Prescott Gem and Mineral Club Purpose:
- To increase knowledge and understanding of the sciences pertaining to minerals, gems, rocks, fossils, and similar objects.
- To increase the practical knowledge and art of cutting, grinding, and polishing those materials and their use and design and creation of jewelry and other useful objects.
- To disseminate to the members and the public knowledge of lapidary work, mineralogy, collecting and classification of minerals, rocks, geology, paleontology, and other related earth sciences.
- To organize field trips for the legitimate collection of rocks, fossils, and minerals.
- To foster the development and education of the aforementioned endeavors among the youth of our community.
Club meeting time and place:
First Saturday of each month at 9:30 A.M. (Unless otherwise specified in our Newsletter.)
Moose Lodge 319
6501 East 6th Street
Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
At our monthly meetings, we have lectures/presentations, slide shows and videos on a variety of subjects of interest to members by outstanding guest speakers. Our club of over 200 members, ranging in age between 4 and 70 plus years young, are from the Quad-city and surrounding areas.
Contact Information:
Prescott Gem and Mineral Club
P.O. Box 3923
Chino Valley, AZ 86323
Proud Member of
Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies
American Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Webmaster: Colleen Denton & Gail Walker