UPCOMING EVENTS.... Lapidary day: Sunday January 4th at The Moore house 1-4pm.... Gem Tree Workshop: Saturday January 7th at the Davenport Public Library on Eastern Ave. Rm. A 1-4pm.... January Club Meeting. Wednesday January 21st at Hauberg Civic Center in Rock Island, IL at 6pm.......

Upcoming Events:

Lapidary Day:
Sunday January 4th – Lapidary day:
1-4pm at The Moore house. 718 Franklin Ave Davenport, IA 52806. Craig or Kellie 563-445-3034.
Bring a rock to cut or cut a stone with club materials. We can also cover mineral prep, cleaning crystals with a water gun and trimming with a saw to make a more attractive specimen.
 
Gem Tree Workshop:
Saturday January 7th 1-4pm at the Davenport Public Library on Eastern Ave. Rm. A – located across the Coffee Shop area. Come make a beautiful GEM tree with us.  Please bring any supplies you may have: Chip beads, wire, a base stone to put your tree on. We will try to supply whatever you may not have in order to make your tree.

January Club Meeting 
Our next meeting is Wednesday January 21st at Hauberg Civic Center in Rock Island, IL at 6pm.  Topics will be upcoming show, meeting of the minds for club activities, and club meetings.


Spring Show -  
April 25,26:  Black Hawk Gem and Mineral Club Spring Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show, Clarion Hotel 5202 Brady St, Davenport, IA 52806   Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.  The show will feature rocks, minerals, fossils, agates, geodes, tumbled stones, beads, silver and beaded jewelry, carved stones, spheres, arrowheads and much more. There will be demonstrations on Glass bead Making, Faceting, and Flint Knapping. You can learn to make arrowheads and/or Crack you own Geodes. Admission is free. For information call (563) 445-3034

Interesting Links:
Lapidary Journal
Mineralogy Database
The Geological Society
The Gold Rush Timeline
Californias Untold Stories       
USGS Volcano Observatory
Meteorite Central
Reno Gem and Mineral Society
Prospecting Gold in the
Bobs Rock Shop

Welcome
 To the Black Hawk Gem & Mineral Club Website!

What is The Black Hawk Gem & Mineral? Located in Rock Island Illinois, part of the Quad-Cities of Iowa and Illinois. We are a non-profit organization actively promoting interest in collecting. studying and working with gems, minerals and fossils. Organized in 1955, the Black Hawk Club joined the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical & Geological Societies in 1959. It is also a member of the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.

Lapidary Day: Sunday January 4th 1-4pm at The Moore house. 718 Franklin Ave Davenport, IA 52806. Craig or Kellie 563-445-3034.Bring a rock to cut or cut a stone with club materials. We can also cover mineral prep, cleaning crystals with a water gun and trimming with a saw to make a more attractive specimen.

Gem Tree Workshop:

Saturday January 7th 1-4pm at the Davenport Public Library on Eastern Ave. Rm. A – located across the Coffee Shop area. Come make a beautiful GEM tree with us. Please bring any supplies you may have: Chip beads, wire, a base stone to put your tree on. We will try to supply whatever you may not have in order to make your tree.
 
January Club Meeting.  Our next meeting is Wednesday January 21st at Hauberg Civic Center in Rock Island, IL at 6pm.  Topics will be upcoming show, meeting of the minds for club activities, and club meetings.

2015 Board:
President – Craig Moore
Vice President – Brett Henderson
Treasurer – Kellie Moore
Secretary – Michael Pepping
3Yr Director – Connie Huber
2Yr Director – John Oostenryk
1Yr Director – Mary Foulk
 
Board will be meeting soon to discuss chair positions and we will be bringing back some positions that have been set aside in the past as our club starts looking towards the future and becoming more involved with kid’s activities.