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The Georgia Mineral Society, Inc. 4138 Steve Reynolds Boulevard Norcross, GA 30093-3059 |
49th Annual Mother's Day Show 2017
Photo by Lori Carter
Lawrence Parker kept the show going with lively door prize drawings and other announcements,
including the results of the ladies mud wrestling -- congratulations to Lory Maddox for winning in her weight class!
Hospitality
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Great GMS volunteers make a great show!
Door Prizes and Junior Grand Prizes
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One lucky person per hour won a FREE door prize!
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One lucky junior won these superb fossils and spectacular amethyst for him/herself and their school!
Auction
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Gigantic jade boulder
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Silver and chrysoprase necklace with its own silk purse
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Genuine jade earrings
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Petrified palmwood slab with exquisite colors
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Sparkly quartz geode from Kentucky
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Box o' petrified wood
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Miocene age fossilized pectin shells
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Lovely larimar necklace
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Assorted goodies just for junior bidders
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Deep purple amethyst
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Pineapple and Moonshine bbq sauce - plus a pile of obsidian
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Intricate soapstone carving
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Sorry - not a big diamond, but a big piece of faceted glass
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Beautiful porcelain statues plus some malachite from Zaire (left) and novaculite from Arkansas (right)
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What's in the bag? Beets me, but that box is full of moss agate from India!
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Sweeeet smoky quartz crystal from South Carolina
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Several fossilized coral specimens from Tennessee
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Jamaican Irish Moss drink plus a specimen of petrified juniper wood from Oregon
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Fossilized walrus ivory -- from Georgia!
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Grape agate (chalcedony) from Indonesia
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Close-up of a big sandstone slab
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Bidders during a brief break
Fun at the Junior Section Workshop!!!
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Mary Gurney tumbled these stone to make easy pendants!
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Plenty of beads for trees
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Lots of rocks to use as bases for the trees, too
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Busy making trees
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Such concentration!
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Happy tree maker
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Full house!
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A forest of gem trees...
So much talent!
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That smile says it all!
Demos
Photos by Bob Jarrett and Lori Carter
Lori Carter helped people make origami dinosaurs
The one above is named Lrrr
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Jay Gorday demonstrated faceting
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Diana Poppelreuter demonstrated wire wrapping
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Martha Brown demonstrated talc carving
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Bob Jarrett showed us examples of shell predation
Photos by Bob Jarett and Lori Carter
Olga Jarrett brought lots of sand to view under a microscope
plus, everyone got to make their own sand card to view and take home!
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The demo area was full of activities!
Not shown: Jose Santamaria doing mineral ID and Diana Poppelreuter demonstrating cabbing
Display Cases
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First Place: "Fossil/Not Fossil Game" by Lori Carter
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Second Place: "Hog Wild!" by Sue Gorday
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Third Place: "Faceted Stones" by Jay Gorday
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Juergen and Diana Poppelreuter shared a case with "Petrified Wood" and "Parking Lot Finds"
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"Kyanite from Georgia" by Martha Brown
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"Faceting Steps" by Jay Gorday
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"Petrified Wood of the West" by Dan Demko
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"Agates" by Kim Cochran
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"Thumbnail Specimens" by Jay Gorday
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"Fossil Corals" by Tom Batcha
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"GMS Junior Section" by Mary Gurney
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"GMS Field Trips" by Charles Carter
Cases not shown
"Some Favorite Items" by Chris Glass"Tellus Preview" by Sarah Christenson
Great Show!
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This is what you see at the show...
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...what you might not see is all of the wonderful GMS volunteers who make it happen!
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