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 December 2024 Meeting – The Amazing Treasures of the Major Mineral Museums in Germany

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

    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 of Nature, Ottawa Title  The Amazing Treasures of the Major Mineral Museums in Germany Location and Directions: Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St., Ottawa....

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    OVMC January 2025 Meeting – Crystal Habits and Forms, and What They can Tell us

    Musée canadien de la nature 240, rue McLeod, 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 the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to deal with...

  • 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 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...

  • 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 the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to deal with everyone...

  • 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 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...

  • 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 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...

  • 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 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,...

    $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, apatite, calcite, diopside, fluorite, microcline, molybdenite, phlogopite mica, pyroxene, scapolite thorianite, titanite, tremolite and zircon. There is a 20-25 minute walk through the woods on...

    $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 ores. Minerals that can be found in the mine dumps (as shown above) are: calcite, chalcopyrite, diopside, galena, hydrozincite, molybdenite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, quartz, sphalerite (Italics:...

    $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 our "expedition" and a leading expert for a unique collecting experience and discover the 2nd hardest mineral next to diamonds. Corundum is 9 on the...

    Free

  • Miller Property Field Trip

    Smart Mine Miller Property 705 Wittke Rd,, Bonnechere Valley, ON, Canada

    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 apatite, fluorapatite, calcite, biotite, microcline felspar, amazonite, titanite and zircon. Parking is fairly close to the diggings although low cars may want to park a...

    $10.00

  • Bancroft Mineral Club Museum and Club Show

    Bancroft Mineral Museum 8 Hastings Heritage Way, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada

    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 offer a full range of minerals, gems and other products. A number of our OVMC members are travelling to Bancroft to support the Bancroft Club...

    Free