The Central Michigan Gem and Mineral Society puts on a great show, in my humble opinion. The event is held at the county fairgrounds in Mason, MI, located around 15 miles south of Lansing. The venue is a large building, which allows us to drive our cars in right next to our booth. Since I am selling rocks, that is always an advantage since it can take a lot of effort to haul rocks. The mineral club also feeds us lunch and dinner all weekend -- great food at that! Finally, they limit the number of dealers so that those of us that are set up are assured to do well.
A couple of photos of my booth, which consisted of eight large tables, plus one of my own.
Another booth across from that featured fossils...
There are several hand-on and other demonstrations at the show. The photo below shows flint knapping.
A children's table with inexpensive rocks for kids to buy....
There are also several mineral displays. Here is a photo from the Tampa Bay agatized coral display...
A copper display..
Beautiful cabs...
An Indiana Geode display.
Of course, there are lots of rocks for sale..
A Petosky stone polishing class...
Animals carved in stone...
One woman was showing how yarn is spun...
The main seller at my booth this weekend was Polychrome jasper...
Monday, October 29, 2012
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