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Welcome Member Directory Canadian Minerals Online Databases Web Links Chapters Organizing Events About Us Contact Us Membership		Rhodochrosite, Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. The matrix is composed entirely of well defined grey elpidite crystals to 2 cm. The flattened rhombohedral burgundy rhodochrosites are up to 5 mm. There are small sprays of leifite to 3 mm. Photo by Doug Miller, ©1999.   Welcome Welcome to the home page of the Canadian Mineral Society, Canada's national association for professional and avocational collectors of Canadian and worldwide mineral specimens. Content will be added to the website on an ongoing basis. Please be aware that portions of the website require time to develop. The mineral localities index is a long term project that will span over many years. Now and then we will also add web links to online mineral databases in Canada and around the world. Members may request their online mineral databases be linked to our society website. Membership Directory Membership Directory 2000 Canadian National Directory of Mineral Collectors Collectors Outside Canada Canadian Mineral Localities and Specimen Index Canadian Type Locality Minerals Canadian Minerals by Province and Territory Mineral Species Index Mont Saint-Hilaire – Marc Favre Québec Minerals – Daniel Comtois Mineralogy of Nova Scotia – Ronnie Van Dommelen Online Mineral Databases Mineralogical Database – Dave Barthelmy Mont Saint-Hilaire – Marc Favre MINFILE British Columbia MinMax Mineral Information System Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom Web Links Canadian Organizations: British Columbia Ministry of Energy & Mines Canadian Geoscience Council Geological Association of Canada Geological Survey of Canada Home Page Manitoba Energy & Mines Natural Resources Canada Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Mines & Energy Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Ontario Geological Survey Saskatchewan Energy & Mines Yukon Chamber of Mines Organizations Worldwide: American Geological Institute Earth Sciences Organizations Geological Society of America Mineralogical Society of America Major Link Source to Professional Organizations Scholarly Societies Project (University of Waterloo) U.S. Geological Survey Geoscience Resources: Links for Mineralogists - University of Wuerzburg Mineralogy & Petrology Research on the Web Science Web World of Earth Sciences Chapters Forming a Chapter: Members can freely organize a local or provincial chapter of the society. Chapters should only be formed if there is genuine interest by members. Chapters should operate on an informal basis. There is no need to establish an executive or engage in administration. When creating a chapter, please notify society members. Meetings: Members of a chapter may organize meetings on a regular or irregular basis. Meetings should be conducted on an informal basis. Furthermore, it is not necessary for a chapter to meet. Raising funds for Events: A chapter may raise and manage its own funds for an event. However, the Canadian Mineral Society will not manage or assume responsibility for funds collected, and neither will it assume any liabilities incurred by a chapter. Organizing Events Members are free to organize, or participate in shows or symposia on behalf of the Canadian Mineral Society. Please inform society members if you will be at a show to represent the society. When representing our society, please use a banner. Banners must display the official name of the society. Chapters should include the chapter name on the banner. If possible, please include a display of Canadian mineral specimens. During an event, please observe the rules by the host organization. Please be courteous at all times.
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