What it is

The Tomoka Gem and Mineral Society (TGMS) is a first-party gem, mineral and lapidary membership club serving Volusia County, Florida, with monthly meetings at Sicandi Hall in Holly Hill. The official home and about pages state the society was formed in 1964 as a nonprofit and incorporated in 1966, with a heavy focus on lapidary arts and jewelry making alongside earth sciences and collecting. It is a member of the Southeast Federation of Mineralogical Societies (SFMS) and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS). It runs monthly meetings, a Sunday lapidary workshop, member classes, field trips, a Coquina Kids youth program, a FacetErs Guild, and an annual show. It is not a commercial lapidary supply shop and not a public art school.

Who it’s for

Rockhounds, cabochon cutters, faceters, jewelry makers and families in the Daytona Beach / Holly Hill / Volusia County area who want a dues-paying club with monthly meetings, workshop access and member classes. Workshop and class access are described for members; visitors are welcomed at 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 time and season, a Sunday workshop window, and a dated 2026 show. It is not a scraped directory card and not a rock-shop storefront.

Meeting place (home and Membership pages, checked 2026-10-01): Sicandi Hall, 165 Daytone Avenue, Holly Hill, FL (Membership page directions also style the hall as “SICA HALL” on Daytona Avenue, about a half block south of LPGA Boulevard, behind the Holly Hill Police Department; parking in back / rear entrance).
Annual dues (Membership page, checked today): Adult Membership $20.00; Family Membership $25.00; dues due on January 1. A printable membership application is linked from the Membership page. A separate Coquina Kids membership form PDF is linked from the home page.
Meetings (home and Membership pages, checked today): first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m., excluding July and August. Meetings include presentations, refreshments, business and a door-prize drawing. Everyone is welcome per the Membership page.
Workshop and classes (home and Classes pages, checked today): workshop open Sundays 3–6 p.m. for hands-on practice (including cabochons under member guidance). Classes listed for members include cabbing, wire wrapping, silversmithing, gem faceting with the Tomoka FacetErs Guild, and related jewelry crafts. An Advanced Cabbing Workshop note on Classes shows a $25.00 figure with “Stay Tuned” scheduling language—confirm live before treating that fee as an open public enrollment.
Annual show (home page, checked today): January 17 & 18, 2026, theme “Written in Stone.” Membership page still carries older show archive copy for prior years; prefer the home-page 2026 dates.

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

Official URL

Last checked: 2026-10-01

https://tomokagms.org/

Membership (dues and meetings): https://tomokagms.org/membership.html

Classes / workshop: https://tomokagms.org/classes.html

About: https://tomokagms.org/about.html

Contact: https://tomokagms.org/contact.html

Location

Meeting hall (checked 2026-10-01): Sicandi Hall, 165 Daytone Avenue, Holly Hill, FL. General meetings are on the first Thursday at 7:00 p.m., excluding July and August, unless the club posts otherwise.

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

Notes

Category is Clubs. TGMS is a nonprofit gem, mineral and lapidary membership society. Workshop use and most classes are framed for members, so it stays in Clubs rather than Workshops. It is not a Suppliers retail shop.
Adult $20 / family $25 dues and the first-Thursday 7 p.m. cadence are copied from the official Membership page checked on 2026-10-01 and may change. Prefer that page and confirm live before paying.
Street spelling: the Membership page prints “165 Daytone Avenue” in the meeting block and “Daytona Avenue” in the directions paragraph. Cite and navigate carefully; confirm with the club if needed.
Role / volunteer emails appear on About and related pages; personal volunteer phone numbers are not repeated here.
A first-party home-page stone graphic is saved as tomoka-gem-and-mineral-society.jpg. It came from tomokagms.org (/uploads/8/7/9/2/87924644/stones1.jpg) and was not otherwise edited beyond JPEG recompression.
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No Lapidary Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: What does TGMS membership cost?
A: The official Membership page (checked 2026-10-01) lists $20.00 adult and $25.00 family, due January 1. Confirm live at https://tomokagms.org/membership.html

Q: When and where does the club meet?
A: Meetings are on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. (excluding July and August) at Sicandi Hall, 165 Daytone Avenue, Holly Hill, FL. Visitors are welcome per the Membership page.

Q: Can I use the lapidary workshop?
A: Home and Classes pages (checked 2026-10-01) describe Sunday workshop hours 3–6 p.m. and member class topics (cabbing, wire wrapping, silversmithing, faceting). Membership is the path for workshop and class access. See https://tomokagms.org/classes.html

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