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Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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Rockhounds: Over a Half Century of Gem and Mineral Shows

The Fredericksburg Rockhounds Club will host their annual Hill Country Gem and Mineral Show at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park’s Pioneer Pavilion in 2024.
The Fredericksburg Rockhounds Club was organized in July 1968 with 65 members. Today, the club continues its annual show and regular fellowship.

The show is set for Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 20-21.

Saturday hours will be 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday hours will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Updated information on the show will be published in the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post and online.

Minerals, fossils, geodes, stone carvings and an ex-tensive array of jewelry will be available from more than 40 vendors from throughout the Southwest. In 2019, a record number of over 4,000 people attended the event.

The club will have experts available who can identify any particular treasure.

The club is expected to be joined by members of mineralogical societies from throughout the Southwest.

Admission and parking are free. There are hourly door prizes, an hourly silent auction and prize drawing tickets for valuable mineral specimens and jewelry made by club members.

The show will feature a variety of minerals which will be for sale.

Founded in 1968, Fredericksburg Rockhounds is an organization devoted to the study and enjoyment of gems, minerals and fossils.

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Fredericksburg Rockhounds fredericksburgrockhounds.org


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