TGMS Educational Class - Come learn something new!

When: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Time:10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Educational Instructor: Bill Shelton
Topic: “" ALUMINUM" - Aluminum, the most common metal in the crust is also among the rarest native elements.  Its presence in over a thousand minerals and several noted gems means mineral collectors ought to be interested in aluminum.  Once very valuable, it is now among the least expensive metals. 

TGMS Members, please use the “HUB” and RSVP for this class. Non TGMS member, please contact the TGMS Office.

Refreshments are served!

If further information is needed, please call the TGMS Office, 520-322-5773 or tgms@tgms.org.

WHEN: Monday, November10, 2025
DOORS OPEN: 6:30 pm
WHERE: 3727 E. Blacklidge Drive

TOPIC: “Minerals from LaPaz and Yuma Counties”

Bring your equipment and specimens to share, examine, and to learn more about.

TGMS members, please RSVP through the TGMS “HUB.”

Non TGMS Members please contact the TGMS Office.

For more information, contact the TGMS office.
Refreshments served.

FOR: TGMS MEMBERS ONLY!

DATE: Saturday, September 20, 2025, to Corral Nuevo

TGMS Members - To RSVP for this trip and to fill out the TGMS Field Trip Release Form, go to the TGMS HUB: LOGIN
For further information on this field trip, contact the TGMS office, 520-322-5773, tgms@tgms.org.

TGMS MEMBERS:

TGMS BRUNCH POTLUCK : Saturday, August 16, 2025 – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
HOSTED BY: John Callahan and Kathy Steiner
WHERE: 4420 N. Osage Drive, Tucson, Arizona, 85718
Please RSVP by using the TGMS HUB.
Bring a “RED” mineral for Show & Tell (A prize for the best RED mineral!)

TGMS Members Only - Saturday, July 12, 2025 - Potluck

This potluck will be hosted by Ortrud Schuh

TGMS Members please RSVP through the TGMS HUB: LOGIN

For further information on this event call: 520-322-5773 or by sending an email to tgms@tgms.org

2025 Flagg Mineral Symposium Registration: CLICK HERE

2025 Flagg Mineral Symposium: CLICK HERE

Flagg Mineral Foundation website: CLICK HERE

2025 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show®                            

Friday, February 14, 2025

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM     Arthur Roe Memorial Micromount Symposium

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM   Welcome

Symposium Talks are held in the TCC West Meeting Room - 102/103

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM - Lecture by Mr. Matthew Metzler

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM - Lecture by Mr. Patrick E. Haynes

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM - Lecture by Mr. Herwig Pelckmans

"The TGMS Potluck Christmas Party”
 
WHEN:  Sunday, December 15, 2024
WHERE: TGMS facility - 3727 E. Blacklidge Drive
WHAT TIME: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sign up for this event through the TGMS HUB, under EVENTS.
Come and join in on the fun at a really “GREAT” party!
Good food, fellowship and prizes!
The DEADLINE for signing up is December 12, 2024.

LECTURES SERIES: This class has been cancelled … will be rescheduled in December.
WHEN: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - CANCELLED!

Or contact the TGMS office at 520-322-5773 and/or tgms@tgms.org.

TGMS General Meeting & Lecture

When:  Monday, APRIL 1, 2024

Time:  7:00 p.m. - Tucson, Arizona Time

Lecturer: DAVID K. JOYCE

Lecture Title: “Mineral Collecting Trip To Morocco“ – In 2012, mindat.org, the on-line mineral database, in conjunction with Spirifer Minerals of Poland, organized a mineral collecting trip to Morocco. The trip included numerous field trips before and after a symposium plus many historical, cultural and scenic side trips. Raymond McDougall and David K. Joyce decided to team up to make the trip to Morocco. This presentation will outline the various locations, many classic, that they visited during the trip, the minerals collected and the spectacular and interesting sights they saw.

Speaker: “David K. Joyce” – Has been a mineral collector since he was 12 years old. He left home at 19 years of age to attend the Haileybury School of Mines and upon graduation as an engineering technologist, worked across Canada and the world in the explosives and mining businesses and later worked for mining and engineering contractors. David was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto for eight years, past vice-president of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM), Past President of the Walker Mineralogical Club. David is also is a docent and volunteer at the Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum. He is an avid field collector both in Canada and Arizona.

For those of you who are not able to attend this meeting in person, you can view the lecture via ZOOM.  ALSO, WHEN JOINING, KEEP YOUR MIC MUTED UNTIL ASKED TO UNMUTE.  For TGMS Members, you can obtain the ZOOM link through the TGMS HUB. 

We encourage you to wear your TGMS Member badge at meetings, it will help us to get to know one another. 

THANK YOU!

General Meetings are open to the public. Non-TGMS Members, contact the TGMS office at 520-322-5773 and/or tgms@tgms.org for the ZOOM link/meeting ID/passcode,

Snacks will be served. 

TGMS General Meeting & Lecture

When:  Monday, JANUARY 8, 2024

Time:  7:00 p.m. - Tucson, Arizona Time

Lecturer: BRAD ROSS

Lecture Title: "South Dakota Fossil Adventures " - Come along for a virtual fossil-hunting adventure to South Dakota, where we can find fossil remains of dinosaurs, ammonites, and mammals!

Speaker: "Brad Ross" -  Join Dr. Brad Ross, former fossil hunter and dealer from South Dakota, to look at some of the best locations and see some great examples of world-class fossils.

We encourage you to wear your TGMS Member badge at meetings, it will help us to get to know one another.  General Meetings are open to the public.  Snacks will be served.  Masks are optional.

For those of you who are not able to attend this meeting in person, you can view the lecture via ZOOM.  ALSO, WHEN JOINING, KEEP YOUR MIC MUTED UNTIL ASKED TO UNMUTE. 

THANK YOU!

For the ZOOM link/meeting ID/passcode, contact the TGMS office at 520-322-5773 and/or tgms@tgms.org.

TGMS General Meeting & Lecture

When:  Monday, SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Time:  7:00 p.m. - Tucson, Arizona Time

Lecturer: ERIC FRITZ

Topic: "TURQUOISE; STONE OF MYSTERY, STONE OF INTRIGUE"  - Turquoise has been mined and appreciated for its beauty for over 5000 years. We will explore these origins leading up to modern appreciation and value. The Southwestern United States has a rich history associated with Turquoise and we will look at some of these mines as well as research trying to identify individual mine origins. There will be samples from various mines in the Southwest for you to evaluate origins on your own!

Lecturer:  Eric Fritz -  Eric led the creation of the UA Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum. Prior to this role, he was Manager-North America for Gem-A, the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, holding both colored stone and diamond designations. Lab instruction, seminars and workshops continue to be provided to students and the gem and jewelry industry. Eric has a degree in Zoology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The Zoology degree leads to a passion for pearls and other organic gem materials, which are Eric’s specialty.  

We encourage you to wear you TGMS Member badge at meetings, it will help us to get to know one another. General Meetings are open to the public.  Snacks will be served.  Masks are optional.

For those of you who are not able to attend this meeting in person, you can view the lecture via ZOOM.  ALSO, WHEN JOINING, KEEP YOUR MIC MUTED UNTIL ASKED TO UNMUTE. 

THANK YOU!

For the ZOOM link/meeting ID/passcode, contact the TGMS office at 520-322-5773 and/or tgms@tgms.org.

GILBERT FINE MINERAL SALE
Saturday, August 12, 2023 - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Gilbert Historical Museum

https://www.dallassymposium.org/home/2022-dallas-mineral-collecting-symposium-quick-links-and-resources/