The HGMS meets the 4th Tuesday of each month in the South meeting room in the HGMS Education Center, 7901 Bailey Cove Road SE, Huntsville.
Please arrive about 6pm to meet and greet fellow club members, guests and visitors! The business meeting starts promptly at 6:30 pm followed by an educational program presented by a member or a special guest. Programs cover a wide variety of topics related to our hobby, such as mineral identification, earthquakes, meteorites, special lapidary techniques, silversmithing, jewelry making, panning for gold and dinosaurs, to name a few!
2025
- December 9, Christmas Dinner, potluck in South meeting room, 5:30p gather, 6p dinner, followed by gift exchange.
2026
- January 27, Monthly Meeting
- February 23, Monthly Meeting
- March 21, Annual Auction Fundraiser
- April 28, Monthly Meeting
- May 26, Monthly Meeting
- June (Saturday date TBD), Annual Picnic and Rock Swap, Monte Sano State Park
- July 28, Monthly Meeting
- August 25, Monthly Meeting
- September 22, Monthly Meeting
Did You Know? A unique two-colored diamond weighing 37.41 carats was unearthed by the Lucara Diamond Corporation in Botswana. The diamond is half pink and half colorless. Experts say it likely formed in two stages with the pink half forming first. The discovery was announced in October 2025. Source: 
December: Tanzanite-Named for Tanzania, where it was first discovered, this popular gemstone is the blue-to-violet or purple variety of the mineral zoisite. Zircon-Best known for its brilliant blue hues, zircon’s optical properties make it bright and lustrous. It also occurs in warm autumnal yellows, reds, and reddish browns, and in green hues. Turquoise-This vivid blue gemstone is a rare phosphate of copper that forms only in the Earth’s most dry and barren regions. Ancient peoples from Egypt to Mesoamerica and China treasured it. Source: 