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Come Rock With Us

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Location

Richmond Cultural Centre

7700 Minoru Gate

Richmond, BC

Access

Free.

Offered in English.

About

The Richmond Gem and Mineral Society invite you to join us on Saturday, September 21, 11AM to 3PM as we introduce you to our club activities and share our lapidary skills.

The first stop is the Culture Centre Plaza where you can view our boutique table. Handcrafted items made by our members are for sale. See examples of what we create with our rocks and silversmithing tools. Test your knowledge with the Rock Identification game. Try some of our fundraising activities such as creating a simple cage necklace or getting a crystal card reading.

Second stop is the lapidary studio on the second floor. Watch as rough rock is cut into slabs, shaped into preformed cabochons, and finally polished to create a finished cabochon. There is something to pique everyone's interest.

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Richmond Gem and Mineral Society

RGMS is a family oriented non-profit club that encourages all Richmond residents who are interested in earth sciences, and the cultural art of lapidary and silversmithing to join our club, A family activity, rockhounding, the search for various types of rocks, minerals and gem stones is very popular. Other activities include disciplines such as lapidary, silversmithing, carving and lost wax casting.

Our monthly meetings consist of a business, social and program portion. The meetings are open to the public and everyone is free to attend. There is a cost to join the club, to use the lapidary studio and to take classes to learn the various skills. The studio is open several days a week and some evenings. To use the equipment members must complete the necessary courses.

For more information contact the club through our website, Facebook, Instagram

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