Mason Gem and Mineral Show

The Central Michigan Gem and Mineral Society puts on a great show, in my humble opinion. The event is held at the county fairgrounds in Mason, MI, located around 15 miles south of Lansing. The venue is a large building, which allows us to drive our cars in right next to our booth. Since I am selling rocks, that is always an advantage since it can take a lot of effort to haul rocks. The mineral club also feeds us lunch and dinner all weekend -- great food at that! Finally, they limit the number of dealers so that those of us that are set up are assured to do well.

A couple of photos of my booth, which consisted of eight large tables, plus one of my own.

Another booth across from that featured fossils...

There are several hand-on and other demonstrations at the show.  The photo below shows flint knapping.

A children's table with inexpensive rocks for kids to buy....

There are also several mineral displays.  Here is a photo from the Tampa Bay agatized coral display...

A copper display..

Beautiful cabs...

An Indiana Geode display.

Of course, there are lots of rocks for sale..

A Petosky stone polishing class...

Animals carved in stone...

One woman was showing how yarn is spun...

The main seller at my booth this weekend was Polychrome jasper...