Mark your calendar for the Spring 2016 Gem and Mineral Show, sponsored by the Association. Here is a flyer in PDF format you can print or send to all your friends.
Places to Buy Rocks
Gem Show Photos Fall 2015
We had fun selling and buying specimens at the gem show. If you missed it, here are some of the things you can expect to find at a show.
An overview of the whole show. Photo by Stephanie Reed
This year we sold books about rocks and where to find them, including the highly desired Gemstones of North America by John Sinkankas.
Mark selling minerals.
President Martin and Webmistress Stephanie looking at an aquamarine. Photo by David Reed
This jar of tumbled chips of Lake Superior agates was part of a kit for making a gem tree, sold by the Show-Me Rockhounds. Photo by Stephanie Reed
Polished spheres made of minerals from Dave’s Rocks and Carvings (Hamburg, MI). I see rose quartz, tiger’s eye, sodalite, and snowflake obsidian. Can you name all the minerals?
Mineral specimens for sale from Dave’s Rocks and Carvings (Hamburg, MI) Photo by David Reed
Gem shows always have lots of jewelry for sale, usually organized by mineral. This is an entire box full of rings made with blue larimar sold by Manichia LLC (Kansas City, MO). Blue larimar is a type of volcanic pectolite found in the Dominican Republic.
Glass beads for sale at Park Design (St. Joseph, MO). You can even watch the beads being made. They can also be found at the Three Trails Trading Post in Independence, MO.
Fall Kansas City Gem Show Coming Soon
It’s almost that time again. The weather is getting cooler, the leaves are falling off the trees, and the fall gem show is next week. It will be at the Kansas City Expo Center November 6-8. The fall show is not as big as the spring show (in March) but is still well worth attending, as it’s only $6. IGAMS will be there and if you signed up to help, hopefully you know who you are because I don’t. Also, feel free to print out this flyer and share it with your friends, co-workers, and anyone else who might be interested.
Sapphires in the Rough
Frederick, one of our members who is into gem cutting, brought in these rough sapphires from Montana at our last meeting. Check out his website http://missouririversapphire.co/ to see how beautiful they look when they are cut.
Big Al’s Big Rock Sale
“Big Al” DeMaranville is having a rock and tool sale in Kansas City, Kansas so that he can move into a new home. On the first weekend, July 25-26 (8am-5pm), there will be rocks and lapidary/silversmithing equipment for sale. The second weekend, August 7-8 (8am-5pm), will have a house sale (and any tools that haven’t been sold yet).
The sale is now over. Thank you for your interest.
Sale of Collection
Myron King is selling his collection of mineral and lapidary specimens, and possibly some of his tools. The sale was on July 11, 2015 from 1- 5 pm. Thank you for your interest.
Photos from the Gem Show
New T-shirt celebrating the show and featuring a calcite crystal.
Shirts are only $10 and we have plenty left if you want one.
Show-Me Rockhounds members discussing pottery.
Show-Me Rockhounds members loading supplies into the storage container.
Rockhounds hard at work.
Unpacking boxes.
Bob selling minerals to some happy customers. Bob is a great salesman.
Making glass beads (lampwork) at the Three Trails Trading Post.
I took a lampwork class at the Three Trails Trading Post once and it was really fun. I highly recommend it.
Huge pieces of petrified wood from Lincoln Curios.
Arrowheads made by the Flint Knappers.
The Flint Knappers were next to our booth and they were making arrowheads and going tap, tap, tap the whole time.
The Geode Gallery lets you pick out a geode and have it opened onsite.
Pearls from Hartman Enterprises. There are miles of beads for sale at shows like this.
A rainbow crystal pendant for your chakras.
Painted agate slabs from Aerie Artwork
A display of metalworking tools made by the Sterling Guild.
A display made by Bruce from IGAMS showing his new acquisitions from 2014. Bruce made several displays and made the rest of us look like slackers.
Somebody decided that tiger’s eye looks like bacon slices when cut into slabs.
Special Events at the Gem Show
A schedule of special events happening during the show. If you can only come on one or two days, use this to help plan.
Friday, March 13, 2015
All day- Minerals and jewelry for sale, flint knapping demonstration, walk-through story book, free rock/mineral identification.
3:00 p.m. “Missouri’s One and Only Dinosaur and the End of the Dinosaurus”, Carl Campbell, St. Louis Community College-Meramec, St. Louis, Missouri
Saturday, March 14, 2015
All day- Minerals and jewelry for sale, flint knapping demonstration, walk-through story book, free rock/mineral identification.
1:00 p.m. “Crinoids, Lillies of the Sea”, Rick Poropat, Eastern Missouri Society for Paleontology, St. Louis, Missouri
2:00 p.m. “CSI -Cretaceous Skeletal Investigations and the Life and Hard Times of T. rex ”, Dr. David Burnham, Research Associate, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
3:00 p.m. “Chasing Jumbo’s cousin: Reconstruction of the history of one of KU’s oldest and largest fossils”, Josh Schmerge, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
4:00 p.m. “Flat-skulled beavers of the Miocene: The most unusual mammals of all time?”, Josh Schmerge, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
7:00 p.m. Lecture Room- Public auction in the Lecture Room with complimentary snacks and soft drinks. Proceeds will benefit the Scholarship Fund.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
All day- Minerals and jewelry for sale, silent auctions, flint knapping demonstration, walk-through story book, free rock/mineral identification.
2:00 p.m. “Nannotyrannus – teenage tyrant or tiny theropod?”, Josh Schmerge, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
54th Annual Spring Gem & Mineral Show
Less than 2 weeks until the big gem show you don’t want to miss! Sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Association of Earth Science Clubs, this is the Spring Gem, Mineral, Jewelry, and Bead Show at the KCI Expo Center. We have over 70 retail and wholesale dealers, educational exhibits from KU and other local universities, lectures, demonstrations, a dinosaur puppet show, door prizes, and scholarships. We (the Show-Me Rockhounds) are working hard on our displays and things to sell, but you’ll have to come to the show to see what we have! For more information on the event and a coupon, go to www.kcgemshow.org
Estate Sale
The sale is over, so the contact form is no longer available. Thank you for your interest.
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