Our Thursday, October 15 meeting will be at the VFW at 6:30 p.m…
- The Thursday, October 15 meeting will be at 6:30 pm. The short program will be “Alabama’s Petrified Wood and the Wetumpka Impact Crater” presented by Pebble Pup Brody Dymond. The main program by Steven Veatch is “ In the Shadow of the Betsie River: The Serendipitous Recovery of an Early Archaic Artifact“.
- The Pebble Pups meeting takes place on the same night from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. Please check your newsletter for more information on the “Pebble Pups” program for young rockhounds. Check out the Pebble Pups own website. To check out this site CLICK HERE!!
- Here is a great place to visit in western Maine, the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. Check out their website to learn about this fabulous museum. To visit this site, CLICK HERE!!
- The club has a lease with the City of Traverse City through the end of October 2026, to use the equipment room in the Carnegie building (Crooked Tree Arts Center) on Sixth Street. Open work room sessions may be available. You must be a member and have taken the cabochon class to use the work room. You must register in advance due to the limited number of machines. E-mail scheduling@tcrockhounds.com to sign up for a work session. Remember, the workroom is not to be used for commercial purposes.
- The 2026 Keweenaw Week was held August 2 – 9, 2026. You can visit the Seaman Mineral Museum website by clicking on the underlined event name above to find out the details of the week’s events.
- The 2026 Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club show was held on Saturday, August 1. There were two collecting events this year. The trips were Friday, July 31 to the Republic Iron Mine and Sunday, August 2 to the Lindberg Mine. For details, check their website from our Sponsors/Links page.
- The Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club hosted their collecting and social events, August 2 through 9, 2026. Collecting trips were to the Central, Iroquois, Cliff, Wolverine #2 and #4 mines from August 3 through 7. Follow the link to their web site above or from our Sponsors/Links page. The CCRMC Rock and Mineral show was August 7, 8, and 9.
- Various instructors will be teaching beginning cabochon classes, silversmithing, and wire wrapping classes. The next silversmithing class for beginners will be held on October 4 and 11. E-mail scheduling@tcrockhounds.com to check for availability or to sign up for a class. Remember, you must be a member of the club to participate in these or other classes. There are class size limits.
- Be sure to check the calendar and the GTARMC newsletter for further updates!
- The 2026 Petoskey Stone Festival was held at Barnes Park in Eastport on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Check the festival website by clicking on the event title for more information or check their Facebook page. Please note, the festival is on Saturday, one week before Memorial Day Weekend starting in 2025.
- This page link has many fun activities for the young geologist. The rest of the site covers other fun science subjects. To check out this site CLICK HERE!!
