Hi Everyone, Coombs Rendezvous 2022 Update! Rendezvous 2022 , June 2nd to 6th is fast approaching…. Yay! Just thought we’d send out an update on events. Don’t forget to register! The registration forms can be found on the BCLS website. If you are interested in the Horne Lake Cave Tour @ $48.00 we must reserve … Continue reading Rendezvous 2022
Brynnor is an iron mine near Kennedy Lake. We will get bluish/grey limestone, chlorite, serpentine, magnetite & smatterings of arsenopyrite, garnet, malachite or diopside, marble, sparkle limestone & green chert. For those who want to carpool we will gather at the S.E. corner of Wembley Mall at 7:40. We will leave at 8:00 to get … Continue reading June 12 (Sunday) Field Trip- BRYNNOR MINE
If you are planning to attend the Craig Street Market in Parksville on Tuesday, August 2, please look for our spot. You will find our banners and one or two members who will provide information about our Rock Club. There may be a free sample too!
Social and Tailgate for members of our Club. If you are a member, you will find more information on the Members Only Section.
Our next monthly meeting will be at the MAC on Tuesday, September 6 at 7 p.m. There will be raffle items, and a sales table. The Rock of the Month is Rhodochrosite. The program will be given by our Club member, Laura Butt. She will talk about the energies and healing qualities of stones based … Continue reading September Monthly Meeting
Tuesday November 1 is our last meeting and program of the 2022 year. Elections! Help this Club continue. Program tonight is on Dallasite by our Club member, Norm. Final preparations are underway for our November Show. There are still lots of opportunities to get involved, volunteer and enjoy the fellowship of fellow rockhounds.
The first day of our fourth Annual Gem Show.
Day Two of our Annual Show
Our guest speaker at the January 3rd meeting is Jerome Lesemann, Jerome is a professor at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, he is a Glaciation expert and has done numerous guest appearances with Nick Zentner on his YOU TUBE channel. Jerome can help us understand why we find certain things on our local beaches due … Continue reading Jerome Lesemann (Vancouver Island University Earth Sciences Professor)
We invite you to a beach walk to see first hand how our last guest speakers presentation can be seen first hand. This is a great stretch of beach on the Eastern shores of Vancouver Island. This is a rain or shine event.