Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society

Lapidary Shop/Store Closed Tuesday 3/25
2025-03-25 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Phoenix) | 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!

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!

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

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

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

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).

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Quartzsite Campout Potluck on Thursday Jan. 16 at 5pm is open to all! See details in info about campout.
2025-01-09 08:00 - 2025-01-16 19:00 | Arizona

New Year's Eve Hours for the Lapidary Shop! (clic for info)
2024-12-31 08:00 - 2025-01-02 17:00 | Arizona
Hope you all had a great Christmas! Our hours for New Years’s are:

Tuesday, Dec. 31: Open from 10am to 2pm.

Closed January 1 and 2, 2025

Hope that the start to your New Year is wonderful!

Lapidary Shop Christmas Hours (clic for more)
2024-12-24 08:00 - 2024-12-28 17:00 | Arizona
The Lapidary Shop Christmas hours will be: Tuesday Dec. 24: 10am to 2pm, Wednesday Dec. 25: CLOSED, Thursday Dec. 26: OPEN 10am to 4pm, Saturday Dec. 28: OPEN 10am to 4pm. Hope you all have a healthy, happy and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Field Trip for Fire Agates! December 22,2024. (clic for more info!)
2024-12-22 | Arizona
The Gem Club’s Vice President, Steve Prather, will be leading a rock hounding field trip to an area out behind Oatman, AZ. We will be looking for fire agates and chalcedony. A high clearance vehicle is required, but it does not have to be four wheel drive. Bring a rock hammer, chisel and/or a pick and bucket if you want to dig. It will be a bit chilly, so dress warm, wear hiking boots and don’t forget a snack and water! The drive will be about and hour and a half. We will be digging on a private claim so a fee of $15 per person CASH is required. Meet at the Havasu Rocks Lapidary Shop at 8:00a.m.

20% off Christmas Sale at Havasu Rocks at the Lake Havasu Museum of History EXTENDED!! Dec. 18th thru the 24th.
2024-12-18 11:00 - 2024-12-24 15:00 | Arizona

CHRISTMAS PARTY/BOAT PARADE PICNIC December 14, 2024 (clic for more information)
2024-12-14 16:00 - 21:00 | Arizona
As was done in the past, members are invited to a picnic at Rotunda #5 at the London Bridge Beach Park on the island to watch the Christmas Light Parade of Boats! The picnic will start at 4p.m.. The Club will provide the “meat” and all attending should bring a dish to share, their own seating, plates, utensils and BYOB. The parade starts at 6.p.m. There is a food sign-up sheet located at the Lapidary Shop.

December 13th General Meeting and New board election (clic for more info)
2024-12-13 18:30 - 22:00 | Arizona
December 13, 2024 is our next Club General Meeting. Social hour starts at 6:30pm, meeting at 7pm. Please plan to attend since we are going to vote on our new board. Come and talk to the nominees and let them know if you have ideas and or concerns. The meetings are held at a the Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 2170 Havasupai Blvd., (corner of Acoma and Havasupai).

Our Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule (clic for more info)
2024-11-20 08:00 - 2024-12-01 17:00 | Arizona
Havasu Rock, located in the Lake Havasu Museum of History, will be closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 28, 29, 30. They will reopen on Tuesday December 3.

The Lapidary Shop will be closed Thursday Nov. 28 only.

NOVEMBER 17, 2024 FIELD TRIP (click for more information)
2024-11-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Arizona
On November 17th one of our directors, Elley Ringo, will be leading a field trip to the Jasper agate and gas bubble geode location outside of Parker, AZ.

The trip will take about 50 minutes one way. Any vehicle will be able to get there. There is a short walk from the parking area to the dig site. We will be there for a few hours but you are welcome to stay as short or as long as you prefer.

Members will meet at Basha’s parking lot, south side of Lake Havasu City, at 8:30a.m. We will leave at 9am. All must sign the liability waiver before the trip. For those members coming from other locations than Lake Havasu City, please use the following GPS coordinates to meet us at the entrance to the site at about 9:45a.m.:

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Please bring a bucket or bag to collect in, a chisel, rock hammer or small pick, gloves, water and a snack.

Prepare to have FUN!

Annual Lake Havasu Gem and Mineral Show
2024-11-09 - 2024-11-10 | Arizona

FRIGHT NIGHT! Gem Club will be in front of Small Cakes! (clic on this to see more info)
2024-10-31 16:00 - 20:00 | Arizona
Join us on McCulloch Blvd. (Main Street) in front of Small Cakes for FRIGHT NIGHT!

A night of awesome and maybe scary costumes and lots of candy!

Setup is starting at 3pm on the 31st. All vehicles must be off McCulloch by 3:30pm.

Club members are asked to volunteer to hand out candy (bring a chair) and enjoy themselves!

Yes, you can come later on too!

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New Lapidary Shop Location Ribbon Cutting and Open House
2024-10-15 10:00 - 13:00 | Arizona
Join the Lake Havasu Chamber of Commerce and the Lake Havasu Gem and Mineral Society and Lapidary Group for our open house and ribbon cutting at our new location at 790 N. Lake Havasu Blvd., Ste. 2. The festivities start at 10am. Cake and snacks and drinks will be provided.

1st Rock Road Show Sept. 18
2024-09-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Arizona
At 10am on Sept. 18, Michele Trumbull (with Trish French assisting) presented the 1st “Rock Road Show” to about 18 folks at Prestige Assisted Living. Laura Romo, the Life Enhancement coordinator contacted our club through this website and asked if we could do an hours long presentation. So, the Rock Road Show was created! We hope to take this show literally on the road to other locations and hopefully to the local schools! Contact us if you are interested for the Rock Road Show to come to your location!

showing off desert roses

Michele and Trish

Labor Day Raffle Basket Winner!
2024-09-03 08:00 - 2024-09-10 17:00 | Arizona
Our Labor Day Raffle Basket
was won by Bobbi Prather!
Rose Mann picked the winning ticket with 3 witnesses attending!
Enjoy your winnings Bobbi and THANK YOU!!

KIDS GEOLOGY FUN DAY! July 9
2024-07-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Arizona
Elley of “Elley Knows Rocks” along with the Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society’s Havasu Rocks Lapidary Shop
present
KIDS GEOLOGY FUN DAY!
Activities: mineral ID, UV reactive minerals, Lapidary demonstration, opening a geode.
Ages: 16 and under, eight and under require a parent to attend.
Fun day is free but donations will be accepted!
RSVP: text or call (661)-886-5487.
