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The Racine Geological Society Inc. of Racine Wisconsin is a state-charted, non-profit corporation
which was organized in January 1958. We are associated with the Midwest and the American Federations of Mineralogyical and
Geological Societies. Our membership spans all ages from children to senior citizens. Most are located in the Southeastern
Wisconsin and North Eastern Illinois area.
Our purpose is to stimulate scientific and educational interest in geology,
archeology and related earth sciences.
We meet the second Thursday of the month from September to May at St Michaels Church
, 4701 Erie Street, Racine, Wisconsin . The meeting begins at 7:00 P.M. and lasts two hours. We mail out a a monthly newsletter
called "The Hammer" to members and other clubs. If your club is interested in exchanging newsletters with ours please email
us. Yearly Dues are $15.00. Guests are welcome.
Each meeting consists of a business segment and a program for the month.
Often we talk about the birthstone of the month and the members bring specimens of it to show off.
In the past, we have
been fortunate to have experts in the fields of geology from the University of Wisconsin -- both the Madison Campus and Parkside
Campus, from Yerkes Observatory, Earth Magazine,Ray Wiggers, and our own members. Some of subjects they have covered are glaciers,
fossils, meteorites, existing volcanoes, pre-historic forests in Lake Michigan, Lava fields and Ice Caves, Opals, Crystals,
and mineral identification.
We arrange trips to museums to look at their geological collections. The Club conducts field
trips for collecting that range from a one day trip to whole weekends. These are always in approved areas and may involve
a fee from the owners of the property or mines. There are also trips to look at geological formations.
Our Annual rock,
mineral and craft swap / sale is held in August. Anyone is welcome to set up a booth at it. Contact us for the fee schedule.
Our Annual Fall Pre-Christmas show is in November. Specific Dates to be anounced.
On November 5 and 6 2011 we had our big show with almost 500 in attendance. Thank
you for making it a success. If you lost an item at our show, please contact Fountain Hall to identify
and claim it.
Spring Rock Collecting
at Wind Point:
Club members of all ages go collecting at the Lake Michigan shoreline. Weather can be chilly but we
also have had sunny days. This usually takes place in late March or early April.
A large variety of specimens have been collected as well as some water tumbled glass pieces .
We will download some of the photos onto our photo section. Feel free to view them.
December: We enjoyed a great Potluck and played Christmas games for prizes.
Meetings: Feb meeting bring Amethyst speicmens.
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