CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Mon, June 3, 2024  SAN DIEGO, CA – GSSD General Meeting

Sponsor:  Gemological Society of San Diego

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

Hours:  7:00 pm

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.

The June meeting is our semi-annual Silent Auction. We will have a brief meeting, the silent auction, and where we usually have finger foods, let's just make it a "bring what you like" and would like to share. The silent auction is open to everyone and you can bring your homemade goods, raw material, cut stones, tools, books, magazines, specimens. We've even had a few plants and fun things as well, and of course bring money! At the end of the meeting everything is tallied up by each seller and everything but a mere 10% is yours to keep on the items that you sell. Silent Auction slips and pencils provided. Cash and checks gladly accepted.

We are moving ahead with the merger of GSSD into SDMG. When we return from the summer break we will be the Gemological Division of San Diego Mineral & Gem Society. There are many advantages to this merger. Although the dues may increase, many of you are already members of SDMG.

To all of our members, new and old, thank you for all your support of GSSD throughout the years. We will work on the possibility of a new beginning and first-year class this Fall. We will meet every other month once the Fall session begins. Jim Parrish hopes to start up the Mineral Division, and we can look forward to attending his meetings as well.

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Sat & Sun, June 8–9, 2024  ESCONDIDO, CA – Palomar Annual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show

Sponsor:  Palomar Gem & Mineral Club

Venue:  The Convention Center at the California Center for the Arts
340 North Escondido Blvd, Escondido CA 92025

Hours:  Sat 10am – 5pm; Sun 10am – 4pm

Admission:  Free.

Website:  www.palomargem.org

Artisans selling handmade silver, gold, beaded and fabricated jewelry, antique and vintage jewelry, commercial quality gold and silver faceted stone jewelry, handmade specialty cabochons, mineral specimens, gem trees, other lapidary decorative items and rough rock from Africa, Australia and the USA.

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Sat, June 15, 2024  BELLFLOWER, CA – Delvers Rock Lapidary Extravaganza

Sponsor:  Delvers Gem & Mineral Society

Venue:  Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
14515 Blaine Ave., Bellflower, CA 90706

Hours:  10am – 4pm

Admission:  Free.

Website:  delversgemclub.wordpress.com

Parking lot sale featuring gems, minerals, equipment, odds and ends. Come One, Come All – Support your local rock club.

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Mon, June 24, 2024  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:  7:00 PM

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.

Gem Guru Gerry Alvarado will give a presentation on Opals. We'll have refreshments and door prizes. By all means, please bring something to share at the refreshment table. Everyone is welcome and we hope you'll have an enjoyable time.

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Sat, June 29–30, 2024  CULVER CITY, CA – Fiesta of Gems

Sponsor:  Culver City Rock & Mineral Club

Venue:  Veteran's Memorial Auditorium
4117 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA 90230

Hours:  Sat 10am – 6pm, Sun 10am – 5pm

Admission:  Free.

Contact:  Janice Metz, culvercityrocks35@gmail.com

Web:  culvercityrocks.org/fiesta

This year the featured gemstone is Turquoise. Fossils, gems and mineral exhibits, tools, books, demonstrations, and children's programs.

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