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Here’s the 2010 calendar for High Desert Gems & Minerals' upcoming gem shows and mining events
Spectrum Sunstone Mine is open daily May 10th - October 15th 9am - 5pm Himalaya Toumaline Mine is open year round Thursday - Monday 10am -3pm (Reservations are not required)
2010 GEMSHOWS
June 30 - July 4: 61st show; All Rockhounds Pow Wow Club of America; free admission; swap tables, door prizes, rock toss, auction, members-only field trips daily, more than 70 vendors, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Madras, OR
August 7 - 8: San Francisco Gem & Mineral Society: “In the Pink”; County Fair Bldg. (Hall Of Flowers), Golden Gate Park, 9th Ave. and Lincoln Way; San Francisco, CA
November 6 - 7: 51st anniversary show; Contra Costa Mineral & Gem Society; Centre Concord, Clayton Fair Shopping Center, 5298 Clayton Rd. (near Ygnacio Valley Rd.) Concord, CA

Publications & Films
2009 Sept/Oct. Gold Prospectors Magazine (GPAA), Featured Article Titled Oregon Sunstones, by Carrie Milanoski of www.pioneerliving.net
2008 December, Cash & Treasures TV Program on Travel Channel featured our Himalaya Tourmaline Mine gem dig.
2006 April , The Travel Channel visited the Spectrum Mine and filmed a program, Cash & Treasures (http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/cash-treasures/about/about.html) on our Free Dig in which the hostess found a 31 carat RED! John Bailey (www.gemstoneartist.com) faceted a 10 carat stone from the gem, which was appraised by Bonhams & Butterfields Auctions (www.bonhams.com/us) for over $5000.00!!!!
2004 June Lapidary Journal, “Sunstones Rising” by Chris Rose
Minerals Of Nevada. “Gemstone Mines” Chris Rose, 2004
2000 February North County Times, “Man mines for hidden treasure in Mesa Grande” by Scott Varley
1999 June Lapidary Journal, “Heading West” by Chris Rose and Judith Rose
1999 February Lapidary Journal, “The Himalaya Rises Again” by Mark Lurie
1998 January Lapidary Journal, “The Spice of Light” by Chris Rose and Judith Rose
1997 June Lapidary Journal, “Out of the Blue” by Christopher H. Rose
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