Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society — Attraction in Fallbrook

The lady who teaches the lapidary class on Thursday’s and Friday’s is an impatient and extremely rude individual named Joyce. I joined this club in hopes of learning more about gemology and the art of stone cutting. My first class Joyce was very blunt about my mistakes while cutting and kept knit picking most everything I did for the next few hours. I decided to go back with an open mind and not let her criticism affect me. When I arrived for my second class she was not only unhelpful and rude again, but when i had to leave early because of a family emergency she told me word for word “if you can’t stay the whole time you might as well not come at all, you are wasting my and your time.” After this comment I replied with “that’s fine I won’t waste your time” and left. Honestly she ruined my experience and made me very uncomfortable several times. I do not recommend taking the class if you are under the age of 30-40 the teacher obviously has a problem with younger people for some odd reason. What a horrible and anxious experience haha...

I went there for the Rough N Cut event and to shop for new gems and stones. I enjoyed the selection and environment. I even bought 3 pieces, spending over $60 bucks. But I was so disappointed when my husband informed me afterwards that I had 3 employees hovering over me the entire time, assuming I was going to steal. Most likely because of my tattoos. There was a room of other customers and they focused only on me. The gentleman at the counter even removed their small stone collection tray on the counter by the register when I was charging out. If I was aware of this at the time, instead of enjoying myself, I wouldn’t have bought anything from there. So quick to judge and biased based off what someone looks like. Very upset and...

Very friendly staff, beautiful museum. Small scale, and very personal atmosphere. Overall great experience. They offer many different items in the gift shop and children can get a free rock and explore their rock garden for more small samples all for free. 5 stars, would definitely recommend to any rock, mineral and gem enthusiasts or someone looking for a quick day stop while...