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CLUB HOUSE, SHOP & MUSEUM
425 Fulton Shipyard Rd.
Antioch, CA 94509-0009

About

We are available at 425 Fulton Shipyard Road in Antioch on the Second and Fourth Thursday evening of every month at 7:30 PM!

Membership initiation is $10.00 for the first two family members. Regular dues are $24.00 for the first person and $12.00 for each family member thereafter. Juniors who are between the ages of 11 and 18 and have a parent or legal guardian who are members of the club, dues are $12.00. Senior dues are $20.00 and $12.00 for each family member thereafter.

Application form is under links here!

THE GARY COGGLIA MUSEUM

1994 Opened

Early member, Gary Cogglia looked at an unused area of the workshop and saw a museum—it just hadn’t been built yet!

He envisioned a place where the Club where school kids, Scouts, and others in the community could come to learn about rocks and enjoy seeing rocks and minerals from around the world. Together Club members created this valuable resource that now contains countless specimens from Gary’s own collection, gifts and loans from other rock hounds. Don’t miss the remarkable case of butterflies and bugs—all made out of stone using lapidary techniques and created by long-time member Charlie Taylor.

The Museum is open by appointment only. To request a visit, call (925) 864-6428. 

Museum Sign

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Rock Shop

The club has a full equipped lapidary shop.

With large and trim saws

Large Saw Trim Saw

With grinding and polishing and other lapidary equipment.

Lapidary equipmentOther

With many people knowledgeable in there use

Lapidary use