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Welcome to the Warrnambool Gem Club Website! The most recent updates on this web site are: • 2019 Club activities • places you might like to visit • some australian gems

The famous 'Alma King' rhodochrosite specimen. The 'Alma King' specimen measures some 1m high and is covered with fine quartz, calcite and flourite crystals as well as the magnificent 'Alma King crystal' which is approx. 6" across. The specimen was mined at the ‘Sweet Home Mine). Photo taken at the Denver museum of natural history ( Colarado, USA).

This site was last updated in September 2019 This site is managed on a voluntary basis. If you find any problems in using the site please contact us (e-mail preferred). If you do not get a reply or if the problem is not remedied within a few days it is probably because I am away interstate fossicking, at the A.F.G. seminar or bush walking etc. I will attend to any problems as soon as I can.

Upcoming meetings & events: NEXT GENERAL CLUB MEETING WILL BE HELD ON . The next Warrnambool Gem Show will be held on the Weekend of the 11-12th of January, 2020, Sat. 9–5, Sun. 9–4. The show will be held at WARRNAMBOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL HALL, CNR JAMIESON ST. & PRINCES HWY, WARRNAMBOOL ADMISSION: $5 PER PERSON, CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE WITH AN ADULT GEM CUTTING, CLUB STALL (plants, books, gems, minerals), LUCKY DIP, RAFFLES, DELICIOUS HOME-MADE FOOD, BARGAINS AND ACTIVITIES FOR ALL! TRADERS & COLLECTORS SELLING A WIDE RANGE OF BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONES, FOSSILS, MINERALS & JEWELLERY!

The Warrnambool Gem Club wishes to thank the following organisations for their support in running our 2018 gem show. WARRNAMBOOL CITY COUNCIL MACEY’S BISTRO SWINTONS (Warrnambool ) Supa IGA ALLFRESH SEAFOOD red rooster Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Swintons Home Furniture DOMINO’S PIZZA MURRAY GOULBURN CO-OPERATIVE. MONOGHAN’S PHARMACY Woolworths Warrnambool Woolworths Dennington CAPITAL CINEMA WARRNAMBOOL DES COOPERS PANEL WORKS

Annual membership fees are : Adults $35 Children (school age) $15 (minimum age for joining is 12 years, or 8 years if accompanied by an adult who is also a member) Associate members $20 (do not have use of workshop facilities) The club library The club has an extensive collection of books related to gemstones, minerals, jewellery and fossicking. Club members can borrow books from the club or read them in our club rooms. Field Trips The club operates field trips when convenient. Many of our club members get together to organise their own field trips, particularly during winter when many members head to warmer parts of the country to fossick. If you are interested in fossicking/gem cutting/lapidary work/glass work/silversmithing, consider joining a club. Being a member of a gem club can provide an introduction to a great hobby for people of all ages

N.S.W. Carnelian

collected in 2018.

The Warrnambool Gem Club was formed in 1968. Warrnambool is a city of some 33,000 people in the south-west of Victoria, Australia. The aims of the club are • to promote the enjoyment of lapidary crafts • improve members knowledge of lapidary skills & gemstones • provide facilities for club members to carry out their lapidary hobby • conduct fossicking excursions to gem localities You can contact the Warrnambool Gem Club by writing to P.O. Box 18, Warrnambool, Vic., Australia, 3280 or by using the Contact Us page.

Our club rooms in Warrnambool

The club workshop The club holds it's workshop sessions, and monthly meetings, in ' the old pump house ' at the northern end of Queens Rd, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 3280. For club members there is a $5 workshop fee per session. CLUB OPENING TIMES! Effective 6/7/2019, the club will be open on the 1 st and 3 rd Wednesdays each month, and all Saturdays, from 1-4pm each day. Newcomers are always welcome! To ensure the safety of all club members there are a number of safety rules which members follow when using the club workshop. Members must wear eye & hearing protection, enclosed footwear is required and long hair must be safely secured. The workshop may be closed if members are on a field trip. It is normally closed from mid-December till mid- January during the Christmas period.

Application for

membership form:

Member information

form:

(The above two forms are provided for your information. Please ensure you read both forms. You can print out the forms and complete the relevant sections as required.)

General club

information brochure:

PDF version (494KB)

Club Constitution

Elbaite crystals

Welcome to the Warrnambool Gem Club Website! The most recent updates on this web site are: • 2019 Club activities • places you might like to visit • some australian gems

Annual membership fees are :

Adults $35

Children (school age) $15 (minimum age for joining is 12

years, or 8 years if accompanied by an adult who is also a

member)

Associate members $20 (do not have use of workshop

facilities)

Field Trips

The club operates field trips when convenient. Many of

our club members get together to organise their own field

trips, particularly during winter when many members head

to warmer parts of the country to fossick.

If you are interested in fossicking/gem cutting/lapidary

work/glass work/silversmithing, consider joining a club.

Being a member of a gem club can provide an introduction

to a great hobby for people of all ages

This site was last updated in September 2019 This site is managed on a voluntary basis. If you find any problems in using the site please contact us (e- mail preferred). If you do not get a reply or if the problem is not remedied within a few days it is probably because I am away interstate fossicking, at the A.F.G. seminar or bush walking etc. I will attend to any problems as soon as I can.

The Warrnambool Gem Club wishes to thank the following organisations for their support in running our gem show. WARRNAMBOOL CITY COUNCIL MACEY’S BISTRO ALLFRESH SEAFOOD

red rooster

DOMINO’S PIZZA

Warrnambool Cheese & Butter

Swintons Home Furniture

MURRAY GOULBURN CO-OPERATIVE.

MONOGHAN’S PHARMACY

Woolworths Warrnambool Woolworths Dennington

CAPITAL CINEMA WARRNAMBOOL

DES COOPERS PANEL WORKS

SWINTONS (Warrnambool ) Supa IGA

Application for

membership form:

Member information form:

(The above two forms are provided for your information. Please ensure you read both forms. You can print out the forms and complete the relevant sections as required.)

General club information

brochure:

PDF version (494KB) Constitution

Upcoming meetings & events: NEXT GENERAL CLUB MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY 9 at 2- 30. The next Warrnambool Gem Show will be held on the Weekend of the 11-12th of January, 2020, Sat. 9–5, Sun. 9–4. The show will be held at WARRNAMBOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL HALL, CNR JAMIESON ST. & PRINCES HWY, WARRNAMBOOL ADMISSION: $5 PER PERSON, CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE WITH AN ADULT GEM CUTTING, CLUB STALL (plants, books, gems, minerals), LUCKY DIP, RAFFLES, DELICIOUS HOME-MADE FOOD, BARGAINS AND ACTIVITIES FOR ALL! TRADERS & COLLECTORS SELLING A WIDE RANGE OF BEAUTIFUL GEMSTONES, FOSSILS, MINERALS & JEWELLERY!

The club library

The club has an extensive collection of books related

to gemstones, minerals, jewellery and fossicking. Club

members can borrow books from the club or read them

in our club rooms.

N.S.W. CARNELIAN

CLUB OPENING TIMES! Effective 6/7/2019, the club will be open on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each month, and all Saturdays, from 1-4pm each day. Newcomers are always welcome! To ensure the safety of all club members there are a number of safety rules for the club workshop. Members must wear eye & hearing protection & enclosed footwear. Long hair must be safely secured. The workshop may be closed if members are on a field trip.