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 […]
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 […]
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 [email protected]). Examples of past demonstrations include: geode cutting with a lapidary saw, rock drilling, Alaskan fossil collection display and discussion, gemstone tree display […]
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 […]
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 […]
We are thrilled to announce we will be having a guest speaker from NASA’s Space Ambassador program. Kevin Cole is an Assistant Professor of Earth Science and Astronomy in the Math/Science Department of Harper College and his talk, titled “DART, Hera, and Planetary Defense”, will educate us on planetary defense and the threat of potentially […]
Our October Club meeting will include brief club proceedings and then Ben Chorn will treat us to a great presentation on Montana Moss Agates We are very excited to welcome our own Ben Chorn to teach us about the amazing Moss Agates from Montana. Ben is professional Geologist licensed in Illinois and Minnesota, He got […]
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 summer and share your stories with members and be ready to vote on the stellar finds of the 2024 season! Please see meeting agenda and […]
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 2025 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 […]
Our first club meeting of 2025 is scheduled for Saturday, January 11 at 2:30 PM in the Shakopee Community Center. Please plan to attend because there is much important club business that needs your input. Here is the meeting schedule:2:30 – 3:00 PM Socializing and Member Rock Sales3:00 – 4:00 PM Club Business including swearing-in […]
The BOD has voted to cancel the IN-PERSON portion of the club meeting on Saturday, February 8, 2025 due to the incoming storm. Member safety is a top priority.The meeting will proceed as scheduled via ZOOM.Because we are in mid transition from Mail Chimp to Mail Poet - those who have confirmed will receive this […]
Shakopee Community Center 1255 Fuller St S, Shakopee, MN, United States
We are so excited to be kicking off the MMC Juniors series in 2025 with our first MMC Juniors meeting on March 16th from 2-4pm. At our first meeting, we will get to know each other, learn about what the badge program entails and then get into a guided activity. Meetings will all be virtual […]
April is Auction time at the Minnesota Mineral Club! Our first live auction of the year, featuring our favorite auctioneer, Dan Bissonnette, will highlight our April 12th meeting at the Shakopee Community Center. All who plan to attend and bid are encouraged to pre-register. This will save you time when you arrive. To pre-register, email […]
Our next MMC Juniors meeting will be held on April 27, 2025 at 2:00pm. As a reminder, the meeting will be virtual only and you can find the zoom link below. At our next meeting we will be exploring Mineral Identification and each kiddo will learn how we use various tests to determine what a […]
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What and Where We are going to venture to the Lakewood Hills Park in White Bear Lake (address and map link below). We would like to meet you all in the main parking lot, which sits behind the YMCA and the White Bear Arena by 1:55pm. Class will run from 2pm-4pm as usual and we […]
MMC Juniors will host our August meeting online. Please join the zoom by 2pm and we will work on our Rocking on the Computer badge! Minnesota Mineral Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85661133809?pwd=AL2jEgXs9iatGhWqFbYk8oBwHifK6W.1 Meeting ID: 856 6113 3809Passcode: 253934 --- One tap mobile+13052241968,,85661133809#,,,,*253934# US+13092053325,,85661133809#,,,,*253934# US Join instructionshttps://us02web.zoom.us/meetings/85661133809/invitations?signature=KVovZ2gKD6GSrtPupyYm_hHny_m6Ci_sIk8lNIADk9Y
Since 1945, the mission of the Minnesota Mineral Club has been to encourage interest and education in geology, mineralogy, lapidary and earth sciences. Multiple attempts over the past 80 years have been made to create a physical location that could be the enduring home of the MMC, act as a classroom, be a space for […]
Class will go over general shop rules and policies, familiarizing students with how to be a safe and successful Lapidary Shop Assistant at the Minnesota Mineral Club's Rockhaus.
