The 2023 Gems By The Sea show will happen in just three more weeks.  We are expecting these two dozen dealers to participate in the show.

Amber Gifts
Gem trees, cabs, rocks, jewelry, fossils

Bruce Autolitano

Beads Zone
Semiprecious stone beads and findings

Elethea & Cliff Brewen
Jewelry, finished rock, rough rock

Crystal Monster
Minerals, fossils, gemstones, beads & jewelry

Crystal Rapture
Crystals, quartz, minerals, dream catchers

Nicolette Deichler

Diamond Diane Consulting
Gemstones, some jewelry, appraisals and gem ident servies

Eloina’s jewelry creations
Stone jewelry, mineral specimens, UV flashlights

Rick Hicks
Specimens, slabs, rough rock, jade, jewelry, supplies

Jade Coast Jewelry
Jade jewelry – earrings, pendants, rings — gold & silver

Joy Discovers
Tumbled stones, natural crystals, sets of geodes or fossils mostly geared toward children

Karin Gray
Jewelry and gem stones

LaserGlass Art Corporation
Petrified wood, mineral specimens

Donnie Moore

Paradise Jewelry
Various jewelry, hand made, artifacts

Mary Rafferty
Unique faceted gemstones

Redstone Minerals
Rocks and fossils

Rubicon Crystals
Carvings, towers, rough stone, polished stone, specimens and jewelry

Rocks & Relic
Minerals, fossils, meteorites, polished stones, decorator stone items

Sister Stones
Gems, minerals, amber, meteorites,fossils,jewelry, beads

Stone Medicine Design
Sterling silver & gold jewelry with gemstones

True West Silver Works
Cabs, handmade sterling jewelry

Nancy Valentine
Jewelry and mineral specimens

Classified – For Sale to support the club, which is a nonprofit focused on earth sciences education.

Facet Machine – Ultra Tec V2 faceting machine.

Ultra-Tec is still in business in Santa Ana and has a good reputation for customer service. And the Ultra Tec faceting machines are considered to be upper end machines. This machine also has an assortment of accessories, a set of topper cutting laps and a lot of polishing films, plus some other laps (some of which may be suitable only as paper weights). There are a couple of parts which may need to be replaced from the manufacturer unless they turn up in the buckets of rocks we still need to sort before the show. (I found dops and an index wheel mixed in with the rocks. ) Asking $1000 for club members.

“Seattle” Fac-Ette GemMaster

This machine has a number of laps, an assortment of index wheels, a tool box with some of the smaller accessories such as dops, allen wrenches, wax and so forth. Unlike the portable table models of that era which have a cone drive mechanism, this type has a belt drive and must be mounted as the motor drops down below the base. It has been used for demonstrations in the past for local club shows. (Photo is from one of those events.) Along with Ultra Tec, the Fac- Ette machines are the high end machines and both have scores of cutters who would not consider switching to a different machine. The manufacturer for the GemMaster retired and closed the business, so these machines now only appear on the second hand market. Asking $1500 for club members.