Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society

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The Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society, Inc started in September of 1964 as a private nonprofit corporation, and operates as such by the laws of the state of Alabama relating to private nonprofit corporations.

            The primary purpose of this Society is for persons interested in the study, collection and lapidary treatment of rocks and minerals, to associate as members. The general purposes for which this corporation is formed are to stimulate interest in rocks and minerals by furtherance of the activities of the members of this corporation in the earth sciences; to disseminate knowledge, methods and procedures for the collection, identification, classification, cutting, polishing, setting and mounting of specimens for these activities; and to promote good fellowship, proper ethics and conduct in the relations of said members with each other and with members of other earth science societies in pursuit of these activities.
            The lapidary club has a historian and about once a year will give a talk about the history of the club a particular interesting facet of it growth and evolution through the years.

 

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