02/03/2026
***Please Read*** - How to become a member, what our club offers and the history behind our club!
Become a member -
Please print and bring the completed application and payment to a club meeting, or mail in. Click the link to view and print the form. All information on where to mail, make checks payable to, and meeting information can all be found here: https://ocmgassoc.blogspot.com/p/membership_16.html
What our club offers:
Monthly Meetings - We have monthly meetings that are held at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, the first Friday of every month at 7 pm. We have a program each month which consists of a speaker teaching us about different characteristics of gem and minerals. There's also plenty of people there to help identify rocks that you may have.
Gem show - Our gem show is the second weekend of July and is now held at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. The gymnasium is filled with dealers selling and/or displaying Minerals, Rocks, Gems, Jewelry, Fossils and other Mineral related Crafts. We offer door prizes and silent auctions.
Field Trips - There are 2 field trips each month to different localities from May through the end of October. Many older knowledgeable members go on these trips, so the novice collector will learn things quite quickly.
Newsletter - We have a monthly newsletter called The Pegmatite. Its jam packed with info pertaining to the club, upcoming events and fieldtrips, as well as all things gems in this great state of Maine.
History - In March 1948, a group of mineral collectors met at the home of Dana Putnam in Rumford Corner, Maine and organized the "Oxford County Mineral and Gem Association."
The purpose of the club is to bring together people who are interested in mineralogy and geology, in hopes that by exchange of information and specimens that all people may benefit. To also maintain common interest through social meetings and friendly discussions. To visit, as a group, mineral locations for the study and collection of Mineral specimens. To encourage safety practices in the field. It shall also be the policy of the club to award scholarships as funds allow.
