Boston Mineral Club

Welcome to the Boston Mineral Club website! If you have suggestions, questions or comments about the site, please contact us.

You don't need a college degree in earth sciences to join the club! We are open to all. We welcome and encourage new members to join the club. 

What We Do

The Boston Mineral Club (BMC) was founded in 1936 to "promote the study and collecting of rocks and minerals, to encourage friendly cooperation among mineralogists and collectors, [and] to promote the study of mineralogy and related arts and sciences coming within the purview of earth sciences..."

In the pursuit of these goals, the BMC offers educational programs at club meetings, mineral collecting field trips, a newsletter, and access to our mineralogical reference library.

The Boston Mineral Club is a member of the American Federation of Mineral Societies and the Eastern Federation of Mineral and Lapidary Societies. The BMC also is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) educational organization.

*Pictured 2006 BMC Field Trip to Aggregate Industries in Ashland MA

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Donate to the Nathan C. Martin
Memorial Scholarship

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POSTPONED

The BMC Auction has been rescheduled to
January 16, 2021 

American Legion Nonantum Post 440

295 California Street, Newton, MA 02458

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Members Download August 2020

Edition of BMC News

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Members Meeting 

Virtual BMC Show and Tell Meeting

Tuesday, Sept 1, 7:15 p.m.

           See details in the August BMC Newsletter

Members, watch your email for Zoom connection information!

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Field Trip calendars 

Field Trips for 2020 will depend on state travel restriction policy decisions.

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Facebook

Join our Facebook group to find out more about what's going on with the club and connect with the local mineral community.

Field Trips

The Boston Mineral Club is proud of its long tradition of conducting field trips to collecting localities throughout the New England area. Information about trips planned for the current year is published in the Field Trips web page and also in the BMC News newsletter in the members only web page.

The club also organizes occasional trips to localities outside of New England. Previous destinations have included Nova Scotia, Kentucky, Georgia, and Arizona.