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West Seattle Rock Club, a club dedicated to the advancement of the lapidary arts and to enjoying the great outdoors.

The purpose of this club is to promote the study and enjoyment of the lapidary arts with good rockhounding and good fellowship; and to further education and lapidary skills for all; to conduct field trips for exploration and collection of minerals, gems, rocks and fossils; to promote shows and displays; to publish a monthly periodical known as "West Seattle PETROGLYPHS" relating to club activities.

The West Seattle Rock Club is affiliated with: Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies, American Federation of Mineralogical Societies; Seattle Regional Gem and Mineral Show Committee, Washington State Mineral Council.

When: Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of each month (except July and December), and the 3rd Wednesday of November, at 7:00 P.M., Juniors Meeting starts at 6:30 P.M.

Where: Adams Hall of Tibbetts United Methodist Church, 3940 41st. Ave. SW, (the corner of 41st Ave SW and SW Andover St.).
West Seattle Rock Club  PO Box 16145, Seattle, WA 98116-0145

Become a member: Dues are $20 the first year (includes name badge). then $10 per year adult thereafter. Juniors are $3 per year. Membership includes subscription to "Petroglyphs", and the "Northwest Federation of Mineral Societies Newsletter".

Club Events: Monthly club meetings, field trips, annual show, annual potluck dinner, Christmas dinner, workshops.

Visitors are invited and are always welcome to all meetings


Gem Show Gallery

Photo Gallery
West Seattle Rock Gem Shows from the last few years. Lots of photos of display cases and of visitors to the show.

Stonerose
The Stonerose Fossil site has impressions of plants, insects and fish that lived in and around a large lake nearly 50 million years ago. The fossils are found in a large shale deposit that is located one block from a motel.

Stonerose
Articles

Article Archives
Our members have written informative articles about their adventures on field trips and other interesting subjects.

Junior Achievement Awards 2009
Proud to announce the 2009 NFMS Junior Achievement Award Winners that will be honored at the Annual Banquet during the 2009 NFMS Annual Show and Convention in Billings, Montana.

Junior Achievement Award


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Homepage Random Photo Credits:
rarequartz.com, marinmineral.com, ukjournalofmines&minerals, nasa.gov, annkelliotts, crystalvaults.com, pitt.edu,
awesomeoff.com, newspiritservices.com, jewelryexperts.com, andreaborchordt, es.ucl.ac.uk, chemistry.about.com


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