Our meetings are the second Saturday of the month.
We don’t meet June, July, August.
Board Meeting 5:30 PM & General Meeting 7:00 PM
Falcon Heights Community Center 2077 Larpenteur Avenue, Falcon Heights, MN
Visitors are welcome!
Also find us on Facebook.com/mnmineralclub
Rock Hounds R Us
Share your experiences of rock hounding, lapidary, mineral collecting, STEM outreach & field trips with us!
Minnesota Mineral Club Historic Info
Founded in 1945
Mission: We are an educational group based in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, although membership is not restricted to residents of Minnesota. Monthly meetings are open to everyone. The Minnesota Mineral Club is a member of the Midwest Federation and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.
Kids with rock collections enjoy science!
The Minnesota Mineral Club is a non-profit organization devoted to the study of Mineralogy, Geology, Paleontology and the Lapidary Arts. We are an educational group based in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, although membership is not restricted to residents of Minnesota. Monthly meetings are open to everyone. The Minnesota Mineral Club is a member of the Midwest Federation and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.
Our club has a great annual show!
The Minnesota Mineral Club’s Annual Show is scheduled
for mid October at the Cottage Grove Armory.
Here is the show flyer in PDF format: mmcshowflyer17
Area Shows
For information on rock and mineral shows and sales in the Midwest, check the Midwest Federation page and click on the months to see what shows are scheduled during that month.
Make friends, share ideas, get notified,
sign-up for events…
Our new website is a community based membership site with lots of great new features! We have Forums, within site networking, best-known-methods, minerals of the months, how-to articles, Field Trip signup, galleries of rocks and many other features!
Field Trips are Fun!
Enjoy new friendships while collecting minerals!
Many of our trips are in Minnesota, but some go to Canada, Montana, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa and Arkansas! Trip leaders provide the level of difficulty and tools/skills required. Most of the field trip team bring samples back to the club meeting to show the variety of collected materials.
Field Trip
Example of what we find!
Latest News & Events
Our meetings are the second Saturday of the month.
We don’t meet June, July, August.