Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society

About Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society

A nonprofit organization for people interested in geology, mineralogy, paleontology, and the lapidary arts, serving the Birmingham, Alabama area. The society welcomes visitors at its monthly meetings and runs a Junior Rockhounds program for younger members. It operates a member workshop with lapidary equipment on a published weekly schedule. General inquiries and membership questions are handled through two separate club email addresses. The club maintains a members-only Facebook group. Founding year and total membership were not published on the site.

Collecting spots near Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society

• Birmingham, Red Mountain Expressway cut, bioherms
• 1.75 miles northeast of New Hope Church, north of Pelham
• 362-i. Cahaba Valley, south of New Hope Church, 7 miles north Pelham
• 0.5 miles northeast of Pelham, Bessemer Iron District
• about half a mile southwest of Elliotsville Church
• Railroad embankment 0.25 miles northeast of Odenville
• MGuires'Ford about 10 miles south-west of Montevallo
• Shirley Mine

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