The Central Canadian Federation of Mineralogical Societies

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Connecting rock, mineral, and fossil enthusiasts across Central Canada since 1969. Whether you’re a seasoned lapidary artist, a professional geologist or a curious beginner, find your community with CCFMS.

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Featured Events

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Meetings
Club Shows (club-sponsored rock, mineral, fossil and gem shows)
Club Field Trips (club-organized field trips)
CCFMS Field Events (CCFMS-organized field trips)

Digging up fluorescent minerals in old mine

CCFMS Annual General Meeting – January 17, 2026

The AGM includes the CCFMS Board and representatives from every club represents all club members and makes major decisions.

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Kawartha Gem, Fossil and Mineral Show – Feb 27 – March 1, 2026

Kawartha Rock and Fossil Club’s annual show in Peterborough, Ontario is in late February and in Norwood, Ontario on May 23-24, 2026

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Beryl Pit Field Trip – May 9, 2026

The Ottawa Valley Mineral Club is holding its first Field Trip for its members in early May. Lots of interesting minerals are available.

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Test your identification skills

Can you identify these four minerals?

Amethyst – captivating purple variety of quartz can range from light lilac to deep royal purple. It can sometimes contain spots / inclusions which are often hematite.

Calcite Crystal – Similar specimens are often called “Dogtooth Calcite” because of the resemblance to a dog’s tooth. Calcite comes in many colours and crystal shapes. Calcite is one of the softest minerals, being 3 on the Mohs scale.

Garnets – Often made into jewelry because of the stunning red colours, it is also exists as non-gemmy “balls” Garnet is really a family of minerals. The variety in the photo is almandine.

Selenite sandwich – This unique arrangement of selenite crystals sandwiched by plate selenite is quite fragile and only found a few locations. Selenite is gypsum and comes in many crystal shapes. In fact the largest crystal is 12 metres long found in a cave in Mexico.