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Fair Report by Anne Schafer, Coordinator San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 1 Fair report by Anne Schafer, Coordinator he exhibits – 352 in all – are wonderful I am also lucky to have a great team – Wayne T this year. We had 120 entries from SDMG Moorhead, Rich Yarbrough, Peggy Leibitzke and members. We are so lucky to have a strong core group Jennifer Stapp – to put the whole thing together. of exhibitors who are dedicated to showing their We also had help from key SDMG volunteers: Mike best, educating the public, etc. That includes mineral Harlow, Tim Bickford, and Wayne Leibitzke. dealers and collectors; fossil collectors; faceting, Both Navy and Marine volunteers helped with set-up lapidary and jewelry instructors and students from for three days: hauling, cleaning, and painting. Two local gem and mineral clubs; and professional jewelers 18-year old high school students joined the Gems & who are willing to enter their work, as well. Minerals Dept. staff this year to help out during the Fair: Conner Tisdale and Roen Hickok. ~ R E S U L T S ( SDMG MEMBERS) ~ ▪ Minerals (10 entries, including single items, sets David Lipson (full case, spheres) – 1st Place & Best of five, and a full case exhibit): Case of Lapidary Garry Cannon; Angie Cannon (full case, Master); Doug Peeler (cabs); Sherry Trochta (single spheres); Rhonda Epstein; Doug Peeler Denny Turner (cabs); Dolores Wheeler (carvings); ▪ Fossils (5 entries, including single pieces and Paul Williams (full case, spheres) full cases): ▪ Jewelry (approx. 54 items): Garry Cannon (petrified wood, full case & single Jeanne Abriel ( also in Enamel Guild); Lee Bennett; piece); Hugh Lawrence (full case, petrified ferns; Rocio Bergum; Donna Casey; Debbie Clough; single piece, cycadioid – 1st) Shannon Dempsey; Kathe Dunn; Diane Hall (also in ▪ Mixed Display (3 full case exhibits): Palomar GMS); Heather Hochrein; Jackie Leverone; Meg Berry (also member of FGMS) – Mixed Display, Tom KcKelvey; Lloyd Steven PekitPekit; Danielle work done by exhibitor – carvings, faceted gems, Polley; Al Puente (two no shows, alas); Denny works in progress, rough Turner; Dolores Wheeler; Jill Williamson. David Lipson – collection of purchased spheres, ▪ Educational (6 full cases) - all won Award of jewelry & carved frog Merit ribbons & $50: Paul Williams – full case of fluorescent spheres that Donna Beers – Educational exhibit on methods of he made himself casting, with Native American & western emphasis ▪ Faceting (approx. 18 entries, including single LuAnn Benton – Steps for Carving a Rock, lots of items and sets of 3 cut gems): images and materials, excellent “how to” exposition LuAnn Benton; Meg Berry (also member of FGMS); SDMG – 1880s diorama, from the SDMG Museum Bill Brisebois is an SDMG faceting instructor and Bob Hancock – display of work done by SDMG he won seven First Place ribbons; Tim Sandiford; faceting students Charles Shupe (also member of ); Palomar G&MS Lisbet Thoresen (specimens courtesy of Bill Depue, Dee Smith; David Smith; David Sullivan Vivian and Danny Watts, and John Pickett) – Agates ▪ Lapidary (approx. 20 entries, including single & Jaspers from Mojave Trails Nat’l Monument – Anne items and 3 full cases of spheres): Schafer Best Showmanship Award; Greg Anderson Meg Berry (carvings)(also member of FGMS); Tim Memorial Trophy for Best Educational Exhibit Bickford (stone bracelets); Jan Kunsa (carvings); John Kruzel (spheres and cabs) – Best Single Lapidary Work for hollow carnelian sphere, in his full case exhibit San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 2 Gemstone Exhibitors Fair Facetors Simon King Patricia Miklik Lu Ann Benton Bill Patterson Mark Elmendorf Loretta Evans Dave Smith Robert Hanson Lee Bennett Dave Smith Jamie Tollefson Stephanie Griffin Elbert McCune Donna Beers Elbert McCune Mike Harkleroad Mike Harkleroad Lu Ann Benton Lee Bennett James Curtis Stephanie Griffin Inna Rudykh Morna Morimoto by Bob Hancock Thank you to our Gemstone Thank you to our Fair Facetors Exhibitors emonstrators at the Fair: Facetors, of the San Diego wish to Thank our Exhibitors D Mineral and Gem Society, held faceting demonstrations, I who displayed gemstones in the on weekdays throughout the entire time the San Diego County Educational Class Display Case at the San Fair was open. The facetors cut sparkling gem stones on the Diego County Fair of 2017. The display UltraTec Faceting Machine, while explaining the various steps to case is made up of gemstones produced the thousands of visitors who came by to watch. by students and Instructors of the San Hoards people stopped by to observe the faceting demonstration, Diego Mineral & Gem Society. Our asking many questions and inspecting the machine, as well as display case this year won an “Award of our finished gemstones. Many folks were totally amazed at seeing a Merit” (a green ribbon and a cash award live demonstration of gem cutting, and the quality of workmanship of $50.00), which is the highest award produced by our students and instructors. in this category. Congratulations to the I want to congratulate all of our factors on their outstanding exhibitors and “Well Done.” performance, and thank you for a job well done. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 3 PHOTO GALLERY The Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept. on opening day, June 2, 2017. Exhibit featuring artifacts used in prospecting during the Gold Rush era. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 4 Demonstrators & Docents Jamie Frazier and daughter Lily came all the way from Wayne Moorhead looks on as a youngster selects a gem Joshua Tree to visit the Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept. at treasure from the sifting screen. the Fair this year. Lily was delighted to sift the sandbox in search of a buried mineral treasure. WORK IN PROGRESS... captions to come Minerals Two views of mineral specimens from the Irv Brown Collection. At top center, s stunning example of the California State gemstone, benitoite. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 5 Minerals Irv Brown Collection. Full case of minerals by members of the Malmquist family. Malmquist. Two parial views of a full case of minerals by Warren Jacobs San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 6 Minerals Single mineral specimens entered by different exhibitors. Top. Five minerals from one species by Mary Rose. Bottom. Five minerals from one state by Timothy Sherburn, 1st place. Full case of thumbnail minerals by Olivia Ramirez. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 7 Minerals, Meteorites & Petrified Wood Full case of European minerals by Angela Cannon. A. Leo Horensky Cup for Best single mineral – worldwide. Detail view of Angela Cannon’s case. Angela Cannon’s award-winning single minerals. Timothy Sherburn and Garry Cannon were Garry Cannon took 2nd Place for his single piece of petrified wood. both award-winners for their meteorites. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 8 Fossils Educational case – trilobites. Norm and Priscilla Brown, echinoderms, 1st Place. Malmquist, ammonite, 2nd Place. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 9 Fossils Marilyn and Dave Malmquis, 1st Place. Fossils, best case. Three fossils from the same country by Malmquist, 1st Place. Vertebrate fossil from Morroco by Mary Rose, 1st Place. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 10 Lapidary/Spheres Mixed display, more than one mineral, by David Lipson, 2nd place. Best single sphere by Jon Kruzel. John Kruzel in front of his full case of polishing spheres, 2nd place, with best single item [overset]. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 11 Lapidary/Spheres Mixed display, more than one mineral, by Steve Cooper, 3rd place. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 12 Meg Berry (a class by herself) Above. Mixed case with gems in all phases of carving by Meg. Berry, 1st Place. Left. Meg’s students at the Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society entered a full case honoring Meg’s lifetime career achievements, Award of Merit. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 13 Faceting Heartland Faceters Club. Mixed case of faceted gems. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 14 Faceting Above (top). One faceted birthstone by Tim Sandiford, 2nd Place. Above (bottom). One faceted stone w/ optical qualities by Bill Brisebois, 1st Place. Right. One faceted synthetic stone, by Bill Brisebois, Best Single Item. Mixed case of faceted gems. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 15 Faceting Mixed case of faceted gems. Mixed case of faceted gems. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 16 Rough & Cut and Jewerly Art Left. Rough and cut lemon quartz by Karen Farrington, 3rd place. Right. Jewelry art obsidian cuff bracelet by Timothy Bickford, 1st Place. Constructed jewelry, all metal by Dee Wire-wrap jewelry by Ethan Johnson, 1st Chasing and repoussé jewelry by Jackie Smith, 3rd Place. Place. Leverone, 3rd Place. San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Gems, Minerals & Jewelry Dept, San Diego County Fair 2017 Page 17 Southwest Jewelry and Fair Theme jewelry: Bola Tie Left. Southwest jewelry by Danielle Polley, 2nd place. Right. Bola tie by by Danielle Polley, 3rd Place. Silver bola tie set with dinosaur bone Lady’s bola tie set with rhodocrosite Silver bola tie by Lee Bennett,1st Place.
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