The Grant County Rolling Stones Society held its 38th annual Gem and Mineral Show from Sept. 1- 3 at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center. The event featured everything from rooms full of various rocks and stones to field trips, demonstrations and various vendors, including ones selling food and jewelry.
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Lisa DeBussy and Beverly Bean at the bakery table selling lots of goodies
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At the Grant County Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Society table answering questions
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Items from the Zuhl Museum at NMSU in Las Cruces
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An overview of the main exhibit hall of the show
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Tammy McMuhinney helping in place of Ron Kellner
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Geodes on display
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Marcia Hefner with a carefully beaded bust she spent many hours on
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Amazonite from Madagascar by Kurt Easthouse of Back in Time Minerals
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Andy Anderson doing a demonstration of polishing cabochons
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Desert Designs of Las Cruces represented by Brian and Susan Abbott
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Raven's Den work by Lisa Rush
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Working hard to break open a rock to expose a geode
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Maercy Canas is excited to show the geode she bought and watched be cracked open
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Black Hal Trading's John Searcy showing a necklace with opal inlaid in turquoise
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Also at Black Hat Trading a box full of pieces of calico pyrite for sale
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Youssef Hourourou showing minerals from Morocco
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Rolling Stones volunteer Brigitte Stewart helping Will Coyle, 9, take a spin of the wheel to win a prize
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Danielle Waian-Muniz and Wade Stone create designs at the Future Forge table.
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Giant Kaleidoscope at the Future Forge table.
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One of the designs used to show kaleidoscopic images
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The photographic result of the turning of the previous design at the back of the kaleidoscope
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Another room of minerals and other exhibits
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Diana Gray with one of her bag designs. This was her last one until she made more.
