Sierra County Rock and Gem Society
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Come join the fun at the Sierra County Rock and Gem Society’s Third Annual Truth or Consequences Rock & Gem Show!
Come see our vendors offering rocks and minerals, gems, beads, slabs, cabs, jewelry, and fossils. Crack geodes!
Pan for gold, screen for Montana sapphires, listen to interesting presentations, watch demos, and attend field trips!
Spin our Wheel of Fortune where every spin’s a win!
Date
March
1 & 2 2025
Time
Saturday & Sunday
9am-5pm
Location
Sierra County Fairgrounds
2953 S Broadway St
Truth or Consequences, NM
Presented by the Sierra County Rock and Gem Society (SCRAGS)
SCRAGS invites you to join us for this special event. You’ll have the chance to win a variety of great door prizes. Attend field trips! Pan for gold and Montana sapphires! You’ll find all kinds of interesting activities in the town of T or C, including access to the healing mineral hot springs available at ten spas downtown.
Admission & Parking
Free
Featured Events
Kids Rock Painting
Children under 12 can paint a rock for free! Come express your creative side and take home your own painted rock!
Saturday & Sunday 9-3, outside behind the Fair Barn.
One rock per child per day. Supplies are limited.
Free Gemstone & Mineral ID
Bring in old jewelry, a mystery stone or pet rock to be identified for free!
Offered by Len Rummel, Accredited Geologist, of Camelsmith Gems.
Look for the sign outside, behind the Fair Barn.
NEW: Flint Knapping Demos (tentative)
Watch a Native American artist create arrowheads before your eyes!
Offered by Harvey Abeyta of the Santo Domingo Pueblo at various times throughout the day.
Look for the sign outside, behind the Fair Barn.
NEW: Cabochon Making Demo
Watch beautiful cabochons being made from rough rock before your eyes!
Offered by Les Postlethwait, SCRAGS club member.
Saturday and Sunday 12-3. Next to the Wheel of Fortune.
NEW: Beading With Cabochons
Watch a jeweler mount cabochons with beads.
Offered by Gay Findley of West Fork Mountain Crafts.
Saturday and Sunday 9-11. Next to the Wheel of Fortune.
New: Egg Carton Rock Collecting
Kids, come start your rock collection! Ages 5 and Up.
Saturday at 11 & Sunday at 1.
Find more information in the full schedule.
Rock & Gem Show Highlights:
Vendors: mineral and gem dealers, beads,
jewelry makers, area museums
Join a field trip to SCRAGS’ rockhounding claim on Saturday and Sunday
The Wheel of Fortune
Spin our Wheel of Fortune to win great rocks!
Demos
Watch wire wrapping and weaving demos
Presentations on local and state geology, rock and gem formation, identification, and other related information
Food and beverage services onsite and nearby
Door prizes
Gold and sapphire panning
2025 Food Vendors
Big Lou’s Kettle Corn
The Food Dude
Outer Edge Pizzeria
Snaxx Attaxx
