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Ventura Gem & Mineral Society

Club with field trips for members

Based in Ventura, California.

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Gem and mineral society with its own workshop and museum near Ojai. Meets at 7:30 PM (social at 7) at the Poinsettia Pavilion, Santa Paula Room, 3451 Foothill Rd., Ventura: on the fourth Wednesday from January to October and on the second Wednesday in November and December; meetings can also be followed on Zoom. Field trips for agate, jasper and serpentine (Clear Creek in October 2026), visits to fee-dig sites and fossil trips such as Shark Tooth Hill; the Ventura Gem Show is held at the county fairgrounds every March.

Prospect on your own near Ventura

1 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 97 miles away.

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

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