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Published 06/09/09
Rock Hounds and Agate Hunters to Flock to
Oregon Coast
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| Rock show photos courtesy Guy DiTorrice |
(Newport, Oregon) - Father's Day weekend finds rock hunters,
agate lovers and fossil collectors coming together for the annual Oregon
Coast Agate Club's Gem & Mineral Show at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds.
The three-day event happens June 19-21, and boasts dozens of vibrant display
cases, dealers, demonstrations, children’s activities, silent auction,
raffle, door prizes and food. Admission is only $2 for adults, $1 for
youth, children under 6 years of age are free.
Member and dealers display cases showcase gem, mineral
and fossil collections as well as a wide range of high-caliber lapidary
work and jewelry. Dealers are also on hand for lapidary demonstrations
as well as providing equipment and mineral material for purchase. The
show is open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sunday 10
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This year's Gem & Mineral Show includes:
Cota's
Lapidary (Lebanon) - bookends, crystals, specimens, beads, jewelry, rough
rock, spheres, petrified wood (featured on the Discovery Channel’s
“Cash Into Treasures” Show”
The Opal Zone (Cheshire) - rough opal, opal specimens,
opal jewelry
Delta One Lapidary (Waldport) - demonstrator/dealer for
faceting, lapidary equipment
Gem Brite Lapidary (Tillamook) - rough rock, specimens,
spheres, jewelry, slabs
J&L Mining & Minerals (Azalea) - rough rock, slabs,
cabochons, jewelry, spheres
Aurora West (Seal Rock) - amethyst cathedrals
B& L Enterprises (Harbor) - finished jewelry
Emily Perhaps (Silverton) - wire wrapping, silver forging
and demonstrator
Nature's Art (Lincoln City) - lapidary spheres
Nicoli Alexander (Grants Pass) - silver work and demonstrator
Ramrock Supplies (Lebanon) - findings, hand tools
Third Rock (Gaston) - books, mineral crystals
Rooster's Rocks (South Beach) - rough, slabs, jewelry
A wide
variety of rocks, gems, minerals and fossils will be auctioned off throughout
the weekend along with regular door prizes being drawn. Raffle tickets
will be on sale during the show for a Sunday drawing of dozens of specimens,
sunstones, jewelry, books, lapidary gifts and large-display materials.
Every one attending will receive a free polished agate and an Oregon beach
fossil compliments of the Club membership.
Oregon Coast Agate Club members host the 46st annual
Gem & Mineral Show at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Newport (633
NE 3rd St). Proceeds from the show support Club activities, field trips
and its youth program. The Oregon Coast Agate Club is affiliated with
the Northwest and American Federations of Mineralogical Societies. The
club is open to membership to any one with an interest in rocks, gems,
minerals and fossils.
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