"Game On" theme jewelry brought out the playful side of the jewelry and bead artists. Left: Colorful bead and dice necklace by Cynthia Roach. Right: Handmade lampworked candy treat beads by Christina Cole.

AGTA award-winning faceter and gem carver Meg Berry introduces "Gemstone Scrabble," with gems and tools for every letter of the alphabet!

Following the "Game On" theme, the Darlene Spoor and the PMC Guild created a new "Precious Metal Clay" board game and exhibited fine examples of their workmanship.

Gems & Minerals Dept. Asst. Coordinator Anne Schafer with teenagers screening for free rock treasures in the sand pile.

Vendor Teri McGruder of Designs Unlimited greets fairgoers with a smile.

Lampworking educational exhibit by Christina Cole, featuring her handmade glass beads.

"How to" create polymer clay jewelry in a rainbow of colors, a display by Patti McElhiney.

Below: Cabs by James Woodrow of Fallbrook, featuring the marcasite heart-shaped cab that won SDMG's Best Cabochon Award. Above: SDMG member Paul Kloppenborg's cabs of rutilated quartz, crazy lace agate, and a suite of Tiffany stone beauties.

Laurie Kern, a first-time exhibitor, won the John Dalley Educational Award for her exquisite display of Chasing and Repoussé techniques, tools and finished pieces.

"Tablet to Tablet" display from GIA, beginning with an ancient stone Cuneiform tablet and a jeweled box housing a handwritten Torah manuscript, and ending with a modern computer tablet.

This section of the mining memorabilia exhibit by the Malmquist Family of Vista focused on lighting the miner’s way underground.

Rocks and Minerals playing cards, with matching specimens, courtesy of Asst. Coordinator Anne Schafer.

Doug Peeler prepares the sandbox for a group of treasure seekers.

SDMG member and Fair staff member Doug Peeler examining and explaining a treasure from the sand pile to fascinated kids.

The Master's competition case of minerals from Scott Maylen, member of SDMG and Fallbrook Gem & Mineral, took second place.

First place case of geodes and nodules by Linda St. Cyr of Sparks, Nevada, with a nice red Dulcote Quarry agate in the back left, and pyrite and opal nodules in the center.

When an exhibitor cancels, the Fair staff fill the empty case: Here are copper minerals from the collection of SDMG member and geologist Doug Peeler.

Mineral of the Year, Copper, featured in a full-case exhibit by the Rose Family of Fallbrook. Their display won the Irv Brown Best Case Award.

A Master's competition case of eye-pleasing minerals presented by Warren Jacobs won third place.

Big, sparkly entries in the new faceting competition category of "Gemstones, 25 carats in size and up."

A very special exhibit by the senior mineral judge.

Of the twelve entries in the Constructed Jewelry with Stones, Professional, category, SDMG member Javier Ramirez's folded and formed copper pendant with lapis won second place, and the Shadonix Family Award for Innovation.