IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers MESMERIZING MINERALS—Newbury Park residents Paula Napoli, left, her daughter, Jorie, 6, and Sandy Plucinski carefully examine the thousands of sparkling gems, minerals and fossils for sale at the 35th annual Conejo Gem and Mineral Club's "Pageant of a Thousand Gems." The show was open last Saturday and Sunday at Borchard Park in Newbury Park.