MONROE - Badger Lapidary and Geological Society will hold its 41st annual Rock Gem, Mineral, and Fossil show this weekend.
The event starts at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27, Monroe High School. The event and parking is free, but donations are accepted.
The theme this year is "Rocks at Work," and includes 10 dealers and 4 guest speakers. The event includes a display from the Earth Haven Museum in Gillette gems, minerals, fossils, stone carvings, club sales, quality member displays, educational films, and hourly door prizes.
This is a family event, including a wide-variety of children activities like the fish pond, scavenger hunts, Roaming Rock Wizard, and gemstone panning. Dan Trocke will be back with his grandfather's fluorescent minerals in the "Sorcerer's Stone" tent. Trocke will be giving away long wave fluorescent mineral specimen to children who attend the booth.
There will be a variety of demonstrations, including faceting, lapidary and silversmithing.
There are two guest speakers one each day. On Saturday, Phil Burgess, Prairie du Chien, will be discussing The Oneota Formation in Southern Wisconsin at 1:30 p.m. and Michael Riesch, Easthaven Museum, will be discussing the Uses of Minerals in Wisconsin at 3 p.m.
On Sunday, Bruce Brown, Wisconsin Geological Survey, will be discussing Wisconsin's Mining and Mineral Industries at 1:30 p.m. and Stephanie Saager-Bourret, Platteville Mining Museum, will be discussing Shafts and Tailings: A History of Mining in Southwest Wisconsin at 3:00 p.m.
Food is served from the Green County Homemakers Society.
For more information on the event, call Teri Marche at (608) 835-2653, or contact him via email: tmarche@education.wisc.edu. Trocke can be reached at (608) 215-5307; or via email: dtrocke@acscm.com.
Badger Lapidary and Geological Society is a non-profit organization that promotes earth science study for all ages.
The organization is a member of the American Federation and Midwest Federation of Mineralogical and Geological Societies.
The event starts at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27, Monroe High School. The event and parking is free, but donations are accepted.
The theme this year is "Rocks at Work," and includes 10 dealers and 4 guest speakers. The event includes a display from the Earth Haven Museum in Gillette gems, minerals, fossils, stone carvings, club sales, quality member displays, educational films, and hourly door prizes.
This is a family event, including a wide-variety of children activities like the fish pond, scavenger hunts, Roaming Rock Wizard, and gemstone panning. Dan Trocke will be back with his grandfather's fluorescent minerals in the "Sorcerer's Stone" tent. Trocke will be giving away long wave fluorescent mineral specimen to children who attend the booth.
There will be a variety of demonstrations, including faceting, lapidary and silversmithing.
There are two guest speakers one each day. On Saturday, Phil Burgess, Prairie du Chien, will be discussing The Oneota Formation in Southern Wisconsin at 1:30 p.m. and Michael Riesch, Easthaven Museum, will be discussing the Uses of Minerals in Wisconsin at 3 p.m.
On Sunday, Bruce Brown, Wisconsin Geological Survey, will be discussing Wisconsin's Mining and Mineral Industries at 1:30 p.m. and Stephanie Saager-Bourret, Platteville Mining Museum, will be discussing Shafts and Tailings: A History of Mining in Southwest Wisconsin at 3:00 p.m.
Food is served from the Green County Homemakers Society.
For more information on the event, call Teri Marche at (608) 835-2653, or contact him via email: tmarche@education.wisc.edu. Trocke can be reached at (608) 215-5307; or via email: dtrocke@acscm.com.
Badger Lapidary and Geological Society is a non-profit organization that promotes earth science study for all ages.
The organization is a member of the American Federation and Midwest Federation of Mineralogical and Geological Societies.