Rhode Island Mineral Hunters

12/13/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended our 2025 Christmas party/meeting! We hope that you had fun!

We kicked off the meeting with elections, with everyone running unopposed. We welcomed Eli back as our field trip coordinator, and we look forward to all the fun he has planned for us! The board is now as stated:

President: Sherri B
Vice President: Ernie Z
Secretary: Bri C
Treasurer: Tim N
Show Chair: Louis F
Field Trip Chair: Eli S
Webmaster: Kelly F
Membership Chair: Kristen L
Social Media Coordinator: Angel S
Standing Board: Claire C
Steve L
Parker L
Justin C

We next moved on to our White Elephant Gift exhange! Members received gifts like meteorites, mineral specimens, rock hammers, books, handmade jewelry, and more! Feel free to show us in the comments the amazing gift(s) you recieved.

Many incredible specimens were entered into our contest! The winners were:

Best Fossil Found in 2025: Shell Conglomerate from New Jersey
Best Mineral Found in 2025: Blue Tourmaline
Best find by Junior Member in 2025: Herkimer Diamond
Best find in RI in 2025: Smokey Quartz
Club Member who did the most this year: Sherri

We hope everyone enjoyed our meeting/party! It was filled with friendly faces, good food, and laughter. We look foward to seeing what 2026 brings us.

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Years from our RIMH family to yours.

11/20/2025

If you missed out on RIMH’s annual show this year or you’re looking for another chance to shop for mineral specimens from a wide variety of vendors, why not go support our friends over at the Worcester Mineral Club at their annual show THIS WEEKEND! Also a great opportunity to look for gifts this holiday season for your crystal-loving friends and family😁 Details are in their flyer below and on their website!

Just think Only 10 More Days til the show. Who’s ready to Rock
47th Annual Worcester Mineral Club Mineral, Gem, Fossil and Jewelry Show

11/16/2025

Good evening Rhode Island Mineral Hunters!! For our November meeting, we welcomed Mark Lavoie, owner of Third Rock Emporium, who taught us about the origins of Rhode Island minerals. He shared maps showing the different geological formations in RI, and explained to us how our state was formed. He showed us detailed geological time scale charts with events and formations. Did you know that there are rock formations from the Cretaceous Period in the Mohegan Bluffs of Block Island? Or that Hope Valley used to be mountains? Mark even brought in RI minerals to show us, including bowenite, amethyst, cumberlandite, stretched pebbles, and chloratoid Masonite. Thank you so much Mark for an amazing presentation!!

11/14/2025

Hello Rhode Island Mineral Hunters! Here is a look at the Halloween party costume contest during our October meeting! Thank you to everybody that participated! The winner was our friend in the blow-up chicken costume! They received a beautiful quartz specimen, donated by Apple Valley Minerals.

During the meeting, our webmaster Kelly educated the club on unique geological formations on other planets. He referenced the famous “Face on Mars”, and talked about the “poppy seeds” and “leopard spots” that have been found in the rocks on Mars, that all have detectable biosignatures! He discussed the hallows on Mercury, and also showed examples of Widmanstätten patterns in meteorites. One might say that Kelly’s presentation was OUT OF THIS WORLD!

10/31/2025

Thank you to all of our lovely vendors who came out last weekend to our 52nd annual gem, mineral, and fossil show! We appreciate every one of you for making this event possible and for supporting the RIMH club. We hope to see you all again next year.

If you see your booth feel free to comment or link to your shop below, and thanks again for bringing your best!

10/16/2025

Here’s the flyer for this year’s show!

10/15/2025

Come on down to the Rhode IsIand Mineral Hunters 52nd Annual Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show!

2115 Broad Street, Cranston, RI 02905

October 25th & 26th, 2025
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am -5pm

We can’t wait to see you there!

12/13/2024

Hello RIMH members! Thank you to everyone who came out for our annual holiday party last night! We were so happy to see all of you! There’s nothing better at the holidays than celebrating with friends.

We want to congratulate our award winners for the Best Self Collected Mineral, Best Self Collected Fossil, Best Self Collected Specimen by a Junior Member, and the Club Member Who Has Contributed the Most to the RIMH over this year.

2024 has been an excellent year for us as a club and a community, and we look forward to an even better 2025. And with members like you all, we can guarantee it will be! Thank you for another year of fun and adventure. Happy holidays from the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters!

10/29/2024

That’s a wrap! Thank you everyone for coming out to our 51st Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show! We had such wonderful vendors, guests, volunteers, and hosts, without whom none of this would be possible. We very much appreciate all of you. It was a blast seeing you all, and we can’t wait for even more fun next year!

10/26/2024

Today is the day! Come on down and rock with us!!

10/20/2024

Don’t forget, friends! Next week is our 51st annual Gem, Mineral, and Fossil show! Don’t miss out! Come have a rocking great time with us, meet our members and vendors, find your new favorite treasure. Bring the whole family and see what all the buzz is about!

10/20/2024

Thank you to our members who joined us last night for our evening dig at Conklin Lime Quarry! We were so impressed with the bright and colorful minerals you found. Its amazing how minerals that look so plain in daylight can look so magical at night! What a perfect trip to lead up to Halloween!