Cascade Mineralogical Society – Kent, Washington

Welcome

Cascade Mineralogical Society is a non-profit educational organization. Our club is a proud member of the Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies, American Federation of Mineralogical Societies and the WA Mineral Council.

We welcome individuals interested in geology, mineralogy, paleontology, gems and related lapidary arts to join us. The objective of the club is to stimulate interest in the study of the earth sciences, lapidary arts and related subjects. These goals will be accomplished through educational presentations, personal experience and demonstrations at club meetings and other public presentations. The club also provides opportunities for field trips, rock collecting and social gatherings. We are located in Kent, WA.

You are welcome to join us as a guest – so check us out!

All are welcome and membership is open to everyone.

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Cascade Gem & Mineral Show

September 22 – 23, 2018

Green River College, Student Union Bldg, Auburn, WA 

Further Details

Updated: May 5, 2018 — 12:18 pm

Presidents Message

  • In case you have not noticed, our Club member Roger Danneman has taken over as CMS Field Trip Guide. He has been working hard on setting up field trips, checking out the sites beforehand and then leading the trips. Thank you very much for taking over this very time consuming job! At our April general meeting we had 6 volunteers offer their help wherever needed. I want to thank each of you very much for volunteering. We will have sign up sheets at the May thru August meetings for the kids table, greeting tables, raffle tickets, silent auction table and […]

Meeting Announcements

  • May 10th – General Meeting

    General Meeting – May 7th Kat will be presenting the awards our club won at NFMS regional meeting at the Yakima Rock and Gem Show. She will also be presenting the awards our club won at the past AFMS national meeting held April 4-8, 2018 in Raleigh, NC.   Speaker: Roger Danneman, Field Trip Guide Roger will be showing us what he has found on our field trips the past 2 years. He will also go over what basic rockhounding tools we need. Then we will have a short segment on packing an emergency preparedness bag for the car. Show ‘n Tell: Show […]

  • May 7th – Show Committee Meeting

    Just a reminder that our monthly Show Committee meeting will be at: May 7th – Monday Wendy’s Restaurant, 505 E Smith St, Kent, WA 98030 Show Committee meeting @ 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Anyone that has volunteered to help at the show please plan on attending this meeting. Time is getting short and it’s all hands on deck. This is a status meeting meeting on various areas of the show. Also the time to ask for input from others or to request additional volunteers if you are committee chair. We need additional show volunteers so please seriously consider volunteering and […]

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