Feather River Lapidary & Mineral Society

Feather River Lapidary & Mineral Society Rock hounding club, our Club house and Shop is located in Oroville, California. Other classes and jewelry making techniques are available.

This hobby club was founded in 2008 in Oroville, CA to promote and encourage all aspects of collecting and studying rocks, minerals, and fossils, and the pursuit of all types of lapidary and jewelry art. The club's goals are to educate members through field trips, lectures, classes, and hands-on experience about rocks and lapidary techniques. The club has a top-rated rock cutting and polishing sho

p where members can learn to cut, shape and polish rocks for jewelry and objects of art. Members also conduct outreach programs to schools to increase knowledge and interest to students and teachers in the local communities. The club hosts an annual show every September in Chico which includes dealers, jewelry, rough rock, equipment, a raffle, and much more for families and children. The show has grown throughout the years attracting over 3,000 attendees, and gives our members a chance to show off their artwork. The club is as a non-profit organization affiliated with the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies (CFMS) and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS). Our rock shop is located on private property so the address is not listed here. Members please contact other members or a board member for directions. Hours at the shop can vary but usually Wednesday evenings and Sundays 9:30 am - 2 pm.

Digging today for Thunder Eggs on the Prineville field trip!
06/19/2026

Digging today for Thunder Eggs on the Prineville field trip!

Youth meeting at the shop today, working on specimen collection. Different types of specimens, and collecting how to pre...
06/13/2026

Youth meeting at the shop today, working on specimen collection. Different types of specimens, and collecting how to prepare and store their specimens and different types of specimen collection. Lots of cool specimens have been shared with the kids. This will be an ongoing project for the kids to help their interest in rocks and minerals and fossils for those kids that were unable to attend. You can still do this project and get a badge. Come to the next meeting or those others and Holly and Dennis will help you.

06/08/2026

Future tumbling contest rock

Sunday, unloading day for tumbling rock. Several members went to Idaho this last week to acquire future tumbling rock fr...
06/08/2026

Sunday, unloading day for tumbling rock. Several members went to Idaho this last week to acquire future tumbling rock from Steve Schultz. Great teamwork and ingenuity to get the heavy barrels out of the trailer.

06/06/2026

We are happy to announce that we have sold out of our Worldwide Tumbling contest rock for 2026! We look forward to receiving back the finished tumbled rocks from locations far and wide! Remember, finished rock must be sent back by August 15th to be eligible for judging. Happy Tumbling everyone and thank you again. Tami

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05/26/2026
Feather River Lapidary and Mineral Society, Participating in Feather Fiesta Day Events
05/11/2026

Feather River Lapidary and Mineral Society, Participating in Feather Fiesta Day Events

The streets of downtown Oroville were candy-coated on Saturday as parade floats tossed out all the sweets in celebration of both Feather Fiesta Days and the 250th birthday of the United States.

04/26/2026

Panoramic view of the collecting site for Mariposa and lepedite. Lots of specimens found

Day two field trip Mariposa County. We were hosted by the Calaveras, Gem and Mineral Society Club from Angels Camp, Cali...
04/26/2026

Day two field trip Mariposa County. We were hosted by the Calaveras, Gem and Mineral Society Club from Angels Camp, California. We would like to thank them for allowing us to join them on their field trip to collect Maposite, lepedite , also some gold panning on the side. thank you Daniel. Although there was a threat of rain today, the day turned out to be beautiful a great group of people, always nice to meet new rock counting enthusiast. We were also blessed with a small mining talk from Richard J Lundin.

Holbrook, Arizona. Club members collecting petrified wood. Amazing and great specimen to be found at the museums and the...
01/05/2026

Holbrook, Arizona. Club members collecting petrified wood. Amazing and great specimen to be found at the museums and the gift shops. But you could also go out and get your own for a fraction of the price.

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Oroville, CA

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Thursday 5pm - 8pm
Sunday 9am - 1pm

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