5-7: GREENFIELD, IN.
32ND ANNUAL GREATER INDIANAPOLIS GEM, MINERAL, AND FOSSIL SHOW.
Hancock 4-H Fairgrounds, 620 N. Apple Street. Fri. 10:00-8:00, Sat.
9:00-7:00, Sun. 9:00-4:00. Sponsored by the
500 Earth Sciences Club.
THREE BIG AREAS of
dealers and swappers
offering fossils, minerals, gems, and jewelry,
plus silent auctions, raffles, door prizes,
good food, kids activities,
demonstrations, educational displays, and programs for all! There’s
even RV parking!.
Admission:
FREE! CONTACT:
Don Mahoney, 17914 Juniper Road, Argos, IN 46501, (574) 892-5264,
dlmcnAclu@aol.com,
or James Yarber, 6877 W. Byron Drive, Fountaintown, IN 45130,
jyarber@mail.inct.net.
5-7:
TOLEDO, OH. Toledo Gem and Rockhound
Club 37th
ANNUAL Jewelry, Gem, and Mineral Show and Sale.
Stranahan Theater Complex, Great Hall, 4645 Heatherdowns Boulevard.
Fri. 2:00-9:00, Sat. 10:00-6:00, Sun. 10:00-5:00. This year’s
theme: “Beads,
Gold, and Gemstones!! Tradegoods through the Ages.”
Vendors will be
selling gems, jewelry, beads, precious metals, fossils, meteorites,
artifacts, tools, equipment, and more!
There will be mineral exhibits, demonstrations, mini-classes, a “touch and
feel” display, a silent auction, and club sales. For
kids there will be
games and kid’s mineral kits.
Donation:
Adults $4, Students and Seniors (over 53) $3, Children (under 12, with
Adult) FREE, Scouts and Soldiers in uniform FREE. FREE parking.
CONTACT: Jerri Heer, 247 Decatur, Toledo, OH 43609, (419) 389-9204,
jheerx6@aol.com,
or visit the club Web site at
www.toledogemandrockhoundclub.com.
12:
SPRINGFIELD, OH. Miami Valley Mineral
and Gem Club ANNUAL INFORMATION BOOTH.
City Hall Plaza, E. Main Street and S. Fountain Avenue. Fri. 10-6.
Setting up a booth at the Springfield Culture Fest, the club passes out
geology information for teachers to use with their students, club brochures,
and data cards with attached specimens.
Popular with both adults and children, the specimens include Ohio flint,
obsidian, quartz crystals, and fossils. There is a “Spin and Win”
wheel for children. CONTACT: Tim Fosberg, 1483 Medway-New Carlisle
Road, Medway, OH 45341, (937) 849-4471,
timothyfosberg@sbcglobal.net, or visit the club
Web site at www.mvmgc.org.
12-14:
HOLLAND, MI. Tulip City Gem and
Mineral Club 39TH ANNUAL SHOW.
Holland Civic Center, 150 W. 8th Street. Fri. and Sat. 9:00-7:00, Sun.
11:00-5:00. This year’s theme:
“What's Inside? Discovering Earth's Treasurers.” There will be
8 vendors,
selling Russian minerals, geodes, and jewelry. There will also be
demonstrations
of jewelry making, wire wrapping, and Petoskey stone polishing.
For kids there
will be a Kids' Table, a Triassic Mineral Tent, and gold panning.
There will also be door prizes, a silent auction, a fluorescent display,
food, and much more!
Admission:
Adults $2, Students $.50, 3-day Family Pass
$6, 3-day
Individual Pass $3. FREE parking.
CONTACT: Rebecca Cisparo, (616) 393-9307,
r4squares@sbcgolbal.net.
13-14: CHELSEA, MI.
ANNUAL GEOLOGY ARTS FAIR.
Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center (located inside Waterloo State recreation
Area), 10730 Bush Road. Sat. 10:00-5:00, Sun. 10:00-4:00. This
fair is presented jointly by the Midwest
Mineralogical and Lapidary Society of Michigan,
the Kalamazoo Geological and Mineral Society,
and the Huron Hills Lapidary and Mineral
Society.
12 vendors will be
selling fossils, minerals, jewelry, and lapidary equipment.
Demonstrations will
include sphere making and bead making, and there will be an
exhibit of spheres,
all of which are made from Michigan material.
Special Event: during
the show, Park Rangers will regularly conduct geology hikes through the
park’s bog areas. When needed, these hikes will be geared for handicap
access. For kids,
Park Rangers will show kids how to make trilobite casts and conduct a
workshop on polishing Petoskey Stones - which the kids get to keep!.
There will also be programs, a swap and sell, and food.
Admission: FREE.
CONTACT: Eddy Discovery Center (734) 475-3170.
19-21:
LINCOLN, MO. Mozarkite Society of
Lincoln 45TH ANNUAL GEM AND MINERAL SHOW
AND SWAP.
Lincoln City Park, Shelter House. Fri. and Sat.
9:00-5:00, Sun 9:00-3:00. BUY-SELL-TRADE-SWAP!! We expect about
20 vendors
to offer minerals (including Mozarkite, the
local specialty), Mozarkite jewelry, fossils,
rough rock, cabs, slabs, spheres, and lapidary equipment.
SPECIAL EVENT: There
will be field trips
all three days to the
local Mozarkite dig area! Experts will be
on hand to help find, identify, and grade your finds! There will also
be kids’ grab bags, a silent auction, free mineral identification, and food.
Admission:
FREE, with FREE parking. CONTACT: Linville “Lin” Harms, 1804 E. 14th
Street, Sedalia, MO 65301, (660) 827-4143, or visit the club Web site
at www.mozarkite.com.
20-21:
SCHUYLER, NE. Loup Valley Gem and
Mineral Society 31ST ANNUAL SHOW.
St. Augustine's
Parish Hall, 603 Chicago Street. Sat. 9:00-6:00, Sun 10:00-5:00.
There will be 3 dealers. Demonstrators
will be doing wire wrapping, jewelry making, and fossil preparation.
SPECIAL EVENT:
a Sunday field trip to a local gravel pit!
We’ll also have ongoing silent auctions, hourly door prizes, raffle prizes,
and a lunch stand. Admission:
Adults $1, Students over 12 $.50, Children under 12 with adult FREE!
CONTACT Ben Vrana, 705 C Street, Schuyler, NE 68661, (402) 352-5531,
bbv5531@intergate.com.
20-21:
CLARKSVILLE, IN. 14TH ANNUAL
Fall Fossil Festival.
Falls of the Ohio State Park, 201 W. Riverside Drive (near Interstate 65,
exit 0). Sat. 9:00-6:00, Sun. 10:00-5:00.
Rain or Shine!
Sponsored by Indiana Society for
Paleontology, Falls of the Ohio State Park,
and others. There will be 10+ vendors
selling fossils, minerals, books, and related items. There are
fossil bed tours
and special workshops
and programs. Collect your own fossils
from huge fossil collecting piles!!
A local quarry donates
30 tons each of
fossil-bearing Silurian Waldron Shale and
Devonian Jeffersonville Limestone.
Dig for brachiopods, bryozoans, corals, crinoids, cystoids, snails, clams,
and trilobites. A mineral collecting
pile from Hastie's mill dump in Rosiclare,
Illinois, will also be available.
Speakers on Saturday include: Dr. Steve
Greb, Kentucky Geological Survey, “The Geology
of Coal;” Dan Phelps, “Fossils
in the Ohio Valley;”
Charles Oldham “Minerals in the Ohio Valley;”
and Nelson Shaffer, Indiana Geological Survey, “Minerals
and Life.”
On Sunday, Rick Schrantz, Kentucky Paleontological Society will present “Fossil
Collecting Tips.” Door prizes, food, FREE
resources, and FREE rock and fossil ID! Interpretive Center admission
is $5 adults (age 19 and older), $2 children (age 2 – 18) and under 2 is
free. CONTACT: Alan Goldstein,
agoldstein@dnr.in.gov. For more info, visit the
festival’s website at
www.fallsoftheohio.org/fossil_festival.shtml.
26-28
:
HAMILTON, IL.
Worthen Earth Searchers Rock Club
4TH ANNUAL
Geode Fest.
NEW LOCATION!!
Montebello Access Area, right on the Mississippi River, immediately north of
the west end of the US 136 bridge that connects Hamilton, IL with Keokuk,
IA. Fri. 7:00-6:00, Sat. 7:00-6:00, Sun. 7:00-3:00.
Real Family Fun!
We’ll have vendors selling minerals, fossils, gems, jewelry, books, beads,
cabs, slabs, rough rock, lapidary equipment, and GEODES, GEODES, GEODES!!
There will be a swap area, displays of geodes, geode cracking and
Identification; geode contests with awards,
even souvenir T-shirts! THE MAIN
ATTRACTION—guided geode collecting trips!!
You will be guided to and from excellent geode collecting areas. Some
sites are normally fee areas, others are on private land that is accessible
only as part of the Fest! The guides will stay at the site to answer
questions and help with identification. Each hunt lasts about five
hours. PLEASE NOTE: You MUST register AND sign the waiver to
participate in the hunts (geode collecting trips). The Registration
Fee is $20.00 for individuals, $30.00 for a family. This entitles the
registrant to as many as five (5) hunts
- two on Friday, two in Saturday, and one on Sunday. REGISTRATION
CLOSES after the first 500 registrants have PAID. This is an
extremely popular event,
so register soon. Those expecting to register on the day of the show
will almost certainly be disappointed!
Admission: FREE, with
FREE parking! CONTACT: Mike Shumate, (573) 518-4739,
geodefest@hotmail.com.
Additional information and the necessary forms can be found at
http://www.firstcrackgeodes.com/GeodeFest.html.
26-28:
JOPLIN, MO. :
Tri-State Gem & Mineral Society
10TH ANNUAL "ROCK-A-THON" SHOW.
Joplin's Memorial Hall, 212 W. 8th Street. Fri. 12:00-6:00, Sat.
10:00-6:00, Sun. 10:00-3:00. Dealers, demonstrations, door prizes,
Rock Auction. Admission:
FREE! CONTACT: Chris Wiseman, c/o Joplin Museum Complex, 504
Schifferdecker Avenue, Joplin, MO 64801, (417) 623-1180,
jmc-cwiseman@sbcglobal.net.
27:
ELY, IA.
Cedar Valley Rock and Mineral Society
Annual Fall Auction.
American Legion Hall, 1545 Main Street. Sat. 9:00-7:00?
(approximate end time).
The Legion Hall will be open early to give bidders an opportunity to see the
lots before the auction starts. Viewing hours are Fri. 5:00-7:30 pm, Sat.
7:30-9:00 am. We have a big 1 day
auction this year, maybe 2 days, offering
minerals, fossils, jewelry, equipment and books. Approximately
700 lots will be
auctioned, including material from the collections of Darren Cruse, Phil
Oliver, Bruce Birkemeyer, Gladys Wanek, Peggy (Tom) Walsh, John & Roxanna
Peterson, and Marvin & Doris Juhl.
Equipment will auctioned at 2:00 pm.
Food will be available. CONTACT: Marv Houg, (319) 364-2868, or Sharon
Sonnleitner (319) 396-4016. A
preliminary list of specimens being auctioned
can be seen at
http://www.cedarvalleyrockclub.org/2008_Auction_Flyer.pdf.
27-28:
OSHKOSH, WI. Oshkosh Earth Science
Club 37TH ANNUAL ROCK, GEM AND MINERAL
SHOW.
Sunnyview Expo Center, 550 E. County Road Y (Winnebago County Fairgrounds).
Sat. 9:00-5:00, Sun. 9:00-4:00. Over
80 tables of dealers offering minerals,
fossils, gemstones, specimens, rocks for cutting, jewelry, and beads.
There will be demonstrations featuring lapidary work and a
children's activity area.
CONTACT: Albert Schulke, 1262 Glane Court, Oshkosh, WI 54902, (920)
235-0418, jayman@yahoo.com.