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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.).
Ohio Akron Mineral Society 912 Davis Ave. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 USA Meetings: 2nd Saturday, 6:30 pm, Summit Lapidary Club, 244 Chestnutt Blvd. Brunker Gem & Mineral Club PO Box 62 St. Paris, OH 43072 USA Meetings: 1st Thursday, 7:00 pm, Brunker Nature Center, Troy. Brunswick High School Geology Society 3581 Center Rd. Brunswick, OH 44212 USA Meetings: Tuesday 2:30pm (during the School Year). Chippewa Gem & Mineral Society 9058 Chatham Rd. Medina, OH 44256 USA E-Mail: unavailable Meetings: 2nd Saturday, 7:30 - 8:30 pm, 9100 Chatham Rd. Federation: Midwest Cincinnati Mineral Society 2437 Dorian Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45215-3705 USA E-Mail: RocksMinerals@fuse.net Meetings: Held at 8:00 PM on the second Friday of each month ( except July & August ) at the Sharon Centre Auditorium, located in Sharon Woods Park. There is a Cincinnati Mineral Juniors (kids group) meeting at 7:00 pm before the general meeting. The park's entrance is on Lebanon Road (US-42) between Reading & Kemper Roads. Federation: The Midwest Federation and American Federation Columbus Rock & Mineral Society 1315 Kinnear Rd. Columbus, Ohio USA Club Contact: Sue Guirl 106 E. Pacemont Rd. Columbus, Oh 43202 Ph: 1-614-262-1484 E-Mail: srguirl@yahoo.com Meetings: Held at the The Museum of Biological Diversity, 4th Friday of month (except Dec, July, and Aug,), 7:30 pm, Chemical Abstract, Bldg, A, Olentangy River Rd., Columbus. December Hoilday Gathering location TBA Federation: Midwest Mineralological Federation Dayton Gem & Mineral Society 114 Marchester Dr. Kettering, OH 45429 USA Meetings: 2nd Tuesday (except July picnic & Dec. party), 7:30 pm, Dayton. Dry Dredgers, Inc. Department of Geology University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 USA Meetings: Meetings are held generally at 8 p.m. on the fourth Friday of every month from September to June in Room 201 Braunstein Hall on the University of Cincinnati campus. Federation: An Association of Amateur Geologists and Fossil Collectors East Ohio Lapidary Club 6576 Kinsmamnn-Orangeville Rd. Kinsmann, OH 44428 USA Meetings: 4th Monday (Except August & December), 8:00 pm, St. Cyril & Methodius School, Warren. Firelands Geological Club 1509 Walnut Rd. North Fairfield, OH 44855 USA Meetings: 1st Moday (Sept.-June), 8:00 pm, St. Peter Lutheran Church. Ft. Hamilton Gem & Mineral Society 1818 Gephert Hamilton, OH 45013 USA Meetings: 1st Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Firehouse Community Room. Greater Cincinnati Lapidary & Faceting Society 2948 Rontina Drive Goshen, Ohio 45122 USA Cantact: Judy Budnik E-Mail: wisoh@msn.com Meetings: 2nd Monday at 7:00 pm at Symmes Library, 11850 Enyart, Loveland, Ohio. Federation: Midwest Federation, Greater Cincinnati Lapidary & Faceting Society & AFMS. Lake Erie Gem & Geological Society 10735 LaGrange Rd. Elyria, OH 44035 USA Meet 3rd Monday (except Jan.), 7:30 pm, Visitors Ctr., Metro Park ,Diagonal Rd. Lakeshore Mineral & Lapidary Society 6351 Ramblewood Dr. Mentor, OH 44060 USA Meetings: 4th Friday, 8:00 pm, Mentor Christian Church, 8751 Mentor Ave.  Licking Mineral & Lapidary Society PO Box 94 Mt. Vernon, OH 53050 USA Meetings: 4th Wednesday (Jan.-Oct.), 7:30 pm, Newark. Medina County Gem & Mineral Society 6818 Spencer Lake Rd. Medina, OH 44256 USA Meetings: 1st Friday (Sept.-June), 7:30 pm, Medina Library Meeting Rm. Miami Valley Mineral & Gem Club 231 W. State St. Springfield, OH 45506 USA Meetings: 2nd Sunday (Sept.-May), 2:00 pm, YMCA, Fairborn. Micromineral Society of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History 2495 Deborah Dr. Beachwood, OH 44122 USA Meetings: 4th Saturday (except September), 1:00 pm, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval, Cleveland. Mideast Faceters Guild 6758 Erie Sylvania, OH 43560 USA Mineralogical Society of Cleveland 4219 Brianard Rd. Chagin Falls, OH 44022 USA Meetings: 4th Monday, 7:30 pm, Members Homes. Ohio Valley Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. 753 Arm St. Belpre, OH 45714 USA Meetings: write for info Parma Lapidary Club 23884 Fairlawn Dr. N. Olmstead, OH 44070 USA Meetings: 1st Wednesday (except July), 7:30 pm, Tri-City Senior Ctr., 16699 E. Bagley Rd., Middleburg Heights. Port Clinton Earth Science Club 507 Primrose Galion, OH 44833 USA Meetings: 1st Tuesday (except Jan.), 7:00 pm, Ida Rabb Library, Port Clinton. Richland Lithic & Lapidary Society The Lithnics c/o Robert Hughes (Editor) 3053 Millsboro Rd. Mansfield, OH 44903-8786 USA Contact: Robert Hughes 1-419-529-5011 Meetings: 1st Monday ( if holiday, next Monday), 7:30 pm, Kingwood Center Gatehouse, 900 Park Ave. Federations: MWF, AFMS Rockport Lapidary Club 4219 Brainard Rd. Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday (Sept.-June), 8:00 pm, FOP Hall, 26145 Center Ridge Rd., Westlake. Stark County Gem & Mineral Club 150 Cayuga Ave. NW Canton, OH 44708 USA Meetings: 1st Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Canton Garden Center. Summit Lapidary Club 19 Sheldon Ave. Akron, OH 44301 USA Meetings: 1st Tuesday (Sept.-May), 7:30 pm, 244 Chestnut Blvd., Cuyahoga Falls. Toledo Gem & Rockhound Club 3423 Percentum Dr. Toledo, OH 43617 USA Meetings: 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 pm, Toledo Botanical Gardens, Conference Room. Wayne County Gem & Mineral Club 87 N. "4th" St. Rittman, OH 44270-1333 USA Meetings: 2nd Tuesday (Sept.-June), 7:15 pm, Wayne County Library, North Market & Larwill Ste., Wooster. Oklahoma Ada Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Club, Inc. PO Box 1202 Ada, OK 74820 USA Contact: Doug Kreis 1-580-332-1655 Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:00 pm, Ada Public Library, "12th" and Rennie, "12th" St Entrance. Federation: Rocky Mountain American Federation of Mineralogical and Geological Societies AFMS Central Office PO Box 26523 Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0523 USA Contact: Martin Hart E-Mail: webmaster@amfed.org A non-profit educational federation of seven similar regional organizations of gem, mineral and lapidary societies. Founded in 1947. Enid Gem & Mineral Society 2614 W. Oklahoma Enid, OK 73703 USA Meetings: 1st Thursday, 7:30 pm, Hoover Building, Garfield County Fairgrounds. McCuktain Gem & Mineral Club 406 S.E. Ave. East Idabel, OK 74745 USA Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Idabel Public Library. Mount Scott Gem & Mineral Society 44 NW "29th" St. Lawton, OK 73505 USA Meetings: 4th Friday, 7:00 pm, Town Hall, "5th"& B Ave. Oklahoma Mineral & Gem Society, Inc., The PO Box 25632 Oklahoma City, OK 73125 USA Meetings: 3rd Thursday (Except June & December), 7:30 pm, Will Rogers Garden Exhibition. Osage Hills Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. P. O. Box 561 Bartlesville, OK 74005 USA Contact: Mel Albright E-Mail: mela@galstar.com Meetings: 3rd Thursday (except August and December), 7:00 pm, East Bartlesville Christian Church, 3321 Tuxedo Boulevard. Federation: Rocky Mountain Federation Rough & Tumbled Rock & Gem Club, Inc. 129 Viola Ponca City, OK 74601 USA Meetings: 4th Tuesday, 7:00 pm, 102 N. First St. Shawnee Gem & Mineral Club 10 Donna Lane Shawnee, OK 74801-5614 USA Meetings: 1st Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Northridge Church of Christ. Stillwater Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. 1116 South Gray Stillwater, OK 74074-5446 USA Meetings: 4th Thursday (except Nov. & Dec.), First United Methodist Church. Tahlequah Rock & Mineral Society, Inc. PO Box 932 Tahlequah, OK 74465 USA Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 pm, Tahlequah Public Library. Texoma Rockhounds, Inc. 513 Geraldine Dr. Madill, OK 73446 USA Tulsa Rock & Mineral Society, Inc. PO Box 2292 Tulsa, OK 74101-2292 USA Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:00 pm, Downtown Library. Oregon Clackamette Mineral & Gem Corp 19340 Towncrest Dr. Oregon City, OR 97045 USA Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Zion Lutheran Church. Columbia Gorge Rockhounds PO Box 92 Corbett, OR 97019 USA Meetings: 3rd Friday, 7:30 pm, Fireman's Recreation Hall. Eugene Mineral Club 2708 Potter St. Eugene, OR 97405 USA Meetings: 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm and 3rd Thursday 7:30 pm, Allison Park Christian Church, 1520 Echo Hollow Rd., Eugene Water Board, N. Bldg.. 500 E. "4th" St. Far West Lapidary & Gem Club PO Box 251 Coos Bay, OR 97420 USA Meetings: lst & 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 pm, Faith Lutheran Church, North Bend. Hat Rockhounds Gem & Mineral So. City, Inc. Box 1122 Hermiston, OR 97838 USA Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 pm, Umatilla Electric Co-op Assc. Bldg. Mid Valley Gem & Geology Club 5443 Dwan Court N. Salem, OR 97303 USA Mid-Willamette Facetor's Guild 2075 Tabor St. Eugene, OR 97401-6540 USA Meetings: 1st Tuesday (October-June), 7:00 pm, Linn-Benton Community College, Heath Occupations Building, Room 116, Albany. Mt. Hood Rock Club N.W. 8th & Norman Gresham, OR 97030 USA Contact: Terry Ensell 1-503-245-9184 Meetings: 2nd Wednesday & 4th Monday, Gresham United Methodist Church. North Lincoln Agate Society PO Box 1120 Gleneden Beach, OR 97388 USA Meetings: 1st Thursday, 7:00 pm, Sea Grove Estate Club House, Lincoln Beach. Oregon Agate & Mineral Society 4927 SE Haig St. Portland, OR 97206 USA Meetings: 1st & 3rd Friday, 8:00 pm, Powellhurst Baptist Church, 112th and Powell, Portland Oregon Coast Agate Club PO Box 293 Newport, OR 97365 USA Meetings: 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 8:00 pm, Naterlin Community Center (2nd Thursday). Oregon Rockers 5115 N.E. Everett Portland, OR 97213 USA Oregon Trail Gem & Mineral Society 104 NW "12th" Pendleton, OR 97801 USA Meetings: 4th Tuesday 7:45 pm, Members Homes. Rock & Arrowhead Club PO Box 1803 Klamath Falls, OR 97601-0103 USA Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:30 pm, Klamath County Museum. Rogue Gem & Geology Club PO Box 1224 Grants Pass, OR 97526 USA Meetings: 1st Wednesday, 7:30 pm, Fruitdale Grange, 960 Rogue River Highway, Grants Pass. Roxy Ann Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. 2002 Scenic Ave. Central Point, OR 97502 USA Meetings: 2nd Friday (except for July and December), 7:30 pm, Crater Rock Museum (run by the club), 2002 Scenic Ave., Museum phone 1-541-664-6081. Siusiaw Gem & Mineral Club PO Box 935 Florence, OR 97439-0043 USA Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, Public Library, 1460 "9th" St. South Douglas Gem & Mineral Club PO Box 814 Myrtle Creek, OR 97457 USA Meetings: 2nd & 4th Thursday, 941 Hill St. Springfield Rock Club PO Box 10682 Eugene, OR 97440 USA Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:30 pm, Springfield Utility Board Conference Room, Springfield. Sweet Home Rock & Mineral Society PO Box 241 Sweet Home, OR 97386-0241 USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 6:30 pm, Fir Lawn Lutheran Church. Tall Man Rock Chippers PO Box 563 Lakeview, OR 97630 USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:30 pm, Hi Desert Craft Rock Shop, 244 North "M" St. Trails End Gem & Mineral Club Rt.3, Box 133 Astoria, OR 97103 USA Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:00 pm. Treasure Valley Rock & Gem Club PO Box 2355 Nyssa, OR 97913 USA Tuaiatin Valley Gem Club PO Box 603 Forest Grove, OR 97116 USA Meetings: 2nd & 4th Wednesday (except Dec.), 7:30 pm, Forest Grove Senior Center, 2037 Douglas. Umpqua Gem & Mineral Society PO Box 1264 Roseburg, OR 97470-1318 USA Meetings: 2nd Monday, 7:00 pm and 4th Monday, 1:00 pm, Rosewood Activity Center, 990 W. Stanton. Willamette Agate and Mineral Society PO Box 13041 Salem OR 97309-1041 USA President: Geri Esch Meetings: First Thursday, 6:30 pm, 1055 Erixon St NE, Salem, Oregon. Members: AFMS, NFMS, SCRIBE & American Lands Access Association. Willamette Faceters Guild PO Box 2136 Portland, OR 97208-2136 USA Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, Lynchwood Christian Church, 3815 SE "174th," Columbia. Pennsylvania Appalachian Gem and Mineral Club c/o Sue Bittner 721 Casebeer Church Rd. Somerset, PA 15501 USA Contact: Sue Bittner 1--814-445-6085 Meetings: 4th Sunday, 2:00 pm, St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 202 W. Union St. Beaver County Rock & Mineral Society 123 Moon Enlow Rd. Moon Township, PA 15108 USA Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Bridgewater United Methodist Church, 700 Market St., Bridgewater. Berks Mineralogical Society B.M.S. Reading, Pennsylvania USA Contact: Dennis Buffenmyer E-Mail: unavailable Meeting: 2nd Tuesday (except July and August), 7:30 to 9:30 pm, Reading Museum. Blair Rock & Mineral Club, Inc. PO Box 17 Newry, PA 16665 USA Meetings: 4th Tuesday, 7:00 pm, Human Resource Conference Rm., Altoona. Bucks County Earth Science Society 101 S. Westview Ave. Feasterville, PA 19053 USA Meetings: 2nd Monday (September-June), 8:00 pm, Churchill Nature Center. Central Pennsylvania Rock & Mineral Club, Inc. 2408 Swatara St. Harrisburg, PA 17104-2035 USA Meetings: 1st Wednesday, 7:30 pm, Mt. Oliver United Methodist Church, 5000 Simpson Ferry Rd., Shiremanstown. Che-Hanna Rock & Mineral Club, Inc. PO Box 22 Sayre, PA 18840 USA Meetings: 2nd Wednesday (Sept.-June), 7:00 pm, Sayre High School, Rm. 113. Delaware Valley Lapidary & Mineral Society 726 Sheffield Dr. Springfield, PA 19064 USA Contact: Mack Lingenfelter 1-610-544-5523 E-Mail: jo7ma4@voicenet.com Meetings: 4th Tuesday (except July and August), 7.30 pm, Springfield Township Building. Federations: EFMLS and AFML Franklin County Rock & Mineral Club PO Box 1004 Chambersburg, PA 17201-1004 USA Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, 7:30 pm, Science Center, Wilson College. Gem & Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County 912 Manor Lane Langhorne, PA 19053 USA Meetings: 2nd Friday, 8:00 pm, Northminster Presbyterian Church, Fairless Hill. Gem City Rock & Mineral Society, Inc. 427 Collen Dr. Erie, PA 16505 USA Meetings: 1st Friday, 7:30 pm, "10th" & State St. Keystone West Gem & Mineral Society 508A Perry Hwy. Harmony, PA 16037 USA Kiski Area Gem & Lapidary Club RD #2, Box 132 Saltsburg, PA 15631 USA Meetings: 3rd Saturday, 2:00 pm, Community Bldg. Kit-Han-Ne Rock & Gem Club 200 Pine Hill Rd. Kittanning, PA 16201 USA Contact: Albert Zabinski E-Mail: zabinski@bankswith.apollotrust.com Meetings; 1st Thursday, 7:30 pm, Community Pariah Hall, McVille, on Rt. 128, Codogn.-Freeport Rd. Leidy Microscopical Society c/o LP Tori Jr. PO Box 40 Holicong, PA 18928 USA Meetings: 3rd Thursday (Sept.-June), 7:30 pm, Northminster Presbyterian Church, 140 Trenton Rd., Fairless Hills. Mineral & Lapidary Society of Pittsburgh, Inc. 409 E. Carter Dr. Versailles, PA 15137 USA Meetings: 3rd Friday (Aug.-May), 7:30 pm, Boro Bldg., Whitehall. Mineralogical Society of North-Eastern Pennsylvania 637 S. Valley Ave. Olyphant, PA 18447 USA Meetings: 4th Sunday, 2:00 pm, Dupont Fire Hall. Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania 566 Buttonwood Farm Rd. Millersville, PA 17551 USA Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania Rd #1 Box 1222-A Leesport, PA 19533 Contact: Barry Gehret 1-610-378-0978 Meetings: West Chester University, Philadelphia. Monongahela Rockhounds 1024 Lincoln Ave. Duquesne, PA 15110 USA Meetings: 1st Saturday, 7:30 pm, Munhall Boro Bldg., Munhall. Moraine Rockbusters 4642 Hampton Valley Dr. Allison Park, PA 15101 USA Meetings: 2nd Saturday, 7:30 pm, Mars Presbyterian Church, Mars. New Castle Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. 8347-2 Sharon-Mercer Rd. Mercer, PA 16137-8968 USA Meetings: 3rd Sunday, 4:00 pm, Eaton Park, New Castle. Nitrany Mineralogical Society Penn State University 122 Steidle Bldg. University Park, PA 16802 USA Meetings: 3rd Wednesday, 6:30 pm, 301 Steidle Bldg. North Penn Rock & Mineral Club 782 Shearer St. N. Wales, PA 19454 USA Meetings: 3rd Tuesday (Sept.-May), 7:30 pm, Pennbrook Middle School, N. Wales Rd. & Hancock St. Pennsylvania Earth Sciences Association, Inc. 1353 Sullivan Trail Easton, PA 18042-1143 USA Meetings: 3rd Monday, 7:30 pm, Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church, 535 W. Emaus Ave., Allentown. Philadelphia Mineralogical Society Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday at 7:30 pm (except July and August), at the Cathedral Village in the Andorra section of Philadelphia. Members: AFMS & EFMLS Tuscarora Lapidary Society 105 W. Jasper St. Media, PA 19063-3209 USA E-Mail: information@lapidary.org Meetings: General meetings begin at 8:00pm at the Springfield Township Municipal Bld. (Powell Rd.) Delaware County, PA. West Penn Micromineral Society 1221 Philippi Ave. Bethel Park, PA 15102 USA Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:00 pm, Bethel Park Municipal Community Room, 5100 Library Ave.
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