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St. Lawrence County Rock & Mineral Club's 54th Annual Gem & Mineral Show

August 2, 2021

The St. Lawrence County Rock & Mineral Club, www.StLawrenceCountyMineralClub.org, is proud to announce the return of this year’s 54th Annual St. Lawrence County Gem & Mineral Show to be held again at the Canton Pavilion, 90 Lincoln St., Canton, NY.  Show dates are Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 21 & 22, 2021 but kicks off on Friday, Aug. 20, with the “glow in the dark” Mineral Hunt for kids (free to kids 12 and under).  Saturday, Aug. 21, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Vendors Swapping and Selling, guided rock collecting trip leaving the Pavilion to Power’s farm to dig for black tourmaline and quartz crystals. $5 per person, Mineral Identification table manned by the SUNY Potsdam Geology department, free wire wrapping and gem tree classes both days, Rock Auction at 5 p.m. inside the Pavilion, free mineral kits for kids, door prizes both days. Sunday, Aug. 21, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.  Vendors Swapping and Selling, beautiful Brazilian Amethyst Cathedral raffle at 2 p.m. Portions of the proceeds from this event help sponsor mineralogy scholarships at SUNY Potsdam and St. Lawrence University, the kids’ fluorescent mineral hunt, and the mineral kits for kids.  Admission both days is $3 and kids 12 and under are free.  For more information contact club President William deLorraine at (315) 287-4652, or wdellie@gmail.com.  Please follow any NYS COVID guidelines that may be in place at showtime.

For Media Inquiries

Alexandra Jacobs Wilke

jacobsam@potsdam.edu 315-267-2918

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