The Mother Lode Mineral Society

Pictures from previous shows.

Our Club

We are a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization.
Established 1936

Our club is devoted to educating and enlightening its members and the public in many areas of the earth sciences and lapidary arts. The club participates in, teaches and promotes classes at the Modesto Junior College in beginning and advanced lapidary, beginning and advanced jewelry making, lost wax casting, stone setting, wire wrapping, beading, gem carving, intarsia and faceting.

Additionally we have programs at our club meetings on fossils, geology and florescent minerals for our junior and regular members as well as participating in regularly scheduled field trips to seek out and collect rocks, minerals and fossils.

Club Meetings
Next Meeting TBA Board Meeting


Next Meeting TBA General Meeting
General and Board Meeting Location
Tuolumne River Lodge
2429 River Rd., Modesto, CA 95351
Web: TuolumneRiverLodge.com

The Mother Lode Mineral Society is one of the premier gem and mineral clubs in Central California with a prize winning monthly publication called the Ghost Sheet and one of the largest annual Gem, Mineral and Fossil shows in the state.

What we do as a part of our club.

Annual Show

Join

Junior Rockhounds

Classes

Presentations

Shows & Events

Rockhounding can take you places.
awesome rock towers
star trek?
ancient petroglyphs
Where you can make amazing finds.
clear obsidian
priday plume
oregon rocks!