What it is

The Nebraska Mineral and Gem Club is a non-profit rock, mineral and lapidary membership club in Omaha, Nebraska. The About Us page says it promotes “geology and lapidary arts”, sponsors geology student scholarships for UNL and UNO, meets monthly to share information on rocks, minerals, gemstones, jewelry and other lapidary arts, and runs an annual rock swap and the annual Omaha Gem and Mineral Show. The club runs its own members-only lapidary workshop at 7642 Pierce Street in Omaha. It is not a public-enrollment school and not a rock shop.

Who it’s for

Rockhounds, agate hunters, cabochon cutters, faceters, silversmiths and wire wrappers in the Omaha metro who want monthly programs, show-and-tell, field trips and access to shared lapidary machines. The workshop is limited to members “due to insurance purposes”, so you must join to use it. Members can use any open machine they have been trained on.

Why it’s listed

This is the club’s own first-party Weebly site (nerockgem.org). It prints a workshop street address, published dues and shop fees, a dated 2026 calendar of meetings and events, and show dates and admission prices. It is not a scraped directory card.

Workshop (home and Workshop pages, checked 2026-10-12): 7642 Pierce Street, Omaha, NE. Open Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00–9:00 p.m., $20 an evening, members only. Classes offered: Cabochon Cutting, Faceting, Silver Smithing, Wire Wrapping and Gem Tree Building. Class dates, times and open slots are not posted; the page says to ask the workshop coordinator.
Dues (home page, checked today): $25 single, $35 family a year.
Meetings (Calendar and About Us pages, checked today): 7:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at Camelot Community Center, 9270 Cady Ave (off 92nd and Blondo), unless otherwise noted. Meetings include lectures, show-and-tell, rock and gem identification, rock cutting, wire wrapping and display demonstrations, plus a “Lapidarian of the Month” theme.
2026 calendar (Calendar page, checked today): Mid Winter Rock Swap Feb 7; banquet Apr 18 ($20 per person); Open House & BBQ at the workshop May 20; consignment auction Jun 13; sidewalk sale at the workshop Jul 11; club meeting Sep 16. Upcoming: Wednesday, October 21 (show review; Lapidarian of the Month: fossil) and Wednesday, November 18 (potluck dinner and elections; Lapidarian of the Month: wire-wrapped stone). The calendar prints these two without a year; 2026 is calculated (Oct 21 and Nov 18, 2026 are both the third Wednesday).
Show (Annual Gem and Mineral Show page, checked today): 2026 Omaha Gem and Mineral Show, Saturday September 26 (9 a.m.–6 p.m.) and Sunday September 27 (10 a.m.–4 p.m.) at the new location, Papillion Landing Field House, 1046 West Lincoln St, Papillion, NE 68046. Admission $6 adults, $4 seniors and students (12–18), kids under 12 free with a paying adult. Proceeds go to geology scholarships and geology programs. (This show is now past.)

Dues, fees and dates above are what the official pages showed on the check date. Confirm on the live site before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

https://nerockgem.org/

Workshop (classes and open-shop hours): https://nerockgem.org/workshop.html

Calendar (meetings and 2026 events): https://nerockgem.org/calendar.html

About Us: https://nerockgem.org/about-us.html

Annual Gem and Mineral Show: https://nerockgem.org/annual-gem-and-mineral-show.html

(Canonical first-party Weebly site checked 2026-10-12. Every cited URL returned HTTP 200 to curl with a Chrome user agent. The bare domain serves /index.html.)

Location

Workshop: 7642 Pierce Street, Omaha, NE 68124 (Tuesday and Thursday 6–9 p.m., members only). Meetings: Camelot Community Center, 9270 Cady Ave, Omaha (7 p.m., third Wednesday). Show: Papillion Landing Field House, Papillion (September). Contact is through the site’s contact form or the club email shown on the Contact Us page.

This is a membership club with a members-only workshop. It is not a school and not a supplier.

Notes

Category is Clubs: dues, monthly meetings, elections, a show and member-only shop time. The workshop classes are member benefits with no published dates or prices, so the club is not listed as a Workshop.
First Nebraska listing on Lapidary Plaza. Away from Friday’s MS / UT / WY, Thursday’s KS / OR / OH, and the other recent club states.
No club phone number is given. The show demonstrator and auction contacts listed on the Calendar are personal numbers and are not reproduced here. The workshop coordinator’s contact is a personal email and is not reproduced.
The ZIP for the workshop (68124) comes from the Calendar page’s May 20 entry. The Workshop page itself prints “7642 Pierce Street Omaha, NE” without a ZIP.
The About Us photos date from 2018–2019. The Calendar and Show pages are current for 2026. The October 21 and November 18 meetings are printed without a year (2026 is calculated).
The site’s share image (og:image) is used for the photo, because the site has no separate logo file.
Not affiliated with Lapidary Plaza.
No Lapidary Plaza contact, membership, purchase, form submission or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: How much does it cost to join the Nebraska Mineral and Gem Club?
A: The home page (checked 2026-10-12) lists yearly dues of $25 for a single and $35 for a family. Using the club workshop costs $20 an evening on top of that.

Q: When and where does the club meet?
A: At 7:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at Camelot Community Center, 9270 Cady Ave, Omaha (off 92nd and Blondo), unless the Calendar says otherwise. The next meetings listed are October 21 (show review) and November 18 (potluck and elections).

Q: Can I use the club’s lapidary machines?
A: Yes, if you are a member. The workshop at 7642 Pierce Street is open Tuesday and Thursday, 6–9 p.m., for $20 a night. Members can use any open machine they have been trained on.

Q: Does the club teach classes?
A: Yes, for members: cabochon cutting, faceting, silversmithing, wire wrapping and gem-tree building. Dates and open slots aren’t posted; the Workshop page says to ask the workshop coordinator.

Q: When is the Omaha Gem and Mineral Show?
A: The 2026 show was September 26–27 at Papillion Landing Field House in Papillion, NE ($6 adults). The 2027 date was not posted on the check date.