Regional Chapters

Chapter Contacts and Upcoming Symposia

Colorado Chapter

For Chapter information, contact Richard Parsons, President; Tel: 303-838-8859; E-mail: richard.parsons@att.net.

Symposium: Minerals of Leadville, Colorado, Field Symposium, August 24-26, 2007

FM members participate in exhibits and other educational programs at the Denver Gem and Mineral Show in addition to other club activities

You may order: Antero Aquamarines by Mark Jacobson (1993), Friends of Mineralogy – Colorado Chapter, P.O. Box 5276, Golden, CO 80401-5276. Price: $15.00 (tax and postage included).

Midwest Chapter

For Chapter information, contact Dave Straw, President; 1555 Capri Lane, Richmond, IN 47374; E-mail: strawdl@aol.com.

Symposium: Geodes, September 29-30, 2007

Chapter website: http://www.indiana.edu/~minerals

Pacific Northwest Chapter

For Chapter information, contact Wes Gannaway, President, 1604 Brookwood DR, Ferndale WA 98248; Tel: 360-384-4209; E-mail: debnwes@comcast.net.

Chapter Website: www.pnwfm.org

Symposia: Minerals of Southwest America, October 19 – 21, 2007, Red Lion Hotel, Kelso-Longview, WA.

Current projects include update of Washington State Locality Index and an Oregon State Locality Index to provide information on rare minerals and obscure localities, please contact Aaron Wieting (Oregon) pdxpounder@hotmail.com, and John Lindell (Washington) lindell4@aol.com.

Pennsylvania Chapter

For Chapter information, contact: Doug Rambo, President, 302-739-9945; email: drambo417@comcast.net; or Arnold Mogel, Past President, email: Pioche@Verizon.net.

Chapter website: www.geocities.com/sajas.geo/FM/index.htm.

Order now! Reminiscences of a Mineralogist by Arthur Montgomery. Price: $20+$3 p&h. Order from: Arnold Mogel, 15 Oak Road, Schuykill Haven, PA 17972; Tel: 570-739-4034; E-mail: pioche@losch.net.

Southern California Chapter

For Chapter information, contact Bob Reynolds, President, 220 South Buena Vista St., Redlands, CA; Tel. 909-781-9310; E-mail: Jreynold@empirenet.com or Bob.Reynolds@Lsa-assoc.com. Alternate contact is Bob Housley; E-mail: rhousley@its.caltech.edu.

Chapter website: http://www.mineralsocal.org/scfm, features Minerals of California on-line..

Mississippi Valley Chapter

For Chapter information, contact Bruce Stinemetz; 816-795-1641; Email: bruce.stinemetz@ssa.gov

Southeast Chapter

For Chapter information, contact Anita Westlake, President, 1253 Spencer Ave, East Point, GA 30344; Tel: h) 404-761-7849, w) 404-727-4066; E-mail: libawc@emory.edu

Chapter website: http://www.southeastfm.net/. Annual Fall Symposia and Field Trip.

Tucson Gem and Mineral Society

Contact, Peter Megaw Tgmsgb@azstarnet.com

Friends of Mineralogy is affiliated with The Mineralogical Record Magazine, The Mineralogical Society of America(MSA), the American Geological Institute(AGI), and Rocks & Minerals magazine.