At-home Economic Mineral Scavenger Hunt designed for materials that can be found around the house. As is typical with our Scavenger Hunts, questions are grade-appropriate so educators can choose the level of complexity appropriate for their student(s). In addition, classes and homeschool groups of 20+ can receive one of our popular economic mineral rock sets!

Mad Science of Houston educational presentation will happen during the lunch hour. In addition, we will have more information about them as well as additional educational resources.

Live Wirewrapping Demonstration by one of our club member experts. This will happen immediately following the Mad Science live presentation.

Adult educational how-to videos on collecting, lapidary, faceting, gemstones, fossils, minerals, and petrified wood identification. These videos are created by club subject matter experts.

100 items will be up for bid in this year’s silent auction including minerals, jewelry, lapidary, fossils, equipment and more! See a sneak peak of a few items below and check back the week of Nov. 9 for a full preview. Be sure to follow us on Facebook & Instagram as more items get previewed.

On November 14th we will feature Dealers on Facebook Live Events throughout the day. They will have 30 minute segments to showcase their company and items for sale.

Each Dealer will have a virtual booth space where you can learn more about who they are, what they have to offer and the best way to contact them.

Below is a list of Dealers participating in this year’s show:

Dean Lagerwall Minerals

dean_lagerwall@yahoo.com

The Katy Rock Shop

huber.astrid@gmail.com

Nature’s Reflection

Natures@sbcglobal.net

Earth’s Fine Art

earthsfineart@gmail.com

Omni Manufacturing Services

mark@omnicase.com

Fender Minerals

fenderminerals@gmail.com

Ouros Gems

281-777-5728

Seaside Stones

seasidestoneseastport@gmail.com

Alan’s Quality Minerals LLC

aqminerals@yahoo.com

The Cutter’s Bench

thecuttersbench@hotmail.com

Truscon Minerals

steve.blyskal@gmail.com

Unique Minerals, Fossils, Jewelry and Home Decor

unique_tx@hotmail.com

Ultra Tec

tim@ultratecusa.com

Unique jewelry and other earthly treasures

Gift items for Christmas – always sooner than you think

Minerals for experienced and beginning collectors

Fossils for the curious or scientific collector

Home decor items for the discriminating

Jewelry making, beading, and lapidary demonstrations

Information about field trips

Educational videos from our club member experts

Mad Science science experiment presented live

At-home Economic Mineral Scavenger Hunt for K-12

The HGMS Gem, Jewelry, Mineral, and Fossil Show seeks to raise awareness of Earth Science Education activities in the Houston area and of the importance of Earth Science Education in general.  Further objectives (before Covid-19 anyway) include promoting community awareness of the HGMS year-round activities such as field trips, lapidary and fossil cleaning workshops, educational classes, social dinners, auctions, and other facilities and events that are available to our membership. Our special-interest groups known as sections include Lapidary and Silversmithing Section, Gemstone and Faceting Section, Mineral Section, Paleontology (fossil) Section, Beading Section, Archaeology Section, Day Light and Youth Section. The Show also increases club membership, thereby adding to our pool of knowledge and experience, and it funds the club’s year-round nonprofit activities.