** 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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The Long Lake Zinc Mine (Sometimes called the Richardson Mine) started in 1897 with a number of mining operations in the early and mid 1900s focusing on zinc and lead ores. Minerals that can be found in the mine dumps (as shown above) are: aragonite, calcite, chondrodite, diopside, dolomite, hydrozincite, smithsonite, galena, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, quartz, sphalerite...
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...
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...
NOTE: We have rented the Museum's Theatre in the basement for a much more comfortable and quieter space. When you enter CMN, go to the back of the Lobby and go down the stairs, turn left at the bottom and go under the stairs through the door where you will find the theatre. 6:00 PM...
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...
5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6:00 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...
Meeting Location: Canadian Museum of Nature in the Theatre downstairs 5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, 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...
The OVMC will have a booth at the EY Centre Gem and Mineral Show. Explore an extraordinary collection of crystals, fossils, gemstones, and handcrafted jewelry—each a masterpiece shaped by the forces of nature and time. Show Hours Thursday to Saturday | 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Sunday | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Details Admission:...
6:00 PM Youth Program Workshops Location: Canadian Museum of Nature in the large area past the restaurant Four workshop facilitators will hold two workshops. Much appreciation is extended to Inna Lykova, PhD, Research Scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature for organizing this Youth Program. 1st Workshop: Symmetry in minerals: unveiling crystal patterns followed by...
The Beryl Pit is an open pit with a large field of mine dump material that has been bulldozed for easier discovery. Originally, beryl was discovered in 1897 then the mine opened in the 1920s. There are a variety of minerals that can be found here including beryl, pyrite, columbite, euxenite, tourmaline, fluorite, various quartz,...
Join us and win door prizes! ZOOM For those who cannot make it to the Museum of Nature but would like to attend remotely, we will do a Zoom as well as record the meeting. To join the Zoom between 6:00 - 6:15 p.m use the following Zoom link: Topic: OVMC Meeting - Quintin Wight Award...
The Yates Mine was originally worked in 1906-07 for mica and fluorite and later in the 40’s and 50’s for fluorite and uranothorite. Possible minerals to be uncovered are: allanite, apatite, calcite, diopside, fluorite, microcline, molybdenite, phlogopite mica, pyroxene, scapolite thorianite, titanite, tremolite and zircon. Parking is at the gate to the property. Since the...
