Mountain Area Gem and Mineral Association
25th Land of the Sky, Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show
The Christmas Show!
December 8th - 10th, 2023
Swannanoa, North Carolina

Photos by: Richard Jacquot and Jessica Fink

This was by far the best attended show we have had in the past 12 years. Our 25th show was a huge success and I want to give a big Thank You to our new Marketing Coordinator and fellow Sponsor, Jessica Fink, with Crystal Potential. She worked many hours to get this show out in the public eye, and the attendance showed that it was well worth the effort. Thank you, Jessica!

I also want to thank our loyal customers who come to every show to support us. I want to thank our vendors who work with us to make the show run smoothly. And a special thank you to those who stayed after the show to help us get everything back in place. Thanks to Shriner representative, Jim Beggs for the Pizza Sunday night to feed our tired vendors who stayed over.

And lastly, thank you and welcome to our new customers. We hope to see you at all our future shows and I hope you all found something to take home with you.

Shriners representative, Jim Beggs, clowning around.

Carol and Mark Vellioux with Drift Wood Silver and Stones. They offer top quality, Made in the USA silver handmade jewelry.

Our vendors, Logan and Reddeer, having fun.

Alex Gaye offers unique gem carvings from all over the world.

Keith Thompson has a wide selection to choose from. Self collected material from his 60 plus years of collecting as well as new and unique items.

Jessica Fink (right) of Crystal Potential, with a variety of gems, minerals and handmade items. Jessica is also a new co-sponsor of our show and the primary marketing/advertising coordinator.

Phil Hess has an excellent selection of North Carolina and other gems and minerals. He also offers some nice pieces from the Adams collection.

John Sinclair with Meteorite USA. John has the best selection of meteorites, tektites and other space related items as well as minerals from around the world.

Ed Wagner has a great selection of fluorescent minerals from North Carolina and other locations.

Luther Hunt (left) with Hunt Minerals. Luther always has a wide variety to choose from. His personal 60 year collection as well as old collections of gems and minerals.

Tony Bradley of Bradley Prospecting. Tony has a great selection of geodes and carvings, fossils and minerals from all over the world.

Bruce and Mary Ann Minkin, Mink Minerals. Bruce digs the finest Alabama petrified wood specimens to offer at our shows, also self collected North Carolina quartz and some nice exotic agates from around the world.

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