Boston Mineral Club

Welcome to the Boston Mineral Club website! If you have suggestions, questions or comments about the site, please contact us.

You don't need a college degree in earth sciences to join the club! We are open to all. We welcome and encourage new members to join the club. 

What We Do

The Boston Mineral Club (BMC) was founded in 1936 to "promote the study and collecting of rocks and minerals, to encourage friendly cooperation among mineralogists and collectors, [and] to promote the study of mineralogy and related arts and sciences coming within the purview of earth sciences..."

In the pursuit of these goals, the BMC offers educational programs at club meetings, mineral collecting field trips, a newsletter, and access to our mineralogical reference library.

The Boston Mineral Club is a member of the American Federation of Mineral Societies and the Eastern Federation of Mineral and Lapidary Societies. The BMC also is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) educational organization.

*Pictured 2006 BMC Field Trip to Aggregate Industries in Ashland MA

Coming soon:
New BMC Website!

We're working on an enhanced and modernized site with a completely updated design. Don't be surprised if next time you visit, it looks very different. Stay tuned!

BMC IN-PERSON Meeting:

Tuesday, December 6, 2022: 7:00 p.m.

 Introduction to Vibrational Spectroscopy for Mineral Identification with Dr. Arthur McClelland

Haller Hall

Harvard Museum of Naural History

24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

See more details in the

BMC News 

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Members BMC News December 2022

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Donate to the Nathan C. Martin

Memorial Scholarship

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Facebook

Join our Facebook group to find out more about what's going on with the club and connect with the local mineral community.

Field Trips

The Boston Mineral Club is proud of its long tradition of conducting field trips to collecting localities throughout the New England area. Information about trips planned for the current year is published in the Field Trips web page and also in the BMC News newsletter in the members only web page.

The club also organizes occasional trips to localities outside of New England. Previous destinations have included Nova Scotia, Kentucky, Georgia, and Arizona.