Gem and Jewellery Festival
Each year, usually on the first full weekend of March, the North Brisbane Lapidary Club hosts a Gem and Jewellery Festival at Aviation High, Hendra. We believe one of, if not the best, gem shows in SE Qld. The Theme for the 2010 show on the 6th and 7th March, is "Metal Smithing" and displays can include pieces made from silver, gold, PMC and well as other materials.
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Within the hall are Exhibitors selling rough gemstones, faceted stones, cabochons of gemstones and opal, jewellery, fossils, mineral specimens, lapidary tools and equipment and much more. There are also demonstrations, of faceting, by members of the Australian Faceting Guild. A list of Exhibitors and what they sell is here.
On stage are the entries to the various competitions we run in conjunction with the show. There are individual pieces as well as displays. The Gemmological Association of Australia have a stall here to promote their courses and identify gemstones.
Outside we have Tailgaters selling anything and everything that relates to lapidary.
Please don’t forget to get tickets in the Raffle which is drawn on Sunday at 2.30pm. These are available at the Front Gate, where the prizes are displayed, as well as on the stage and at the NBLC stall. All the prizes are jewellery and come with an independent valuation. The prize photo’s and descriptions are below.
Please come along and bring the family, like so many other people you’ll find yourself coming back every year.
Details
Date and Time
Saturday 6th March 2010 8.30am – 4.30pm
Sunday 7th March 2010 8.30am – 3.00pm
Location
Aviation High
Widdop St
Hendra
UBD Refidex Map 140 N6
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Admission
Adults $3.00 Children $0.50 Families $7.00
Raffle Prizes For the 2010 Gem Show
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1 st Prize– Blue Sapphire (1.49cts) and Diamond 9k Yellow Gold Ring Valued at $2264. The Sapphire originated from Tanzania. Untreated
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2 nd Prize– Yellow/Green Chrysoberyl (3.19cts) 9kYellow Gold Ring Valued at $1091. The Chrysoberyl originated from Madagascar.
3 rd Prize – Amethyst (1.90cts) and Diamond 9k Yellow Gold Ring Valued at $523. The Amethyst originated from Uruguay.
Total prize value $3878.00
All prizes come with independent valuations. You can download a copy of the 2010 Raffle Ticket Poster.
Competitions 2010
NBLC has a number of competitions for the 2010 Gem and Jewellery Festival and they are open to any member of any Lapidary Club or the Australian Facetors Guild. We encourage members from any club to enter one or all of them. The specific Competition Schedules will be made available here as soon as they are compiled. Prizes will be offered for each competition and full details are available in the specific schedules.
Faceting Competition 2010
This years Faceting Competition is being conducted by the Australian Facetors' Guild and it is being sponsored by North Brisbane Lapidary Club and Coolamon Mining. There are two classes, Open and Novice, and prizes, from Coolamon Mining, are being supplied for each class for the Ist, 2nd and 3rd place of $150, $100 and $50 of sapphire rough respectively. Download the three parts of the Competition Schedule 2010 which are word documents. Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3
Other Competitions 2010
NOVICE DIVISION LEVEL 2
Solo – Theme “ Jewellery, Hand Fabricated”
CLUB DIVISION LEVEL 2
Solo – Theme “ Jewellery, Hand Fabricated”
NOVICE DIVISION LEVEL 2
Standard Cabochon Sect. Cabochon is to be a 30 x 22mm Oval Agate
NOVICE DIVISION LEVEL 2
Hand Fabricated Jewellery with a commercial lapidary item/s
The full conditions and entry form can be down loaded here.
Ist prize, in each competition, wins a $50.00 gift voucher from Peppertown Gemworld and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in all catagories will be awarded a certificate .
Dealers and Tailgaters
Please view the Exhibitors for the 2010 Gem and Jewellery Festival here.
Exhibitors click here to download Dealer or Tailgating Applications. Tailgaters can fill out the form and bring it along on the day, there is no need to mail it to us.
A copy of the 2009/10 Gem Show Schedule for Queensland and Northern NSW can be viewed or downloaded here.
For NBLC members a copy of the Show Duty Roster is here.
