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This section is provided for clubs and organizations related to gold mining in the United States. Rockhound: lapidary, mineralogy, micromineralogy, geology, gem, faceters, and earth science.
Link index below uses US Postal standard abbreviations (California > CA, Idaho > ID, etc.).
New Jersey Bergen County Mineralogy & Paleontology Society, Inc. 15 Fahrner St. Bergenfield, NJ 07621 USA Meetings: 1st Sunday (Sept.-June), 7:30 pm, Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, Englewood. Cape Atlantic Rockhounds, Inc. El. 933 W. White Hor,@ Pike Egg Harbor, NJ 08215 USA Meetings: 1st Friday, 8:00 pm, Club House, Cologne Act., Cologne. Cape Atlantic Rockhounds, Inc. E-Mail: capeatlantic_rockhounds@yahoo.com Cape May - Atlantic City, New Jersey USA Clifton Mineral & Lapidary Society 35 Lewis Place Totowa, NJ 07512-2647 Meetings: 2nd Friday, 7:00 pm, Clifton Public Library, 292 Piaget Ave., Clifton. Delaware Valley Earth Science Society, Inc. 1045 N. Maple Ave. Maple Shade, NJ 08052 USA Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, 7:30 pm, Evergreen Elementary School, Woodbury. Franklin Mineral Museum Box 54 Franklin, NJ 07416-0054 USA Meetings: 3rd Friday (April-Nov.), 7:30 pm, Franklin Museum, Evans St. Franklin- Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. Box 146 Franklin, NJ 07416-0146 USA Meetings: 3rd Saturday, 1:30 pm, Franklin Mineral Museum, Evans St. Tri-County Mineral and Lapidary Society PO Box 6892 Freehold, NJ 07728 USA Club E-Mail: fluorite1@aol.com Contact: Wayne Cokeley 1-609-426-1382 E-Mail: unavailable Meetings: 4th Thursday of month- all year, 7:00 pm, Freehold Public Safety Building, Municipal Complex, Schank and Stillwells Corner Rds. Federation: EFMLS Mineralogical & Lapidary Society of the Raritan Valley 55 Balsa. Ct. Belle Meade, NJ 08502 USA Meetings: 4th Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Somerset County Library, Bridewaterter. Monmouth Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. PO Drawer J Manasquan, NJ 08736-0640 USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday (Sept.June), 7:30 pm, Shore Regional High School, Rte. 36, W. Long Branch. Newark Mineralogical Society, Inc. 54 Newmam Ave. Verona, NJ 07044 USA Meetings: 1st Sunday (Oct-May), 1:30 pm, Bloomfield Civic Center. New Jersey Lapidary Society, Inc. 177 Broadway Clark, NJ 07066 USA Meetings: 3rd Thursday, 8:00 pm, The Polish Cultural Foundation, 177 Broadway. New Jersey Mineralogical Society, Inc. 1210 S. "10th" St. N. Plainfield, NJ 07080 USA Meetings: 1st Tuesday (September-May), 8:00 pm, United Jersey Bank, 336 Park Ave., Scotch Plains. North Jersey Mineralogical Society, Inc. 18-04 Hillery St. Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday (Jan.-June; Sept.-Nov.), 7:00 pm, Community Church of GIen Rock, 354 Park Rd., Glen Rock. Philadelphia Mineralogical Society PO Box 626 Medfor, NJ 08055 USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday (Sept.-June), 7:30 pm, Schuylkill Ctr. for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagy's Mill Rd., Philadelphia. Rock & Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County 50 Windwood Rd. Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 USA Meetings: 2nd Friday, 8:00 pm, Northminster, Presbyterian Church, Fairless Hills. Trailside Mineral Club 160 Mountain Ave. Warren, NJ 07059-5136 USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 8:00 pm, Union Village United Methodist Church. New Mexico Albuquerque Gem & Mineral Club PO Box 13718 Albuquerque, NM 87192 USA Meetings: 4th Monday, 7:30 pm , Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Chaparral Rockhounds PO Box 815 Roswell, NM 88202 USA Carol Syska (President) 1-505-622-3144 Meetings: 3rd Thursday, 7:30 pm, Roswell Adult Center, 807 N. Missouri. Federation: Rocky Mountain Federation Clovis Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. 1587 Hwy. 60-84 Clovis, NM 88101 USA Webdon Kube 1-806-799-2224 Meetings: Last Monday, 7:00 pm, 1587, Highway, 60-84. Grant County Rolling Stones Gem & Mineral Society PO Box 1555 Silver City, NM 88062-1555 USA Contact: B. J. Burch President 1-505-388-9312 Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:00 pm, Silver City, Senior Citizens Center. Lea Lap Rock & Mineral Club PO Box 1065 Hobbs, NM 88241 USA R.W. Norris (President) 1-505-392-2222 Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:00 pm, Western Sizzlin. Los Alamos Geological Society PO Box 762 Los Alamos, NM 87544-0762 USA Shari Kelly (President) E-Mail: sakelley@ix.netcom.com Contact: Earl Hoffman 1-505-662-7823 E-Mail: unavailable Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church. New Mexico Faceters Guild, The 6800 Luella Anne NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, NM Museum of Natural History. Rio Rancho Rockhounds 309 San Juan Rio Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Meetings: 1st Tuesday, 7:00 pm, Meadow Senior Center, 4330 Meadowlark Ln. Road Runner Gem & Mineral Club, Inc. PO Box 1023 Carlsbad, NM 88220 USA Contact: Jack Hurber Meetings: 1st Monday, 7:00 pm, Mesa St. Senior Citizens Center, 11112 N. Mesa St. (behind Denny's). Rockamania Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. 208 E. Motel Dr. / PO Box 386 Lordsburg, NM 88045 USA 1-505-542-9864 Meeting.: 3rd Sunday of February San Juan County Gem & Mineral Society PO Box 1482 Farmington, NM 87499-1482 USA E-Mail: unavailable Meeting,: 4th Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Farmington Civic Center. Sierra Rock Club 206 Fur St. Truth or Consequences, NM 87901 Meetings: 1st Monday, 7:30 pm, DAV Chapter #11 Hall Tularosa Basin Rock Hounds 2300 23rd st.(1st Christian Church) Alamogordo, NM (meeting place only) Ph: 1-505-585-0021 E-Mail: tularosabasinrockhounds@yahoo.com Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each @7pm (no meetings in summer --June, July, Aug. due to heat and vacations, "except Annual Picnic in June.") - New York Brooklyn Mineralogical Society, Inc. 2358 E. "24th" St. Brooklyn, NY 11229 USA Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Kingsborough Community College, Room U-218, Manhattan Beach. Buffalo Geological Society 1020 Humboldt Pkwy. Buffalo, NY 14211-1293 USA Meetings: 1st Friday, 8:00 pm, Parkside Luthern Church, Wallace St. Capital District Mineral Club PO Box 12814 Albany, NY 12212-2814 USA Contact: Bruce Murray 1-518-355-2146 E-Mail: rbm01@health.state.ny.us Meetings: 1st Thursday (except July & August), 7:00 pm, New York State Museum, Museum Room B, Empire State Plaza Madision Ave. Federation: Eastern Empire Geology Club PO Box 55A, HC 87 Treadwell, NY 13846 USA Meetings: As Announced. Fulton County Mineral Club Glovesville, New York USA Contact: Arthur R. Wright E-Mail: wright@wva.army.mil Meetings: 1st and 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 pm, Gloversville Free Library, 58 E. Fulton St. Federation: EFMLS Gem and Mineral Society of Syracuse, Inc. PO Box 801 Syracuse, NY 13201 USA Contact: Jim Meier E-Mail: slimjim@localnet.com Meetings: 3rd Monday, 7:30 pm, First Presbyterian Church, Pariah House, 620 W. Genesse St. Gem Polishers Guild PO Box 361 Big Flats, NY 14814-0361 USA Meetings: 1st Wednesday, 7:30 pm, Horseheads Library, S. Main St., Horseheads. Island Rockhounds, Inc. PO Box 521 N. Bellmore, NY 11710 USA Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, 8:00 pm, Bellmore Memorial Library, 228 Bedford Ave. Jefferson County Rock & Mineral Club PO Box 711 Brownville, NY 13615 USA Meetings: 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 7:00 pm, St. Paul's Pariah Hall. Lakeshore Gem & Mineral Club, Inc. c/o Wheaten 4985 Ridge Rd. Box, 263 E. Williamson, NY 14449-0263 USA Meetings: 3rd Sunday, 2:00 pm, Howard Bacon's Home. Long Island Mineral & Geological Society, Inc. PO Box 320 Mattituck, NY 11952 USA Contact: Cliff Campbell E-Mail: cjcampbe@ic.sunysb.edu Meetings: 3rd Saturday, Jamesport Community Center, Jamesport. Nassau Mineral Club, Inc. P. O. Box 99 Greenvale, New York 11548-0099 USA Contact: Eva J. Kokoris, President Ph: 1-516-933-8731 or 1-516-707-9926 E-Mail: ekokoris@aol.com Meetings: Meetings: General meeting first Saturday of each month at 12:30 p.m.; weekly lapidary worksessions 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays at the Garvies Point Museum, Glen Cove, NY. Directions to museum: 1-516-571-8010. New York Mineralogical Club PO Box 77 - Planetarium Station New York, NY 10024-0077 USA Meetings: 2nd Wednesday (Sept. - June), 7:00 pm, American Museum of Natural History. New York Southern Tier Geology Club, Inc. PO Box 287 Johnson City, NY 13790 USA Meetings; 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Johnson City Senior Center. Orange County Mineral Society 608 Stage Rd. Monroe, NY 10950 USA Meetings: 2nd Friday, 7:30 pm, Orange County Community College, Geology Lab. Mid Hudson Valley Gem & Mineral Society P.O. Box 3636 Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 USA Contact: Carolyn Reynard 1-914-471-1224 E-Mail: rockhounds@angelfire.com Meetings: 3rd Friday (Juniors @ 6:45 pm / Program @ 7:30 pm), Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 67 S. Randolph Ave. Poughkeepsie. Federation: EFMLS and AFMS Queens Mineral Society, Inc. 39 Alexine Ave. E. Rockaway, NY 11518 USA Meetings: 3rd Monday, 8:00 pm, Queen, College, Geology Dept., Rm. 135D, New Science Bldg., Flushing. Rochester Academy of Science Mineral Section 27 Hatchings Rd. Rochester, NY 14624 USA Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Asbury First United Methodist Church. Rochester Lapidary Society, Inc. 105 Rockhill Rd. Rochester, NY 14618 USA Meetings: 1st Thursday, 7:00 pm, Rochester School for the Deaf, 1545 St. Paul St. Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. 300 Broadway Ave. Valley Cottage, NY 10989 USA Meetings.: 4th Friday, 7:30 pm, Nanuet Mall, Nanuet. Saint Lawrence County Rock & Mineral Club 118 E. Barney St. Gouveneur, NY 13642 USA Meetings: 1st Thursday, 6:30 pm, Canton Free Library, Canton. Staten Island Geological Society, Inc. 157 Hillcrest St. Staten Island, NY 10308 USA Meetings: 2nd Friday (Sept.-June), 7:30 pm, Father Hick Center, Saint Clairs School, Great Kills. Suffolk Gem & Mineral Club, Inc. PO Box 302 Bohemia, NY 11716-0302 USA Meetings: 3rd Monday, 7:30 pm, Bay Shore-Brightwater Public Library. Wayne County Gem & Mineral Club, Inc. 189 Aldrich Rd. Fairport, NY 14450 USA Meetings: 2nd Friday, 7:00 pm, Park Presbyterian Church, Maple Court St., Newark. North Carolina Cape Fear Mineral & Gem Society PO Box 953 Gastonia, NC 28054 USA Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 pm, Cliffdale Branch Library, Cliffdale Rd., Fayetteville. Carolina Faceters Club PO Box 953 Gastonia, NC 28054 USA Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Schiele Museum of Natural History, 1500 E. Garrison Blvd. Catawba Valley Gem & Mineral Club, Inc. PO Box 2521 Hickory, NC 28603-2521 USA Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Holy Tinity Lutheran Church, 547 "6th" St. NW. Catawba Valley Junior Rockhounds PO Box 2521 Hickory, NC 28603-2521 USA Meetings: 1st Saturday (Feb., May, Aug. & Nov.), 10:00 am, Bolick's, 1361 "21st" Ave. NE. Central North Carolina Mineral Club 1435 Bluff Trail Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA Meetings: 1st Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Chapel Hill Senior Center, 400 S. Elliott Rd. Charlotte Gem & Mineral Club PO Box 10233 Charlotte, NC 28212 USA Meetings: 3rd Thursday, 7:30 pm, Charlotte Nature Museum, 1658 Sterling Rd. Chatham County Rock, Gem and Mineral Club P.O. Box 14 Pittsboro, NC 27312 USA Rich Hayes E-Mail: rdhayes@mindspring.com Ph: 1-919-545-0878 Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 pm, usually Pittsboro Memorial Library in downtown Pittsboro. Federation: South Eastern Clay County Gem & Mineral Society PO Box 313 Hayesville, NC 28904 USA Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 1:30 pm, Clay County Senior Center. Forsyth Gem & Mineral Club, Inc. PO Box 21414 Winston-Salem, NC 27120 USA Meetings: 3rd Thursday, 7:30 pm, Vulcan Materials Company. Gaston County Gem & Mineral Club c/o Schiele Museum 1500 E. Garrison Blvd. Gastonia, NC 28053 USA Meetings: 4th Thursday, 7:30 pm, Schiele Museum of Natural History, 1500 E. Garrison Blvd. Gem & Mineral Society of Franklin, NC, Inc. 25 Phillips St. Franklin, NC 28734-3029 USA Contact: Amy J. Ramer (President) 1-828-524-8724 E-Mail: ramer@dnet.net Meetings: Last Thursday of Month, 7:30 pm, Macon County Community Facilities Building, US hwy 441 South. Federations: SFMS, AFMS Graham County Mineralogical Society PO Box 1603 Robbinsville, NC 28771 USA Greensboro Gem & Mineral Club, Inc. P. O. Box 13087 Greensboro, NC 27415-3087 USA Ph: 1-288-7452 Questions or Comments: Contact: Joe Maguire (President) E-Mail: joe_maguire@prodigy.net Meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the first Monday of each month (except holidays).Located at New Garden Friends Meeting Fellowship Hall, 801 New Garden Road (across from Guilford College), Greensboro. Henderson County Gem & Mineral Society PO Box 6391 Hendersonville, NC 28793 USA Meetings: 3rd Friday (except Dec.), 7:30 pm, Salvation Army, 239 "3rd" Ave. High Point Gem and Mineral Club c/o Arthur Oates 305 Gregg St. High Point, NC 27263 USA Contact: Arthur (Bud) Oates E-Mail: oatesla@hpe.infi.net 1-336-431-5062 Meetings: 1st Tuesday, 7:00 pm, Archdale United Methodist Church's Fellowship Hall, Corner of Hwy 311 & Petty St. in Archdale. Lexington Lapidary Club 509 Burgin Dr. Lexington, NC 27292 USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday 7:30 pm, 3017 Happy Hill Rd. North Carolina Rock & Mineral Society PO Box 303 Rutherford College, NC 28671 USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:00 pm, City Hall. Piedmont Gemcutters Guild 401 Mayflower Dr. Greensboro, NC 27403 USA Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Geo Gems, 1003 Battleground Dr. Rocking Gem & Mineral Club 2523 S. Lafayette St. Shelby, NC 28152 USA Meetings: 1st Tuesday, 7:00 pm, Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Rockingham County Mineral Club 170 Apache Trail Reidsville, NC 27320 USA Meetings: 1st Tuesday (except July), 7:00 pm, Penn House Civic Center, (carriage house) 324 Maple Ave. (enter from Irvin street). Southern Appalachian Mineral Society, Inc. P.O. Box 15461 Asheville, NC 28813 USA E-Mail: sams@main.nc.us Meetings: 1st Monday, 7:00 pm, Murphy-Oakley Community Center, 749 Fairview Rd. Federation: AFMS, SFMS Tarheel Gem & Mineral Club, Inc. 114 Lattimore Lane Raleigh, NC 27713 USA Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Powell Drive Community Center. Western Piedmont Mineral & Gem Society PO Box 1098 Conover, NC 28613 USA Meetings: 3rd Friday, 7:00 pm, Conover Municipal Bldg. North Dakota Central Dakota Gem & Mineral Society c/o Ray Oliger 516 N. "20th" St. Bismarck, ND 58501 USA Meetings: 1st Sunday, 2:00 pm November-March & 7:00 pm April-October, Masonic Center, 1810 Schafer St. Federations: Rocky Mountain Federation and American Federation Lake Agassiz Rock Club 1901 "11th" Ave. S. Fargo, ND 58103 USA Meetings: lst Wednesday (Sept.-June), 7:30 pm, NDSU Campus, Stevens Hall, Rm. 136.
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