The Mineralogical Society
of New South Wales

Welcome to the Mineralogical Society of NSW

Do you marvel at the beauty of mineral specimens and crystals, collect minerals and gems as a hobby, or have a scientific interest in their formation and chemistry?

The Society, founded in 1975, promotes the appreciation and learning of mineral science and mineral collecting. Members include fossickers, mineral collectors, professional mineralogists and geologists.

Monthly general meetings are usually held in the Parramatta area, or via Zoom.

Download the April 2025 Newsletter

april

04apr7:00 pm9:00 pmApril MeetingThe program will include a lecture to be given by Lee Spencer on : – Wolframite Collector Crystal Localities and Common Mineral Associates. Hubnerite to Ferberite. David Colchester will also deliver the second of his talks on : – ‘Introduction to Crystallography – Part 2’

may

02may7:00 pm9:00 pmMay MeetingMember’s Annual Mineral Auction. Members are invited to start selecting specimens for sale of up to about one dozen per member. A list of these will be compiled and distributed to members in due course. Previous auctions have generally dealt with up to about eighty specimens being sold over the evening up to about 9.30 pm which at about a dozen per vendor gives the opportunity for six to seven members to select specimens for sale and providing lists. In addition to single specimens trays of minerals may be sold by silent auction.

june

13jun7:00 pm9:00 pmJune MeetingThere will be the lecture to be given by Dioni Cendon on ‘Rare Earth Elements (REE): Misconceptions, Oddities, and some Minerals’ David Colchester will give the third of his talks on: – Introduction to Crystallography – Part 3.

What we do

Learn about minerals

Our monthly meetings have a varied program of presentations suitable for all levels of knowledge.
Meetings

Collect minerals

The Society provides many opportunities to acquire mineral specimens by purchase, field collecting, swapping and gifting.
View gallery

Go on field trips

There is nothing like going out bush and collecting your own minerals on a field trip with friends from the society.
Field trips

Share knowledge

The combined knowledge of our members about both Australian and overseas minerals is immense, and is generously shared.

Visit the micro world

Microscopes reveal an amazing variety of mineral colour, shape and form not obvious to the naked eye.
Microminerals

Soak up some science

Mineral occurrences, ore deposits, and the sciences of crystallography and mineral chemistry are all part of studying minerals.
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