
• Gift Basket from The Little Toad Creek Brewery and Distillery
• Large Hemp Backpack from the Marketplace
• Many donations from our Show Vendors and Club Members
• And.....of course.....rocks and minerals!

The 38th Annual Gem & Mineral Show is entirely indoors in air-conditioned comfort.

Please let us know if you would like to help with the show as a volunteer--contact us via email at grantcountyrollingstones@gmail.com if you are interested.

We hope to see you at the show!

**Please leave your pets at home--Grant County does not allow them in the Conference Center.**