Events - Field Trips, Meetings, Shows

** NOTE: Mineral collecting field trips will begin again in the Spring. Click on Previous Events below to browse past field trips, meetings and other events. Come to our monthly meetings which are held every second Thursday each month. Bring your rocks and minerals to have experts identify or exchange for other minerals plus attend fascinating presentations. Presentations are in English but bilingual club members would be happy to translate questions.

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  • OVMC December 2025 Meeting – Extraordinary Mineral Diversity at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec and Mineral Auction

    Canadian Museum of Nature 240 MacLeod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Join us for Door Prizes, Auction and Christmas Treats 6:00 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 6:00, ends at 6:30 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity...

  • OVMC January 2026 Meeting – The Geology of the Ottawa Area

    Musée canadien de la nature 240, rue McLeod, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    6:00 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 6:00, ends at 6:30 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to...

  • OVMC March 2026 Meeting – Mineral Cleaning Demystified: Practical Tips to Maximize Mineral Beauty

    Musée canadien de la nature 240, rue McLeod, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    6:00 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 6:00, ends at 6:30 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to...