The Ventura Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. (VGMS)
Entertainment and Information Web Site.
The 'Quick Access' and 'Important Information' Area.
For quick access to Field Trip information go to our new Field Trips Page.
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For quick access to Show information go to our new Shows Page.
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Don't forget the Annual VGMS Picnic starting at Noon on Saturday, September 18.
The Next Meetings of The VGMS
will be
a Board Meeting on September 2, 2010, at 7:00 pm and a General Meeting on September 22, 2010, at 7:30 pm. The locations are the usual ones. Remember that, until further notice, the usual location for the Board Meeting is the Brace-Thompson's, 7319 Eisenhower Street, Ventura, CA. I know this is mentioned below but you can't be too careful these days! See below for a map of the General Meeting location.
Unless otherwise notified the Board Meetings are held at the home of the Brace-Thompson's, 7319 Eisenhower Street, Ventura, CA, and the General Meetings are held at the Senior Recreation Center, 420 East Santa Clara Street, Ventura, CA.
Everyone is invited to attend any of our General Meetings.
The location is on the southeast corner of the intersection.
The Next Workshops of The VGMS
will be
September 18, 2010 and October 16, 2010.
These Workshops are held on the third Saturday of the month from 9 am until Noon. The location is 11969 Creek Road, Ojai, CA. It's across the street from Camp Comfort. (See directions below.)
Directions to the Museum/Workshop Site:
From Ventura travel north on Highway 33 for about 4 miles past our old facility and turn right onto Creek Road. Another 4 miles on Creek Road and you come upon Camp Comfort. Our facility is a group of structures on the left (across from the camp) with a large parking area.
CAUTION: The speed of traffic past the clubhouse on Creek Road exceeds the limit for the area. We prefer and advise people to enter and exit the driveway at the point farthest from the clubhouse so it allows the drivers maximum view of approaching traffic as you move onto Creek Road. Your safety is of utmost importance.
Greg Davis.
The Purpose of The VGMS
is to
promote interest and to sponsor and provide means and activities which will result in the dissemination of information and knowledge in geology, mineralogy, paleontology, lapidary, and similar sciences; to conduct lectures, classes, or study groups to further education and interest in the aforesaid sciences; and to make and exhibit mineral collections.
In case we have you all excited about the purpose of the VGMS, here's an easy way to apply for membership. Click on the following link to the VGMS Membership Application in Word format or the VGMS Membership Application in Adobe Acrobat format and print the page on your printer. (Wherever you go close the new window to return here.)
NOTE: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the PDF form. If you do not have the Reader you may download it free from the Adobe Web Site. Proceed as follows to get the Reader:
Go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html). Follow the instructions on the page to get the free Reader. (Close the new window to return here.)
Fill out the form and then you can either mail it (address on the application) or bring it to the next regular meeting. Bringing it to the meeting is recommended so we can meet you. Click on this link to the VGMS Information Page to find information about our meetings or go farther down the page to see officers' phone numbers to call for more information. (Close the new window to return here.) The application will be presented at the next board meeting, which is normally a week after the general meeting, and we'll advise you how that turned out.
The following links are a few places you can visit. (Close the new window to return here.)
(DISCLAIMER: By linking to other web sites from anywhere on this site, the Ventura Gem and Mineral Society, Inc. does not imply endorsement of those sites or any of their content, or of products or services mentioned on them.)
The American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS).
We're affiliated with them.
The California Federation of Mineralogical Societies (CFMS).
We're a member.
California Bureau of Land Management.
And, in alphabetical order, the other members of our Tri-Club Organization.
The Conejo Gem & Mineral Club.
The Oxnard Gem & Mineral Society.
- The California Oil Museum, perhaps better known as the Santa Paula Oil Museum, is the original headquarters of the Union Oil Company. The offices are still open for touring. The first floor is a museum containing "videos, working models, games, displays, and an authentic turn-of-the-century cable-tool drilling rig". That's from their web site. Fossils are included.
- The Worldwide Museum of Natural History which includes fossils, gems and minerals.
- A collection of pictures from the Smithsonian. Be patient. A lot of small images take a while to load but it's worth the wait. Click on the small images or the links to see larger images.
- A mineral cabinet currently displaying 300 specimens of common minerals taken from the collection of the Department of Mineralogy/Petrography at Bremen.
- The First Rockhound Magazine on the Internet.
- Go visit the Buena Vista Museum Of Natural History in Bakersfield, CA.
- The Searles Lake Gem & Mineral Society who are the nice folks that sponsor the annual Gem-O-Rama at Trona, CA, with the well known Searles Lake field trips.
- Check out the earthquake news with the United States Geological Survey.
- See what the people up north do at the Indian Mounds Rock and Mineral Club of Wyoming, Michigan. Check out some of their activities.
Learn how to contact
The VGMS
by going to The VGMS How To Contact Us Page.
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Webmaster: James A. Layton,
Last Updated: 09-02-2010,
URL of this Page: http://www.vgms.org/index.shtm.
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