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NEFTA Field Trips for 2003 May 17 Wayne County Mineral Club Western, New York; 7:30 am to 12:00 noon Fluorites, Sphalerite, Calcite May 17 Nittany Mineralogical Society.Central Pa.,Minerals found - Calcite, Native Sulfur, Fluorite, Dolomite, Smokey & Colorless Quartz, and Aragonite May 17 SACO Hurricane MT North Conway, NH. Arfvedsonite, Smoky Quartz, Rebekite, Crocodolite, Topaz( rare), Fluorite. Fairly easy walk. May 18 Bristol Rock and Mineral Club Canan, Ct., Limestyone quarry Some pyriteandother assoc minerals May 18 Lapidary and Mineral Society of Central CT. Falls Village, CT. NEFTA limit is 10, please have people email me at fritzandsheila@pobox.com if they want to go. Attached is a Word file with all pertinent info. Minerals to find... Tremolite, Calcite, Tremolite Psuedomorphs after Diopside, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Scapolite, Aragonite, Dolomite, Rutile, Grossular May 18 Rochester Academy of Sciences Alden, New York Spring Creek for pyrite nodules and pyritized fossils. (Marcasite) May 25 .New York Mineralogical Club Central Penn. Hours: 8:45 a.m. to
11:30 a.m.; dolomite minerals. **There maybe a side trip to another
nearby quarry!!** May 31 Nittany Mineralogical Society Central Pa., Minerals found - Dolomite, Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz, Strontianite, Barite 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 8 Bristol Rock and Mineral Club Not finalized yet June 14 Nittany Mineralogical Society Central Pa., Minerals found "Phenomenal" Calcite June 21 Delaware Mineralogical Society Southeast Pennsylvania .Minerals to collect include: Carbonates, and some Zeolites 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 Rochester Academy of Sciences Crystal Grove, New York Herkimer Diamonds (Quartz) July 12 CAPITAL MINERAL CLUB, W. Ossipee, New Hampshire ??????????????? July 13 Danbury Mineralogical Society ???????????? .Tremolite, Diopside, Sphene, Rutile, Quartz, Calcite, Phlogopite, Aragonite, Hyalite Opal July 19 Bristol Rock and Mineral Club ?????????? Pegmatite usual mineral Beryl Lithium rich pegmatite with the following minerals:Lepidolite, Elbaite Tourmaline, Triplite, Columbite, Morganite, Fluorapatite, Ixiolite, Microlite, Schorl Tourmaline, Spessartine, Muscovite, Quartz, Cleavelandite, Microcline July 19 SACO Valley Mineral Club Lord Hill Stoneham, Maine Topaz, Smoky Quartz, Beryl, Ball Mica plus about 100 other minerals. Mile plus hike. You can work dumps or the wall, part of the White MT. national forest. |