Events

Open Workshops weekly – every Saturday - 10am-2pm at Garvies Point please come for a visit!

Join the club and learn slab cutting and shaping rocks into cabochons
Learn to make settings for your gems with wax carving and casting
Learn wire wrapping, chainmaille, metal working, enameling and more!

The Nassau Mineral Club shares a claim at Diamond Acres, a Herkimer Diamond mine in Fonda, NY.

Current members can dig at the claim site by appointment. Email us at NassauMineralClub@Gmail.com.

List of East Coast Gem and Mineral shows


2023 Notable Archived Events

Multi-club Jamboree - Sterling, NJ
Springfield Gem & Mineral Show Trip
Stained Glass Workshop
Make a chain wirh a Jig
Chainmaille - Helms Weave
Fold Forming Workshop


2019 Notable Archived Events

Wire Wrapping a Cabochon
Wire Earrings with Amy
Stained Glass Workshop
Sterling Silver Bracelet with Gemstones
Club & Demonstration tables at Island Rockhounds Show
Springfield Gem & Mineral Show Trip


2018 Notable Archived Events

Enameling Workshop (Cloisonne)
Beaded Bracelet - Diane
Lost Wax Casting Workshop - Jay & Elise
Springfield Gem & Mineral Show Trip


2017 Notable Archived Events

Metal Texturing Workshop by Boris Goynatsky
Polymer Clay Workshop
Mineral Recognition


2016 Notable Archived Events

Wire Wrapping for Jewelry
Viking Weave
Byzantine Chainmaille Workshop
Scrimshaw Workshop
Wax Carving Workshop


2015 Notable Archived Events

April 9 Scrimshaw Workshop
Feb 7 Chain Maille Workshop
Mar 14-15 Club & Demonstration tables at Island Rockhounds Show
Nov 7 Celtic Bracelet and Ring Workshop by June Miller and Leona Keeley
Nov 14 Wax Carving for Jewelry Workshop by Boris Goynatsky


2014 Notable Archived Events

Nov 1 Wax Carving for Jewelry Workshop
Mar 15-16 Club & Demonstration tables at Island Rockhounds Show
​Feb 15 Mineralogy Study Group – Rocks and Micro Minerals (by Madelyn)


2013 Notable Archived Events

​Nov 2 Mineral Study Group (George Algaier presenting)
​June 29 WIRE WRAPPING Demonstration and 30 person Workshop ​(by Joe Austin)
June 1 EFMLS SHOW at Sheraton LI Hotel Hauppauge, NY – Club/Demonstration table
April 20 Wax Carving for Jewelry: Demonstration by Boris Goynatsky