What it is

The Central Michigan Lapidary and Mineral Society (CML&MS) is a first-party gem, mineral and lapidary membership club serving the Okemos / Greater Lansing area of Michigan. The official home page states the society is a nonprofit organized in May 1957 to promote interest in mineralogy, paleontology, geology and the lapidary arts. It holds monthly meetings at the Okemos Masonic Center, publishes The Rockhound newsletter, runs field trips, maintains a member library, and hosts an annual gem and mineral show. Join Us copy notes association with the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies. It is not a commercial lapidary supply shop and not a public art school.

Who it’s for

Rockhounds, cabochon cutters, fossil and mineral collectors and families in the Lansing / Okemos / Mid-Michigan area who want a dues-paying club with monthly meetings, field trips, a newsletter and an annual show. The home page welcomes anyone interested in rocks, geology and rockhounding to attend meetings.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party gem & mineral club with a printed meeting-hall street address, published annual dues, a fixed monthly meeting cadence and season, and a dated 2026 annual show. It is not a scraped directory card and not a rock-shop storefront.

Meeting place (home page, checked 2026-10-02): Okemos Masonic Center, 2175 Hamilton Rd, Okemos, MI. Regular meetings third Thursday, except July and August; 7:00 p.m., doors open 6:30 p.m. Board meetings first Thursday except July and August at 7:00 p.m.
Annual dues (home page, checked today): Adults $10.00; Family $15.00; Students $2.00. Join Us links printable Adult, Family, Student and Renewal membership application PDFs under /uploads/images/PDF/.
Benefits (Join Us page, checked today): field trips to collecting sites; Midwest Federation / AFMS association; club library (books, magazines, videos borrowed at meetings); The Rockhound newsletter; monthly meetings and presentations; silent auctions; annual Gem & Mineral Show; free show admission with participation per that page.
Annual show (Show Info page, checked today): 60th annual show, October 16, 17, and 18 at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason (2026).

These dues, hours and dates are what the official pages showed on the check date, and they can change. Confirm on the live home, Join Us and Show Info pages before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Last checked: 2026-10-02

https://www.michrocks.org/

Join Us (membership forms): https://www.michrocks.org/club-info/join-us

Show Info (2026 annual show): https://www.michrocks.org/annual-show/show-info

Club history: https://www.michrocks.org/club-info/club-history

Map page: https://www.michrocks.org/home/map-page

Location

Meeting hall (home page, checked 2026-10-02): Okemos Masonic Center, 2175 Hamilton Rd, Okemos, MI. Regular meetings are on the third Thursday at 7:00 p.m. (doors 6:30 p.m.), excluding July and August, unless the club posts otherwise. The 2026 annual show is listed at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason.

This address is a member club meeting venue. It is not a walk-in lapidary supply store or a public art-school campus.

Notes

Category is Clubs. CML&MS is a nonprofit lapidary and mineral membership society with meetings, field trips, a library and an annual show. It stays in Clubs rather than Workshops or Suppliers.
Adult $10 / family $15 / student $2 dues and the third-Thursday 7 p.m. cadence are copied from the official home page checked on 2026-10-02 and may change. Prefer that page and the Join Us PDF forms before paying.
Permanent mailing-address language appears on club pages; cite the published Okemos Masonic Center street address for meetings, not a P.O. box as a walk-in shop.
A first-party home-page header graphic (Grand Sable Dunes) is saved as central-michigan-lapidary-and-mineral-society.jpg. It came from michrocks.org (/uploads/images/headers/GrandSable.jpg) and was not otherwise edited beyond JPEG recompression. The banner is a wide landscape crop.
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No Lapidary Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: What does CML&MS membership cost?
A: The official home page (checked 2026-10-02) lists Adults $10.00, Family $15.00, and Students $2.00. Application PDFs are linked from https://www.michrocks.org/club-info/join-us

Q: When and where does the club meet?
A: Meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. (doors open 6:30 p.m.), excluding July and August, at the Okemos Masonic Center, 2175 Hamilton Rd, Okemos, MI. Visitors interested in rocks, geology and rockhounding are welcomed on the home page.

Q: When is the annual show?
A: Show Info (checked 2026-10-02) lists the 60th annual show on October 16, 17, and 18, 2026 at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason. See https://www.michrocks.org/annual-show/show-info

Q: Is CML&MS a lapidary school or a rock shop?
A: Neither. CML&MS is listed here under Clubs. It is a membership society with meetings, field trips, a library, a newsletter and an annual show. For public-enrollment classes, see Workshops. For equipment and rough, see Suppliers.