The Lakeside Gem & Mineral Club Show 2024

This is our second time going to one of the rock and gem shows put on by the Lakeside Gem & Mineral Club in Kennewick, Washington and the first one we went to was great, and the second one was even better!
The cases were fantastic, we ran into a few people that we knew, and I even picked up a few nice specimens for myself.
Mike Zinski's Amazing Lapidary Shop
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[@DonohueLabs]

Thanks for covering the show and the feedback. I'll share it with the club!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you for sharing it and running a great club.

[@largent45]

Thanks for covering the show for us. It really looked like a great show! The cases were awesome! And it looked like the turnout was good but not over crowded and I love your good buys! Lol! And thanks for the microscope shots! They were really amazing! Thanks Jared and Sara for covering the show so people like me, can experience it, without driving and battling the crowds❣️

[@aidankeller1717]

What a coincidence...2 days ago, I get home from a long day of cutting at Mike's shop to find this video. Today I'm polishing the pet wood that I cut and now I'm trying to identify them (plants are my forte). What's even better is that I have a cameo in the video around the 17 minute mark right behind Mike's head, wayyyy in the back. A great video as always!

[@rinaninanina]

We were there on Sunday! It was a great show. I got an incredible deal on some awesome serpentine from the Wild Turkey Mine at the tailgating event. Thanks for taking the time to show the displays, I was pretty focused on the silent auction and didn't get to see everything 😅.

[@briancurtis6022]

And thanks for suggesting that clubs should require labels on display-case items! I wish we could get that from show vendors in general.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Yeah, vendors being too lazy to label or price things is something I really don't like.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

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[@patriciamckean4186]

Junior rockhounds are the future of the rockhounding! Love it.

[@sandmaker]

It seemed like a nice show with lots of cool stuff. I enjoyed the sfter show at your shop also. Keep having fun.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@mtonjum]

Thanks so much for covering the rock shows we can’t make it to! 😊

[@aidankeller1717]

That purple wire tree looks a lot like a Wistera, but I happened to run into the lady that made it, at Mike's shop. She told me it was a willow, but my eyes still see a Wisteria, which also weep like willow, but when they bloom, they are covered head to toe in purple flowers and look absolutely stunning!

[@Wisconsinrockstalker]

Thanks for sharing, I polish large pieces with a hand held wet grinder it makes quick work of them

[@savagesquirrel9828]

Nice show. I loved the odd globby things. Pretty soon you’re gonna need a bigger boat! Thanks

[@victorevil6872]

The egg and yolk CBA at 9:04 was the best, IMO. :)

[@pokerdealer2003]

Im sad I missed the Kennewick rock show then see this vid and im super bummed my Favorite YT rock collector was in attendance, dang it! Was my daughters B day I missed out.

[@Willrocs]

When I read the title i was like that is awesome somewhere in the Midwest 😂

[@gator83261]

Very good video.

[@gemcollector8508]

My daughter at 20:58 being curious, lol. She loves these shows, as I do.

[@tott3457]

Thank you for sharing the show !

[@scottprather5645]

Yay rocks 👍

[@vinniej9188]

For the purple tree, maybe you are looking for the name ‘Feng Shui Money Tree’?

[@spetkovsek57]

The sphere in the "Blue" case is named K2 Jasper. However, it's really Granite with Azurite crystals in it. It will take a nice polish though. It's mined on the K2 mountains of Pakistan.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you! I will need to keep my eyes open for that material. It looks really nice.

[@spetkovsek57]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding A couple years ago I acquired a small sphere of that material. I've also picked up a few slabs of it over time. It will cut some interesting cabs with the blue on white effect.

[@aidankeller1717]

Isn't that the most (or one of the) deadliest mountains to climb in the world?

[@spetkovsek57]

@@aidankeller1717 I'm not sure. From what I've heard, the location is near K2 and not on it specifically. They can see the mountain from where they mine the material. That means it could be in the foothills around it.

[@Mike-br8vb]

Excellent! Thanks for the show, and of course, the microscope action and UV!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@toadb1850]

Lol I thought I saw you there but was to nervous to ask, this confirms it was you 😂

[@slrphotography]

Very cool, me and the wife went on Saturday, lots of people there

[@DanFarrar]

Great displays. 3d printing Is used in lots of photo-gadgets too lol

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Have you considered getting a 3D printer at all?

[@DanFarrar]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Naw, but I find them fascinating and I always appreciate any technology that allows a small inventor/manufacturer to hit the market faster than the bigger companies and at a lower price. I also like the thought of no shipping required. lol.

[@jimhutchison3435]

Love these show videos! Thanks!

[@loril.mangold8160]

I like the Huge Snow flake obsidian orbs

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Another beautiful video!!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@johnbickford9221]

I have been 3D printing since 2010 but have just recently become interested (addicted to) in rockhounding and lapidary. I am working on making a custom rock vise to fit our High Tech 10" saw. Also planning on coming to the PNW soon for to take some rocks home.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I would love to see some photos of what you're working on sometime.

[@johnbickford9221]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding It will have to wait until it's perfected! My wife and I are heading with a camper to S. Dakota and westward this Thur to find all the rocks in those states. Maybe all the way to Oregon and WA?

[@jodyscheppmann6078]

Omg..I need the Halloween tree..and Brad's needs the folder thing you need jerods lol This looked like an awesome show..where does he get the patterns for his 3D printer? Our son has a few

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

You can email the guy Mike in the video. I showed his info in the video.

[@BillyBoulder]

Has Mike made any intarsia jigs for his flat lap. I’m thinking of something like the Highland Park machine

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I don't think he has.

[@dougmccown5980]

As always great vid! Just curious if you guys have ever gone to the Hanford Reach area Northwest of Tri-Cites? While clay, silt, & sand I understand that there are some fossils?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

We have not been there.

[@aidankeller1717]

You're (probably) thinking of the White Bluffs area, across the river from The Reach. It's illegal to collect fossils from there, unfortunately. Although I know a farmer who used to collect ice age fossils from there, before it became a protected area.

[@dougmccown5980]

@@aidankeller1717 Thanks for the info!

[@jacquelineturpin396]

Those r called fairy trees I make Those