| Berks Mineralogical Society |
| Club Contact Info: |
| Berks Mineralogical Society 31 Homestead Lane Robesonia, PA 19551 Phone: 610-693-5581 Attn: Bret Cadmus BerksMineralSociety@yahoo.com |
| Welcome to the Berks Mineralogical Society webpage. Here you find information about our club, our events and links to relevant information. We are a club dedicated to fossils & mineral collecting & identifying, lapidary and geologic phenomena; all within the guidelines of our charter. We meet the second Tuesday of every month (except July & August) at the Reading Public Museum's auditorium. Entrance is through the rear of the museum. Meetings begin at 7:30 and host a variety of topics. The public is welcome to all meetings. |
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| Pennsylvania Fossil: Phacops Rana Devonian Trilobite |
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| Pennsylvania Soon-to-be-State-Mineral: Celestite But we need YOUR help to make it happen. |
| Tired of looking down? To dark to hunt for minerals? Why not look up? Check out the Berks County Amateur Astronomy Society. |
| Last updated May 11, 2009 |
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| Want to see something colorful in nature? Why not try the Baird Ornithological Club of Berks County? |
| An AMAZING comprehensive website of nature activities in Berks County can be found at Berks County Nature. Thank you for all the wonderful information Karl. |
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| We meet at the Reading Public Museum's auditorium. Directions are here. |
| Now on the Field Trip page, upcoming trips and pictures from past collecting trips. |
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| BMS is now a proud member of the Eastern Federation Mineralogical & Lapidary Society. |
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| When outdoors, why not try Geocaching? |
| May 12th meeting: A ROCK BY ANY OTHER NAME
By Stan Raugh Is it flint. Or is it chert. Or is it silicic material? That is the question. At our May meeting, we will learn how Native Americans made bladed tools such as knives, arrowheads, spearheads and atl-atl dart points–as well as how modern "flintknappers" replicate these artifacts. |
| June 9th Meeting: Jerry Grindrod will get a presentation to Fort Drum Florida to collect fossilized shells that contain calcite xls. |