GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE, Inc.

GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE, Inc.GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE, Inc.GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE, Inc.

GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE, Inc.

GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE, Inc.GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE, Inc.GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY OF SYRACUSE, Inc.
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    • Home
    • Calendar
    • Club Activities
      • Lapidary Classes
      • Clubhouse Community
      • Display Exhibits
      • Semi-Annual Auction
      • Field Trips
    • Gem World
    • Membership
      • Membership Info
      • JUNIOR ROCKHOUNDS
    • Library
      • Crack N Cab Newsletter
      • Digital Library
      • Club Documentation
    • Community
    • Contact

  • Home
  • Calendar
  • Club Activities
    • Lapidary Classes
    • Clubhouse Community
    • Display Exhibits
    • Semi-Annual Auction
    • Field Trips
  • Gem World
  • Membership
    • Membership Info
    • JUNIOR ROCKHOUNDS
  • Library
    • Crack N Cab Newsletter
    • Digital Library
    • Club Documentation
  • Community
  • Contact

Syracuse Gem & Mineral Club MEMBERSHIP

Would you like to become a member?

Apply for a membership here

The Benefits of Membership

Social & Educational Experience

Social & Educational Experience

Social & Educational Experience

Our monthly meetings get us together in-person for a fun & educational evening of fascinating presentations, auctions, raffles, lively conversation and sharing club-related interests. Our Youth Chapter "JR ROCKHOUNDS" meets on the same day. 

Volunteer Opportunities

Social & Educational Experience

Social & Educational Experience

Our two-day show, GemWorld, draws a huge crowd every year from all over, and we always welcome extra hands to keep it amazing for the community! Clubhouse also welcomes all active members to volunteer for officer positions and club activities.

Field Trips

Social & Educational Experience

Library & Newsletter

Does a trip with friends to local gemstone quarries, places of geologic intrigue, and fossil hunting sites excite you? Members can enjoy scheduled field trips to see interesting geology & hunt for specimens.

Library & Newsletter

Library & Newsletter

Library & Newsletter

Members enjoy an extensive library at the Clubhouse to browse and borrow educational materials, with a diversity of topics for quality research and inspiration. In addition, our monthly newsletter CRACK‘N CAB keeps members informed on the society’s programs & activities. 

Lapidary Workshop

Library & Newsletter

Contests & Auctions

The Marie Cole Skill Center, located at the Clubhouse, provides members with access to lapidary equipment, and classes on how to use it for making your own components for jewelry and other designs.

ABOUT OUR LAPIDARY CLASSES

Contests & Auctions

Library & Newsletter

Contests & Auctions

Yes, we hold contests! Contests in Lapidary & Mineral Exhibits give members the chance to share their work and collections with others in friendly competition. Our Auction let members purchase materials in an exciting bidding game, while supporting the Club.


SEE OUR AUCTION PAGE


SEE EXHIBITS & CONTESTS

Membership Information

Annual Membership Dues

  • $15 adult
  • $10 juniors (under 18) 
  • $20 families. Renewals are due each August.

Monthly Meetings

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS: Held on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:30PM (excluding July, August and December, when other club functions take it's place.) 


JR.  ROCKHOUNDS: We have a Youth Club! Jr. Rockhounds of CNY meets at the clubhouse on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 1-2pm. Sponsored by the Syracuse Gem and Mineral  Society. Jr. Rockhounds fosters youth activities in the earth sciences and lapidary arts in a family fun style. Open to all young club members from 4 to 18 including parents and grandparents who may accompany them.


BOARD MEETINGS: Board Meetings held the first Tuesday of each month at 7PM. All members are welcomed and encouraged to attend our Board Meetings.

Clubhouse Location

All meetings & workshops take place at the Clubhouse in the old Ponderosa Plaza in Liverpool. Look for the Gem & Mineral Society of Syracuse sign (and rock displays) in the window!


ADDRESS: 

Ponderosa Plaza 

209 Oswego Street 

Liverpool, New York  13088 


Need Directions? 

VIEW MAP

CLUBHOUSE POLICIES & RULES

Check the rules for our Auction and Display Contest club activities, as well as our Society's constitution and by-laws.

SEE CLUB POLICIES

CURRENT OFFICERS

List of current officers for The Gem & Mineral Society of Syracuse and contact information.

VIEW OFFICERS LIST

2024-2025 Membership Application

Download & Print Application:

Print out & complete form, then bring Application to next meeting or mail with Payment according to instructions on the Application to begin your membership. 

Print Application

GMSS - Gem & Mineral Society of Syracuse, Inc.

209 Oswego Street, Liverpool NY 13088

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