Regional Chapters

Colorado Chapter

2021 Officers

  1. President: Benjamin Murphy    email address: ColoradoFOM @ gmail.com
  2. Vice President: Brian Kraft email address: ColoradoFOM @ gmail.com
  3. Secretary: Jeff Kuhn
  4. Treasurer:
  5. Representative to the Denver Gem & Mineral Show Council : Anne Fulton; Alternative: Mark Ivan Jacobson
  6. Representative to the Denver Gem & Mineral Show committee: Anne Fulton

The Colorado Chapter of Friends of Mineralogy meets bimonthly in Jan-Mar-May-Sep-Nov, normally on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Live meetings have been restarted on the Colorado School of Mines Campus, School of Mines, in  Berthoud Hall,  Room 109 (lower level), 1516 Illinois St. Golden, CO. Annual dues (which include national membership in Friends of Mineralogy) are $15. Meeting dates and speakers for each year can be found on the chapter website.  In addition, an annual silent – voice auction of minerals and related materials, is traditionally held the second weekend in May at the Clement Community Center, 1580 Yarrow St., Lakewood, CO, 12 noon to 3 p.m.  This auction, similar to all our meetings, is open to non-members to buy and sell/donate.

Chapter website: http://friendsofmineralogycolorado.org/.
Chapter mailing address: 
Friends of Mineralogy – Colorado Chapter
PO Box 741183
7765 Wadsworth Ave, CO 80003

Midwest Chapter

  • President – Vacant
  • Vice President + Programs (Committee Chair) – Vacant
  • 2nd Vice President + Field Trips (Committee Chair) – Johan Maertens
  • Secretary – Frank Konieczki
  • Treasurer – Jeff Spencer
  • Liaison Officer – Randy Marsh, liaisonofficer @ fommidwest.org
  • Fund Raising (Committee Chair) – Vacant
  • Newsletter (Committee Chair) – Johan Maertens, newsletter @ fommidwest.org

For additional Chapter information go to the Chapter’s website: www.fommidwest.org

Mississippi Valley Chapter

For Chapter information, contact Lawrence Nuelle, President,

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New Jersey Chapter

For Chapter information, contact: ryan @ lpinetwork.com

Ryan Klockner = Club President.
Groundhog Dave Shapiro = 1st Vice Pres.
Sherry Moore = 2nd Vice Pres.
Ken Jasko = Treasurer position.
Julia Chien = Secretary..
KC Dalby = FM-NJ Board of Directors – Director position.

Chapter website at: www.njmineralclub.com

Pacific Northwest Chapter

For Chapter information, contact Jessica Robertson, President,
E-mail: jar7709 @ hotmail.com

Chapter Website: www.pnwfm.org

Chapter Facebook

Annual Symposia:  See the Symposia page for current details.

Now Available! Golden Memories: 50 Years of PNWFM
This magazine-format publication was prepared by PNWFM to help commemorate and celebrate the history of Friends of Mineralogy mineral symposia in the Pacific Northwest. Golden Memories contains approximately 100 pages of archive documents, memories and photographs for all 50 years of PNWFM symposia and club events, 1975-2024. For more information and to order, go to: https://pnwfm.org/2024/09/14/now-available-golden-memories-50-years-of-pnwfm/

Pennsylvania Chapter

  • William Stephens, PG, President
  • Diane Soccio, Vice-President
  • David Glick, Treasurer and Newsletter editor
  • Mark Seguin, PG, Secretary
  • Ross Elliott, PG Field Trip Coordinator

For Chapter information, contact: William Stephens at bstephens @ stephensenv.com

Chapter website: www.rasloto.com/FM/.

Chapter Facebook

Order now! Reminiscences of a Mineralogist by Arthur Montgomery.  Price: $6 (plus $0.36 tax for PA residents) and $4.00 shipping and handling via USPS Media Mai.  Make checks out to “F.M., Pa. Chapter.”  Order from:

Friends of Mineralogy Pennsylvania Chapter Inc.
15 Oak Road
Schuylkill Haven, Pa 17972-9330

Southern California Chapter

For Chapter information, contact Dr. Don Buchanan, President, email:

Tucson Gem and Mineral Society

Contact, TGMS Office at tgms @ tgms.org or visit their website: www.tgms.org

TGMS is not a Friends of Mineralogy chapter, but TGMS and FM have similar missions and also work together to produce a Symposium at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® each February.

The Greater Denver Area Gem and Mineral Council

Info about the Denver Show and Council can be found on their website: http://www.denvermineralshow.com/

The Greater Denver Area Gem and Mineral Council sponsors the Denver Gem and Mineral Show which is organized independently by the Denver Gem and Mineral Show Committee. Although the GDAGMC is not a Friends of Mineralogy Chapter, it is a 501c(3) educational organization. The Denver Gem and Mineral Show has in times past hosted (not sponsored) one-day symposia of the Friends of Mineralogy, Colorado Chapter.

Friends of Mineralogy – National Members “at-large”

See membership application if you live away from one of the chapters listed above.