Some ways to contact a local rock, mineral, or gem club
If you have access to the most recent April Buyer’s Guide issue of the Lapidary Journal magazine, scan its lists of gem and mineral clubs in the United States and other countries. (The address of the Lapidary Journal is given in the list of journals cited below.)
Talk to a member of the geology or earth science department of your local college or university.
Talk to a member of the science department of your local high school.
Write to the—
Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies
Box 10119
Alexandria, VA 22310-0119
or the
Midwest Federation of Mineralogical and Geological Societies