The 32nd annual Rockhounders Gem and Mineral Show is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5.
Sponsored by Kennebec Rocks and Minerals Club, the event is to occur at the Augusta State Armory on Western Avenue in Augusta.
It will include door prizes, a daily grand door prize, demonstrations in cabbing and lapidary, and mineral displays.
The show will feature dealers in minerals, jewelry, gems and fossils, geode slicing and mineral mine, and games for children. Children can win a mineral starter kit and get a free stone just for attending.
Information about rockhounding and how to join a mineral club will be available.
Admission will cost is $2, with a chance to win a door prize.
For more information, call the Kennebec Rocks and Minerals Club at 207-873-6270.
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