NWIL Rock Club Annual Rock, Mineral and Fossil Sale

It's that time of year again!  Get ready for the annual Rock, Mineral and Fossil Show at Highland Community College.

There will be lapidary demonstrations, a fun-filled children's fish pond, games, speakers, displays, and much more

PSA for Gem, Jewelry, Fossil and Mineral Show and Sale

“Northwest Illinois Rock Club will hold its annual Holiday Gem, Jewelry, Fossil and Mineral show and sale, November 10th &11th, at Highland Community College Student/Conference Center in Freeport, IL. Vendors from the Midwest will offer an array of fossils, minerals, gem stones, beads, jewelry, and gift items perfect for holiday gifts. Also featured are displays, lapidary demonstrations, a fun-filled children’s area, and geode opening.

Speakers slated for the event include:

                                                 Saturday, Nov 10 (in H127)

10:30 a. m.  Mars Science Laboratory: The Biggest, Best, and Newest Robot Geologists on Mars. What we are learning about the environment of the Red Planet.

Steve Simpson, HCC Geology Instructor

1:30 p.m.    Metamorphism of the Maroon Formation near Cathedral Lake, Colorado

Aaron Laurent, HCC Alumnus and Beloit College student

3:30 p.m.  The Little Museum That Does: Burpee Museum’s New Decade of Paleo-Discoveries

Scott Williams, Collections Manager, Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, IL   
                                                Sunday, Nov. 11 (in H127)

 11:00 a.m. Geochemistry and Petrification Processes of Petrified Wood from Southeast Utah

Nate White, HCC alumnus and Augustana College Geology student  

2:00 p.m.  Astronomical Disasters/Catastrophes: What did we know and when did we know it?

Fred Mrozak, Astronomer and telescope craftsman  

Show hours are from 9 a.m. -5 p.m. Saturday and 10-4 p.m. Sunday in the Student/Conference Center. For more information call Brian Green at 815-745-2228.

Here are the list of venders:

Craig Heinze

Starlite Art and Framing

Brushy Creek Gems & Minerals

Betty J. or Gerald L. Navone

Wrap-N-Rock Gems

Rock Biz

Julie Whitlatch

Jack L. Hoxie/Mystic Moraine

Craig Moore Our clubs own stone crafters: Art Dawson from Art's Art, Cindy Green from Rock-N-Jewelry, Ann White from Terp Studio, and Barb from Branching Out will be among some of the happy rockhounds you'll be seeing at the show.

 

Donations appreciated.

November 10th and 11th

9am-5pm Saturday  10am-4pm Sunday

Student/Conference Center Highland Community College

2998 W. Pearl City Rd Freeport

These vendors are from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.

                        SEE YOU THERE!