9 Days until Wonders of the Earth Gem Show.
The Show runs September 24-25. Saturday 10-6, Sunday 11-5 at Don Montgomery Community Centre – 2467 Eglinton Ave. East, between Midland and Kennedy . It has convenient access from Kennedy Subway Station.
Enter another world – WORLD of GLOWING STONES – our Fluorescence Room. Each stone looks very ordinary in the day light, but shown in ultraviolet light, and they reveal their true colours! AMAZEMENT GUARANTEED!
What to do and see at the Gem Show:
- Six silent auctions
- Live auction on Saturday at 3 pm
- Hourly door prizes
- Fluorescence room
- Kids Quarry
- Kids “Make and Take” stretch bracelets making station
- Kids “3 Types of Rocks” activity station
- The Learning Centre for kids of all ages
- Wire wrapping -jewellery creation station
- Soap stone Carving demonstration
- “Gem Stone Donut wrapping” – jewellery creation station
- FREE Gem Identification station
- North York Faceters Guild demonstrations
- Royal Ontario Museum Display
- Displays from Gem and Mineral Club of Scarborough members
Answer to previous Quiz: It might be a natural ruby or it might be a synthetic ruby. The fact that the ring is VERY OLD does not guarantee the fact that it is earth mined ruby. The first synthetic ruby was manufactured in 1877 by Auguste Verneuil and his assistant Edmond Frémy. And in 1902, he announced the development of his flame-fusion process for synthesizing corundum commercially. So, just enjoy the ring and memories of your ancestors!
(The question was: Your grandma left you a ring with a red stone. The stone’s refractive index points to a ruby. The ring is very old – it was your grandma’s. GRANDMA’s!. It must be a natural ruby…)
Quiz for today: You see a ring with a transparent red stone. What can it be? Can you name 10 transparent red (can have pink and orange overtones) stones?