Mineralogical Society Plans 50th Annual Rock & Gem Show

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The Southern Washington Mineralogical Society will be celebrating its 50th annual Rock & Gem Show Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19 and 20, at the Castle Rock Fairgrounds.

The show will have member display cases, a country store, door prizes every half hour, gem dig, spin table, vendors, food, a black light display and silent auction. A voice auction will be at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Local sand sculpture artist Rocky Courser will be building a sand castle for the event.



The Mineralogical Society will be giving away a replica psittacosaur dinosaur skeleton to a local school with the most kids in attendance at the show. This is a museum-quality fossil with a $1,600 value and will be in a specially built case.

Proceeds from the show provide a scholarship to give to a local student studying the Earth sciences.

Show hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Admission and parking is free.