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2022 Board and Committee Heads

Field Trips

See calendar.

Invitation to join some field trips sponsored by the Three Rivers Gem and Mineral Society
Beacon Mine May 26-28, 2023
New Jersey July 7-10, 2023
Flint Ridge September 30, 2023

MGMS Bylaws

Download the MGMS 2023 Membership Directory:

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Newsletter Archive - The Rockfinder (in PDF Format)

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Field Trips

 Photos of Club Events

YearMonthEvent
2008September Meeting
Bus Trip to Corydon, IN & Louisville, KY
2009MayMeeting
AugustShow
SeptemberMeeting
OctoberMeeting
2010MarchMeeting
2014SeptemberBus Trip to Geode Fest 2014
NovemberGeode Cracking Party

Rockhound General

Collecting Sites (historic information, not current)

About Montana Agate
Agates Along the Shore of Lake Superior
Agate Jasper And Wood In the Land of Enchantment
Agates Of The Eastern Slope
Agate Varities Of The Pacific Northwest
Alden Pyrite Nodules
Chalcedony in South Dakota
Field Trip Tips
Flint In Ohio
Flower Agate  In The Red Sand Dunes
Idaho Opal, Jasperand Fossil Wood
Iowa's Famous Geode Park
Lake Superior Agates Are In A Class By Themselves
Mineral Collecting In The Toledo Ohio Area
New Mexico Presents A Colorful Variety of Agate
Rockhounding In Indiana
Some Of The Beautiful Varieties of Agate In Texas
South Dakota's Great Homestake Gold Mine
South Dakota's Hidden Jewel
South Dakota Land of Field Trips
The Flourescent Minerals Of Franklin, New Jersey
Utah's Septarian Nodules

Fossils

A Lower Devonian Trilobite Fauna From the Glenerie Limestone of Becraft Hills, New York
Cambrian Trilobita
Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey
Fossiling Around The Michigan Mitt
Fossils Of The Pennsylvanian Period
Midwest Fossils - Part II
Midwest Fossils - Part IV Colonial Corals
Midwest Fossils - Part VI Brachiopods
Midwest Fossils - Part VIII Worm Fossils, Conodonts
The Oldest Known Fossils - Part I
The Physical Characteristics Of Crinoids
Trilobites of the Grafton Area - Part I
Trilobites of the Grafton Area - Part II

Lapidary Arts

Anyone Can Carve
Carving In Soapstone
Carving Soapstone
Cutting Lace Agate
Cuttng Petrified Wood
The Handbook of Flat Lapping, Part 2
The Handbook Of Flat Lapping, Part 3
How To Finish Your Intarsia
If I Can Carve, You Can Too
Memorial Library University Of Dotre Dame Stone Mosiac
Polishing Jade
Sawing Tapered Stones
The Expert's Guide to Cabochon Cutting
The Gem Granites - Part 1
The Gem Granites - Part 2
The Hardness of Gems - Part 4

Minerals

A Many Faceted Jewel
Beauty In Fluorite
Fluorite Holds A Place All Its Own
Geodes: The 'Hole' Story, Part 1
Geodes: The 'Hole' Story, Part 2
How Did Agates Form?
Minerals From New Mexico's Mines
Montana Agate A Most Fascinating Gemstone
Nephrite, Jadeite -- Jade - Part 2
Origin And History Of The Thundergg
Obsidian
The Jade Story - American European Asiatic New Zealand - Part Five Jade In South America
The Thunderegg, Oregons State Rock
Tigereye And Its Kissing Cousins
Unveiling the Secrets of Lace Agate
What Do We Really Know About The Formation Of Agate and Chalcedony

Petrified Wood

How To Identify Fossil Wood
How To Identify Fossil Wood
How To Identify Fossil Wood Part 1
How To Identify Fossil Wood Part 3, Identification With A Hand Lens
Notes On Petrified Wood
The Petrified Forests Of North Dakota


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