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The Georgia Mineral Society, Inc. 4138 Steve Reynolds Boulevard Norcross, GA 30093-3059 |
46th Annual Mother's Day Show 2014
Hospitality
Photo by Lori Carter
Elizabeth Lamb, Chris Glass, and Margaret Ronan at the grab bag table
So much to see!
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Wonder what this is?
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Playing Fossil/Not Fossil
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Junior door prize
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Another door prize!
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And another door prize!
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The show floor was packed
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Another successful show!
Junior Members' Scavenger Hunt
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Shell sphere at Trina's booth
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Cameos at Roy and Dottie Meade's booth
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Coprolites in one of Bonney Weather's stunning fossil display cases
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Dragon's egg fluorite from Jim Haege's Planetary Parts booth
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Fossilized clams from Gary, Lory, and Gina Maddox's Apalachee Minerals booth
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Vases made from rocks full of fossils at the Marble Arts booth
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Goddess Stones at Buddy and Wayne's Primitive Art booth
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Hopi kachinas at Isa Fetish
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Horse and Bison fossils at Stones and Bones
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"Julie the Rockhound" by Gail Karwoski at the Oconee Minerals booth
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Kim Cochran
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Lapidary equipment at Phil's booth
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Lawrence Parker
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Sand Princess Chimperella in the Sand Section display case
Auction
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These juniors did well at the auction!
Demos
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The demo room was buzzing with activities
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Cantey Smith demonstrated wire-wrapping
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Cantey's finished piece
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Cantey brought some of her pieces to show examples of wire-wrapping
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Charles Carter demonstrating cabbing
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Some origami dinosaurs sprang to life from some old flyers
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An impromptu origami dinosaur play
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Lori Carter helping make origami dinosaurs
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Phil Herren making a copper rose
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Finished copper rose
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Kim Cochran helped people identify their rocks
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Charles Carter watches as Kim Cochran quizzes Nathan about minerals
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Kim talking with future members
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Olga Jarrett contemplating a question about sand
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Bob Jarrett dazzling people with sand
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Cool sand!
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Kids got to make sand cards...
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...then see the sand up close on a digital microscope!
Winning Display Cases
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First Place - "Organic Gems" by Sue Gorday
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Sue's case was filled with organic gems and explanations of what they are
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So many beautiful organic gems!
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Close-up of a fossil ivory carving
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Examples of some organic gems
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Second Place - Fossil Display by Bonney Weathers
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Bonney had 3 fossil displays filled with superb fossils!
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Bonney's third fossil case
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Third Place - "Fossil/NotFossil" by Lori Carter (identification game)
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