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OCTOBER 2019

11-12—MOUNT IDA, ARKANSAS: 32 Annual World Championship Quartz Crystal Digging Contest; Mount Ida Area Chamber of Commerce; Montgomery County Fairgrounds, Fairgrounds Rd; Fri. 7-4, Sat. 7-4; $100 (entry fee and banquet meal); 2018 World Championship Quartz Crystal Dig, part of the 39th Annual Quartz, Quiltz, & Craftz Festival; contact Mount Ida Area Chamber of Commerce, 124 US 270 W, PO Box 6, Mount Ida, AR 71957, (870) 867-2723; Email: director@mtidachamber.com; Website: www.mtidachamber.com

11-13—VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA: Annual show; Treasures of the Earth, Inc.; Virginia Beach Convention Center, 1000 19th Street; Fri. 12-6, Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-5; adults $5 (tickets good for the weekend), free admission for youth 16 and under; Vendors offer loose stones, mineral specimens, fossils, lapidary jewelry, displays and demonstrations, and geode cutting by two local gem and mineral societies; contact Ellen White, PO Box 59, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, (804) 642-2011; Email: Ellen@treasuresoftheearth.com; Website: http://www.TreasuresOfTheEarth.com

11-13—MOAB, UTAH: Annual show; Moab Points & Pebbles; Old Spanish Trails Arena, 3641 S. Highway 191; Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-4; free; 60th Annual Show, vendors selling items related to lapidary arts, geology, rocks, gemstones, fossils, demonstrations, field trips, and activities for children; contact Jerry Hansen; Email: moabrockclub@live.com

11-13—COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA: Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc.; OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Dr.; Fri. 12-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; Weekend pass for teens, adults, and seniors $7, free admission for children through age 11; Exhibitors offering various minerals and rocks, jewelry, crystals, gems, beads and crystals; contact Yooy Nelson, (503) 252-8300; Email: info@gemfaire.com; Website: http://www.gemfaire.com

11-13—TRONA, CALIFORNIA: Annual show; Searles Lake Gem & Mineral Society; SLG&MS Lapidary and Show building, 13337 Main St.; Fri. 1:30-6:30, Sat. 7:30-5, Sun. 7:30-3; free admission; Dealers, demonstrations, and displays, and a special afternoon dealer trip ($100 per vehicle+$50 per person), field trip Saturday $15 per car, $20 per car for Sunday field trip reservations required for field trips; contact Bonnie Fairchild, PO Box 966, Trona, CA 93592-0966, (760) 372-5356; Email: slgms@iwvisp.com; Website: www1.iwvisp.com/tronagemclub/

11-13—SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH: Annual show; Mineral Collectors of Utah; Trolley Square, 602 South 700 East; Fri. 12-9, Sat. 10-9, Sun. 10-5; free admission; Dealers, exhibits, demonstrations, and activities for children; contact Curt Forrester, UT, (801) 368-4103; Email: 801-368-4103; Website: http://m-c-u.org/

11-13—PORTLAND, OREGON: 39th Annual Show of Gems, Minerals, and Fossils; Portland Regional Gem and Mineral Association; Jackson Army National Guard, 6255 NE Cornfoot Road; Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; Adults $5, free admission for children 12 and under with a paying adult; Vendors with fossils, rocks, gems, minerals, beads, tools, jewelry, exhibits, demonstrations, presentations, activities for children; contact Linda Harvey, (503) 310-3036; Email: lindaharvey2010@gmail.com; Website: www.PortlandRegionalGemandMineral.com

11-13—HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA: Annual show; Huntsville Gem & Mineral Society; Jaycee Community Center, 1280 Airport Road, Jaycee Community Center, 1280 Airport Road, Jaycee Community Center; Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 12-5; Adults $3 (weekend pass $5), free admission for children under 5; Dealers offering a variety of specimens, displays, demonstrations, a fluorescent exhibit, activities for children, and the annual meeting of the Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies; contact Lowell Zoller, 3027 Flint Mill Run, Hampton Cove, AL 35763, (256) 534-8803; Email: Lzol@comcast.net; Website: www.huntsvillegms.org

12-13—TEMPLE, TEXAS: Annual show; Tri-City Gem and Mineral Society; Frank W. Mayborn Civic and Convention Center, 3303 N. Third Street; Sat. 9-6, Sat. 10-5; Adults $5, teens $2; Dealers offering rocks, gems, minerals, jewelry, demonstrations of wire wrapping and cabochon carving, and fluorescence; contact Ruth Rolston, 106 Ottoway Drive, Temple, TX 76501; Email: lrolston@hot.rr.com; Website: http://drarhie.wixsite.com/tcgme

12-13—WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA: Show and sale; Pacific Crystal Guild; Civic Park Community Center, 1375 Civic Drive (at Broadway); Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-4; $12, free admission for children under 12; the Fall Contra Costa Crystal Fair features more than 30 vendors carrying gems, jewelry, rocks, minerals, and beautiful crystals; contact Jerry Tomlinson, PO Box 1371, Sausalito, CA 94966, (415) 383-7837; Email: jerry@crystalfair.com; Website: http://www.crystalfair.com

12-13—SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA: Annual show; Huachuca Mineral And Gem Club; Cochise College, 901 N. Colombo Ave.; Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4; free; inside and outside vendors, handicapped accessible, free gemstone identification, geode sales and cutting, and activities for children; contact Maudie Bailey, 5036 S. San Carlos Ave., Sierra Vista, AZ 85650, (249) 154-1; Email: gmbailey@msn.com; Website: huachucamineralandgemclub@info.com

12-13—TOPEKA, KANSAS: Annual show; Topeka Gem & Mineral Society, Inc.; KS Expocentre Agricultural Hall, 17th & Topeka Blvd; Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5; Adults $5, students (13-17) $1, free admission for children under child under 13 with paid adult admission; Show theme: ‘Many Shades of Turquoise’ with a lecture each day lead by Greg Purdy, dealers offering rocks, lapidary supplies/equipment, jewelry and beads, 4-H geology club students displaying geology boxes for judging and demonstration; contact M. Mowry, 1934 SW 30th St, Topeka, KS 66611, (785) 267-2849; Email: rock2plate@aol.com; Website: www.TopekaGMS.org