The following events took place at the 2006 Show:

9am: Show opens to public
9am - 1pm: School groups visit show
1:30pm - 2pm: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals Board Meeting (Lecture Room)
2pm - 3pm: Society of Mineral Museum Professionals General Meeting (Lecture Room)
2pm - 4pm: Texas Faceters Guild
3:30pm – 4:30pm: Friends of Mineralogy Meeting
6pm: Show Closes

10am: Show opens to public
1pm: Presentation by Peter J. Modreski - Starting a Mineral Collection
2pm: Presentation by Charles Calvert "Cal" Graeber, Jr. - Cleaning Minerals
3pm: Presentation by Jean DeMouthe - Collection Management and Maintenance
6pm: Show Closes

Saturday Night Special in the Palm Court of the Denver Merchandise Mart Main Building
6pm – 7:30pm: Silent Auction for the benefit of Rocks & Minerals magazine. Musical entertainment to be announced. (Refreshments and a cash bar)
7:30pm - 8pm: Awards Presentations
8pm - 9pm: Presentation by Michael Wise - The Remarkable World of Pegmatite Pockets

10am: Show opens to public
1pm: Presentation by Bill Gardner - The Purple Passion Mine and the Hogan Claim
2:30pm: Presentation by Brent Breithaupt - 101 Years of Tyrannosaurus Rex Discoveries in the Rocky Mountain West
TBA: More Speakers to be Announced
3pm: Fluorescent Society (Meeting Room)
5pm: Show closes! See you next year!

ALL DAY: Continuous hobby demonstrations in the Club Area. (booths E12 – E21)
ALL DAY: Educational demonstrations and pamphlets in the Public Service Sector Area. (booths E3 – E10)
ALL DAY: The Fluorescent Room - mineral specimens that glow under ultraviolet lights! (room K35)
ALL DAY: Gold Panning! (booth E16)
ALL DAY: Numerous competitive and non-competitive (e.g. museum) exhibits.
ALL DAY: "Bones", the walking T-Rex skeleton.
ALL DAY: Rooms and booths full of dealers (retail and wholesale).
ALL DAY: Grab bags, Pins & Posters. (booths E01 & E02)
ALL DAY: FREE Shuttle bus service to the satellite shows is available at the North and South Entrances.

Events for other years can be seen here:

2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004

 

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