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Club activities

DGMS Rock Swap This Weekend… and other exciting news!

Looking forward to seeing everybody this Saturday, September 19, for our Fall DGMS Rock Swap!

The Rock Swap will start around 8am and end around 2ish. Come early to set up your table with anything rock related to buy, sell or trade. Don’t forget your chair and a hat or some form of shade. Soft drinks and water will be sold by DGMS. Location is DGMS parking lot at 10205 Plano Rd. Dallas Tx   Masks are required  ( Members…the club could use some help bringing rocks out of the shop to the parking lot for the Rock Swap. Show up around 8:00am if you can help out )

DGMS monthly meeting is scheduled for Tues. September 22nd at 7pm. 

es folks, it’s true!!  We will finally get to meet in person. We have lots to go over. We will be discussing the show and will have Volunteer sign-up sheets circulating at the meeting. Also, please consider a position on the DGMS Board. Maybe for you, maybe for someone you think would be a good fit. Our current board has been in place for three years but I know a few are wanting to step down and let others bring their great ideas and progressive plans to the board. Think about who you would like to nominate for the vote. Opening positions will be announced at the meeting. There will be no pot luck and masks are required.

dallas gem and mineral society - photo by mike andrews

DGMS Signup….Shop & Rock Identification for Show

We’re using SignUp.com (the leading online SignUp and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming SignUps.
Here’s how it works in 3 easy steps:
1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp.com: https://signup.com/go/XCRfVxD
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It’s Easy – you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.com.

Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact Lynn and he can sign you up manually.

Other Shop News….

Shop is in need of Muscle Power!
The shop needs to move rocks from one storage unit to another. Meet at the shop on Sunday September 20th at 12:00. This should not take very much time as the storage units are close to one another.

Rockhounding Quartz in Arkansas

Have you made it up to Mt Ida in Arkansas to rockhound for Quartz yet? There are numerous Pay-to-Dig mines up in the area around Hot Springs where you pay a reasonable day fee & collect all the quartz you can carry home with you! It’s a fun and educational activity for the whole family!

Thank You to our member Auston F. for sharing some of the fantastic Quartz Crystals he collected during his most recent trip to Arkansas! Hope these pics inspire you to go try it out!

Do you have any pics of your favorite Rockhounding trip? Let us know!

Email: dgms.sec@gmail.com

Working From Home

We’d like to share this amazing pendant that our DGMS member Sean M made while being stuck at home this summer (like the rest of us). Congrats to him on this breathtaking piece! We can’t wait till everything gets back to normal so we can offer some fantastic classes again to help build everyone’s skills!!

Hi everyone, I wanted to share what I have been working on while stuck at home. After taking the introductory silversmith class with Barbara, I have been building my inventory of tools and developing my skills. I read a lot of books and watched a lot of YouTube videos. Recently I was commissioned to create a custom piece for a client. She had a wonderful, and big, Smokey Enhydro Quartz Cabachon that she wanted made into a pendant. It took me a while to decide what would work best. I had to watch a few videos and purchase some special tools. It came out so nice I wanted to share it with you. I had to hammer form the bezel wire around the stone. Thankfully the quartz was hard enough to do this. Thanks to Barbara for helping me get started with her silversmith class. I look forward to seeing everyone again when we can. May see a few of you at the shop. 
Sean M
iwannarock.minerals@gmail.com

Have you been working on a new skill during this crazy summer? Or do you just have something super cool that you’d just like to share with everybody? Let us know!

Email: dgms.sec@gmail.com

DGMS News & Updates

Hey there everybody! Just here with a few DGMS Club and Shop updates……

DGMS SHOP IS OPEN !!!

We have done so much work making the Shop safe for all qualified members to come in and get out of the house!

Our shop Supervisor Lynn has made a couple videos to share with you what COVID precautions we’ve have taken to make it as safe and comfortable as possible!


This is the new Rock Shop Sign-Up for July and August. 
[ We’re using SignUp.com (the leading online SignUp and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming SignUps.
Here’s how it works in 3 easy steps:
1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp.com: https://signup.com/go/XCRfVxD
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It’s Easy – you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.com.
Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. 
YOU MAY SIGN UP FOR 2 SHIFTS OR ALL THREE IF THE SPACE IS OPEN

Amethyst - Dallas Gem and Mineral Society

McKinney Trade Days Field Trip July 19th

Join our next DGMS Field-trip this Saturday, Meet at the Main Entrance at 11:00. It’s located at 4550 W University Dr. in McKinney. No sign up is required. If you plan to attend you will need to visit the website https://thirdmondaytradedays.com/ so you can follow any COVID mandates required by the city of McKinney.

There are quite a few Rock & Mineral Dealers there!

A DGMS Throwback

Thank You Gerald P. for giving us a DGMS Blast From The Past with some pictures from The Creede Mine!! We used to have a bi-annual field trip there in August every other year, so many of our members will remember this place.

Gerald P. says:

I snapped a couple of photos of the entrance to the mine where the annual Creede Gem and Mineral Show is held.
The entrance had some issues so the whole face of the mine had to be removed and rebuilt. The rest if the work will be done in September.

For those of you that are not familiar with the Creede mine, here is some info taken from the Under Ground Mining Museum Website……

History: Blasted out of solid rock cliff by three Creede miners, construction of the museum began in 1990. County-hired laborers and volunteers completed all the other work, including rock removal, cribbing, rock batting and cement work. The next summer, tours were given to show actual mining in operation. The miners created 600 feet of drift with 22 displays, a gift shop and the Creede Community Center. While the Museum and Community Center have never been used for the commercial production of silver, the spaces were ‘mined’ from solid rock and are an authentic example of the methods and techniques used in the ‘boom’ days of the silver rush in Creede, Colorado.

Thanks Gerald!
If you have anymore interesting pics from cool rock related places you’ve been, let us know by emailing dgms.sec@gmail.com