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NEFTA Field Trips for 2003
April 16 Syracuse Mineral Club NY Spring Creek, (20 miles east of Buffalo) Wednesday, 2:00pm - fossils, pyritized fossils – soft rock – (shale) - crack hammer & chisels; free
April 17 Syracuse Mineral Club Tully, NY - fossils - Thursday, 10:00 am - soft rock - crack hammer & chisels
April 19 Syracuse Mineral Club Crystal Grove Diamond Mine, St. Johnsville, NY - Saturday, 9:30am, meet at the mine - Herkimer diamonds, hard rock digging and sifting through piles of dirt and rock. Bug spray and sun screen are often needed. - digging fee about; $6.00
April 19 Mineralogical & Lapidary Society of the Raritan Valley Passaic Co., New Jersey Description: Trap rock mineral dig. Limit to 20 first collectors
April 26 Delaware Valley Earth Science Society Trotter Mine Dump - 9:00am to 11:00pm - fluorescents
April 26 Delaware Valley Earth Science Society Buckwheat Mine Dump - 10:00am to 4:00pm - fluorescents
April 26 Wayne County Mineral Club Western New York, 7:30 am to 12:00 noon, Fluorites, Sphalerite, Calcite
April 27 Delaware Valley Earth Science Society Sterling Hill Dig - 9:00am to 3:00pm - fluorescent minerals April 27 Danbury Mineralogical Society Grossular Garnet, Diopside, Calcite, Quartz
May 17 Wayne County Mineral Club Western, New York; 7:30 am to 12:00 noon Fluorites, Sphalerite, Calcite
May 24 Danbury Mineralogical Society ?????????? Almandine Garnet, Staurolite
June 7 DELAWARE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Gibralter, PA (carbonates) zeolites and carbonate
June 7 CAPITAL MINERAL CLUB Lisbon, NH ?????????????
June 7 Mineralogical & Lapidary Society of the Raritan Valley Lancaster Co. ,Pennsylvania, Description: Limestone mineral dig. Meet at gate to quarry entrance for entry at 8 am Limit to 20 first collectors Geology: This active quarry is mining the Buffalo Springs Fm. Minerals as crystals include: golden calcites, pink dolomites, cubic and octohedral fluorites, pyrites and chalcopyrites.
June 21 Rhode Island Mineral Hunters Portsmouth, RI. Fern Fossils
June 21 St. Lawrence Co. Mineral Club Little Falls, New York, Herkimer Diamonds
June 21 Delaware Valley Earth Science Society Lancaster County, PA., Calcite, Fluorite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
June 22 Delaware Valley Earth Science Society Lancaster County, PA., active limestone quarry don't know what we'll find. This location has produced collectible specimens in the past
June 22 Delaware Valley Earth Science Society Lancaster County, PA., pyrite
July 12 CAPITAL MINERAL CLUB, W. Ossipee, New Hampshire ???????????????
July 13 Danbury Mineralogical Society ???????????? .Tremolite, Diopside, Sphene, Rutile, Quartz, Calcite, Phlogopite, Aragonite, Hyalite Opal
August 2 CAPITAL MINERAL CLUB N. Groton, New Hampshire ???????????????
August 2 Mineralogical & Lapidary Society of the Raritan Valley Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, Description: Limestone mineral dig. Meet at gate to quarry entrance for entry at 8am Limit to 20 first collectors Geology: This is an active limestone quarry. Mineralization occurs as vein fillings in brecciated limestone
August 16 Wayne County Mineral Club Western, New York, time 7:30am to 12:00 noon Fluorites, Sphalerite, Calcite,
August 25 St. Lawrence Co. Mineral Club St. Lawrence County, New York $5.00 fee Blue Calcite, Hexagonite, Wollastonite, Prenhite, Talc, Chrome Tremolite
Contact Jon Herndon if interested in more details on any of these trips.: jherndon@aspi.net or telephone 539-3884. |
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