Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society

Lapidary Shop will be closed Saturday Jan. 11th. The retail store will be open.
2025-01-10 08:00 - 2025-01-11 17:00 (America/Phoenix) | Arizona

Lapidary Shop Hours for Pow Wow week: Closed Wed. 1/15/25 & Sat.1/18/25. Open Tues.1/14/25 & Thurs. 1/16/25 10am to 4pm. Retail Shop will be open Tues. thru Sat. 10am to 4pm.
2025-01-13 08:00 - 2025-01-18 17:00 | Arizona

Pow Wow RV Camp Out Jan. 14-18, 2025 at Quartzsite, AZ (clic for more info)
2025-01-14 - 2025-01-19 | Arizona
The Lake Havasu Gem and Mineral Society will be setting up dry camping at Plomosa Road in Quartzsite during the Quartzsite Improvement Association’s Pow Wow. Any Club member is welcome whether you are camping out or not! The camp out will start on January 14 and will go through the 18th or longer if you like. The Pow Wow runs from January 15 through the 19th.

Location: Plomosa Road gravel lot. Take Hwy. 95 south through Parker heading towards Quartzsite. At the traffic light outside of Parker, turn right towards Quartzsite. At about 16.8 miles, turn left onto Plomosa Road. Go 1.3 miles, campsite will be on the right. Look for Gem Club signs and painted pink rocks.

Info: make sure your RV is fully charged, has a full LP gas tank and water tank, and all holding tanks should be empty. Bring folding chairs and tables, solar lights, fire wood, flash lights.

Bring a food dish to share at the Thursday night Pot Luck which will be held at 5p.m. Plus there will be nightly bonfires.

Friday is the day campers will visit the Pow Wow or you can visit on your own. Information about attending Quartzite’s Club field trips will follow.

Things to do and places to eat in Quartzite:

Silly Al’s Pizza, Beer Belly’s outdoor Bar with food in Tyson Wells, Tyson Wells Rock Show, Desert Gardens Rock Show, Gem World Rock Shop, Nature Designs Ware House, Rossmans Rock Shop, 2 grocery stores.

If you do need Mobile RV services: Mobile & RV Pump Services #602-935-9470. Gas, propane and dump services are available on Rt. 95 before you cross over I10 highway.

Contact Carol Jose via TEXT at #928-846-2699.

Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral and Havasu Rocks at the 2025 QIA POW WOW! (clic for more info)
2025-01-15 - 2025-01-19 | Arizona
The Lake Havasu Gem and Mineral Society and Havasu Rocks will be representing and promoting our club at the 2025 QIA Pow Wow! We will have a space set up with tables and our Club members are welcome to volunteer their time to help promote our club and sell their wares at the same time! A Sign-up sheet is located at the Havasu Rocks Lapidary Shop, 790 Lake Havasu Ave., Unit 2.

Tree of Life Wire Wrap Class, Jan. 24, 2025, 9am to 2pm.(clic for more info)
2025-01-24 09:00 - 14:00 | Arizona
Tree of Life Wire Wrap Workshop to be held on Jan. 24, 2025 from 9am to 2pm at the Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Group Lapidary Shop located at 790 Lake Havasu Ave. N. Suite 2. The class limit is 4 to 5 people. Cost is $55. You can signup and pre-pay at the Lapidary Shop. There will also be a sample tree at the Lapidary Shop. Please come and check it out.

January 26, 2025 Field Trip for Calcite Crystals, Havasu Agate and Geodes
2025-01-26 | Arizona
Elley Ringo will be leading this field trip. January 26, meet at Lowe’s at 8:30am. Depart for the site at 9:00am. The site is behind the aggregate plant and we will drive convoy style to it. A high clearance four-wheel drive vehicle is recommended, but not absolutely necessary. If you don’t have the right vehicle, there should be someone else with an open seat. Elley might have 2 extra seats to carpool to the site. There are two locations involved, about a mile apart. We will spend a little bit of time at the calcite location and then move on to the Havasu geode location. Hope to see you all there!

WINTERFEST! Feb. 1st and 2nd, 2025. We need volunteers! (clic for more info)
2025-02-01 - 2025-02-02 | Arizona
Winterfest is upon us and we need our loyal club members to step up and volunteer for a few hours at the Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society’s booth #212. We want your help to get out the word about our great club! Steve Prather, our club president will be manning the booth and giving out business cards and we need club members to help him out! Spend a few hours at our booth and then you can spend a few more hours checking out all the great vendors at Winterfest. It is located on McCulloch Blvd (Main Street) between Smoketree Ave and Acoma Ave. and will be closed to vehicular traffic.

Havasu Rocks Lapidary Shop & Retail Store at 790 Lake Havasu Ave. will be CLOSED Feb. 1 & 2, 2025 due to club members working WINTERFEST!
2025-02-01 - 2025-02-02 | Arizona

Selenite Field Trip
2025-02-23 | Arizona
Golden shore area selenite

Meet at Lowe’s parking lot at 8:30am, leaving at 9am
Caravan to exit 1 off the 40 heading towards Needles.

Most all vehicles can make it but I would not take my low car…
You can surface collect (it’s everywhere) but the bigger stuff is buried. I would take a small shovel, a bucket, a small pick, bags or egg cartons for the fragile stuff.

Chili Cookoff
2025-03-01 16:00 - 18:00 | Lapidary Shop, 790 Lake Havasu Ave N, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86404, United States
Chili Cookoff March 1st at 4pm at the Lapidary Shop. $50 for first prize!
Chili cooks must sign up at the Lapidary Shop and must provide their own food condiments, the club will provide eating utinsils and drinks (soda, water).

Field Trip to Red Cloud Mine
2025-03-02 | Red Cloud Mine
Get ready to find Wulfenite!!!
Paid dig to 2 sites:

$35 red cloud tailings
$60 south Geronimo tailings

Bring CASH only! IF you need to ride with some one you best make plans before you leave.
A discount of $5 per person if 25 or more people show up. –Keep what you find!
12 and under are free with paying adult, and must be supervised at all times by a parent.

HIGH clearance vehicles mandatory – we will be driving in sandy washes and bumpy roads. 4wheel drive IS recommend– car pool if you need to!

Meet up point. 6:45 AM I would like to be leaving this area at 7 AM from here we are about an hour and 50 minutes from the mine

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This is a pull out next to a dirt parking lot along the side of the road. We will meet up here to sign the field trip list. And then we can caravan to the mine. If you would like to just meet everybody at the mine that is up to you. But just let somebody from the group know beforehand. There is no cell phone service at the mine.

Bring bucket, rock hammer, pick, chisels, food and water . and a roll of paper towels to keep what you find nicely cushion so you don’t break the crystals. It is also helped me in the past to bring egg cartons to protect your more fragile pieces.

AGAIN FYI There is NO cell service out there.

Plan accordingly

Mine location: we will be driving in from the Martinez Lake area coming in from the south
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I have included a screenshot of the proper route to take it is the blue line circled in red. I have gone and tried to take the back way from the north it will not work!!

You can visit the Red Cloud Mine website here

Here are some highlights…

They now require: SAFETY GLASSES, HARDHATS AND CLOSED TOE FOOT WEAR IS MANDATORY FOR ALL COLLECTORS ON ALL RED CLOUDMINE/RC MINES LLC/ PROPERTY. NO EXCEPTIONS! This rule does not
apply to tourists who are taking a surface tour or purchasing specimens at the main complex. When I was there before they did have hardhats that you could use if you don’t have your own.
We are going to have a great time. There’s lots to collect they also do have beautiful specimens on site most of the time that are for sale again it’s cash only and the last time I was there they also had T-shirts if anyone was interested. –
See you all there Elley 🙂

Link to Red Cloud Mine in Google Maps

Lapidary Tour
2025-03-14 00:00 - 23:59 | Lapidary Shop, 790 Lake Havasu Ave N, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86404, United States
Smoketree students will tour the Lapidary Shop

General Membership Meeting
2025-03-14 18:30 - 21:00 | Mt Olive Lutheran Church, 2170 Havasupai Boulevard, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86403, United States
Monthly Meeting

Jasper and Agate Field Trip
2025-03-17 08:30 - 17:00 | Arizona
Steve Prather is hosting a field trip out to our Gypsy Jasper spot near Parker AZ

Meet up at Bashes Monday am at 8:30… it’s St Patty’s Day so don’t forget to wear green!

4 wheel drive not required.

Bring; Rock hammer, pick, bucket, lunch and water!

click here for video of the field trip!

Lapidary Shop/Store Closed Tuesday 3/25
2025-03-25 10:00 - 16:00 | Lapidary Shop, 790 Lake Havasu Ave N, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86404, United States
The store and Lapidary Shop will be closed Tuesday, March 25. Check back Wednesday when our move is complete!

Retail Store/Lapidary Shop Hours
2025-03-29 00:00 - 23:59 | Lapidary Shop, 790 Lake Havasu Ave N, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86404, United States
The Lapidary Shop will be closed Saturday, March 29 to prepare for the picnic. The Retail Store will be open but closing early (2pm) Saturday. See you all at Rotary Park!

BBQ Picnic
2025-03-29 14:00 - 18:00 | Rotary Park, 1400 Smoketree, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 86403, United States
Join us at Pavilion A in Rotary Park for a fabulous time with your fellow club members.

Hot dogs, plates, utensils and water will be provided, bring your own beverage of choice, a signup sheet for pot luck side dishes is located at the Lapidary Shop.

Click here for pictures of this event

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General Membership Meeting
2025-04-11 18:30 - 21:00 | Mt Olive Lutheran Church, 2170 Havasupai Boulevard, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86403, United States

Turquoise Field Trip to Tonapah, NV
2025-04-18 - 2025-04-22 | Arizona
Turquoise Mining Adventure

Dig for Turquoise in Tonopah Nevada

With Elley Knows Rocks and the Lake Havasu Gem and Mineral Society

Check out pictures from this epic adventure:

(a PDF of this info is below)

You are welcome to come for all the mine digs, or whichever ones you choose.

Please sign up for the mine digs you want to take so we can get a head count.

*BRING CASH*

Cost – All 4 mine digs for $400 or $125 per mine dig, Children age 13 and under are free

Keep what you find.

NOTE: all mines are a short drive outside of the city, but all are very well worth it.

MEET UP

Each Morning we will meet at 7:30 AM at the below location for each mine Trip. And leave about 8 Am

The Otteson Mines:

April 18th

MEET UP: Love’s Travel Stop, Parking Lot 1170 US-95, Tonopah, NV 89049

Broken Arrow Variscite Mine, or other Variscite Mine –

Emerald Green Variscite, Blue Big Nugget Turquoise, all in the same mine. Lots of areas of tailings to look through, along with some pit areas to dig in.

April 19th

MEET UP: Raley’s parking lot 1201 S Main St, Tonopah, NV 89049

Black Jack Mine –

Polychrome turquoise in a black matrix. There are large boulders that can be chipped out with a chipper, and a hill with lots of nuggets.

April 20th

MEET UP: Love’s Travel Stop, Parking Lot 1170 US-95, Tonopah, NV 89049

Pilot Mountain Mine-

About 50miles outside of town, Pilot Mountain turquoise forms in hard veins with color ranging from bright blue to dark blue with a greenish cast. The matrix is typically composed of dark brown limonite mottled patterns

April 21st

MEET UP: Love’s Travel Stop, Parking Lot 1170 US-95, Tonopah, NV 89049

Easter Blue Mine and Royston Mine – half day each:

Easter Blue Mine -Aqua Blue Ribbon, nuggets, Wall Mining, Pit mining along with plenty of surface picking This is at the top of a hill accessed by a very narrow and steep road. Royston Mine- Probably one of the most well-known of the Otteson mines, this mine has some of the highest-grade blue to green and two-toned blue-green turquoise with dark brown to gold colored matrix.

We will be invited over to Danny’s house one of the evenings to see the turquoise he has for sale in finished and unfinished cabs.

Gemfield:

April 22nd

MEET UP: see link, copy and paste link in phone maps. OR you can google Gemfields NV outside of Goldfield NV

Gemfield is $1 per pound for all minerals.

This is one of the BEST Chalcedony claims in the World, according to their website! Our club has collected here twice. You can find blue greens, to purply oranges, deep reds and blacks, along with white opal-like minerals. Lots of patterns including banding, bulls’ eye, and spots. There are 6 plus sites that you can easily drive to along the roads. You pay at the end, by weighing your rocks at the picnic table, $1 per pound. This is the honor system, You can pay cash in the box or PayPal.

And possible trilobites over the hill.

Directions https://maps.app.goo.gl/qJeVgqCw69sBMCA36 here is a link to google maps from Raley’s to the meet up point. The turn off from the 95 to Gemfields. We will meet here at about 8:30 AM

This area is easy to find and about 3.5 miles off the highway. Go 23 miles from the Raley’s Grocery store to the Gemfield road, turn right, drive on the main road heading West about 3.5 miles stop when you see a tree with a sign and a picnic bench, from here you can grab a flyer about the area and head to the spot you want to dig first. 😊 see picture included

Bring

5 gal bucket for each mine as a minimum, spray bottle with water, rock pick, rock hammer, hand trowel, small power tools, safety glasses, work gloves, hat, water, snacks, sun block, sun umbrella, extra bags for rocks, and whatever will help you have a comfortable stay.

Other things to do on your own:

Goldfield

International Car Forest – Bring your spray paint and make your mark on this eclectic batch of brightly colored vehicles on the outskirts of Goldfield

Several shops to visit featuring antiques, rocks, bottles, jewelry, etc.

The Hidden Treasure Trading Company, 489 Belle Vue is only open on Saturday and Sunday, and features lots of local rocks. They have mining supplies and a saw for slabbing rocks, $1-$2 per slab.

Treasure Trading post

Enigmata Jewelry and crystals

Goldfield Wild Inspirations – Samples of Gemfield rock for sale, mining equipment and lots of interesting things. The owner of this store is also the owner of Gemfield.

Tonopah

The Tonopah Mining Museum and Tour – Book a tour on the Polaris, which seats up to 5, and take an on and off ride and walk tour of the location. The cost is $9 per person and a great tour with lots of information. Site of one of the original silver mines.

Old Tonopah Cemetery – You can pick up a brochure and also read the headstones to learn about past and passed residents

Tonopah Brewing Company – House brewed beers and BBQ

Clown Motel – Creepy, but unique. Check out the lobby.

Many local shops

Food

Tonopah has one grocery store, Raleys, and several gas and convenience stores.

If you don’t mind the smoke, there are several restaurants located inside the 3 -4 casinos.

Strawberry Hill Dinner is a great place for breakfast and lunch

El Marques Mexican Restaurant

Hometown Pizza

Bamboo Chinese Kitchen (casino)

Stage Stop Café – (casino)

Tonopah Station (casino)

Burger King

A&W (casino)

Subway

Pittman Café inside the Mizpeh Hotel, also a separate restaurant for dinner

Beans & Brews Coffeehouse

Where to Stay

Tonopah Station Hotel Casino and RV Park ($?)1137 Erie Street 775-482-9777

Travel Inn 720 N Main Street 775-482-8202

Mizpah Hotel 100 N Main Street 775-482-3030

Belvada Hotel 101 S Main St 775-277-3950

Best Western Hi-Desert Inn 320 Main Street 775-482-3511

Comfort Inn 890 Main Street 775-482-8883

Jim Butler Inn & Suites 100 S Main 800-635-9455

The World Famous Clown Motel 521 N Main Street 775-624-9098

Economy Inn 826 S Main Street 775-482-6238

Old Brewery Hostel 102 Mineral Street 775-482-3030

Ramada-Tonopah Sta RV Park ($?) reviews are not good 1137 US-95 775-482-6655

Tonopah Hospitality & RV 775-482-1700 or TonopahRV@gmail.com. These are mobile homes, 2 bedrooms and a living room or 3 bedrooms with a full kitchen, pots, pans, plates, silverware, microwave, stove, refrigerator, coffee maker with pods available, bathroom, central air and heat. They may be booked for October, but there are 2 ea 2-bedroom units available on Airbnb.com for American Quality Suites. NO PETS in the hotel. Pets ok in the RV park. NOTE – This may be booked up by mining companies doing long term bookings

Nearest Hospital:

Nye Regional Medical Center is located at 825 South Main Street, Tonopah, NV 89049

Phone number is (775) 482-6233.

Remember to have fun! If you want to invite someone you are welcome to just let me know beforehand so we have a head count.

Non-members are welcome to attend, but EVERYONE who plans to participate MUST FILL OUT THIS LINK:

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photo of map to gemfield

Turquoise Mining AdventureDownload

Lapidary Shop Closed
2025-04-26 00:00 - 23:59 | Lapidary Shop, 790 Lake Havasu Ave N, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86404, United States
Lapidary Shop will be closed Saturday, April 26. Retail store will be open as usual.

General Membership Meeting
2025-05-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Mt Olive Lutheran Church, 2170 Havasupai Boulevard, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86403, United States
Monthly meeting begins at 7pm, socializing at 6:30

Teacher Appreciation
2025-05-16 00:00 - 23:59 | Mudshark Public House, 1095 Aviation Drive, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 86404, United States
Michele Trumbull, Steve Prather and Christina Westerbeke attended the Lake Havasu Chamber of Commerce’s Teacher Appreciation After Hours Mixer at Mudshark Brewery. We donated a basket and Nancy Schweigert of Lake Havasu High School was the winner!

Gem Show Meeting
2025-05-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Lapidary Shop, 790 Lake Havasu Ave N, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86404, United States
These meetings are very important for the outcome of the show, anyone interested in helping with any decisions that are made for the Gem Show success or are interested in how the process of success is achieved please come

Lapidary Shop Closed Today
2025-05-31 00:00 - 23:59 | Arizona
The Retail Store will be open 5/31 from 1-4

Sorry for inconvenience, shop will be open again regular hours Tuesday June 3.

Have a rocking day friends

Wire Wrapping Workshop
2025-08-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Lapidary Shop, 790 Lake Havasu Ave N, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86404, United States
All supplies included to make a Tree of Life pendant with silver craft wire.

General Membership Meeting, new time, new location!
2025-09-03 17:30 - 19:00 | Lake Havasu Yacht Club, 631 London Bridge Road, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 86403
Socializing at 5:30, meeting starts at 6pm

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General Membership Meeting
2025-10-01 17:30 - 19:00 | Lake Havasu Yacht Club, 631 London Bridge Road, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 86403
Socializing starts at 5:30, meeting at 6pm.

Geode and Agate Field Trip
2025-10-18 09:00 - 17:00 | Lowes Parking Lot, 4000 Highway 95N, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 86404, United States
Looking for geodes and agate behind the airport. Meet at Lowe’s parking lot and bring a bucket and a rock hammer.

You will need a high clearance vehicle

Lapidary Shop Closed
2025-10-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Arizona
Lapidary shop will be closed this Saturday due to the field trip.

20th Annual Havasu Fright Night
2025-10-31 16:00 - 21:00 | Main Street, mcculloch blvd, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, 86403
We need donations of individually wrapped candy!
