Thursday March 5: General Meeting
Sunday March 8: Daylight Savings Time Begin
Friday March 13 to Sunday March 15: Stoddard Wells Tailgating
Tuesday March 17: St Patrick's Day
Thursday March 19: Board Meeting
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March 2026 Program: “Colorful Condor Agates Argentina"
Presented by: Dick & Mary Pat Weber
This month’s program will be “The Colorful Condor Agates of Argentina” presented by Mary Pat Weber, geologist and mineral collector. She will present the amazing story of how these agates were discovered, lost, and re-discovered in a remote, inhospitable region high in the foothills of the Andes Mountains. Specimens of these beautiful agates from her personal collection will be on display along with other agate specimens from Argentina.
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March 2026 Rocks of the Month: Bloodstone & Aquamarine
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50th Annual Stoddard Wells Rockhound Tailgating Event:
March 13 through March 15, 2026
Hours: 9:00 - 5:00 Daily - Open Parking Lot
Address: Dale Evans Parkway & Stoddard Wells Rd., Apple Valley, CA
Website: https://vvgmc.org/tailgate.html
From I-15 northbound towards Barstow: Hwy 15 north thru Victorville! Exit right at 2nd Stoddard Wells Rd at Bell Mtn. Exit #157. Turn left/east at the ramp stop sign. Stay on Stoddard Wells Road for 4 miles until the next stop sign at Dale Evans Pkwy. Tailgate signs will be high on the NW corner power pole. Check the odometer here! Continue straight on Stoddard Wells Rd for 7 miles to the Tailgate. The road becomes a graded dirt road about 4 tenths of a mile from the Dale Evans Pkwy intersection. Proceed east/NE past Grange fork to the Tailgate site. Cars & RVs can make it with ease & care. There will be Tailgate signs along the route. See you there! Rain or shine, we’ll be there!
Sponsored by the Victor Valley Gem & Mineral Club.
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Welcome new members Linda Makuta and Paige Cohen to the Del-Air Rockhounds Club!
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CONEJO GEM AND MINERAL CLUB's 49TH ANNUAL SHOW:
PAGEANT OF A THOUSAND GEMS
Sat Apr 18, 10am-5pm - Sun Apr 19, 10am-4pm. Borchard Community Center 190 N. Reino Road, Thousand Oaks 91320
THE SHOW INCLUDES: Exhibits of mineral and rock collections, gems, jewelry; Silent Auction of rocks and minerals in the rough and fossils; Demonstrators of lapidary work; Youth Room with games & prizes; Plant sale; Hourly Raffle. FREE ENTRY & FREE PARKING
For more information about our Club, go to www.CGAMC.org
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