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Club Mission - Who we are!
We are a not for profit community of people involved in educating and sharing in many areas
such as geology, rockhounding, mineral collection, lapidary and jewelry arts through a variety
of club and community activities.
What we do!
Our monthly club meetings include guest speakers, demonstrations, silent auction along with
rock and mineral identification. We sponsor classes in lapidary, jewelry making and a
variety of field trips for gem, mineral, and fossil collecting.Our annual rock and mineral show, held at the
Canby Fairgrounds in October, offers a wide variety of learning opportunities including the preparation of the
rock and mineral materials that will be for sale, and displays of our members’ skills.
You are invited!
We welcome you to an exciting hobby for all ages! Attend a meeting, a field trip, our rock show, classes and more.
Each monthly club meeting includes a presentation or demonstration, silent auction and all
visitors receive a free collector’s specimen.
We meet in the basement of :
Zion Lutheran Church
720 Jefferson Street, Oregon City, OR 97045
Maps (entrance on 8th St.)
Our meeting starts at 7pm and
we start gathering around 6:30pm with refreshments.
Upcoming Events
Visitors are welcome!
June 5, 2021, Saturday
Members Only Field Trip
Joe Cota's Rock Castle in Lebanon for picnic and rock piles.
Join MHRC
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
June 12-13 2021, Saturday-Sunday
Members Only Field Trip
Digging for petrified wood. Dry camping. Will have info for optional stop at
Glass Buttes for obsidian on the way home. Join MHRC
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
June 12 - 20, 2021, Saturday-Sunday
Members Only Field Trip
Central Idaho
This is one that will test your physical fitness.
There will be no easy collecting here.
Climbing steep hillsides and packing out any rocks will be required.
Dry Camping or established campground nearby.
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
June 15, 2021 - Third Tuesday 7pm
Guest Speaker Leslie Moclock Leslie will be sharing with us her new book titledRocks, Minerals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest
This will be an online zoom event.
Visitors are welcome!!! Email us at rockhound@clackamettegem.org
24 hours before the meeting to receive Meeting ID and password.
Rock Sale
June 26, Saturday
Everyone is welcome!
July 2, 2021, Friday 7pm
Junior Rockhound Zoom Meeting
This will be an online zoom event.
Visitors are welcome!!!
Email us at rockhound@clackamettegem.org
or contact
Jim Urbaniak, nygiants1931@yahoo.com
24 hours before the meeting to receive Meeting ID and password.
July 2-5, 2021, Saturday
Members Only Field Trip
Virgin Valley, Oregon Precious opal fee mine visits (optional, $$) plus pet wood, coppermineral tailings, etc. Dry camping at hot spring.
Join MHRC
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
July 17-18, 2021, Saturday-Sunday
Members Only Field Trip
Ochocos, east of Prineville, Oregon
Digging for thundereggs at club claim and other nearby spots.
Join MHRC
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
July 20, 2021 - Third Tuesday 7:00 pm
Speaker To Be Announced!!
This will be an online zoom event.
Visitors are welcome!!! Email us at rockhound@clackamettegem.org
24 hours before the meeting to receive Meeting ID and password.
July 24, 2021, Saturday
Members Only Field Trip
Joe Cota's Rock Castle in Lebanon for picnic and rock piles.
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
July 30-August 1, 2021, Friday-Sunday
Members Only Field Trip
Hansen Creek, Snoqualmie, WA
Dig and screen for small quartz and amethyst crystals. Camping with the
group at Denney Creek w/ shared fee, or secure your own now at other
nearby spots. Friday evening or Sat morning arrival okay.
Join MHRC
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
August 6, 2021, Friday 7pm
Junior Rockhound Zoom Meeting
This will be an online zoom event.
Visitors are welcome!!!
Email us at rockhound@clackamettegem.org
or contact
Jim Urbaniak, nygiants1931@yahoo.com
24 hours before the meeting to receive Meeting ID and password.
August 2021, Saturday, Day to be announced
Members Only Field Trip
Ape Caves. Great one for the kids.
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
August 2021, Saturday/Sunday
Don't miss visiting the Clackamette Mineral and Gem Club booth at
Summer Fest 2020 at the Rice Museum
in Hillsboro August 2021.
CMGC members get in free with their name badge and/or a current
CMGC Membership Card.
$6.00 for ages 5 and up
The Rice Museum is also affiliated with the Smithsonian.
For more information Click here!
August 17, 2021, Third Tuesday - 7pm
Speaker To Be Announced!!
This will be an online zoom event.
Visitors are welcome!!! Email us at rockhound@clackamettegem.org
24 hours before the meeting to receive Meeting ID and password.
September 3-6, 2021, Friday-Monday
Members Only Field Trip
McDermitt, Nevada
Labor Day weekend. Jaspers, agate, pet and opalized wood, eggs. Dry
camping w/ the group or motel in McDermitt
Join MHRC
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
September 9-13, 2021, Thursday-Monday
Members Only Field Trip
Southern Oregon Opal Mine/Sunstones.
Private Claim for Oregon Fire Opal-Dry Camping and Hard Rock Mining.
Sunstones will be at one of the fee dig sites with option to stay an extra day at the public collection area.
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
September 18, 2021, Saturday
Members Only Field Trip
Fossils
TBA, Day or single overnight trip
Join MHRC
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
September 21, 2021 - Third Tuesday 7pm
Speaker to be Announced
Silent Auction*
Refreshments
Junior Rockhound Activities 7-8pm
Study of Fluorescent Rock presentations
Juniors individual and group Display case design plans and preparations.
September 25, 2021, Saturday
Members Only Field Trip
Hampton Butte Clean Up. We will once again join up with the Oregon Council and the BLM to help fill in holes left by rockhounds at Hampton Butte. If we are good stewards of public lands they will stay public. Many Rock hounds at Hampton Butte do not fill their dig holes in. Spend the day with us cleaning up the area and keeping this fabulous spot open for all rockhounds.
Learn how you can become a member and attend this field trip!
Click here for membership information.
Email Ene Sokk for field trip information at sokkehome@gmail.com
October 19, 2021, Third Tuesday - 7pm
Speaker to be Announced
Silent Auction*
Refreshments
Junior Rockhound Activities: 7-8pm
Juniors hosting activity for General Club meeting.
Formal Jr. Federation Presentations Program
October 2021
Cancelled, See you on May 2022
57th Annual Gem and Rock Show
For more information click on the "Rock Show" Tab or
November 16, 2021 -7pm, 3rd Tuesday
Lapidary, Jewelry, & Rock related Equipment Display
Club members will bring in their lapidary, jewelry and rock related equipment and exhibit at our
November meeting for the benefit of our new members and guests.
We expect to have rock related tools, such as saws, tumblers, faceting, grinding, polishing, and
marble making equipment, along with gold panning, jewelry and beading tools.
This is a good place to ask question and get answers! See you there!
Photo by Denise Harrison
Junior Rockhound Activities: 7-8pm
Equipment: Differences Between Tumblers, Sanders and Saws
Join regular club for viewing of equipment presentation.
Photo by Lortone
Refreshments
December 2021-First Friday 7pm
Junior Zoom Meeting
Parents and Juniors watch for an email with information about this meeting.
Visitors are welcome!!!
Email us at rockhound@clackamettegem.org
or contact
Jim Urbaniak - nygiants1931@yahoo.com
24 hours before the meeting to receive Meeting ID and password.
December 21, 2021, Third Tuesday
6:30 pm - Note the early start
Holiday Party - Potluck - Gift Exchange
Image by Clipart Library
Board members will provide turkey, ham and the fixings!
Club members are asked to bring a side dish or salad and a dessert. You will also
need to bring your own table service.
Each member should bring a wrapped gift for the gift exchange. If the gift is
specifically for a man, woman or child, please note that on the gift.
Also bring canned goods for the church’s annual food drive.
6:30 pm - Note the early start!!!
Junior Rockhound Activities: 6:30pm
Juniors note earlier start time
Short meeting
Join the Christmas Party/Potluck/Gift Exchange
Photo by Charles M Schultz
December 31, 2021
Friendly Reminder!!!
CMGC dues for 2022 are due.
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Bring dues to the December meeting
or
Mail them to CMGC, PO Box 903, Oregon City, OR 97045.
If not received by deadline, you will not be included in the membership directory to be printed the first part of January.
This directory is supplied to the Rice Museum to verify your membership for free admission.
We accept cash, checks, debit and most credit cards.
January 2022 - Third Tuesday 7pm
Speaker To Be Announced
Junior Rockhound Activities 7-8pm
Activity to be announced.
Silent Auction*
Refreshments
February 2022 - Third Tuesday 7pm
Speaker To Be Announced
Junior Rockhound Activities 7-8pm
Activity to be announced.
Silent Auction*
Refreshments
March 2022 - Third Tuesday 7pm
Speaker To Be Announced
Junior Rockhound Activities 7-8pm
Activity to be announced.
Silent Auction*
Refreshments
April 2022 - Third Tuesday 7pm
Speaker To Be Announced
Junior Rockhound Activities 7-8pm
Activity to be announced.
Silent Auction*
Refreshments
May 2022 - Third Tuesday 7pm
Speaker To Be Announced
Junior Rockhound Activities 7-8pm
Activity to be announced.
Silent Auction*
Refreshments
Clackamette Mineral & Gem Club Rock Show
May 2022
Coming soon - Events - Dates are pending
Rock Wash - Spring and Summer
Field Trips
*What is a Silent Auction?
A silent auction for rocks, minerals, and lapidary material will begin at 7pm and close when the meeting ends.
Each auctioned item will include an individual auction sheet on which bids may be entered. At the close of the
auction the highest bid amount wins. Bids may be made throughout the meeting.
AFFILIATIONS
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Last update 5-24-2021