KYANA Geological Society
- Website
- https://kyanageo.org/
- Location
- Meets at the Louisville Nature Center (across from the Louisville Zoo), 3745 Illinois Ave, Louisville, KY 40213; [email protected]
- Last checked
- 2026-10-21
What it is
The KYANA Geological Society is a nonprofit rock, mineral, fossil and lapidary club based in Louisville, Kentucky. Its home page says it is “a non-profit educational organization, which was founded in 1961, to promote the interests of geology, minerals, fossils, and lapidary arts in Kentucky and Southern Indiana.” Its History page says it got an Eastern Federation charter in 1964 and incorporated in Kentucky on March 31, 1966, and that the name KYANA reflects the club’s Kentucky–Indiana roots.
Who it’s for
Rockhounds, fossil and mineral collectors, lapidary hobbyists and beginners in the Louisville and Southern Indiana area. The Meetings page says visitors are always welcome.
Why it’s listed
It’s a club with its own website, a fixed monthly meeting time and street address, published dues, field trips, monthly programs that cover the lapidary arts, and an annual show. This listing covers the club itself.
Official URL
Meetings and membership: https://kyanageo.org/meeting-membership/
Annual show: https://kyanageo.org/annual-show/
Events and field trips: https://kyanageo.org/events/
History: https://kyanageo.org/history/
(First-party site checked 2026-10-21. Every cited URL returned HTTP 200 to curl with a Chrome user agent.)
Location
Louisville Nature Center, 3745 Illinois Ave, Louisville, KY 40213 (across from the Louisville Zoo).
This is a club. It is not a school and not a store.
Notes
- Meetings: third Tuesday of each month. 6:30–6:45 p.m. social time and swap meet, 6:45–7:00 p.m. fossil, mineral or gem of the month, 7:00–8:00 p.m. regular meeting.
- Dues (per year): $10 student, $15 single, $20 family. The membership application is a PDF you bring to a meeting or mail in.
- Member benefits listed: a newsletter, field trips to quarries, roadcuts and creek beds, monthly programs on geology, fossils, minerals, lapidary arts and collecting sites, and the annual show.
- 2026 show: KYANA Annual Mineral, Gem & Fossil Show, November 20–22, 2026 (Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m.), Camp Crestwood, 7206 Clore Ln., Crestwood, KY 40014. Admission and parking are free.
- Federation: a member of the Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies (per the Meetings page). The History page says the club’s first charter came from the Eastern Federation.
- The site’s Lapidary page (
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- Not affiliated with Lapidary Plaza. No membership form, email or purchase was used.
FAQ
Q: When and where does KYANA meet?
A: The third Tuesday of each month at the Louisville Nature Center, 3745 Illinois Ave, Louisville. Social time starts at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.
Q: How much is membership?
A: $10 a year for students, $15 for a single member and $20 for a family.
Q: Can I visit before joining?
A: Yes. The club says visitors are always welcome at meetings.
Q: Does KYANA do lapidary?
A: Yes. Its stated purpose includes the lapidary arts, and its monthly programs cover lapidary arts along with geology, fossils and minerals.
Q: When is the club’s show?
A: November 20–22, 2026, at Camp Crestwood in Crestwood, Kentucky. Admission and parking are free.