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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  • Beryl Pit Field Trip #2

    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

  • Long Lake Zinc Mine Field Trip #2 (Evening)

    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...

    Free

  • OVMC November 2025 Meeting – The Pleasures of Micromounting

    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...

  • OVMC February 2026 Meeting – Fossils of the Ottawa Area

    Canadian Museum of Nature 240 MacLeod Street, 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...

  • OVMC Meeting – Mineral Palette: Decoding the Colours of Minerals

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

    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...

  • EY Centre Gem and Mineral Show

    EY Centre Ottawa

    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...

  • OVMC Youth Program

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

    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...

  • 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 discovery. Originally, beryl was discovered in 1897 then the...

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