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** 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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5:30 PM Mineral Identification 6:00 PM Meeting Join us for Christmas treats, a mineral auction and free minerals for the kids. Speaker: Michael Bainbridge, Assistant Curator of Mineralogy, Canadian Museum...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
The Miller Property includes the Smart Mine established around 1880. Apatite was the main target because of its phosphate used as fertilizer. The main minerals that can be found are...
The Bancroft Gem and Mineral Club holds its own Club Show on the Sunday before the Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree scheduled for July 31 - Aug 3, 2025. Bancroft club members...
