SEMMC - Trips and Events

Schedules may change. Please contact the host to confirm date, time and details.

Field collecting trips are open to SEMMC members only, as our insurance policy covers members only (except Gilsum Rock Swap)

Field Trips and Events - 2007 (as of January 25, 2007)

This is of course a tentative list. Some trips may be eliminated, added, or altered depending on weather and other circumstances. Participants of club trips must be club members unless special permission is granted. All participants of field trips are required to contact trip leaders at least 48 hours in advance of trip date.

March 25, Sunday

field trip to Green's Farm in Roxbury Ct to collect garnets. Trip leader- Will Lema

April 15, Sunday

field trip to Grafton MA to collect quartz crystals. Trip leader- Bob Sproule

April 29, Sunday

field trip to So. Glastonbury, CT to collect Beryl crystals. Trip leader- Paul Monti

May 12-13, Saturday and Sunday

North Shore Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show. Topsfield, MA Contact person- Paul Monti

May 19, Saturday

field trip to Diamond Acres Stone Arabia, NY to collect Herkimer "Diamonds". Trip leader- Paul Monti

June 10, Sunday

field trip to Rollstone Quarry Fitchburg, MA to collect schorl tourmaline crystals. Trip leader- Paul Monti

June 23-24, Saturday and Sunday

Annual Gilsum Swap, Gilsum, NH. Contact person- Curt Stevens

July 21, Saturday

SEMMC Annual picnic. Diamond Hill Cumberland, RI. Contact person- Daryl Ostrander

July 29, Sunday

field trip to Stoddard, NH to collect fluorite crystals. Trip leader- Daryl Ostrander

August 10-12, Friday - Sunday

East Coast Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show. West Springfield, MA. Contact person- Jim Gaudet

September 8, Saturday

Field trip to Mt. Apatite, ME to collect beryl crystals. Trip leader- Daryl Ostrander

September 22, Saturday

Field trip to West Ossipee, NH to collect smoky quartz crystals. Trip leader- Ed Norton

October 14, Sunday

Field trip to Lancaster, MA to collect Chiastolite crystals. Trip leader- Bob Sproule

October 20, Saturday

field trip to VT destination TBA. Trip leader- Will Lema

October 27-28, Saturday and Sunday

Rhode Island Mineral Hunter's Club Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show in ÊWarwick, RI. Contact person- Jim Gaudet

November 4, Sunday

field trip to Boros pit North Attleboro MA to collect fossils. Trip leader- Bob Sproule

Previously we have visited:

Ore Hill near Franconia, NH.

Rhode Island Mineral Hunters Auction

Herkimer, New York

Sterling Hill Zinc MIne, Ogdensburg, NJ and Franklin Mineral Museum, Franklin, NJ