GMS Field Trip

GMS Field Trip
Kyanite in Georgia
Saturday, June 11, 2016

GMS members joined Huntsville Gem and Mineral Society members to collect kyanite at one of our favorite kyanite locations. After a little misunderstanding with the directions to the site that caused half of the caravan to get a more scenic tour to the collecting site, everyone went straight to finding kyanite. Blades were readily available right where we parked so it took only a few minutes to get our fill there.

It was a really hot day, but fortunately we were able to dig under the shade of some trees where it was reasonably comfortable. There were a lot of large kyanite blades as well as some nice hand sized cobbles plus a few other larger specimens. There was plenty of mica and some juniors found some excellent mica books. A few people got some specimens of graphite and I saw at least one specimen of tourmaline.

I think everyone was happy with the pieces they found and there were even a lot of extra blades for Huntsville's grab bags!

Many thanks to the property owners for graciously allowing us to collect in such a great place and the Huntsville club for inviting us!

Lori Carter
On behalf of Charles Carter, GMS Field Trip Chair
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