6 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.
Meet some of our Volunteers:
Members of Canadian Gemmological Association. Stop by the CGA booth for a FREE gem identification. Bring your jewels and learn all you can about beautiful stones. Also, learn about courses offered at CGA, both professional level and weekend courses for general interst. One of our vendors teaches such courses. Stop by and learn all about it.
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: Bring your magnet close to the stones. Garnet will be attracted and PICKED UP by REE magnet. Rubies will be inert.
(The question was: You are at the show and want to buy 3 rubies. You have only rare earth magnet. How can you make sure that there is no garnet among these rubies?)
Quiz for today: You see two blue sapphires. One stone is showing some attraction to the Rare Earth Elements Magnet the other one is totally inert. Why? What does it mean?