Panorama Gem

Rock Hounding in Northeast Washington

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Scholarship Program

January 21st, 2024

Announcement for January 2024

PGMC will be expanding this year to our 2024 Annual Scholarship Program to include a 4th high school graduating senior student. Because of generosity support received in donations we will be able to afford additional $1,000.00 gift for continuing education to be used towards College or University expenses. We will be adding Northpoint High School to the list of the three (3) already on our program list: Colville, Kettle Falls, and Chewelah High School’s.

Continuation of this can only be achieved by donation received at our annual Rock & Mineral Show, from club members, public events that we participate having a display booth, annual club auction, and the community at large. There has been some talk about opening up to private schools, but overcoming the logistics on administration and handling is a problem us.

November Meeting Activities 2023

November 7th, 2023
  • Election of Executive Board Members positions open for President & Trustee vacancies’ to be voted
  • Annual November Live Auction to be held with ALL proceeds going to support High School Graduation Scholarship Program. Everyone is invited to attend and bid on items up for sale.
  • Membership Dues of $20.00 for coming year 2024 are due and payable to Treasurer.

Donations Appreciated Towards Scholarship Program

August 19th, 2023

Help us continue High School Scholarship Program to 3 High School Graduates!

Collecting donated rocks to be used towards high school scholarships program.

Loading the truck to be used to support high school scholarships.

Taking a break in the collection.

Taking a break from the hard job of loading rocks

Separating and sorting out to keep similar rocks or material together.

Recent Postings

February 7th, 2023
Aventurine slab

Marcus Ciderfest 2022

September 23rd, 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 up some treasurers.

For the details about the Marcus Ciderfest click on this link: https://www.marcusciderfest.com/about.html

Last year we raffled off over a cord of wood to two different winners each. Come by to see what we have this year or just to say howdy!

Visit our page from last year’s event here: Marcus Ciderfest 2021

MARCUS CIDERFEST

DNR Story Maps

August 17th, 2018

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 sites. You can zoom in to get a better idea of the locations but there are not always driving instructions or exact coordinates. What surprised me was that it shows many more collection sites for things like trilobites, fossils, petrified wood and gemstones than I knew about.

Field Trips and Newsletters

June 21st, 2018

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 31, 10 AM.  (New Place due to events in Ione.) This is one of the most popular trips of the year.  Be prepared for hot weather and splitting layers of rocks safely.

Saturday the 23rd of June There is a trip to the Flagstaff Mine near Northport.  Meet at the gas station at the north end of Northport at 10 AM to collect Barite Crystals.  Bring rock breaking tools.

We are going to the Railway Dike on July 7th to collect Beryl Crystals.  Meet at the Safeway parking lot in Chewelah at 10 AM.  Bring rock breaking tools.

You don’t need to be a member to go on trips with us.  Check out previous trips using the mine names or rock types in the search box on this website.