These million-year-old beauties will be among the highlights of the Bankstown Lapidary Club’s annual exhibition at Greenacre Area Community Centre in early June.
Operating for more than 50 years, the club – comprising about 40 members – is a hub of enthusiastic collectors who meet to swap treasures and learn skills from specialists in the field.
Club president Beverley Hodder says the exhibition will also feature rare jewellery, fossils, opals, healing crystals, mineral specimens from around the world, mammoth tusks, lapidary supplies, carving demos and a lucky door prize, with a sausage sizzle and light refreshments available.
Adding extra sparkle to their efforts, one of the traders attending the exhibition, Peter Beckworth, is donating a huge amethyst for the raffle prize.
“It’s a stunning stone and well over a foot in diameter,” Beverly said.
“Whether you are a collector, cutter, jeweller, use stones for metaphysical needs, or just want to see some fantastic things that the natural world has to offer, then come along.”
It’s a great day out for the family on the weekend of June 4 and 5, from 9.30am; tickets cost $8 for adults and free for those aged under 16 (with a parent).
For more, call Beverley on 9642 1267.
It’s a gem of an idea for an exhibition
USED throughout history to display wealth, status and power, gemstones have been a source of fascination for thousands of years and are also believed to bring good luck and contain healing powers.