Officers and Contact
| President | Kirsten Maki |
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| Vice President | Bev Trynoski |
| Secretary | John McCabe |
| Treasurer | Elizabeth Hoffmann |
Trustees
Eric Rehorst, Glen Kivela, Ernest Johnson
| Mailbox | Ishpeming Rock & Mineral Club Po Box 102 Ishpeming, MI 49849 |
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| irmc@ishpemingrocks.org For most inquiries. |
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| Our Publication | The Jaspilite Jaspilite Editor: Kirsten Maki |
| Gem & Mineral Show | showinfo@ishpemingrocks.org Coordinator Kirsten Maki For VendorsDawn McCabe John McCabe |
| Website | webmaster@ishpemingrocks.org Webmaster John McCabe |
| Social Media | No official presence on Facebook, et al. |
About the Club
Our club offers meetings and field trips with open attendance. We strive to provide good presentations, experts in attendance, auctions and door prizes in meetings, and a welcoming environment to everyone! IRMC works with local mine owners for opportunities to visit and explore.
Every year we have an annual Gem and Mineral Show with a wide variety of local, national and international treasures from our many vendors. If you have extra material to sell and you think you'd fit, feel free to reach out to our vendor coordinator!
If you join our club and the email list, we also offer the Jaspilite, a publication for relevant local and club news. It isn't released on a regular schedule - it comes whenever its Editor has time and content to offer. Old releases are available on our jaspilite page.
We provide a list of planned meetings and events. Check out our other links for interesting content.
Membership is $10 a year. Meetings are free to attend and the public is welcome to our field trips unless specified otherwise. Please reach out by email if you have any questions or concerns.
We have multiple supporting committees including the Education Committee and Lapidary Committee. Feel free to reach out or join our meetings for more. The Education Committee is reforming but the Lapidary Committee has several members and is expanding their offerings to the club.
Common Questions
Can you recommend places to find minerals?
To respect local land owners, as well as for liability purposes, the Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club or its Officers cannot suggest or recommend rock and mineral collecting areas and sites. For this reason, we try to plan and organize Summer Field Trips where we receive permission from local land owners to visit and collect from their sites, as a group, on certain days, during certain times. We will regularly post the organized Field Trip dates and times on this Website.
For other websites to check out and visit however, check out the resources page. It includes other clubs and interesting related places and services.
Can I go on field trips if I'm not a member?
Absolutely! Non-members can participate for $10 instead of $5 on most field trips. Anyone is welcome so long as they follow the rules and sign our release forms, usually offered on the day of the trip.
Is the website updated?
The website is usually updated monthly around major events and intermittently otherwise. If information is out of date, unclear or incomplete, please message the webmaster! Reports for bugs and issues, or suggestions are welcome. If a page does not seem to be updated when it should be, try 'force refreshing' (ctrl + f5 on desktop).
Another question not covered here?
Send a message to the IRMC club email! The response may appear in this section later.
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