Meetings
NEXT MEETING: Thursday, August 28, 2025
TIME: 7:00 to 9:00 PM
PROGRAM: "Mineral Fakes and Repairs". Club member Keith Van Iderstine will give a presentation about mineral fakes and repairs, with specimens that casual and serious collectors alike will want to examine. More details to come as they become available. All members are welcome to attend the business meeting that will follow the program. We will also stream the meeting using the Zoom platform, for those members unable to attend in person. Club members will be sent instructions by email describing how to join the meeting remotely.
LOCATION: St. Pius X Church, 20 Jericho Road, Essex Junction, Vermont. The Church is most conveniently accessed from the north along Route 2A and Route 289 and from the south off of I-89 along Route 117 and Sand Hill Road. See the map at the bottom of the page.
DETAILS: Facing the Church from Jericho Road, use the driveway on the right to enter the parking lot. Enter the building using the glass-enclosed side entrance to the right of the main entrance and take the stairs down to the Father Murray Room. See the photograph at the bottom of the page.
TIME: 7:00 to 9:00 PM
PROGRAM: "Mineral Fakes and Repairs". Club member Keith Van Iderstine will give a presentation about mineral fakes and repairs, with specimens that casual and serious collectors alike will want to examine. More details to come as they become available. All members are welcome to attend the business meeting that will follow the program. We will also stream the meeting using the Zoom platform, for those members unable to attend in person. Club members will be sent instructions by email describing how to join the meeting remotely.
LOCATION: St. Pius X Church, 20 Jericho Road, Essex Junction, Vermont. The Church is most conveniently accessed from the north along Route 2A and Route 289 and from the south off of I-89 along Route 117 and Sand Hill Road. See the map at the bottom of the page.
DETAILS: Facing the Church from Jericho Road, use the driveway on the right to enter the parking lot. Enter the building using the glass-enclosed side entrance to the right of the main entrance and take the stairs down to the Father Murray Room. See the photograph at the bottom of the page.
The Club respects the decision of any member who may be more comfortable wearing a mask during Club meetings.
Regular club meetings are held on the last Thursday of the month (except in June, July, November, and December). Prospective members are always welcome. No background in geology, mineralogy, or paleontology is required.
