Welcome to the Friends of Mineralogy Colorado Chapter!
We meet every odd-numbered month in person at the Colorado School of Mines campus, usually in Berthoud Hall!
CURRENT EVENTS
The general election for chapter leadership positions will be on November 12th, 2026 in Berthoud Hall, room 108 at 7:00 pm.
Please also join us for Ed Raine’s presentation on the history, geology, and mineralogy of the Caribou mines in Boulder County, CO.
If you would like to join the Friends of Mineralogy Colorado Chapter, please visit the membership page to complete your online application form and pay membership dues!
Chapter News:
- Check out our most recent newsletter: 2026 April Newsletter
Current and past newsletters may be found at:
- Our yearly silent auction for 2026 was held at the Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church on Saturday, May 16th.
Future Symposium:
- Please stay tuned for the announcement of our upcoming symposium and details for registration!
For more information on previous and future symposia, visit the Symposium page!
Who we are:
Dedicated to the advancement of serious interest in minerals and related activities, we are collectors, professionals, and curators who share a love of mineral specimens and the desire to promote understanding and appreciation of mineralogy. The National society was founded in 1970 in Tucson, AZ. The Colorado Chapter was founded in Denver in 1978.
We participate in and are members of the greater community of Colorado mineral clubs, museum support groups, mining historical societies and the Greater Denver area, Gem and Mineral Council which is responsible for staging the annual Denver Gem and Mineral Show.™
Members include collectors, museum curators, mineralogists, and earth science educators. The organization is affiliated with Mindat.org, the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), the American Geoscience Institute (AGI), and the Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC).
Our Vision:
FMCC’s vision is to promote, support, protect, and expand the collecting of mineral specimens, while furthering the recognition of the scientific, historical, economic, and aesthetic value of minerals, mineral collecting and mineral collectors.
The local chapter works to fulfill this mission by participating in and sponsoring Colorado-themed and based symposiums, the joint organization of numerous clubs that organizes and executes the annual Denver Gem and Mineral Show™, legal collecting trips or tours to quarries, mines and rock dumps in Colorado where access is difficult to obtain, publications on Colorado localities and minerals, supporting Colorado museums and their objectives, maintaining access to collecting sites and sites of special mineralogical significance and providing a forum for individuals both experienced and developing to share their enthusiasm on mineralogical matters via presentations and displays.
The national FM has made its voice heard whenever proposals are made to close mineral museums or collecting sites. The National FM co-sponsors symposiums held annually at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, and contributes support and speakers to other mineral symposiums. FM presents annual awards for best article published in each of the following publications: The Mineralogical Record, Rocks & Minerals, Mineral News, and Mineral Monographs. It also gives awards to the best institutional and individual educational exhibit cases displayed at the Denver and Tucson gem and mineral shows.