Panorama Gem

Rock Hounding in Northeast Washington

Recent Postings

February 7th, 2023
  • Donations Appreciated Towards Scholarship Program
    Help us continue High School Scholarship Program to 3 High School Graduates! Loading the truck to be used to support high school scholarships. Taking a break from the hard job of loading rocks
  • August Yearly Event is Ready to Rock!
    Barbecue, Picnic, Purchase Rocks and Tailgate Rock Swap Event The month of August is designated as our annual barbecue picnic. At the last meeting we had a good number of members in attendance, but this year we are changing our meeting location to better accommodate the event. If you missed that meeting you need to be updated … Read more
  • Panorama Gem & Mineral Club Announces High School Scholarship Winners
    3 Local High Schools Each graduates will receive a check in the amount of $1,000.00 towards tuition for College Colville High School Kettle Falls High School Jenkins High School
  • Recent Postings
  • Panorama Gem & Mineral Club announces upcoming annual Rock Show
  • 2023 Post Blogs
    We are pleased to announce our clubs upcoming 2023 annual Rock and Mineral Show at Colville Fair Grounds, 317 West Astor, Colville, WA, on March 10th 9:00 am to 6:00 pm & 11th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.Admission is always free and a great day to spend with the family! Come early and stay … Read more
  • Marcus Ciderfest 2022
    October 1st from 9 AM to 5 PM, Saturday Panorama Gem & Mineral Club are planning on being at the Marcus Ciderfest in a big way. Club has many rocks & mineral to sell and games to play once again this year. Plus members will have booths along with us and a opportunity to pick … Read more
  • MARCUS CIDERFEST
    IT WAS A WONDERFUL FUN DAY VISITING WITH PEOPLE THAT PASSED BY THE BOOTH. ALL FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THIS EVENT GO TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND GREAT TIME AND LOTS OF FUN AT THE CLUBS BOOTH WITH ALL THE HELP FROM MEMBERS. We had a Raffle to giveaway “one trailer (similar to the one in … Read more
  • Panorama Gem & Mineral Club
    Rockhounding in the Northeast Washington Field Trip to Jim Creek We hiked up to Site #1 to see if we could find any Galena in White Marble Rocks with Jim Peters Sheila at the bottom of Site #1 looking for the best spot to find Galena in the white crystalline marble. Trail to Site #2 … Read more
  • DNR Story Maps
    The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has a new “story map” series online that shows places to rockhound in Washington. https://www.dnr.wa.gov/rockhounding It also spells out the rules you should take into consideration for State, Federal and private land. Click on the Mineral and Fossil map option. The little spots on the map show collecting … Read more
  • Field Trips and Newsletters
    The newsletters for May and June are now online.  Check the 2018 newsletter page for links.  Use the search function to find topics in previous newsletters. There is a field trip scheduled to the LeFarge Quarry for Trilobites on Saturday July 28th.  Meet at the Tiger Store at the intersection of Hwy 20 and Hwy … Read more
  • Act Now to Save Fossil Collecting
    New over-restrictive regulations are threatening the rights of anyone to collect fossils and limiting research which has been mainly driven by discovories by amatures over the past 100 years.  Please comment here: https://www.savefossilcollecting.org/ https://www.savefossilcollecting.org/
  • Field Trip to Horseshoe Mountain
  • Aventurine on Happy Hill
  • Tucson Mineral Show Report
    I just stumbled on this “live” report going on every day from the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.  If you wonder what it is like down there, check this out: http://www.mindat.org/article.php/2315/Tucson+2016+-+Live+reports+day+3
Aventurine slab