5th Annual TEXAS TOPAZ DAY IS MARCH 24TH

Y'all come to Texas Topaz Day, Saturday, March 24. The Texas legislature designated topaz the state gem in 1969, and being where the topaz is found, we like to whoop it up. Gems of the Hill Country is the main location of the festivities, with refreshments and live music. Topaz exhibits and demonstrations. 2-7pm. Rock hounding will be at the two ranches (see the rockhounding section of our site for more details.) Exhibits at the Museum on the Square next door. For more information, 325-347-0475, or call Mason Chamber of Commerce at 325-347-5758. See ya!

Purpose:

* Promote the art and science of faceting

* Provide a means of education, instruction and improvement in faceting

* Maintain a central location of all faceting diagrams that become available to the Texas Faceters’ Guild and to make these available to the members

* Maintain a central location of all printed faceting material that becomes available to the Texas Faceters’ Guild and to make it available to the members

* Obtain by general agreement of the members of this guild, a set of standards for faceting, with reference to acceptable variations in proportion, quality of workmanship, and material Establish criteria for the qualifications for judges of faceting workmanship and material

* Maintain a list of qualified judges and to make such lists available, in order to help maintain a high quality of faceting competition so that faceters will enter competition with the knowledge that they will be judged fairly and in accordance with agreed upon standards

* Maintain a list of qualified teachers and a list of available sources of faceting information, in order to provide the members of this guild with the knowledge necessary to improve their faceting skills

* Provide a means of communication between those people involved in or interested in faceting as a hobby.