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11th FIELD COLLECTING & CREATIVE LAPIDARY AWARDS Eight Award Categories BEST FIELD COLLECTING BEST CREATIVE LAPIDARY 1. BEST NEW HAMPSHIRE 5. BEST FACETED 2. BEST NEW ENGLAND 6. BEST CARVED OR POLISHED 3. BEST OUTSIDE NEW ENGLAND 7. BEST CABOCHON OR JEWELRY 4. BEST OF SHOW 8. BEST OF SHOW RULES 1. Must have been a Club member for the past year to enter. 2. All entries must be self-collected or self-produced during the past year. 3. Only three entries per person per category. However, we encourage you to bring additional pieces to the meeting. 4. Only Club members present at the award meeting are eligible to enter and vote. COMMENT Voting slips will be provided and the entries marked by number and category. Your "best of show" vote will most likely be a repeat of one of your choices. Winners from each category will receive a Club sweat shirt and have their names mentioned in the January Newsletter. The Best of Show winners will receive engraved plaques and a Club sweat shirt with the year embossed. The plaques are theirs to keep and display until next year’s contest when new winners will be chosen and will keep the plaques until the next contest. This allows a history of winners to develop as the years go by. It is your chance to see the best of this past year and hear the stories behind the finds or creations. The Awards were started December 1995 Past Winners BEST OF SHOW FIELD COLLECTING BEST OF SHOW CREATIVE LAPIDARY 1995 Vince Valade Beryl, Golden Beryl Loc. Bill Brown 23.70 Ct Faceted Bolivian Amethyst 1996 Steffen Hermanns Grossular, Eden Mills Bill Brown 69.45 Ct Faceted S. American Amethyst 1997 Bill & Mary Finney Beryl, Palermo No. 2 Bill Brown 5.72 Ct Faceted Nigerian Aquamarine 1998 John McCrory Magnetite, Eden Mills Bill Brown 3.5 Ct Faceted Palermo Gold Beryl (HT) 1999 Ernie Schlichter Barite, Grand Jct., Colorado Bill Brown 22.60 Ct Faceted MtSt Helens Obsidianite 2000 Robert Whitmore Epidote, Eden Mills Bill Brown 24.60 Ct Faceted MtSt Helens Obsidianite 2001 James Tovey Amethyst Scepter, Hopkinton, RI Bill Brown 10.30 Ct Faceted Brazilian Citrine 2002 Dana Jewell Fluorapatite, Palermo No. 1 Bill Brown 22.10 Ct Faceted pink Sapphire 2003 John McCrory Garnet / Diopside, Orford, Quebec Bill Brown 26.80 Ct Faceted pink Sapphire 2004 James Tovey Beryl, Tripp Mine, Alstead Brian Bissonette 25.70 Ct. Faceted Pink Syn. Garnet |
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