Tehachapi Valley Gem & Mineral Society

Club with field trips for members

Based in Tehachapi, California.

Gem and mineral society serving the Tehachapi area since 1986, with interests from minerals to fossils. Meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 6 PM at the Tehachapi Senior Center, 500 East F Street; free and open to the public. Monthly field trips to rockhounding sites or museums, jewelry and lapidary classes in the members' rock shop and workshop opened in 2026, a Pebble Pups program for kids and the annual Jewelry, Gem & Mineral Show on Mountain Festival weekend in August.

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Prospect on your own near Tehachapi

8 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 57 miles away.

There are more on the map, some of them with a possible mining claim.

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