Boston Mineral Club

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

You do not 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. Membership 

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.

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 our newsletters which can be found in the members only area of the website. 

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

Facebook

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

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Click here to donate to the

 Nathan C. Martin Memorial Scholarship

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Members Can Download the September 2017 Edition of BMC News HERE

The Next BMC Meeting is

Tuesday, September 12th at 7:00 PM

Program: Annual Collecting

Show and Tell Night 

Speaker: Open to BMC Members

As is our tradition, the September meeting of the Boston Mineral Club will take place on the second Tuesday of the month to avoid any complications from members' travels over the Labor Day weekend.

BMC members are encouraged to bring interesting specimens from their 2017 collecting season. The BMC display case will be available to display and protect your specimens. Refreshments also will be available. The Harvard mineral museum should be open to us starting at 6:30 PM. Please plan to arrive by 7:00 PM to socialize and set up any specimens you have brought to display. BMC VP Mike Haritos will start the brief business portion of the meeting around 7:30 PM and begin the presentation shortly thereafter. After the presentations are completed the meeting will conclude with our traditional mineral specimen raffle.

Visitors are always welcome to attend BMC meetings. Invite a friend to come with you!

 We Welcome Visitors & New Members!

All Boston Mineral Club meetings are open to the public!