Kokoweef refers to a mountain, a mine, and a cave system located in the Ivanpah Mountains of California, near the Nevada border. It’s known for its association with a legend of a “River of Gold” and has been the subject of a long-standing search for a large gold deposit. The area is also home to a unique species of harvestman, Texella kokoweef, found only in Kokoweef Crystal Cave.

In geology, rocks are naturally occurring, solid aggregates of one or more minerals or mineral-like matter. Minerals are naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline solids with a specific chemical composition. Rocks are classified into three main groups based on their formation: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Minerals are grouped based on their chemical composition, with silicates being the most abundant

Welcome to Southern Nevada Gem & Mineral Society, a nonprofit educational community service organization, sharing our love of the lapidary arts, rocks, and minerals.
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Based in Las Vegas Nevada, serving the Southern Nevada area, and governed by a Board of Directors our club started in 1930 as the Prospector’s Club and is one of the oldest recorded clubs of its kind in the United States.
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The purpose of the club is to promote interest and education in the various earth sciences, mineralogy, gemology, and to foster the exchange of knowledge in the lapidary arts. We are a non-profit, community service organization.
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We are members of American Federation of Mineralogical Societies and Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies.

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