| Above: Our well-equipped workshop enables members to take advantage of classes and equipment to create items that reflect their creativity. |
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| Pasadena Lapidary Society Pasadena, California |
| Renown expert Walt Wright educates members with his hands-on display and presentation of Petrified Wood and fossilized plants. |
| Our Next Meeting: |
| 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM - Doors Open at 6PM Tuesday, July 18th, 2017 |
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| Our Society is a member of the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies (CFMS) and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS). Click on either of these emblems shown above for more information! |
| OUR MISSION - Since 1946: The Pasadena Lapidary Society serves to educate its members and the community in mineralogy, earth sciences, and training in the lapidary and jewelry arts – while promoting a policy of sound mineral resource stewardship based on environmental awareness and ethical behavior. The Society fulfills its mission year-round which may include field trips, lapidary workshops, outreach presentations, public mineral displays, an annual show, and our monthly informational meetings which are open to the public. |
| .Dr. Aaron Celestian will be the guest speaker at the program meeting of the Pasadena Lapidary Society on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. There is no fee to attend the meeting and the public is welcome! Dr. Aaron Celestian, curator of gems and minerals at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles will give a talk entitled "Living in a Mineral World", which is about minerals and the environment. |
| .Become a member of the Pasadena Lapidaray Society today ! |
| Members Enjoy: Monthly Workshops and Classes Monthly Field Trips to Interesting Collecting Sites Monthly Newsletter - "Rockhound Ramblings" - Full of club news, pictures, tips and information that you can use! Read back issues of Rockhound Ramblings here. A monthly Program Meeting with great speakers, presentations and a Door Prize Raffle. Monthly activities and adventures. Check this year's calendar, maps and photos on our Calendar Page. Learning new skills, such as in our Beading Group. Free admission and display case at our Annual Show! |
| Membership: Like what you see? Would you and your family enjoy earth sciences with the Pasadena Lapidary Society? Click HERE, complete the membership application and bring it to the next meeting! Prospective members are required to attend three (3) Society events, including and a tour of the workshop, prior to being accepted as a member. |
| If you have questions about the club, call our Membership Chairman at (909) 996-1784 or visit the Contacts page, where you can get additional information about the Pasadena Lapidary Society, the earth sciences relating to gem, rock and mineral collecting. |
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| Society President Ellen Ferrell WELCOME MESSAGE |
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| Our Youth: Our youth are the future of our Society! We have an active program that includes our youth in all of our activities during which they are trained supervised by a responsible adult. Our Junior members regularly participate in field trips, work shops, displays at our annual show and presentations at meetings and community events!. |
| ROCK OF THE MONTH By Paolo Sanchez |
| Above: At the statewide California Federation Show in Pomona our members won top awards for their competitive displays and original written articles. The Pasadena Lapidary Society was awarded the Sweepstakes Award for having the most blue-ribbon awards for any single club! Left to right: Danielle S, Tanner S, Paolo S, Linda Nelson, Jennifer N and Mark Nelson. |
| Field Trip to Cerro Gordo. What an experience at one of California's last ghost towns! The Society regularly seeks out areas of historic interest. |
| When we are not having fun doing lapidary activities we are having fun doing something else! Each year we have a family picnic in a local park. |
| The Pasadena Lapidary Society is a registered non-profit educational society. We meet each month, except December, at 6:45pm on the 3rd Tuesday in the Donald Wright Auditorium of the Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena, California. Doors open at 6:00 pm. In December we meet for a holiday party, awards and installation dinner. Watch for details in the club's newsletter! |
| Enjoy Our Interesting Programs and Speakers at the Monthly Program Meeting. Visitors are always welcome at our meetings! Bring a friend, colleague or family member -- ANYONE who shares a passion for gems, minerals or fossils! |
| Welcome! The Pasadena Lapidary Society Earth Science Education Since 1946 |
| Field Trip: Dottie Jacobs finds a large chalcedony rose on the road to the Thulite collecting area. |
| Field Trip: A horned toad among the jasper at Lavic Siding |
| Field Trip: A colorful start to our field trip at Lavic Siding |
| Field Trip: Jennifer Jang's Lavic jasper was covered with tiny crystals. |
| Saving Fossil Finds In Construction Projects |
| This year the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies named the Pasadena Lapidary Society as the BEST lapidary club in North America ! |
| This site was last updated on: 7/26/2017 |
| Courtney Richards, the principal paleontologist for Paleo Solutions, Inc. of Monrovia, will talk about her work of documenting, excavation, collection and curation of artifacts and fossils uncovered during construction projects. She is expected to bring examples of fossils that have been unearthed. |
Radioactive minerals – The
real story.
This month Paolo Sanchez will
present his original research
called Radioactive Minerals,
Part 2. Don’t miss it!!
To be scheduled to present a
talk at an upcoming meeting
please contact the Society!
real story.
This month Paolo Sanchez will
present his original research
called Radioactive Minerals,
Part 2. Don’t miss it!!
To be scheduled to present a
talk at an upcoming meeting
please contact the Society!
| Education Teaching skills to a new generation! |
| 2017 AFMS All American Club #1 Gold |
