FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Education Center
Scout Merit Badge Assistance
Games
Geode Cracking
Gold Panning Demonstrations
Free Mineral Collection (for kids under 12)
Free Fossils (for kids under 12)
Free Fossil, Meteorite, Mineral & Gemstone
Identification
Swap Area
Museums Exhibiting
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Cincinnati Museum Center
Cranbrook Institute of Science
Harvard Mineralogical Museum
Indiana State Museum
Limper Geology Museum, Miami University
Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
Wayne State University Geology Museum
Organizations:
Cincinnati Mineral Society juniors
Dayton Gem and Mineral Society
Greater Cincinnati Lapidary & Faceting Society
Indiana State Geological Survey
Micromineral Society of Cleveland
Mineralogical Society of Cleveland
Private Collections & Show Dealers
Education Center
Learn more about minerals, rocks and fossils, or receive Scout Merit Badge assistance at the Education Center operated by geology students and educators from the University of Cincinnati.
Scout Merit Badge Assistance
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Gold Panning
Participate in hands-on gold panning. Instruction and equipment provided by the Buckeye Chapter of the Gold Prospecting Association of America.
Geode Cracking
Visit the geode cracking booth in the arena and decide if you want to open a quartz crystal-lined geode.
Lapidary Arts
Table demonstrations throughout the show
Free Door Prizes!
Free Fossil
Identification Booth
Free Rock, Mineral and Meteorite ID
Saturday and Sunday 11 to 3
Free Gemstone and Jewelry ID
Saturday and Sunday 1 to 3
Free Mineral
Collection
(for children under 12)
Saturday and Sunday
Everyone under age 12 can select mineral specimens and begin their own collection. Mineral specimens are compliments of the
Cincinnati Mineral Society.