September 2023 TBD
09/09/202209/11/2022
Annual "Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show" CK Newsome Community Center 100 Walnut St., Evansville, IN 47713 Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 10am-4pm (*Hosted by the Evansville Lapidary Society a local non-profit group that teaches the public about the art of grinding and polishing stones.*) ___________________________________________________________________ <<<<<<<*******NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR******>>>>>>>>> ___________________________________________________________________ CK Newsome Community Center. (corner of Walnut and Heidelbach. Downtown) This show has formerly been at Washington Square Mall, but is now no longer hosting events. Show some love and support as our club transitions to a new location after 50 years. Saturday October 21st: 10AM to 5PM Sunday October 22nd: 10AM to 4PM. $1 Admission, Kids 12-and-under are free At the GEM, MINERAL, & FOSSIL SHOW you will discover rocks from all over the world, get to see them close up, and have the opportunity to bring some home for your collection. This event is hosting over 20 Gemstone Vendors from across the country and includes a booth for the Evansville Lapidary Society, and a booth for it's own special Junior Rockhound group. The Junior Rockhounds are made up of local kids with an interest in learning about Geology and rocks. Their booth will feature games, hands on activities, displays, and fossils collected by the group on field-trip excursions. All sales and donations at this booth go directly back into funding future activities for the kids. Find every rock related item you could imagine: Beads, Geodes, Jewelry, Carvings, Meteorites, Cutting Rough, Faceted Stones, Slabs, Fossils, Mineral, Crystals, Specimens, Cabochons, Tumbled Stones, and much much more. On-site gemstones mounted while you wait, posters, Geology related items, crack your own geode, dinosaur bone, petrified wood, and the list goes on. You will also find: * working Lapidary demonstrations showing the use of 6 grinding wh
