A non-profit organization of 250 rockhounds interested in all aspects of the earth sciences including lapidary, tumbling, carving, scrimshaw, faceting, silversmithing, collecting, gems, minerals, fossils, crystals, geology, paleontology, gemology, gold panning, prospecting...
The BCLS is a non-profit organization founded to encourage and promote the lapidary hobby in British Columbia. The organization consists of thirty charter member clubs, with a membership of approximately 1,500 people who collect rocks, minerals, crystals and fossils.