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# Find a gem this weekend
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/find-a-gem-this-weekend/
- Published: 2004-02-13T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:47:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

There will be a few gems in Santa Monica this weekend. The 15th annual Gem Faire is set for Feb. 13-15 at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Hours are Friday, noon to 7 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5, which is valid for the entire weekend.

More than 70 internationally renowned importers, wholesalers and manufacturers will be on hand to exhibit a rainbow assortment of precious and semi-precious gem-stones, as well as 14k and 18k fine jewelry, beads, silver, crystals from around the world, meteorites from around the universe, and museum quality mineral specimens.

A master jeweler will be on site to repair jewelry and to restore family heirlooms, or create new jewelry.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 13, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021304.pdf?ref=smdp.com)