About us...

The Mineralogical Society of Southern California is dedicated to the dissemination of a general knowledge of the mineralogical and related earth sciences through the study and collecting of mineral specimens. Organized in 1931, it is the oldest mineralogical society in the western United States. 

The MSSC is a scientific non-profit organization that actively supports the Pasadena City College Physical Sciences Department, its associated Dana Club, and the Edwin V. Van Amringe Memorial Geology Scholarship Fund. Support is also given to the Los Angeles and San Bernardino County Museums of Natural History.

The MSSC is affiliated with the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies and American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.

Upcoming Meetings & Such

  
842th  MSSC Meeting
April 11, 2008

How to Increase the Half-Life
 of
Your Collection
by
Rock Currier

Friday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m.

Geology Dept, E Bldg, Rm 220
Pasadena City College
1570 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA

 
Plan Ahead

Saturday, April 5, 2008
Field Trip to the
California Poppy Reserve
Link for information

Wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, La Paz County, Arizona. 
W W Besse Collection, miniature.