Celebrating Our 51st Year
The
Central Pennsylvania Rock
and Mineral Club, Inc. was
established in 1958 by rock
and mineral enthusiasts to:
Encourage
the interest, enjoyment, and
appreciation of members,
prospective members, and the
public for rocks, minerals,
gems, fossils, and the
lapidary arts.
The
Central Pennsylvania Rock
and Mineral Club, Inc is a
non-profit educational
organization and is a member
of the Eastern Federation of
Mineralogical and Lapidary
Societies, Inc. and a member
of the American Federation
of Mineralogical Societies.
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Award
Winning:
Web
Edition
Now
Available. Click
"Newsletter" Tab
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Central Pennsylvania Rock
and Mineral Club's
44th Annual Gem, Mineral,
and Jewelry Show
RETURNS TO
2801 N. 3rd
Street
3rd & Division
Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Saturday, September
12, 2009 10 AM - 6 PM
Sunday, September 13,
2009 10 AM - 5 PM
Click "Annual
Show"
Tab for Information
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Read a wonderful
Patriot-News OpEd by our own
Ed Charles
(Click the link below)
Scenic
wonders deserve attention -
PennLive.com
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Pennsylvania Geology
now available digitally
Click
here to view
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CPRMC's first fieldtrip in
Spring 1958 to the Cornwall
Mine in Lebanon County.
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N E W S
(Click on Headline to link
to source.)
China
names newly discovered
dinosaur after the Great
Wall
What a
dinosaur handprint reveals -
Los Angeles Times
httpPrinceton geoscientist
offers new evidence that
meteorite did not wipe out
dinosaurs
The Associated Press: Famed
Mont. fossil hunter to admit
dinosaur crimes
VOA News: Researchers
Discover North America's
Smallest-Known Dinosaur
Paleontologists Strike
Fossil Gold in Colombia
What a
dinosaur handprint reveals
A Dinosaur Dance Floor
Fossil Fish Shows Complexity
of Transition to Land
Rocks May Be Oldest on
Earth, Scientists Say
At Ground Zero, Scenes From
the Ice Age
Fish Once Had Fingers
May
Have Had a Hand In Dinosaur
Extinction
Fossils
helping to uncover turtle's
evolution secrets
UK
schoolboy sets up geology
museum
Dino tracker finds trove of
prints in D.C. suburb
Trove of fish fossils in
northern Pa.
(Click on the "NEWS" tab to
read these stories and more.)
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Where can I collect?????
The question asked the
most of this website: "Where
can I collect?" Join the
club! This is not a pitch
for new members, it is the
best answer. Many sites are
never open to the public.
Due to our commitment to
safety and the fact that
clubs like ours carry
insurance on each member,
quarries and mine dumps
often give us occasional
access that individuals do
not enjoy. Our low
membership fee allows you go
participate in dozens of
fieldtrips each year.
Still want to try on your
own? Try this book:
Gem Trails of Pennsylvania &
New Jersey
by Stepanski & Snow
It is available via
Amazon and other book
retailers. Keep in mind that
some of the sites in the
book are now closed to the
public as well. Always get
permission from the land
owner before collecting.
Make safety your number one
priority.
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Visit a Show near you
June 6:
Macungie, Pa.,
Spring Mineralfest sponsored
by
the
Pennsylvania Earth Science
Association, Macungie
Memorial
Park, Macungie, Pa., 8:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
June 11:
Philadelphia, Pa.,
Attention Mineral
Collectors!
Annual
Silent Auction, over 150
specimens from two
estates,
bidding from 8:00 to 9:00
p.m., Cathedral Village,
600
Cathedral Road,
Philadelphia, Pa. (Andorra-Roxborough
area) For
further information call
610-644-2492.
June 27:
Gilsum, N.H.,
45th
Annual Rock Swap &
Mineral
Show, location—8 miles from
Keene N.H. at the
Gilsum
Elementary School field.
July 11-12:
Syracuse, N.Y.,
43rd
Annual Jewelry, Gem,
Mineral &
Fossil Show sponsored by the
Gem & Mineral
Society of
Syracuse, Verizon Center of
Progress Building,
New York
State Fairgrounds, Syracuse,
N.Y.
July 18-19:
Erie, Pa.,
40th Annual Gem & Mineral
Show
sponsored by
the Gem City Rock & Mineral
Society, JMC
Ice Arena,
Erie, Pa.
August
14, 15, and 16:
Lebanon, PA, 12th
Annual
Gem Miner's
Jubilee. Lebanon Expo &
Fairgrounds,
Lebanon, PA.
Lots of dealers and
tailgating.
September 12-13:
Harrisburg, Pa.,
44th
Annual
Gem, Mineral and Jewelry
Show sponsored by the
Central Pennsylvania Rock
and Mineral Club; the
show will be returning to
the Zembo Shrine, Third
and Division Streets,
Harrisburg, PA.
October 31:
Arendtsville, Pa.,
25th
Annual South Penn
Rock Swap
hosted by the Central
Pennsylvania and
Franklin
County Rock and Mineral
Clubs, South Mountain
Fairgrounds
(1.5 miles west of
Arendtsville, Pa on Route
234).
General admission: $1.00;
tables for swappers:
$10.00.
Multiple tables are allowed
for the $10.00 fee.
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Beautiful photos of
Pennsylvania Minerals and
Fossils. Collected by CPRMC
member and noted PA
collector, Kerry Matt.
You'll also find information
on Kerry's two
self-published books.
(Click
here, or click on the "PA
Minerals" tab)
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Specimens featured on our
homepage were collected on
club fieldtrips. Join CPRMC
and start finding treasures
for yourself.
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