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Annual Show


Every year during the first weekend in March, the Society hosts a Mineral and Gem show at Centennial Hall in Hayward,
California. Over 50 quality jewelry, mineral, gem, bead and fossil dealers display their items over the three day show
(Friday - Sunday). It is considered by many to be the best Society show in Northern California - if not the entire west
(Tucson excluded). Club members, sister club members and dealers fill Centennial Hall with many great educational exhibits.
For the Fith year running, we will have the largest display of fluorescent minerals in California thanks to the Fluorescent Mineral
Society. The large display of these rocks is much better in person, but you can click here to view some fluorescent
rocks and minerals. If you would like to know how or why they glow click here to download a phamplet.

Our next show is March 6- March 8, 2009
•Friday - March 6, 2009 10AM - 6PM
•Saturday - March 7, 2009 10AM - 6PM
•Sunday - March 8, 2009 10AM - 5PM

3 Day Pass for $6 - Use the flyer for $1 off Entry

During the entire show we will have:
•Dealers in main hall and side rooms
•Special Educational Fossil Display.
•Largest Fluorescent Mineral Display in Northern California displayed in a special darkroom
•Live Auction on Saturday at 3PM
•Visit our Demonstration Room to view the lapidary arts in progress & join our club
•Educational dislays located in the main lobby and in our Cafeteria (Back of the building)
•Rock Spinning Wheel for kids only - Spin the wheel and get gemstones (Main lobby)
•Snack bar & Cafeteria (Located near the back of the mainhall)
•Door Prizes
•Free parking & Children under 13 admitted free when accompanied by an adult.
•Raffle for a gorgeous pendant. Winner need not be present to win. Image and description of Raffle Pendant will occur sometime around December.

See the image below for 2008's Raffle Pendant.

Made By Ed Rigor

Click on the show flyer image below to view the image in a printable page for a dollar off admission.

Once paid, the admission is for a 3-day pass so you can return Saturday and Sunday.

Come one day and get a 3 day pass ~ FREE

The funding for the vast majority of the Society's operating expenses is derived from the proceeds of the show. All
members are expected to particiapate in some fashion. Contact the Show Chairman for any questions.

If you are interested in being in our show as a dealer, please email our current Dealer Chair.

Map to our Annual Show and Directions

Click on the Map Below for Printable Directions


If you come from the North or East:
Hwy. 580, exit onto Foothill Blvd. Proceed south on Foothill Blvd. to City Center Drive, turn left. There is some parking in the
lot over the Safeway store and more parking in a parking garage just past Centennial Hall.

If you are coming from the West or South:
Hwy. 92 Exit on Jackston Street or from the South on Hwy. 17, then follow the prolongation of Hwy. 92 (called Jackson Street)
to where it intersects, Foothill Blvd. Turn right at City Center Drive.

Public Transit Directions:
 
BART: Take the Fremont Line to the Hayward BART Station.  For time tables and fares for BART, go to http://www.bart.gov/stations/quickPlanner/quickPlanner.asp     
 
From the Hayward BART Station, there are two buses which stop near Centennial Hall -- #84 and #99.   
 
Board: AC Transit Bus #84 (Head-Sign:  84 San Leandro Bart)
Fare: Pay $1.75
Disembark: Foothill Blvd & Grove Way (about two blocks from Centennial Hall)
AC Transit Bus #84 leaves once an hour on Saturdays and Sundays.  On Monday-Friday the 84 leaves every 30 minutes.  
For more information go to the AC Transit web site at http://www2.actransit.org/maps/ or http://transit.511.org/

Board: AC Transit Bus #99 (Head-Sign: 99 Bayfair Bart)
Fare: Pay $1.75
Disembark: Mission Blvd & Grove Way (about half a mile from Centennial Hall)
AC Transit Bus #99 leaves every 30 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays.  On Monday-Friday the 99 leaves roughly every 15 minutes.   
For more information go to the AC Transit web site at http://www2.actransit.org/maps/ or http://transit.511.org


Gallery of Our Show and Events

Gallery of Members Display Cases at Our Show


Our Dealers

Dealer Name Products Carried - Or - Known For
Altar Space
Crystals, Minerals, Specialize in Top Quality Metaphysical Specimens
Lapidary & Glass Equipment, Jewelry & Beading Tools and Supplies info@ameritool-inc.com
Petrified Wood, Fossils, Beads
Minerals
Casa de Lumbre
Gemstones, Cabochons
Claude Huber
Minerals
Dagget's Jewelry And Stoneworks
Finished Specimens, Tumbled stones, Minerals
Designs By Shirl
Jewelry, Lapidary
Earth's Treasures
Minerals & Rare Gemstones Specializing in Benitoite
East West Best Trading Company
Pearls, Beads
Edios
Designer Cabochons
Elan
Gemstone Beads
Forever Amber
Jewelry, Amber
Freedom Valley
Jewelry, Crystals, Minerals, Facet Rough
G & B Gemstones
Gemstones
Gems & Jade
Jewelry, Jade, Diamond Tools
High Desert Gems
Faceted stones and rough, Lapidary
Opal Rough, Finished, Specimens, Art Clay Silver, Opal & Art Clay Workshops opalinfo@opal-tibara.com
J & S Jewelry
Antique Jewerly, Estate Items
Jay Barkley
Opal Rough & Finished
Jewelry, Pearl Beads, Lapidary
Jim's Gems
Opal Rough & Finished
John Garsow Gems & Minerals
Gems & Minerals johngarsow@sysmatrix.net 951-698-4833
K.P Custom Designs
Designer Faceted Stones & Cabochons
Southwest Silversmiths - Lee Chavez
Silver Jewelry
Making Jewelry
Findings & Jewelry Making Supplies
Mendocino Reflections
Jewelry, Minerals, Lapidary
Minerals, Meteorites, Moldavite, Benitoite, Rhodochrosite & Beads Richard@Mineralofthemonthclub.org 805-927-2223
Mineral Specimens, Books, UV Lamps, Microscopes
N.C. Nagle Gem Stones
Gemstones
Jade, Gold & Silver Jewelry, Carvings jademan1@hotmail.com
Slabbed Rock from Six Continents Serving Cabachon makers & Knappers rockhounds@softcom.net
Rocks & Relics
Jewerly, Minerals, Fossils, Lapidary
Russ Gems
Jewelry
S & K Enterprises
Laguna Agate, Cabochons, Mt. St. Helen's Jewelry, Petrified Pine Cones, Collectibles kstoltz13@frontiernet.com
S.C. Brown Jewerly
Jewelry & Gemstones
San Andereas Minerals
Minerals
Si & Ann Frazier
Minerals
Showcase International
Display Cases & Supplies
T & G Enterprises
Swaroski Crystal Beads, Findings, Carvings ingenterprises@centurytel.net, Vern & Morine Garrett P.O. Box 812, Sweet Home, OR 97386
The Kleins
Books, Jewelry Tools & Supplies, Lapidary Supplies woodturner2@hotmail.com
The Rigor's
Jewelry
Fine Gems & Minerals from Around the World pustuff@gmail.com
Opal Butte Opal, Amethyst Sage Chalcedony, Polka-Dot Agate, Picture Jaspers/Agates: Jewelry, Lapidary Rough, Finished Lapidary Items -- Ebay Seller ID: westcoastgems & AROC
William S. Head
Designer Jewelry
Retail & Wholesale -Salt Crystal Lamps, Crystal and Mineral Specimens, Rough & Polished, Fossils

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