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Annual gem and mineral show March 26, 27 in Bellingham

Peter Schott, right, tries gold panning at the Washington Prospectors Mining Association’s booth as Robert Cunningham, center, and Bob Deurbrock watch at the Mount Baker Rock and Gem Club’s show in 2011.
Peter Schott, right, tries gold panning at the Washington Prospectors Mining Association’s booth as Robert Cunningham, center, and Bob Deurbrock watch at the Mount Baker Rock and Gem Club’s show in 2011. Staff The Bellingham Herald
BELLINGHAM

Members of the Mount Baker Rock & Gem Club are hosting their annual free Gem and Mineral Show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 26, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at Bloedel-Donovan Park, 2214 Electric Ave.

Some two dozen display cases will be featured at the show, including the popular fluorescent rock collection and specimens of rocks, fossils, gems and minerals collected by club members.

In addition, there will be vendors selling rocks, gems, minerals and fossils, plus jewelry, crafts, books and lapidary supplies. The show features a food concession, door prizes and a raffle to raise money for a scholarship awarded annually to a Western Washington University geology student.

There will be activities for children, demonstrations of how rocks are cut and polished, and the popular gold-panning exhibit.

Info: mtbakerrockclub.org.

Robert Mittendorf

This story was originally published March 24, 2016 at 6:15 AM with the headline "Annual gem and mineral show March 26, 27 in Bellingham."

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