“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.
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.
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Next Saturday (April 25) we are going on a field trip to the KU Natural History Museum at Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd. Lawrence, Kansas 66045. Meet us at our usual meeting spot at 11:00 am and we will carpool to the museum. Hope to see you there!
Come see the Bunker Mosasaur! Photo from: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/img/college-photo_24120..jpg
The deadline has passed to enter this poster contest sponsored by Summit Lapidary Club, but here are the rules for posterity.
Theme: The official state gem, mineral, rock, or fossil of the state you live in. Eligibility: Any student in 1st-8th grade. Prizes: Each grade will have a winner. Ribbons will be awarded for 1st-4th place. 1st-3rd place will also receive a prize. Contest Rules: All entries must be presented on 12”x18” paper. Include name, address, age, and school grade of participant on BACK of entry. No three-dimensional posters accepted. The title may be on the front or back. List your state and why you chose the gem, mineral, rock, or fossil. All entries become the property of the MWF and Summit Lapidary Club Scale of Points: Originality and Art Work: 30 points Design: 25 points Title: 25 points Listing of state gem, mineral, rock, or fossil and reason for your choice: 20 points Artwork: Artwork on posters can be pen, ink, crayons, magic marker, paint, or any other artist’s medium. Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by May 1, 2015 Send your entries to: [address removed because contest is over] Questions? Contact Poster Judge Jennifer Fike at [email address removed]. Hint: Missouri’s state rock is Mozarkite, state mineral is galena, and state fossil is the crinoid.
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.
We had a great turnout at the gem show and made over $3000! Thank you to everyone who volunteered. Pictures will be up next week. Also, don’t forget IGAMS is meeting this Thursday the 19th and we are meeting this Saturday the 21st.
Photo by Stephanie Reed
This clock was made with turquoise chips in resin and a craft store clock kit. It belongs to Show-Me Rockhounds member David Reed.
Don’t forget to set your clocks forward 1 hour tonight for Daylight Savings Time!
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
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