The Georgia Mineral Society, Inc.
4138 Steve Reynolds Boulevard
Norcross, GA 30093-3059

GMS Field Trips in 2013

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2013 Field Trips = Fossil = Mineral = Rock = Tour

Jan	12	(GMS) Alabama Trilobites, Brooksellas, Weird Stuff

Jan	26	(GMS) Georgia Granite, feldpar, and diabase, plus labradorite and other counter top materials. Tour of quarry, processing plant, and museum.

Jan	26	(DMC) Jacksonville Gem and Mineral Society Amethyst

Feb	09	(GMS) Alabama Amphibian, reptile, and insect tracks plus plant fossils

Feb	09	(DMC) Tampa Bay Mineral and Science Club Echinoids (sand dollars, sea urchins), druzy calcite crystals, chert for cabbing

Mar	02	(DMC) Rome Georgia Mineral Society Pennsylvanian Age Plant Fossils

Mar	09	(GMS) 2 Locations in Tennessee Shattercones and colorful slag

Mar	30	(GMS Adopt-a-Highway Trip) Georgia Beryl, Schorl, Mica

Apr	20	(DMC) Gaston County Gem, Mineral & Faceting Club Quartz Crystals, some very large (4 inches across)

Apr	27	(GMS) Kentucky Geodes, Agate, Fossils, Rock Show

Apr	26,27,28	Rock Swap & Dig, Graves Mtn, GA Rutile, Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, Iridescent Hematite, Kyanite, etc.

May	04	(SFMS) North Carolina Pyrite, Fluorite, Pyrophyllite

May	18	(GMS) North Carolina Sapphire, Corundum

May	25	(DMC) Gem and Mineral Society of Lynchburg, VA Anatase, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Quartz, Rutile, Tacharanite, Zoisite, Pyrrhotite, Pyrite, Aplite

Jun	08	(DMC) Henderson County Gem & Mineral Society Staurolite, Gold

Jun	22	(GMS) Tennessee Marine Fossils, Geodes, Various Minerals, Suiseki

Jul	20	(GMS) Tennessee Educational Tour

Jul	28	(DMC) Carroll County Gem & Mineral Society Banded chert/agate

Aug	03	(GMS) North Carolina Aquamine, Beryl, Mica, Apatite, Garnet, Amazonite

Aug	17	(DMC) Northeast Georgia Mineral Society Ruby corundum, Spinel, Sapphirine, Talc, Serpentine, Brucite, Tremolite, Actinolite, Smaragdite, Pyroxine, Fuchsite, and Dunite

Sep	25	(DMC) Gem & Mineral Society of Franklin, NC Corundum (Ruby)

Sep	29	(GMS) Alabama Fossilized Sharks' Teeth

Oct	04,05,06	Rock Swap & Dig, Graves Mtn, GA Rutile, Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, Iridescent Hematite, Kyanite, etc.

Oct	05	(DMC) Middle Tennessee Rockhounds Upper Cretaceous Fossils

Oct	20	(GMS) Georgia Kyanite

Oct	26	(GMS Adopt-a-Highway Trip) Georgia Staurolite

Nov	16	(GMS) Tennessee Crinoid Fossils and Geodes