Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society

                               Club Information for 2025

Club Officers

 Standing Committees

President
Rhea Proffitt
Membership
 vacant
Vice President
Levan Foster
Programs
Anthony Piazza
2nd Vice President
Rick Halbrooks
Field Trips
Rick Halbrooks
Treasurer
John Wild
 Finance vacant
Recording Secretary
Bunny Bolton
 Publications (newsletter)
 Casey Ruiz
Corresponding Secretary
Kathy Carisch
 General Show
 Rhea Proffitt
Historian
John Gaston
 Publicity Kristen Osborne


Website John Cook


Property & Equipment Reggie Bolton


Hospitality Vivian Melof

Special Committees


Junior Rockhounds Allison Reeves & John Gaston
Welcoming 
   
Workshop
 
  




Nomination  vacant
 

Scholarships 		 Casey Faulkner, Kristen Osborne, and Anthony Piazza aided by Sandra Sullivan
  

Contact Us:
               Email -  thelapidaryclub@gmail.com      
               Club address - AMLS 8036 Parkway Drive SE Leeds, Alabama 35094

We are:  
              Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society is our proper name.
              AMLS is our club acronym used for quick speaking or short writings.
              Lapidary Club is our preferred name as it relates to our web presence "lapidaryclub.com"
                (we go by all three so all three are correct and should be easily relatable with rock clubs)    
             A non-profit organization for people interested in geology, mineralogy, paleontology and lapidary arts.

We meet:
            The second Friday of each month at 6:30pm for about 2-3 hours. (except the month of our gem show)
            At Cahaba Height Methodist Church in Cahaba Heights.
            Visitors are welcome in a family friendly environment.

We do:
             Monthly club meetings
            Club sponsored and federation sponsored field trips.
            A club sponsored gem and mineral show event every year.
           Learn lapidary and jewelery making skill at our club workshop.

Dues:
            The membership 'dues year' runs January 1 through December 31 and are paid per calendar year.
            Family $25, single $20 and includes our monthly newsletter sent to your email address.
            Members joining after June 1 in a calendar year pay 1/2 the amount.
            Dues are renewed beginning in November for the following calendar year.