Monday, October 29, 2012

Mason Gem and Mineral Show

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...


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