What a magnificent display - Collection and Photo by Alan Meltzer

Longtime member Jeff Ursillo with a volunteer

These colorful glass beads were donated to the necklace by Jeff Ursillo

Donna Jostiak holding some of her donated beads

Your dedicated beads from this show

Every year around Thanksgiving can you satisfy your craving for adventure at the big Gem Show presented by the Gem & Mineral Society of the Palm Beaches.

Find all the treasure for you to enjoy, dig for fossils, buy gemstones, jewelry and other coveted items. You can even search for precious stones yourself in the flume mine.

The volunteers of this club have worked very hard each year to bring that beautiful show to you, and so many members of the Gem & Mineral Society were on hand to demonstrate their various skills or show off their fabulous collections.

It definitely was a feast for the eyes, - surely you also were walking away with much information about rocks, minerals, gems, fossils, beads, lapidary and pretty much every aspect of that hobby.

If you dedicated beads on the Neverending Necklace you can see them in the picture below, and for questions regarding the club, just click on its patch.

Thank you to the show committee and the board for letting the necklace have a table at this great show!

A young boy found this beautiful crystal to dedicate

More detailed beads

An initial and an angel on a heart

Only in Florida or Hawaii can you wear a Christmas sandal

Great fun at the fossil dig