September 2023 Club Meeting

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

Our September meeting will be held in-person at the Creekside Community Center and will also be broadcast via Zoom. Our meeting will focus on club updates, annual show information, and […]

October Club Meeting

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

The October 14th meeting will include the "Find of the Year" contest. It has been several years, but it is back by popular demand! Please see meeting agenda and contest […]

November 2023 Club Meeting

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

Our November 11th meeting will include a presentation by Eric Moen on "The Magic of Faceting". Here is a list of remaining meetings for 2023: November 11 - Club Meeting and […]

December 2023 Club Meeting

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

Our December meeting will be held in-person at the Creekside Community Center and will also be broadcast via Zoom. Our program will include a potluck, installation of 2024 Officers, and a gift exchange. The potluck and gift exchange are voluntary. Feel free to bring a dish to share. If you would like to participate in […]

January 2024 Club Meeting and Presentation

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

Our January meeting will be held in-person at the Creekside Community Center and will also be broadcast via Zoom. Our program will include regular club business and a presentation by Philip Persson from Persson Rare Minerals LLC in Golden, Colorado. January Meeting Schedule: 6:00-6:30pm – Socializing/Member Rock Swap-Sale 6:30-7:00pm – Club Business 7:00-8:15pm – Presentation […]

February 2024 Club Meeting and Presentation – The Paleo Discoveries of the Dinosaur Ridge by Erin LaCount

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

Our February meeting will be held in-person at the Creekside Community Center and will also be broadcast via Zoom. Our program will include regular club business and a presentation on The Paleo Discoveries of the Dinosaur Ridge given by Erin LaCount, the Education Programs Director at Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado. February Meeting Schedule: 6:00-6:30pm […]

March 2024 Club Meeting and Demonstrations Night

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

Our March meeting will include Demonstration Night. If you are interested in demonstrating your skills, please let me know so I can prepare enough space for all those who wish to participate (email program@minnesotamineralclub.org). Examples of past demonstrations include: geode cutting with a lapidary saw, rock drilling, Alaskan fossil collection display and discussion, gemstone tree display […]

April 2024 Club Meeting and Presentation by The Agate Man!

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

We are very excited to be welcoming The Agate Man to the Creekside Community Center. Lyndon D. Johnson will be bringing ~ 300lbs of specimens and sharing his knowledge of Lake Superior Agates and other Minnesota gems and minerals. Lyndon is well-known for the incredible agates he finds, including a 31-pound dendritic agate and his […]

May 2024 Club Meeting and Spring Auction

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

Our May Club meeting will include brief club proceedings and then we will jump right into our Spring Auction (which means, yes... we are having more than one auction this year!) Our club auctions are some of our biggest Club fundraising activities. We will have a "Live" auction segment to go along with the Silent […]

September 2024 Club Meeting and Presentation

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

Our September meeting will be held in-person at the Creekside Community Center and will also be broadcast via Zoom. Our program will include regular club business and a presentation (more […]

October 2024 Club Meeting and Fall Auction

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

Our October Club meeting will include brief club proceedings and then we will jump right into our Fall Auction (the second one of 2024!) Our club auctions are some of […]

November 2024 Club Meeting Sharing Finds + Find of the Year Contest

Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, United States

In our November meeting we will be running our 2nd Annual "Find of the Year" contest as well as sharing our summer finds, so bring your rockhounding finds from this […]