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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  • Amherst Island Fossil Field Trip

    Amherst Island is located just south of Kingston. We will meet at the Ferry at 10:00 am. After a short ferry ride at 10:30 am, we plan to visit two...

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  • Parker Spinel Occurrence Field Trip

    Parker Mine, Notre-Dame-du-Laus Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Québec, Canada

    The former Parker Mine in Quebec just north of Ottawa was mined in the early 1900s for mica in pyroxenite but is more famous for excellent crystals of olivine and spinel.  Although...

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  • Graphite Road Cut Field Trip

    There is a road cut in Quebec is about an hour's drive from Ottawa where graphite is found as well as diopside and a few other minerals such as tourmaline....

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  • Beryl Pit Field Trip #2

    The owners of the Beryl Pit have turned over the dumps/tailings so fresh minerals are more available. The Beryl Pit is an open pit with a large field of mine...

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  • DeWitts Corner Field Trip

    DeWitts Corner 1950 Christie Lake Road, Perth, Ontario, Canada

    DeWitts Corner, south of Perth, is known as one of the finest spinel crystal locations in Canada. It was originally a calcite mine for feeding a local kiln back in...

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

    NW of Parham, ON Parham, Ontario, Canada

    This trip is planned to be there at dusk or after dark to see and locate the best fluorescent minerals. The Long Lake Zinc Mine (Sometimes called the Richardson Mine)...

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