The March Silent Auction Is Coming Soon!

Saturday, March 9, 2024 ~ 6 to 9 p.m.

St. Peter’s United Church gymnasium, 8013 Laramie, Skokie, Il

Plus a Special LIVE Auction of High-end Specimens During the Last Half-hour!

Rocks, Minerals, Fossils, Geodes, Jewelry, Books, Magazines and Lapidary Treasures

Fun for the entire family! Everyone is welcome to attend and bid. First table closes at 6:30. Free admission and free parking. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For our Geo Juniors, yes, you too can bid and add a few more specimens to your collection.

For more information, visit our Silent Auction page.


Our next meeting is April 13, 2024

More information about this meeting will be coming soon.

Want to be a board member, committee member or chairperson? See what positions are available below.


Meeting Dates for the 2023-2024 Year

We are still meeting the second Saturday of the month at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ in Skokie.

September 9, 2023
October 14, 2023
November 11, 2023
December 9, 2023
January 13, 2024
February 10, 2024
March 9, 2024
April 13, 2024
May 11, 2024
June 8, 2024

We Need Your Help!!

With so many board members having retired their posts in September, we have many positions that still need to be filled. Please consider taking over one or more of the following positions. We will help guide you should you decide to take any of the positions. If you have questions or want to hold one or more of the following positions, contact us at: info@chicagorocks.org.

Board Members:
– Vice President
– Historian
Committee & Chairs:
– CGMA Delegates – We need 1 person.
– Silent Auction Co-Chairs
– Field Trip Chair

Talk About Digging Things Up!

The club has recently come across old newsletters. We are in the process of digitizing them for posterity’s sake. I thought it would be great to post the very first newsletter of our club here for all to see. This newsletter was originally mimeographed (remember the smell of mimeographed pages!) and later zeroxed. With some time and effort, it was scanned in and cleaned up. Click here to see what was going on in the club in October of 1946.


Newsletter Contributions

Our newsletter, The Pick And Dop Stick, is always looking for new submissions from our members. If you have an article you would like to submit to the newsletter, a news item, pictures of one of your rockhound adventures, or another contribution, please send it to info@chicagorocks.org. We welcome all kinds of contributions!


Check out our Calendar of Events for more great rockhound events!

Featured Specimen
— Purple Fluorite —
with Purple Zoning

Purple Fluorite

— from Hardin County, IL —

September

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December

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Our Purpose

The objectives of the Chicago Rocks & Minerals Society are to study, disseminate, and promote interest in the earth sciences – emphasizing the various aspects of geology, paleontology, paleobotany, mineralogy and the lapidary arts, as well as to collect minerals, fossil specimens, and cutting material. Plus, we tend to socialize a lot, entertain ourselves with fabulous speakers and eat great snacks!

Meetings are at 7:30 p.m. on the second Saturday
of the month (except July and August) at:

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ
8013 Laramie Ave.
Skokie, IL 60077
(At Laramie and Oakton – across from
the Skokie Public Library)

If you would like more information about our club,
please contact us at info@chicagorocks.org
or call Jeanine at 312-623-1554.

For more information about our Meetings
and their Location, please click here.

Chicago Rocks & Minerals Society is a not-for-profit organization.

Other News

Geo Juniors

Winners of the 2021 National Youth Poster Contest
Sponsored by North Lakes Academy Rockhounds Minnesota

THEME: “Rockin’ Around the USA” – Rocks and Minerals from around the USA

How our juniors did:

  • Tiger Eye 1st place for 7th grade and placed 2nd overall
  • Magnetite Girl 3rd place for 5th grade
  • She who is Unnamed 1st place for 4th grade
  • Emerald 4th place 2nd grade
  • She who is Unnamed2 4th place for 1st grade

Congratulations on a job well done!!