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The Georgia Mineral Society, Inc. 4138 Steve Reynolds Boulevard Norcross, GA 30093-3059 |
47th Annual Mother's Day Show 2015
Fun!!!
Photo by Chrissy Nell-Dybdahl
Junior member celebrates his birthday at the show!
Photo by Chrissy Nell-Dybdahl
Jaina shows off her paper plate fashion
Photo by Chrissy Nell-Dybdahl
Pretty specimens!
Photo by Lori Carter
Fantastic fish!
Photo by Lori Carter
Lenticular dinos in motion
Junior Members' Scavenger Hunt
Photo by Chrissy Nell-Dybdahl
The game is afoot!
Photo by Lori Carter
"Rock Goddess" with safety glasses, hiking boots, and collecting bag in the GMS Field Trip case
Photo by Lori Carter
Junior Grand Prizes -- one for the student and one for their school!
Winner: Isabella Casagrande of Simpson Elementary in Duluth
Photo by Lori Carter
A weird oyster in the "Fossil Oysters: The Big, Bad, and Ugly" case
Photo by Lori Carter
A beautiful crab fossil in the "Fossil Arthropods" case
Photo by Lori Carter
Trace fossils by the demo area
Photo by Lori Carter
Curious coprolite in the "Poo or Not Poo" case
Photo by Lori Carter
Huge Gideon meteorite
Photo by Lori Carter
Luminous salt lamps
Photo by Lori Carter
Large rhodochrosite specimen
Photo by Lori Carter
Googley eye stones
Photo by Lori Carter
Spiny oyster shells with real pearls!
Photo by Lori Carter
Incredible reptile fossil
Photo by Lori Carter
Stunning crocoite specimen
Photo by Lori Carter
Specimens from one junior for other juniors
Photo by Lori Carter
Kim Cochran
Demos
Photo by Lori Carter
Juniors demonstrated bobbly gem tree making
Photo by Lori Carter
Juniors learned how to make these trees at a special GMS Juniors event
Photo by Lori Carter
Jay Gorday demonstrated faceting while juniors worked on their trees
Photo by Lori Carter
Jay stayed focused on his faceting even with kids, beads, and trees all around him
Photo by Lori Carter
Juniors focused on their trees too
Photo by Lori Carter
Attention to details
Photo by Lori Carter
This tree is "springing" to life
Photo by Lori Carter
Kaci helped lots of kids with their trees
Photo by Lori Carter
A finished tree
Photo by Lori Carter
The demo area was standing room only
Photo by Lori Carter
I took a picture...
Photo by Chrissy Nell-Dybdahl
...while Chrissy was taking a picture
Photo by Lori Carter
Happy tree makers
Photo by Lori Carter
Rainbow paper plate trilobite being photo-bombed by an origami t-rex
Photo by Lori Carter
The trilo-plate tried to escape...
Photo by Lori Carter
...but the "gruesome" origami t-rex caught him!
Other demos not pictured:
Martha Brown - Talc CarvingCharles Carter - Cabbing
Kim Cochran - Mineral ID
Phil Herren - Metal Fabrication
Olga and Bob Jarrett - Sand Workshop
Display Cases
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
First Place Junior Display Case
Mineral Collection
Cameron Muskelly
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
First Place Display Case
Faceted Stones
Jay Gorday
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Second Place Display Case
Shatter Cones from the Wells Creek Impact Site
The Nims Family
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Third Place Display Case
Poo or Not Poo
Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
Photo by Lori Carter
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