Antelope Valley Gem & Mineral Club
Gem and mineral club of the Antelope Valley. Meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 PM at Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, 42521 20th Street West, Lancaster. The club owns lapidary saws, grinders and polishers and runs lapidary and jewelry classes, exhibits at the Poppy Festival and the AV Fair, awards college scholarships and holds a free gem and mineral show every spring. Its website says field trips are suspended for now: ask at a meeting.
Prospect on your own near Lancaster
4 gem and mineral spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.
10 fossil and meteorite spots on open public land with no claim on record, within 50 miles.
There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.
Other clubs and places nearby
- Sierra Pelona Rock ClubClub · 25 mi
- Del Air Rockhounds ClubClub · 35 mi
- Pasadena Lapidary SocietyClub · 36 mi
- Tehachapi Valley Gem & Mineral SocietyClub · 36 mi
- Woodland Hills Rock ChippersClub · 41 mi
- Southern California Paleontological SocietyClub · 45 mi