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• Mar 6th, 2026: Monthly Meeting and Live Auction at 100 Lee St, Buffalo. 6:30 pm

  • Our March monthly meeting is our annual Live Auction. A variety of mineral specimens, fossils, jewelry, books, and rock hounding equipment provided by our members will be up for bid. The auction is cash-only, and members may bring up to four items to be auctioned off. All proceeds go to the seller, to be paid immediately following placing a winning bid. The public is welcome to attend and bid on items, even if not members. Set-up begins at 6:30 PM, with the viewing of items starting at 7. The live auction begins at 7:30 PM.

• Mar 14th – 15th, 2026: Our Annual Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show at the Hamburg Fairgrounds

•  April 3rd, 2026: Monthly Meeting at 100 Lee St, Buffalo 

  • Speaker: Dominic D'Amore on "Like pulling teeth: biomechanical explanations for tooth loss in theropod dinosaurs including birds."​

• May 1st, 2026: Annual Banquet at Sean Patrick's Venue, Millersport Hwy. 6pm 

  • Speaker: Scott McKenzie on "Geological Mysteries"

    • "Find out about the sudden appearance of a gigantic ring, the location of diamond ore volcanoes in NY, what may have killed the last mastodon, and possible Inca solar power. Four cutting edge topics that will make you question how well we know our own planet!"

    • ​Scott McKenzie is a semi- retired paleontologist from Mercyhurst University in Erie. He is an award winning instructor with over 70 scientific publications. Fossils he has found are now at the Carnegie Museum, the Smithsonian, Buffalo Museum of Science and the London Natural History Museum.