Friday, February 5, 2010, 7:00 PM, Waterloo Community Arts Centre:
John Slack will be speaking on "Spanish River Carbonatite: Are Agrominerals the Future of Soil Fertility?" Petra Suffling gives a mini-talk about New Zealand.
The Kitchener-Waterloo Gem and Mineral Club was formed in 1965.
For more than forty years, our club has brought together people
who have an interest in the lapidary arts and in collecting
rocks, minerals, and fossils.
Members are residents of Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph,
and other communities in Waterloo and Wellington Counties, Ontario.
The club meets on a monthly basis at the Waterloo Community Arts Centre in Waterloo. Meetings include speakers, workshops and the ever-popular monthly raffle for gems and minerals. Special events include picnics, pot-luck suppers and field trips.
The club also provides a forum for an exchange of information and ideas about the hobby. We also promote safe and responsible collecting, and we work with other federation clubs to secure more collecting areas.
Our club is a member of the Central Canadian Federation of Mineralogical Societies.
We welcome those with an interest in rocks and minerals to attend any one of our monthly meetings. Families and youth are welcome.
Friday, February 5, 2010, 7:00 PM, Waterloo Community Arts Centre:
John Slack will be speaking on "Spanish River Carbonatite: Are Agrominerals the Future of Soil Fertility?" Petra Suffling gives a mini-talk about New Zealand.
The Kids' Club meeting for February will take place on Saturday February 13, 2010 at 2 PM at the Waterloo Community Arts Centre. You will notice that it is taking place the second Saturday of the month. In this meeting the kids will be creating their very own rock craft - a pet rock or a rock fridge magnet. If you have some rocks you would like to paint and put googly eyes on bring them in.
For more information about the kids' club, contact Robert Maric.
Provided as a public service. Details not guaranteed. Always check with show venue before heading out on a long car trip.
January 29 - February 14, 2010: Dealers and collectors worldwide meet in Tucson, Arizona for the many gem and mineral shows. For more information, visit http://www.colored-stone.com/tsg/ .
March 6 - 7, 2010: The Peterborough Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show, The Kawartha Rock & Fossil Club's 16th Annual Show. Sat., March 6 and Sun., March 7 2010, Evinrude Centre, 911 Monaghan Road, Peterborough, Ontario.
April 10 - 11, 2010: Brantford Lapidary and Mineral Society's 38th Annual Gem and Mineral Show at the Paris Fairgrounds, 139 Silver Street, Paris, Ontario: Saturday and Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM, Adult $3.00, 12 years & under Free. More info: contact robert@roberthalloriginals.com or visit http://www.brantfordlapidarymineral.ca.
April 15-18, 2010: The 37th Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, April 15-18, 2010. Visit http://www.rasny.org/MineralSymp.htm for more info, or write P.O. Box 85, Manlius. NY 13104- 0085. Steve Chamberlain - Chairman, sccham2@yahoo.com; Helen Chamberlain - Registrar (315) 682-0387 , contactrms@hotmail.com.
Contacts
Anyone (including dealers, swappers, clubs, and artists) may participate in the show. Dealers are not permitted to advertise their business. The fee to participate is $5 per foot of table (min. 4 ft., max. 8 ft.), or 30% of sales, whichever is less. Tables are 2.5 feet wide. Space is limited to 138 feet of table (tables are 2.5 ft. wide), and of this 18 ft. or 3 tables are available free to other clubs for displays, sales, promotion, or activities. To reserve space or to obtain more information, please contact Gary Winkler.
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