Sedona Gem and Mineral Club
Sedona rock club with monthly field trips and a show every October
- Meets
- 3rd Tuesday, 7 pm, September to November and January to April
- Where
- Community room, Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Rd, Sedona
- Field trips
- Free and monthly, for members; overnight trips too
- Club claim
- Yes, at Rodeo Flats
- Collecting rules
- Up to one 5-gallon bucket, leave no trace, keep sites to yourself
- Annual show
- October; in 2026 on October 3 and 4
- Also
- Guest speakers, summer picnic, holiday party, a yearly scholarship
Prospect on your own near Sedona
7 gem and mineral spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.
Nearest open public land on our fossil and meteorite map: about 55 miles away.
There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.
About Sedona Gem and Mineral Club
The Sedona Gem and Mineral Club exists to spread interest in geology and mineralogy through rockhounding trips, field excursions and the lapidary arts. Members meet on the third Tuesday at 7 pm, from September to November and January to April, in the community room of the Sedona Public Library, 3250 White Bear Rd. Guests are welcome, and members are encouraged to bring one. Meetings have guest speakers, raffles and a show-and-tell, and the year includes a summer picnic, a fall ice cream social and a Christmas party.
The field trips are the main draw. They are monthly and free for members, and the club writes up many of them. Recent ones went to the Camp Verde salt mine, to Agate Mountain, to Grey Mountain and to Grapevine for onyx. On an overnight trip to the Spectrum, Blue Cube and Prism mines in 2025, members dug amethyst from a vein, broke out fluorite with small blue cubes and found blue chrysocolla in black rock, then waited for dark to walk the hills with ultraviolet flashlights: dull rocks glowed orange, violet and blue, and so did a couple of scorpions, bright green. Another trip went to Rodeo Flats and on to the club's own mining claim; one to Cleator turned up tourmaline in milky quartz.
The rules on trips are simple and the same for everyone: collect no more than a five-gallon bucket, leave no trace, don't share the club's sites with others, follow the BLM collecting guidelines and the American Federation's code of ethics. Collecting sites are for club participation, not commercial mining.
Every October the club holds its Sedona Gem and Mineral Show, with a wide range of vendors, games for kids and raffle prizes; the proceeds fund a yearly college scholarship. The 2026 show was on October 3 and 4.
Other clubs and places nearby
- Mingus Gem and Mineral ClubClub · 15 mi
- Prescott Gem and Mineral ClubClub · 36 mi
- Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use AreaFree public dig · 39 mi
- American Gold Prospecting AdventuresPay-to-dig · 50 mi
- Payson Rimstones Rock ClubClub · 51 mi
- Diamond Point Quartz Crystal Collection AreaFree public dig · 52 mi
Where to buy gear nearby
- Copper Canyon Lapidary & JewelryOnline shop · 3 mi
- Flagstaff Rock ShopShop · 29 mi
- A & B Prospecting Supplies (Prescott Valley)Shop · 35 mi
- Rare Earth GalleryShop · 72 mi