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 […]
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 […]
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 FUND AT THE CLUBS BOOTH WITH ALL THE HELP FROM MEMBERS. We had a Raffle to giveaway “one trailer (similar to the one in […]
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 Stratton at the bottom of Site #1 looking for the best spot to find Galena in the white crystalline marble. Trail to Site […]
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 […]
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 […]
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/
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
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The US Forest Service has recommended the destruction of 1,261 miles of roads in Union, Baker, Wallowa and Northern Grant Counties at the expressed concern of the people of Eastern Oregon. Link attached to maps is below, any road in red have been recommended for destruction. We have named each map with a geographic area […]
Message from Hidemi Kira, NFMS President: To ALAA Members and Rockhounds in the Pacific Northwest, The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a series of public meetings across the west to gather information on a proposal to withdraw lands determined to be crucial to the survival of the greater sage-grouse from location and entry under […]
Today until 6:00 pm and tomorrow Saturday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Frank Stratton Webservant
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 late. We will have a food venue to take care of those hungry person wanting refreshments during your stay. Plenty of Rock and Gem vendors to fill your eyes of Local Treasures.
Below you will find and interesting article regarding our Show last year 2022.
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.
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 FUND AT THE CLUBS BOOTH WITH ALL THE HELP FROM MEMBERS.
We had a Raffle to giveaway “one trailer (similar to the one in the photo) load of Firewood to the WINNER” for $1.00
Gene Fisher one of our members Donated from trees on his property.
We had various pieces of rock items for sale that had been donated to the club from members collections.
We had lots of help from members coming during the day and volunteering to give everyone a break, but also to pickup on some special rocks deals that caught their eye.
Our Wheel of Rock was a big hit with not only the kids for $0.25 a spin, but also the adult kids.
Every Spin was guaranteed to be a winner!
It was such a big hit that we ended up running out of polished rocks before the day was over!
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.
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.
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/
Today until 6:00 pm and tomorrow Saturday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Frank Stratton Webservant