DVIDS – News – YPG wraps up another successful GEMS summer camp

Earlier this month, a whopping 80 students were given special access to the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) to participate in a two-week Math and Science Education Advancement (GEMS) summer camp. This year students from around Yuma County to as far away as Somerton traveled to the YPG for camp. Over the years, students […]

These Tucson spots will feed your hunger for gems, minerals

Long before its designation as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, Tucson was a rock-loving city…or at least rock-loving. Since the first Tucson Gem & Mineral Show held by the Tucson Gem & Mineral Association in 1955, millions of people from all over the world have flocked to Old Pueblo to develop 34 different shows known […]