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 at EY Centre Gem and Mineral Show

    Join us at the Gem Show for a showcase of unique gems, minerals, fossils, jewelry, and so much more. This event is perfect for collectors, enthusiasts, and families alike!. Get...

  • OVMC February 2025 Meeting – Ice River Alkaline Complex – BC

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

    5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Kids Corner "Rock Doctor" Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens...

  • OVMC March 2025 Meeting – The Geological History of Southern Ontario

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

    5:30 PM Mineral Identification “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by...

  • OVMC April 2025 Meeting – Student Research Night

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

    5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Kids Corner “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to...

  • OVMC May 2025 Meeting – Grenville Night and Mineral Auction

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

    5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Kids Corner “Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to...

  • Beryl Pit Field Trip

    Quadeville - meet at Kauffeldt's Grocery Store Quadevilles, Ontario, Canada

    The Beryl Pit is an open pit with a large field of mine dump material that has been bulldozed for easier finding. Originally, beryl was discovered in 1897 then the...

    $15.00 – $20.00

  • Yates Mine Field Trip

    Otter Lake Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada

    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,...

    $10.00

  • Long Lake Zinc Mine Field Trip

    NW of Parham, ON Parham, Ontario, Canada

    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...

    $20.00 – $40.00

  • Craigmont Corundum Mine Field Trip

    Near Combermere, ON Combermere, Ontario, Canada

    In the late 1800s, corundum was discovered near Combermere and soon after the Craigmont Corundum Mine was established. It was a large enterprise employing over 400 men in 1906. Join...

    Free