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.
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
DGMS ROCK SWAP is scheduled for Saturday June 27th 8:30-2ish.
Anybody and Everybody please come and set up a table to buy, sell or trade anything rock related.
Masks are required per Dallas county.
We will require all Vendors to wear a mask and gloves and, preferably, have had sanitizer available.
We will ask that all Shoppers wear a mask and ask Vendors not to sell to anyone that is not wearing one.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but due to the age of the majority of our members, vendors, and shoppers, there will be no exceptions to the mask and gloves rules. Please consider the well-being of everyone when attending this event.
See ya there !!
Also going on this weekend….
Amethyst Rock Fossil Sale June 26 to July 1, 9am to 8pm (*By appointment only*) – (Dallas/ Collin County
Sale date and times: June 26 to July 1 9am to 8pm
**By appointment only – RSVP date and time to: 214-901-3872 • Face Mask Consideration • State Covid Guidelines followed • Temperature must be less than 100 • Customers Only • No Kids – Bummer! Sorry! • Admission = Free • Parking = Free • No Facilities Meteorites $5each/ limit 5 Free fossilized coral $8 value for the first 1000 visitors / limit 1 Larimar cabs $5 each / limit 5 Beautiful Amethyst Cathedrals (5” to 5’) up to 65% off 1000 rocks and fossils for only $5 each. Specials Forms of payment: Cash, (Credit Card ++)
Address Directions below: 1409 Oak Hill Ln Murphy, TX 75094 (US-75, exit Park (go East ~6mi), McCreary (Left or N ~1/8mi), Hickory Top (left or W), Oak Hill Ln (Right or N to 1409 on left)
Gems and Cabs Minerals – literally 1000(s) of exquisite minerals from around the world Fossils – Beautiful specimens from around the world Lapidary rough and slabs – lbs from around the world (see below) Gems, Minerals, Fossils, and Lapidary rough (Too many to list, but here are a few.) Amethyst Cathedrals, Actinolite, Adamite, Agate Geode, Alum Cactus, Amethyst – Brazil, Amethyst Geode , Cathedral, Ammonites, Anglesite On Galena, Apatite, Aquamarine, Aragonite, Arrow Heads, Arsenopyrite, Aventurine, Aztec Lapis, Azurite, Azurite Ball, Azurite On Malachite, Baby Tabasco Geodes, Bacon Calcite, Banded Calcite, Barite, Barite With Limonite, Biotite Mica, Bismuth, Black Tourmaline, Blue Fluorite, Blue Lace Agate – Brazil, Blue Tourmaline, Book Ends, Botryoidal Goethite, Botryoidal Hematite, Brazilian Amethyst/ Quartz/ Calcite, Brazilian Minerals, Brochantite (Green), Bumble Bee Jasper – Indonesia, Calcite, Calico Pyrite, Carnelian, Chalcedony , Chalcopyrite, Charoite – Russia, Chevron Amethyst, Chrysocolla, Cinnabar On Dolomite, Clam Shell Fossil, Cobaltoan Calcite, Copper, Dog Tooth Calcite, Dolomite, Double Terminated Aura Quartz, Druzy Quartz, Erythrite, Faceted Emeralds, Fire Agates, Fire Opal In, Flint – Poland, Fluorite, Fluorite – China, Fluorite Points, Fluorite Sphere, Fossilized Coral, Fossils, Fuchsite, Fulgurites, Galena, Garnet, Gemmy Green Epidote, Geodes, Glass Eggs, Gold Sheen Obsidian, Green Apophyllite, Green Tourmaline, Green Zebra Serpentine, Healerite, Hemimorphite, Howlite, Hydro Agates, Hydro Double Terminated Quartz, Indian Minerals, Jasper, K2 (Azurite Granite) – Pakistan, Kyanite – Brazil, Labradorite, Lapis , Lazuli – Afghanistan, Large Facetes, Larimar Cabs, Larimar Cabs And Silver Jewelry, Lava, Lepidolite, Lunar Moon Sphere, Malachite – Congo, Malachite Azurite Specimens, Malachite Crystalline, Matrix Eggs, Megalodon Shark Tooth, Meteorite Slices, Meteorites, Mexican Geodes, Missouri Druzzy Quartz, Mixed Stone Pendulums, Moldavite, Moon Stone – Sri Lanka, Moroccan Onyx, Native Copper, Natural Turquoise Rough Rock, Obsidian, Onyx, Opal Boulder And Louisiana, Optical Calcite, Orange – Blue – Three Color Calcite, Orange Quartz, Orange Selenite, Orpiment, Orthoceras Fossil, Palm Wood, Petrified Wood, Pink Tourmaline, Plumbogummite, Prehnite , Pyramids, Pyrite, Pyrite “Sun”, Pyrite With Quartz, Quartz, Quartz Sphere, Quartz/ Amethyst, Rhyolite Utah/ Nevada, Rose Quartz, Roselite (Magnesian) With Dolomite, Ruby In Zoisite – India, Rutilated Quartz, Sapphire, Satin Spar, Selenite, Selenite Shapes, Septarian Nodule Geode Eggs, Sharks Tooth, Sharks Tooth In Matrix, Shungite, Silicon Carbide, Silver Cabs, Slabs, Small Watermelon Tourmaline Slices, Smelt Quartz, Sillaminite, Smithsonite Specimens, Smokey Quartz, Smoky Quartz Clusters, Sodalite, Spheres, Spinel Diopside In Quartz, Stibnite, Stilbite, Stone Pyramids, Strawberry Quartz, Tektites, Thick/Thin Agate Slabs, Thulite, Tiger’s Eye – Africa, Titanium Coated Black Kyanite, Topaz, Tourmaline, Towers, Trancas Hollow Geodes, Trilobite, Turquoise, Udolite, Vanadinite, Variscite – Utah, Veracruz Amethyst, Watermelon Tourmaline, Wulfenite, Zebra Agate, and much much more! Please forward to anyone interested. See you there! Thanks, David Rough – Buy the whole crate get a discount Lipedolite rough, Petrified wood, Rhyolite, Wavelite Agate Morocco, Agate Montana, Picture Sandstone, Blue calcite, Bronzite, Calcite, Calcite Dendritic, Orange, Red banded, Calcite UT, Chrysocolla Nevada, Crinoid fossil stone Pink Texas, Dinosaur Poop – Coprolite, Fluorite UT, Fossil Agate Coral, Kona Dolomite, Aventurine, miscellaneous, Montana agate, Obsidian Gold Sheen, Obsidian mahogany, Obsidian rainbow, Onyx, Orange Quartz, Quartz Strawberry, Rhodonite, Sodalite, Tortilla Agate WY, Yellow Calcite UT, Jasper, Geodes, chalcedony Rose Quartz
Slabs and preform cabs – buy the whole box get a discount Lots of miscellaneous!, Agate, Petrified wood, palm, lepidolite, rose quartz, pictures sandstone, healerite, kona dolomite, obsidian, Dinosaur Poop – Coprolite
We’re using SignUp.com (the leading online SignUp and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming Rock Shop Times. You MUST be a current member of DGMS and have completed your Qualifying Class to sign up for available shop times.
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 me and I can sign you up manually.
As of now, DGMS has tentative plans to reopen the Shop on a limited basis to current, qualified DGMS Members.
Pending any new Dallas County recommendations, we plan to open the Shop on Monday evening, June 1 with the following rules:
Signup in advance is highly recommended
Everyone will be required to wear a mask and gloves
We will have a maximum of 3 people at the Shop, plus Shop Supervisor
We are recommending 2-hour timeslots (M, TH 5-7pm & 7-9pm, SAT 8-10am & 10-12) and possibly assigned seating
Shop Supervisors will need to clean (wipe down) the shop at the end of each shift
People who have signed up will get precedence over those who just show up, so please use the form or call Lynn for a timeslot.
Everyone using the Shop must sign an Accident Waiver and Release of Liability Form. This will also be available at the Shop.
**Please only sign up for one slot per day, no more than two slots per week. This gives everybody a chance to come in at least twice a week, especially on some of our more popular days. Of course, if no one signs up for the 2nd session and you wish to stay, that will be allowed.
If you got the email from the DGMS Secretary, you were provided a link to the Sign-Up Form, if you are hearing about this for the first time, please email: dgms.sec@gmail.com to request the link or more information.
MORE GREAT NEWS EVERYBODY….
We are planning to have the Rock Swap on Saturday, Jun 27 (note date change).
We will require all Vendors to wear a mask and gloves and, preferably, have had sanitizer available.
We will ask that all Shoppers wear a mask and ask Vendors not to sell to anyone that is not wearing one.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but due to the age of the majority of our members, vendors, and shoppers, there will be no exceptions to the mask and gloves rules. Please consider the well-being of everyone when attending this event.
Of course, if any of this changes, we will send out another notice. But you can always check out our Web page or Facebook for more up to date information!
The Dallas Gem and Mineral Society takes the health and safety of our members very seriously. Due to the ever evolving COVID19 situation, DGMS has issued the following statement:
1) We will follow the Dallas County recommendations for public gatherings. 2) Effective immediately, the Shop is CLOSED. It is tentatively planned to reopen on Saturday, March 28. 3) The Monthly Meeting on Tuesday, March 17, is CANCELLED. 4) The Rock Swap, originally scheduled for March 28, is tentatively POSTPONED until April 18.
Another notice will be sent out if any of this changes. Stay tuned for more information as things progress or settles down…
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
