The Burlington Gem and Mineral Club is a member of the Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies (EFMLS) and American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS). Federation sponsored activities are described on their websites.
Club Activities include:
- Speakers, slide programs or demonstations at monthly meetings
- Field trips to collect minerals
and fossils (Due to insurance regulations,
you must belong to the club to attend field trips) - Our annual Champlain Valley Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show
- Ethel and William Schuele Scholarship to a geology student at a Vermont college or university
- An annual members auction
- An annual Holiday party
- Presentations by club members at local schools
Previous Club Activities included:
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LEFT: Grossular garnet with vesuvianite collected on a club trip to the Belvidere Mountain Quarry (inactive) at Lowell, Vermont. |
| RIGHT: Massive green fluorite (10 cm) collected on the dumps of the Wise Mine in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. Because active mining for fluorite crystals is now underway, the mine is currently closed to collectors except by special permission. |
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LEFT: Concretion collected in Waterbury, Vermont. These odd concretions sometimes elicit heated bidding at the annual members auction. |
- The Belvidere Mountain Quarry in Lowell, VT (Eden Mills). Download a PDF of Ken Hollmann's article on the Belvidere Mountain Quarry, Mineral News, July 1996 issue
- The Hatch limestone quarry, Panton, Vermont
- The Club's private Herkimer Diamond claim in Fonda, New York
- Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec (click here for directions)
- The Wise fluorite Mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire
- The Palermo pegmatite mine, North Groton, New Hampshire
- The Powers Farm uvite locality, Pierrepont, New York
- The Luzenac talc mine, Ludlow, Vermont
- Gold panning in Ludlow and Stowe, Vermont
- Concretion collecting in north-central Vermont