Colorado Chapter

The Colorado Chapter of Friends of Mineralogy meets bimonthly in Jan-Mar-May-Sep-Nov, normally on the 2nd Thursday of the month,at a new location, the Lakeview Event Center, 7864 West Jewell Avenue, Lakewood is located right in the heart of Lakewood at Jewell Ave & Wadsworth Blvd. 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, 1714 S. Clarkson St., Denver, CO 80210
Midwest Chapter
For Chapter information, contact:
Chapter website: www.fommidwest.org
Mississippi Valley Chapter
For Chapter information, contact Larry Nuelle, President,
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New Jersey Chapter
For Chapter information, contact:
Chapter website at: https://fomnj.wordpress.com/.
Pacific Northwest Chapter
For Chapter information, contact Toby Seim, President,
E-mail: anotherlevelfit @ gmail.com
Chapter Website: www.pnwfm.org
Annual Symposia: See the Symposia page for current details.
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: Joseph Marchesani, President, email:
Chapter website: www.rasloto.com/FM/.
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Southern California Chapter
For Chapter information, contact Dr. Don Buchanan, President, email:
Virginia Chapter
FMVA 2020 Leadership Team
Club Contact Info: Email: friendsofmineralogy.virginia@gmail.com Phone: 540-529-4506 (President)
President: Thomas Hale, virginiamineralproject@gmail.com
Vice-President: Alex Venzke, alex.venzke27@gmail.com
Secretary: Kelley Finch, kelleyfinch@gmail.com
Treasurer: Tom Girton, tagirton@gmail.com
About Us: FMVA is a project-oriented organization comprised of various committees dedicated to specific topics such as safety, education, historical preservation, and research. FMVA meetings are held bi-monthly starting in January and will be on the last Friday of the month at 7:00pm Eastern Time. All meetings will have a virtual component, in addition to the physical meeting location, allowing people from across the community to attend. Locations are TBD due to COVID-19, but meetings when they restart will alternate between two different locations within the state to allow the spread out members to attend some meeting.
Meetings for the remainder of 2020 will be held on Zoom.
Social Media: Check us out on our website, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube accounts.
Website: https://www.friendsofmineralogyvirginia.org/
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.