CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Mon, October 27, 2025  SAN DIEGO, CA – SDMG General Meeting

Sponsor:  San Diego Mineral & Gem Society

Venue:  SDMG Bldg, at the back of Spanish Village in Balboa Park, San Diego

Hours:  7pm

Admission:  Free. Open to the public.

Parking is limited behind the SDMG Bldg, so it's first come, first served. Look for additional parking in the Carousel parking lot near Park Blvd. or in the Zoo parking lot.

Kerianne Quick, who is one of SDMG’s scholarship recipients from 2002, will be the speaker at the October General Meeting. Quick is now a nationally recognized craftsperson, an Associate Professor of Jewelry and Metalwork at San Diego State University, and co-founder of Secret Identity Projects and the publication Craft Desert. Quick's presentation, Points of Synchrony, is about how jewelry is used as a language, and how materials, including gems, have played a major role in the evolution of human communication across time.

About the speaker. Kerianne Quick became interested in jewelry and metalwork while pursuing a geology degree at San Diego State University. Quick's career goal was to work at the Department of the Interior. While taking a crafts class as an elective, Quick was immediately taken with the processes and real-world outcomes of metalwork. Quick has studied, made, and taught jewelry for 25 years and has lived and worked all over the United States and in Europe. Some of the venues featuring exhibitions of Quick's work include the Craft in America Gallery, the Museum of Art and Design (New York, NY), Museo Franz Mayer (Mexico City, Mexico), the National Museum for Women in the Arts (Washington, D.C.), and Salon del Mobile (Milan). Their work is included in many private and public collections including Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles), the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Netherlands Design Museum (Stedelijk). Quick has received numerous grants, including the SDMG Scholarship, a Kinley Fellowship, and a Center for Cultural Innovation grant.

There will be refreshments and door prizes. We'll have coffee, iced tea, soda and any snacks you'd like to bring to share with everyone. Everyone is welcome and we hope you'll have an enjoyable time.

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Sat & Sun, November 1–2, 2025  RIDGECREST; Indian Wells Valley 68th Annual Gem and Mineral Show

Sponsor: Indian Wells Gem & Mineral Society

Venue:  Desert Empire Fairgrounds
520 S. Richmond Rd., Ridgecrest, CA 93555

Hours:  9am – 5pm both days

Admission:  Free.

Gem Displays, Geode Cutting, Silent Auction. Sunday will be a field trip to the club’s jasper claim!

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Sat & Sun, November 1–2, 2024  SAN DIEGO, CA – Gem Diego Show 2025

Sponsor:  San Diego Mineral & Gem Society

Venue:  Liberty Station Conference Center
2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA 92106

Hours:  Sat 10am – 6pm; Sun 10am – 4pm

Admission & Parking:  Free, with ample free parking next to venue (Service Animals Only)

Driving Directions:  https://bit.ly/libcmap

Contact:  LuAnn Benton benton.luannz@gmail.com

Exhibitor Apps Deadline:  Oct 22, 11:59pm. Mail app (see links below) to: Felix Kreissl exhibitors.gemdiego@gmail.com
Whole Case App
Individual Item App

Jaguar Trophy Entry Rules:  bit.ly/gd25-jaguar

Website:  bit.ly/gemdiego2025

San Diego's finest gem and mineral show located in the beautiful Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego, 1/2 block north of N. Harbor Dr. and the San Diego Bay. Featuring 29 Dealers, Demonstrations and Exhibits with Minerals, Gem, Fossils, Crystals, Jewelry, Lapidary, Slabs, Rough, Rock and Gem I.D., Books, Door Prizes, Kids' Zone, and much more.

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Mon, Nov 10, 2025  SAN DIEGO, CA – Gemological Division Meeting

Sponsor:  SDMG

Venue:  SDMG Bldg, at the back of Spanish Village in Balboa Park, San Diego

Hours:  7pm

Admission:  Free. Open to the public.

Parking is limited behind the SDMG Bldg, so it's first come, first served. Look for additional parking in the Carousel parking lot near Park Blvd. or in the Zoo parking lot. (Balboa Park metered parking is currently on hold.)

Marcus Origlieri will be hosting the November meeting. Nathan Renfro will present a lecture on Microworld of Gems and Minerals. Mr. Renfro is senior manager of the gem identification department at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), in Carlsbad, California. He is also a microscopist in GIA’s Inclusion Research Department, a contributing editor of the “Microworld” column, in GIA’s professional journal, Gems & Gemology, as well as a member of the journal’s editorial review board. His primary areas of interest are photomicrography and identification of inclusions, gemstone cutting, and defect chemistry of corundum. Renfro has lectured internationally and authored or co-authored more than 100 articles on gemological topics. His photographic work has appeared in National Geographic and has been featured by Zeiss, Nikon, and Olympus. Renfro is a GIA Graduate Gemologist and earned a FGA certification from the Gemmological Association of Great Britain. A native of western North Carolina, he developed an interest in minerals during his late teens, which was sparked by his grandfather’s rock collection.

After the presentations we will have refreshments – so please bring something to share. The club will provide coffee, tea, and punch.

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Fri, Sat & Sun, November 14 – 16, 2025  SANTA ANA, CA – West Coast Gem & Mineral Fall Show

Sponsor:  LLD Productions

Venue:  Holiday Inn – Orange County Airport
2726 South Grand Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705

Hours:  Fri & Sat 10am – 6pm, Sun 9am – 5pm

Admission & Parking:  Free. Open to the public.

Web:  www.mineralshowslld.com

80 Retail and Wholesale Dealers.

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