JANUARY 10, 2025
Annual Club Competition. Members enjoyed snacks while voting on 15 categories plus the Silver Pick award and the 2024 Best Self-collected specimen award!
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Walter Zimochod, Jeweller and Designer presented on “Lab Grown and Genuine Diamonds in Modern Jewellery”.
FRIDAY MARCH 14, 2025
Dr. Tanya Kizovski, Associate Curator of Mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museum presented on “Searching for Life on the Red Planet – Mars Rover and Meteorite Studies”.
FRIDAY APRIL 11, 2025
Tom Hart, geologist, presented on “The Geology of the Mamainse Region” or, “Copper Mining, Mamainse Point, ON”.
FRIDAY MAY 9, 2025
Chris Fouts, geologist, presented on “Why Bancroft is the Mineral Capital of Canada”.
SATURDAY MAY 10, 2025
ANNUAL CLUB SHOW, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, 400 East Ave, Kitchener, ON
JUNE 20, 2025
Annual Club BBQ, held at the Gneiss Guy’s warehouse in Fergus.
JULY – AUGUST
No meetings, it’s field trip season!
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2025
Karen Fox, our resident gemologist, treated us with an excellent educational talk on the basic tools used for gemstone identification, and the many ways gemstones are doctored to enhance their appearance and potential value.
OCTOBER 10, 2025
Keith Delaney, Earth Sciences Department, University of Waterloo took us on a whirlwind tour on Mineralogy 101. Keith gave an overview of mineral characteristics, crystal structure and habit, the different groups and categories, and so on.
NOVEMBER 14, 2025
Our November meeting featured fossils, as Chuck Zietsma presented “An overview and samplings of the plethora of fossils I have collected on my rock hounding adventures throughout North America”.
DECEMBER 12, 2025
Our annual live auction and potluck!
