Mitchelton & Districts Gem Club Inc.

Mitchelton & Districts Gem Club Inc. The club workshop for Lapidary is open Thursday from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon and Saturdays from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

Welcome to the Mitchelton and Districts Gem Club Incorporated

We are a small friendly community based, not-for-profit organisation, promoting and teaching the art of lapidary, silverwork and gem cutting. The Jewellery workshop is on Thursday afternoon from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. All lapidary equipment and faceting machines are available for use to club members and friendly instruction and assistance

are provided for new members. Cost is $6.00 per session for the Lapidary equipment. Newsletters are posted or e-mailed to members monthly with information on field trips, socials and gem shows. Field trips are an important part of the club's activities, we travel to many and varied gem fields. Destinations include Chinchilla, Casino and Stanthorpe or further afield to Tomahawk Creek for sapphires or Agate Creek in far North Queensland.

On a parcel I just got delivered..
19/12/2025

On a parcel I just got delivered..

Big shout out to our newest top fans! 💎Allan Ryan, Ron Collings
10/12/2025

Big shout out to our newest top fans! 💎

Allan Ryan, Ron Collings

The winners of the Club’s annual Cabochon Competition which kicked off in September were:💍 1st - Rel O’Keefe💍💍 2nd - Rel...
09/12/2025

The winners of the Club’s annual Cabochon Competition which kicked off in September were:

💍 1st - Rel O’Keefe
💍💍 2nd - Rel O’Keefe
💍💍💍 3rd - Adam Hanson

Club members took part in blind voting at the Christmas party, for each of the 15 cabochons entered. Cabs had to be set into identical ring blanks provided by the club.

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all of those who entered.

The last week of official Club workshops culminated in the annual 2025 Christmas Party. Huge thanks to Murray for hostin...
09/12/2025

The last week of official Club workshops culminated in the annual 2025 Christmas Party. Huge thanks to Murray for hosting the event and our committee members for making it fun and memorable. Lots of laughs,great food and prizes with the cent raffles, the major raffle and the club’s Cabochon Competition.

Rob Ward took out the major raffle prize winning a lovely 1 carat Moisonette Diamond. Carol was very happy to take that rock home 💎💎💎

Club members took part in blind voting for each of the 15 cabochons which had to be set into identical ring blanks. The winners of the Cabochon Competition were:

💍 1st - Rel O’Keefe
💍💍 2nd - Rel O’Keefe
💍💍💍 3rd - Adam Hanson

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all of those who entered. I’ll post photos of the winning entries shortly.

Apart from the fun and comraderie, not to mention Murray’s very cool collections of rocks used as decorations, as a fund raising event for the club it was a very successful day!

Today is the last Saturday workshop for 2025, 1pm to 4pm . All welcome, go and chat to Barry if you’re not yet a member...
29/11/2025

Today is the last Saturday workshop for 2025, 1pm to 4pm . All welcome, go and chat to Barry if you’re not yet a member. 46 Ferneydell St Ashgrove.

Guess the Material:
I took this photo recently, the light was amazing and unbeknownst to me I’d created something unique and surreal, looking not much like the original chunk of “…………”?
No prizes, just a bit of fun.
It’s not zoomed but is cropped to hide its identity.

Last chance this week to visit the club to cut, cab, facet or silversmith before we close down for Christmas to give our...
24/11/2025

Last chance this week to visit the club to cut, cab, facet or silversmith before we close down for Christmas to give our hardworking workshop supervisors a break and our hardworking machinery and plumbing a much needed service, clean out and clean up!

General Clubhouse and workshop cleaning spree is on Thursday 4 Dec starting at 9am if you have time to come and help out.

This weeks workshop hours in photo attached . Edit*** Tue 2nd Dec workshop is now on as Bookclub has finished for the year . Contact Murray Cambie if you plan on going.

Last Tuesday night’s lecture and demonstration on how to cut material successfully was well attended by 14 club members....
15/11/2025

Last Tuesday night’s lecture and demonstration on how to cut material successfully was well attended by 14 club members. Lloyd Hosking presented his wealth of knowledge and experience in the clubhouse, followed by some hands on cutting in the saw room and workshop. Keep your eyes peeled for the next presentation, coming soon.

Reminder that the first in a series of information nights kicks off tonight, all members welcome.Where ⛏️ 46 Ferneydell ...
11/11/2025

Reminder that the first in a series of information nights kicks off tonight, all members welcome.

Where ⛏️ 46 Ferneydell St Ashgrove
When 🪏 Tuesday 11 November, 6:30pm
Cost 🪨 a gold coin.
Topic 💎 The exciting art of how to cut rocks

Lloyd Hosking ⚒️ will host

The rocks covered tonight include:
🌋 Thundereggs
🪚Agates
☄️ Petrified wood

Reminder 😀😀😀 Saturday workshop is on tomorrow 1-4pm. Members should let Kim know the day before if planning to attend. C...
07/11/2025

Reminder 😀😀😀 Saturday workshop is on tomorrow 1-4pm. Members should let Kim know the day before if planning to attend. Cut big rocks, polish your agates, make beautiful cabs, clean up your sparkly shimmery boulder opal on the outdoor trolley! There is shade cloth now, but still advise BYO hat and sunscreen.

Photo of me cleaning some dirty WA prase on the boulder trolley what seems like months ago…just so you guys remember who I am hahaha 😎🤣🙏🦿🦿🩼🩼

The Club’s annual Melbourne Cup lunch went down a treat with those attending. A huge spread of delicious food was shared...
05/11/2025

The Club’s annual Melbourne Cup lunch went down a treat with those attending. A huge spread of delicious food was shared, the Kevin Oliver Stakes were run and raffles and sweeps were invested in before cheering on the race.

Winner of the Kevin Oliver Stakes was Murray riding Bolt. Adriana came in 2nd on Honey, and in 3rd place was Brian on Winalot.

$1 and $2 Sweeps were won respectively by:
Murray and Lloyd
2nd place:
Helen and Brian
3rd place went to:
Rob and Helen

Winners of the raffle were:
1st - Murray
2nd - Kim
3rd - Lloyd

Thanks very much to Rob and Carol for prize donations.

Our President Elise looked great in a classic fascinator.

The club would like to thank all who contributed to the day and attended, who brought food to share and helped with much appreciated fundraising for our lovely little club.

02/11/2025

Event!!!!
On Tuesday 4th November the club holds its annual Melbourne Cup Day event. Part fun/fundraiser.

Start time: 12pm
Entry: $2
Eats: please bring a plate of food to share if you are able to 🙏🫶
Where: Mitchy Gem Club, 46 Ferneydell St Ashgrove

Entertainment:
🎲 The Kevin Oliver Stakes board game
🐴 The Race at 2pm
🎟️ Club Raffle

Come along if you can get away from work or play even for an hour. It’s events like this that really help our small club to thrive and purchase the tools we need to continue to cut and polish superb rocks, facet beautiful gems and make funky silver jewellery 😃.

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46 Ferneydell Street
Newmarket, QLD
4060

Opening Hours

Thursday 9am - 3pm
Saturday 1pm - 4pm

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The club workshop is open every Thursday from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon for general workshop, 12:00 noon to 3:30 pm for jewellery workshop and Saturdays from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. All lapidary equipment and faceting machines are available for use and friendly instruction and assistance are provided for new members. Cost is $6.00 per session. All members are welcome to attend our general meetings which are held bi-monthly at the clubhouse on the 3rd Tuesday of the month commencing at 7:00 pm. Newsletters are posted or e-mailed to members monthly with information on field trips, socials and gem shows.

Membership costs $55.00 for a family and $35.00 for an individual member per year. There are reduced rates for age pensioners and Juniors. Field trips are an important part of the club's activities and are usually held on the 3rd Sunday of each month. We travel to many and varied gem fields. Destinations include Chinchilla, Casino and Stanthorpe or further afield to Tomahawk Creek for sapphires or Agate Creek in far North Queensland.