The list below is updated for April 2008.
The list and website maintained by Craig McGregor

National Assn for NZ Rock & Mineral Clubs 219 Maidstone Rd Avonhead Christchurch. Email:Email  the Association Auckland Geological Lapidary Society PO Box 24-334 Royal Oak Auckland 6 Canterbury Mineral and Lapidary Club 91b Merrin St Avonhead Christchurch Email this Club Hamilton Mineral and Lapidary Club PO Box 4122 Hamilton East 2032 Hauraki Rock and Mineral Club PO Box 397 Thames. Hawkes Bay Gemstone and Lapidary Club 10 Oregan Rd Te Awanga Hastings. 4250 Hokanui Rockhounds Club Mr P. Hargest Charlton RD 2 Gore. 9700 Marlborough Rock and Mineral Club 28 Arthur Baker Place Blenheim. 7301 Mineral Club of Hutt Valley and Wellington PO Box 50-124 Porirua. 6215 Email: Email this club Web Site: www.mineralclub.co.nz Nelson Rock and Mineral Club 117 Nayland Rd Stoke Nelson. 7001. Email: Email this club North Otago Rock and Mineral Club 67 Taward St Oamaru. 8901 North Shore Rockhounds Club PO Box 33395 Takapuna. Auckland 1332 Email: Email this club Web Site: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/evansit e/NSRCHome.html Otago Rock and Mineral Club PO Box 440 Dunedin. 9015 Email:Email  this club Web Site: www.geocities.com/fossil_nz/ Palmerston North Rock and Mineral Club 30 Hanmer Place Palmerston North. 5301 Email: Email this club Papakura Lapidary Club c/o Unit 3/21 Youngs Road Papakura Auckland 1703 South Auckland Rock and Mineral Club PO Box 23-749 Papatoetoe. Auckland 1730 Rotorua Gem Rock and Mineral Club 27 Alastair Avenue Rotorua. 3201 Email: Email this club Southland Geological and Lapidary Club 42 Morton St, Georgetown, Invercargill. 9501 Email:Email  this club South Canterbury Rock Club P.O. Box 51 St Andrews Tauranga Rock and Mineral Club ℅ Compass Community Village PO Box 841 Tauranga Email:Email  this club Taranaki Lapidary and Mineral Club 4 Mt View Place New Plymouth. 4601 Wanganui Rock and Mineral Club 27 Young St Wanganui. 5001 Waikato Geological and Lapidary Society PO Box 62 Hamilton. 2000 Whangarei Rock and Gemstone Club 787 SHW 14, RD 9 Whangarei. 0121 West Coast Gem and Mineral Club P.O. Box 532 Greymouth 7800. Email: Email this club

Craigs Gems
Craig McGregor is the former secretary of the Canterbury Mineral and Lapidary Club.  His website shows the lapidary work he does, and offers a contact for trading in New Zealand materials.

Jocelyn Thornton’s Book on New Zealand Gemstones
This can be downloaded as a pdf file.  You will need a broadband connection as the file is over 11 meg.

Neil and Sues Rocks and Minerals
Neil and Sue Courtney's collection. Have a look at the micro minerals collected by two New Zealand collectors.

Australian Mineral Collector
An Australia's internet site for collectors of minerals, fossils and gemstones. Includes a complete list of lapidary clubs in Australia.

Mineralogy Club of Antwerp
This site includes a list of links to European mineralogical clubs and other rockhound related sites.

Bobs Rock Shop
A popular rock and mineral magazine maintained by Bob Keller. This site includes beautiful pictures of minerals, mineralogy software, articles, a BBS, and information about the annual Tucson Rock and Mineral Show.

Geological Society of New Zealand
The Geological Society of New Zealand aims to encourage the advancement of geology in New Zealand.

New Zealand Micromineral Club
NZ Micro-Mineral Club, contacts and Symposium details.

Mineraltown.com
It's a portal site with articles, links, software, photos & collector  information as well as a chat forum, own search engine and directory of web sites about gems, rocks and minerals.

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