Treasures of the Earth Albuquerque

[NM Stone]

This show is the weekend after the Deming show.

Anyone going here?

Treasures of the Earth – 2012

March 16-18, 2012

Theme: AGATE

http://www.agmc.info/treasures.htm

New Mexico State Fairgrounds (Creative Arts Center)

Hours:  10 am to 6 pm Friday and Saturday; 10 am to 5 pm Sunday

Admission is $3.00, except Friday is "DOLLAR DAY".  Children under 13 are FREE.

We'll have over 40 dealers selling everything from amethyst cathedrals to Zebra rock, rocks and minerals inexpensive to moderately priced.  You will find gems (crystals, faceted, cabs, rough, and set in jewelry), decorator items, and jewelry, books and supplies, beads, and lots more. We'll have a mineral ID Booth, visits by a well behaved and socialized wolf, an educational booth from the NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (both a display and maps, books, and guidebooks), grab bags for kids, and three silent auctions per day.  We will have displays (about 20), most of them educational, all of them interesting!  Displays provided by junior and adult members.

Why have we been doing this for 43 years?  Besides being a whole lot of fun for club members and the public, the club raises money to award two $1000 scholarships, one each for a UNM and NM Tech geology student.

Directions:

New Mexico State Fair Grounds.  San Pedro street entrance is just north of Central and south of Lomas.  The Creative Arts Center is one block east of our old building (the School Arts building) and is directly across the street from (south of) the Manuel Lujan Exhibit Center

[DemiDee]

Nice Show!  Frendly Wolf?  Maybe, but sure pretty!  Thanks for also hosting the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies competition cases during our convention in town. Enjoyed meeting so many people there, and found some new rocks to add to my growing collection. (I really need to start cutting....)

[Steve]

I too enjoyed the event............wonderful day before the winds showed up the next day.......................Got myself some interesting and very promising slabs for the future................