Everett Arena was the site of the annual Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Festival.
3-year-old Em Howes loves rocks! Here she is with a freshly split geode chunk.
I’m no mineral expert, but that looks like an amethyst loaded with calcite crystals to me.
A well-preserved fish fossil.
Those are some sweet heulendite crystals.
Martha Martell shows off her “amethyst cathedral” and some other cool geodes.
Hundreds braved the weekend storms to check out the festival.
The Capital Mineral Club’s annual Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Festival took place at Everett Arena last weekend, and the Insider, always in search of Concord’s hidden gems and buried treasures, paid it a visit. We can dig it!
