Nelson Rock and Mineral Club

NEWS

Apologies

The field trip to the Sherry River Valley

planned for Sunday 20th November

has had to be

CANCELLED

We will try to organise another trip there
next year

To compensate, we hope to arrange a special trip to Highfield Farm to meet up with a group of researchers from the University of North Dakota, who are studying the Late Triassic in New Zealand

on Saturday 3rd December

Watch this space for more news

Welcome to the Nelson Rock

and Mineral Club

Our interests cover all things geological, including rocks, minerals and microminerals, gemstones, fossils, geological history, mapping, mining and microscopy,

We have regular meetings and field trips, run our own research projects, and provide access to a range of facilities including a geological library, finds shop, rock cutter, tumbler, microscope and database of local finds.

To find out more, follow the links on this page or use the search box below.

(Note: site under constant construction, so not all links may work)

Club Code of Conduct

Nelson Rock and Mineral Club is proud to follow a code of conduct aimed at ensuring the safety of its members and others whilst engaged in fieldwork, and protecting the value and integrity of geological sites.

See the Code of Conduct here.

New Website on Local Fossils

We've been developing a new website on fossils from the Top of the South (and elsewhere) based on collections by one of our members. To explore it, and watch it develop, go to:

https://fossilfindsnz.weebly.com

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