Northern California - Faceter's Guild of Northern California
Federation: California Federation
Mailing Address: Wayne Meissner P.O. Box 357 Lathrop CA 95330
Meetings: 4 Times per year ( at various shows ) Breakfast meetings (8:00 a.m.)
Meetings are held at various shows in Northern California due to members being spread out across the state
E-mail: Wayne Meissner
Telephone:(209)858-2263
Updated 2/17/2003 12:42:34 PM
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA- Die Hards Field Trip Club
Added 4/8/2004 4:24:31 PM
Anaheim - AMERICAN OPAL SOCIETY, INC.
Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:00 pm
Garden Grove Women's Club
9501 Chapman Avenue, Garden Grove
Anaheim - AUTONETICS GEM & MINERAL CLUB
2107 W. Bearcon Ave (92804)
Anaheim - SEARCHER GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 3492 (92803)
Angeles Camp - CALAVEPAS GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 517 (95222)
Antioch - ANTIOCH LAPIDARY CLUB
PO Box 91 (94509)
Apple Valley - HI DESERT GOLD DIGGER
20162 Highway 18 #G-178 (92307)
Auburn - MOTHER LODE MINERALITIES
PO Box 4948(95604)
Bakersfield - KERN COUNTY MINERAL SOCIETY
Federation: AFMS and CFMS
Mailing: PO Box 3004 Bakersfield, CA 93385-3004
Meetings: Third Thursday of each month, 7:30 pm
Location: Veterans Hall 2101 Ridge Road Bakersfield, CA
E-mail: Sidney Kelley
Telephone:(661) 831-8488
Updated 4/21/2003 6:39:53 PM
Banning - SAN GORGONIO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY
PO Box 424 (92220)
Barstow - MOJAVE DESERT GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 138 (92311)
Berkeley - BERKELEY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 755 (94701)
Boron - MOJAVE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO Box 511 (93596)
Carmel - CARMEL VALLEY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY, INC.
PO Box 5846 (93921)
Castro Valley - MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY OF CASTRO VALLEY
PO Box 2145 (94546)
Cathedral City - SHADOW MOUNTAIN GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 358 (92234)
Chico - SUPERIOR CALIFORNIA GEM & MINERAL ASSOCIATION
PO Box 144 (95927)
China Lake - INDIAN WELLS GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 1481 (93555)
Coalinga - COALINGA ROCKHOUNDS SOCIETY
PO Box 652 (93210)
Costa Mesa - ORANGE COAST MINERAL & LAPIDARY SOCIETY PO Box 10175 (92626)
Culver City - CULVER CITY ROCK & MINERAL CLUB
Federation: CFMS
PO Box 3324 (90231)
Meetings: Second Monday of each month, 7:30 pm
Location: Senior Center - Veteran's Memorial Auditorium
Culver Blvd and Overland Ave
E_mail: Brad Smith
Telephone 310-472-6490
Updated 11/4/98 2:27:58 PM
Davis - DAVIS-WOODLAND GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
630 E Street (95616)
Downey - DELVFRS GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 4115 (90241)
El Cajon - EL CAJON VALLEY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 451 (92022)
El Cajon - ISLANDERS GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 21007 (92021)
El Cajon - NORTH ISLAND GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 20772 (92021)
El Centro - IMPERIAL VALLEY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 1721 (92244)
Encinitas - SAN DIEGUITO GEM & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 2300863 (92024)
Escondido - PALOMAR GEM & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 1583 (92033)
Eureka - HUMBOLDT GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 1075 (95501)
Fair Oaks - AMERICAN RIVER GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY, INC.
PO Box 621084 (95661)
Fairfield - FAIRFIELD LAPIDARY SOCIETY
PO Box 603 (94533)
Fallbrook - FALLBROOK GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY
Federation: CFMS
PO Box 62 Fallbrook, CA 92088
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of each month (July and August no meeting) 7:30 PM
Fallbrook Historical Society Building
260 Rocky Crest Road Fallbrook, CA
E-mail: Garth Bricker
Telephone 760-728-1333
Updated 5/11/98 1:50:07 PM
Fontana - CHINO VALLEY PROSPECTOR
PO Box 2174(92334)
Fontana - KAISER ROCK & GEM CLUB
9398 Live Oak (92335)
Fontana - WEST END PROSPECTORS
PO Box 834 (92335)
Fort Bragg - MENDOCINO COAST GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 868 (95437)
Fountian Valley - FACETERS'GUILD OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
PO Box 8890-436 (92708)
Fresno - FRESNO GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
340 W. Olive (93728)
Glendora - GLENDORA GEMS
859 E. Sierra Avenue (91740)
Hanford - KINGS STONECRAFTERS
1325 Beulah St. (93238)
Hawthorne - NORTHROP GRUMANN GEM & MINERAL CLUB
1 Northrop Ave. (90250)
Hayward - Mineral and Gem Society of Castro Valley
Federation: California Federation of Mineralogists, Inc.
Mailing: MGSCV, PO Box 2145, Castro Valley, CA 94546
Meeting: 1st Wednesday of every month, except July and Aug., 7:30 p.m.
Location: Centennial Hall
22292 Foothill Blvd. Hayward, CA 94540
E-mail: Candy Jones, Membership Chair
Telephone: (925) 671-7844
Added: 10/2/99 10:44:51 AM
Hollister - HOLLISTER GEM & LAPIDARY SOCIETY
PO Box 438 (95024)
Joshua Tree - SPORTSMAN'S CLUB OF JOSHUA TREE
PO Box 880 (92252)
La Crescenta - FOOTHILL GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
6265 Altura Ave. (91214)
La Habra - NORTH ORANGE COUNTY GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 653 (90633)
La Puente - LA PUENTE GEM & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 647 (91744)
Lake Elsinore - LAKE ELSINORE GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
33040 Dowman (92530)
Lancaster - ANTELOPE VALLEY GEM & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 69 (93584)
Lancaster - VALLEY GEMS
9050 1/2 W. Ave. J (93536)
Livermore - LIVERMORE VALLEY LITHOPHILES
PO Box 626 (94550)
Lodi - LODI GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 572(95241)
Lomita - PALOS VERDES GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 686 (90717)
Long Beach - LONG BEACH MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY
PO Box 4082 (90804)
Long Beach - MINERAL RESEARCH SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
4759 Blackthorne Ave (90808)
Long Beach - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MICROMINERALOGISTS
4759 Blackthorne Ave (90808)
Los Altos - PENINSULA GEM & GEOLOGY SOCIETY
Federations: C.F.M.S. and A.F.M.S
P.O. Box 952 Los Altos, CA 94022
Meetings: 4th Wednesday of Every Month, Except May-July-August-November 8:00 PM
Garden House, Shoup Park
400 University Avenue Los Altos, CA 94022
E-mail: Tom Burchard
Telephone: 650-493-9301
Updated 6/12/98 9:41:04 AM
Los Angeles - CENTINEIA VALLEY GEM & MINERAL CLUB
5316 W. 82nd St. (90045)
Los Angeles - LOS ANGELES LAPIDARY SOCIETY
2517 Federal Avenue (90064)
Los Angeles - LOS ANGELES MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY
228 S. Oxford Ave. (90004)
Los Angeles - WEST LOS ANGELES JAPANESE AMERICAN LEAGUE
1928 Armacost Ave. (90025)
Mammoth Lakes - EASTERN SIERRA GEM AND MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 1997
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546-1997
Meetings: 1st Wednesday of each month at 7 pm
Location: Crowley Lake Community Center in Crowley Lake, CA
Added 2/17/2003 12:32:57 PM
Manhattan Beach - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY
1826 9th St. (90266)
Manhattan Beach - WESTSIDE MINERALOGISTS
1826 9th St. (90266)
Mariposa - MARIPOSA GEM & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 753 (95338)
Marysville - SUTTER BUTTES GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 269 (95901)
Midway City - ORANGE COUNTY 49ERS
PO Box 781(92655)
Modesto - MOTHER LODE MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 1263 (95353)
Monrovia - MONROVIA ROCKHOUNDS INC.
PO Box 553 (91016)
Monterey Park - MONTEREY PARK GEM SOCIETY
902 S. Garfield Avenue (91750)
Montrose - GLENDALE VERDUGO GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 265 (91021)
N. Hollywood - SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY
6300 Carlina Ave. (91606)
Napa - NAPA VALLEY ROCK & GEM SOCIETY
PO Box 404 (94559)
Needles - NEEDLES GEM & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 762 (92363)
Nevada City - NEVADA COUNTY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 565 (95959)
Newhall - SIERRA PELONA ROCK CLUB
Federations: AFMS CFMS
Mailing: Sierra Pelona Rock Club
P.O. Box 221256 Newhall, Ca. 91322
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday of each Month, 7:30PM
Location: The Recreation Building
H.M. Newhall Memorial Park
24923 Newhall Avenue Newhall, Ca.
Club_Web_Address = http://home.earthlink.net/~rhyde83/
E-mail: Gary Stanford (President)
Telephone: (805) 284-3793
Updated 12/7/98 2:42:49 PM
Nice - LAKE COUNTY DIAMOND & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 272 @95464)
Oakland - EAST BAY MINERAL SOCIETY
2506 High St. (94601)
Orangevale - American River Gem and Mineral Society, Inc
Federation: California Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Mailing: PO Box 621084 Orangevale CA 95662-1084
Meetings: 3rd Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Orangevale Grange Hall 5807 Walnut Ave Orangevale CA
E-mail: Club E-mail
Contact: Florence Brady, Secretary
Telephone:(916) 961-6868
Updated 7/23/99 11:39:40 AM
Oxnard - OXNARD GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
All Current Club Information is on their Web Site.
Updated April 21, 2000
Palmdale - PALMDALE GEM & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 900279 (93590)
Paradise - PARADISE GEM & MINERAL CLUB
Meetings: 2nd & 4th Thursday, (Sept.-June)
Ashe Recreation Center, Skyway at Elliott Road, Paradise.
Paradise - SOCIETY OF GLASS BEADERS
2902 Neal Road (95969)
Pasadena - MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Federation: California Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Mailing: P.O. Box 41027 Pasadena, CA 91114-8027
Meetings: Second Wednesday except February (3d Wednesday), and January and August, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Arboretum of Los Angeles County
Lecture Hall B
301 N. Baldwin Avenue Arcadia, California
E-mail Contact: Robert Housley, President
Updated:1/21/99 6:12:08 PM
Pasadena - PASADENA LAPIDARY SOCIETY
PO Box 5025 (91117)
Paso Robles - SANTA LUCIA ROCKHOUNDS
PO Box 1672 (93447)
Placerville - EL DORADO COUNTY MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY
Federation: CFMS
Mailing: Box 190 Placerville CA 95667
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday Monthly , 7:00 PM
Location: Senior Center
937 Spring Street, Placerville
(location of special July and December meetings by announcement)
E-mail: Merryan ONeill
Telephone: 530-626-1814
Updated 6/4/99 9:32:27 AM
Pomona - POMONA ROCKHOUNDS
PO Box 494 (91769)
Porterville - PORTERVILLE AREA GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
10 Olive Drive (93257)
Redding - SHASTA GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY, INC.
Meetings: 2nd Friday, 6:30 pm
Anderson Grange Hall, Fig Tree Lane, Anderson
Redwood City - SEQUOIA GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
Meetings: 1st & 3rd Mondays
1400 Roosevelt Rd.
Red Morton, Community Center
Reseda - VIP GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
Federation: California Federation of Mineralogists, Inc.
3108 San Angela Ave., Simi Valley, CA (93063)
Meetings: 3 Thursday (Except July, August) 7:30 PM
Email: E-Mail for Meeting Information
Updated April 21, 2000
Riverside - RIVERSIDE TREASURE HUNTERS
PO Box 9647 (92502)
Roseville - ROSEVILLE ROCK ROLLERS
Federation: CFMS, AFMS
Mailing: PO Box 212, Roseville, CA 95678
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday each month, 7:30 pm
Location: Maidu Community Center
1550 Maidu Drive Roseville
E-mail: Frank Yoschak
Updated 1/26/2003 10:55:17 PM
Sacramento - CARMICHAEL GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday 7:30 pm
Veterans Hall, Carmichael Park
Fair Oaks Blvd & Grant Ave.
Sacramento - FACETERS' GUILD OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
4270 Silver Crest Ave. (95821)
Sacramento - FOSSILS FOR FUN SOCIETY
Federation:California Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Mailing: 108 Ophir St. Apt. H Grass Valley CA 95945
Meetings: 2nd Thursday (except July/August), 7:30 pm
Location: Frederick C Joyce School
6050 Watt Avenue
North Highlands CA 95660
Contacts: Vicki VanWhy or Debbie Bunn
Telephone: 916-929-6665
Updated: 1/21/99 6:01:38 PM
1449 Sebastian Way (95864)
Sacramento - SACRAMENTO MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 160544 (95816)
Meeting Location: 4205 LeMay St (Mather Field) Rancho Cordova, CA
E-mail: Dave Fisk
Updated 6/1/98 1:15:33 PM
Sacramento - SACRAMENTO VALLEY DETECTING BUFFS
4910 Oretga St. (95820)
Salinas - MONTEREY BAY MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 12 (93901)
San Bernardino - GEM CARVERS GUILD
197 South 1 Street (92410-2349)
San Bernardino - ORANGE BELT MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO Box 5642 (924I2)
San Bernardino - VALLEY PROSPECTORS
PO Box 2923 (92406)
San Clemente - CAPISTRANO VALLEY ROCK & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 279 (92674)
San Diego - San Diego County Council
San Diego - CONVAIR ROCKHOUNDS CLUB
Federation: CFMS
10431 Baywood Avenue San Diego, California 92126-3324
Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month, September thru June at 6:45 PM
Tierrasanta Recreational Center 11202 Clairemont
Mesa Blvd San Diego, California
E-mail: Club
ContactBetty Aron Schneider
Telephone = (619) 271-5686
Updated 5/6/98 6:43:59 AM
San Diego - GEMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO
PO Box 16414 (92176)
San Diego - RANCHO BERNARDO ROCKHOUNDS
Swim & Tennis Club
16955 Bernardo Oaks Dr. (92128)
San Diego - SAN DIEGO LAPIDARY SOCIETY
5641 Mildred St. (92110)
San Diego - SAN DIEGO MINERAL AND GEM SOCIETY
Spanish Village, Balboa Park (92101)
San Francisco- SAN FRANCISCO GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY INC.
Meetings: lst Friday
Updated 2/27/98 6:29:27 AM
Disbanded San Jose - CAMPBELL GEM & MINERAL GUILD
PO Box 3370 (95156)
Updated 8/2/2003 2:14:32 PM
San Jose - SANTA CLARA VALLEY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
Federation: CFMS
Mailing: PO BOX 54, San Jose, CA 95103
Meetings: 4th Tuesday of the month, 7:45pm
Location: Cabana Club
100 Belwood Gateway, Los Gatos
E-mail: Club Email 1 or Club Email 2
Updated 8/2/2003 2:10:30 PM
San Leandro - CALIFORNIA SEARCHERS
PO Box 3343, San Landre (94578)
San Luis Obispo - CENTRAL COAST TREASURE HUNTERS ASSN.
(93406)
San Luis Obispo - SAN LUIS OBISPO GEM & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 563 (93406)
San Luis Rey - RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 355 (92068)
San Pablo - SAN PABLO BAY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 636 (94806)
Meeting: Every second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 P.M.
El Sobrante Library, Conference Room
4191 Appian Way(adjacent to Garden Rd. parking lot)
El Sobrante, CA
Updated 12/4/00 10:11:32 AM
San Rafael - MARIN MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 150345 (94915-0345)
Meetings: 4th Tuesday (Execpt Aug. Nov. & Dec.)
First United Methodist Church, 9 Ross Valley Dr.
Santa Ana - SANTA ANA ROCK AND MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 51 (92702)
Santa Barbara - SANTA BARBARA MINERAL AND GEM SOCIETY
PO Box 815 (93102)
Santa Cruz - SANTA CRUZ MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY
PO Box 343 (95061)
Santa Maria - ORCUTT MINERAL SOCIETY Inc.
Federation: CFMS - AFMS
Mailing: P. O. Box 106 Santa Maria, CA. 93456
Meeting: 2nd Tuesday ea. month except August and December, 7:00 PM
Location: Elwin Mussell Senior Center
510 E. Park St., Santa Maria
E-mail: Wes Lingerfelt
Telephone: 805-929-3788
Updated 10/2/99 10:17:27 AM
Santa Monica - SANTA MONICA GEMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
PO Box 652 (90404)
Santa Rosa - SANTA ROSA MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY
PO Box 7036 (95407)
Shingle Springs - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION
4620 Doe St. (95682)
Meetings: Annual Meeting, 4th Weekend in June
Pollack Pines Senior Center
Sonoma - BOULDER BUSTER GEOLOGY STUDY GROUP
245 E. Thomson Ave. (95476)
Sonoma - VALLEY OF THE MOON GEM & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 538 (95476)
Stockton - STOCKTON LAPIDARY & MINERAL CLUB
3136 E. Anita (95205) 209 946-0113
Susanville - LASSEN GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 161 (96130)
Sutter Creek - AMADOR COUNTY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 794 (95685-0794)
Taylorsville - MT. JURA GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 194 (95983-0194)
Tehachapi - Tehachapi Valley Gem And Mineral Society
PO Bo. 4400-132 (93561)
Thousand Oaks - CONEJO GEM & MINERAL CLUB
PO Box 723, Newbury Park, CA 91319.
Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7:45 pm
Arts Council Cultural Center
482 GreenmeadowDrive, Thousand Oaks
Torrance - SOUTH BAY LAPIDARY AND MINERAL SOCIETY
All Current Club information is on the Clubs Website
Updated: April 21, 2000
Trona - SEARLES LAKE GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
Box 966 (93562)
Vacaville - LEISURE TOWN GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
100 Sequoia Avenue (95687)
Meetings: lst Tuesday (except June, July & Aug.)
Town Hall, Small Bear
Van Nuys - DEL-AIR ROCKHOUNDS CLUB
PO Box 7618 (91409)
Ventura -VENTURA GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 1573 (93002)
Email: Information
Updated: 4/6/2004 3:13:09 PM
Victorville - VICTOR VALLEY GEM & MINERAL CLUB
15056B 7th St. (92307)
Visalia - TULE GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 1061 (93279)
Vista - VISTA GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY, INC.
PO Box 1641 (92085-1641)
Meetings: 3rd Thusday, 7:30 Pm
Vista Senior Center
222 Jefferson St
Walnut Creek - CONTRA COSTA MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY
PO Box 4667 (94596)
Weaverville - TRINITY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 159 (96093)
West Hills - ROCKATOMICS GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
8500 Fallbrook (91305)
Whittier - WHITTIER GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 865 (90608)
Willits - WILLITS GEMS & MINERAL CLUB
4500 Canyon Rd. (95490)
Woodland Hills - WOODLAND HILLS ROCK CHIPPERS
PO Box 205 (91365)
Yuba City - YUBA SUTTER TREASURER HUNTERS
767 Kiley Ave. (95991)
Yucaipa - YUCAIPA VALLEY GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY
PO Box 494 (92399)
Yucca Valley - YUCCA VALLEY GEM & MINERALS SOCIETY
CLUB HAS DISBANDED
Last Updated 4/8/2004 4:24:52 PM
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