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GMS Field Trips in 2014

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2014 Field Trips
fossil= Fossil  mineral = Mineral  rock = Rock  tour = Tour

Jan 11 (GMS) Alabama
Unresolved Markings, Trilobites, Brooksellas
fossilrock

Jan 18 (DMC) Athens Rock and Gem Club
Savannah River Agate
rock

Feb 07 (GMS) Georgia
Various counter top materials plus tour of museum, monument, processing plant, and quarry
rocktour

Feb 15 (DMC) Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society
Quartzite pebbles, oolitic pebbles, petrified wood, jasper, paint pots, pudding stone, marine fossils, agate
rockfossil

Mar 08 (GMS) Georgia
Eocene Fossils
fossil

Mar 15 (GMS Juniors) Tennessee
Shatter cones
rocktour

Mar 29 (DMC) Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society
Agates, petrified wood, fossils
rockfossil

Apr 13 (GMS) Georgia
Lace agate, various slabs, rough, etc.
rock

Apr 19 (DMC) Charlotte Gem & Mineral Club
Amethyst, beryl, ironized quartz, smoky quartz
mineral

Apr 19 (GMS Adopt-a-Highway Trip)
Georgia

Ankerite, quartz with pyrite, zoisite
mineral

Apr 25,26,27 Rock Swap & Dig, Graves Mtn, GA
Rutile, Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, Iridescent Hematite, Kyanite, etc.
mineral

May 17 (GMS/DMC) Georgia Mineral Society
Vertebrate & invertebrate tracks, Pennsylvanian plant fossils, trilobite traces
fossil

Jun 21 (DMC) Forsyth Gem and Mineral Club
Almandine Garnets
mineral

Jun 28 (GMS) Georgia
Quartzite, slate, jasper, lilies, salamanders etc.
rock

Jul 12 (GMS) Tennessee
Ordovician fossils, geodes, suiseki
fossilrock

Jul 26 (DMC) Mississippi Gem and Mineral Society
Agates, marine fossils, petrified wood
fossilrock

Aug 16 (DMC) Tennessee Valley Rock and Mineral Club
Mississippian and Pennsylvanian fern and tree bark fossils
fossil

Aug 17 (GMS) Georgia
Geology Hike, Glass Studio Tour and Demos
tour

Sep 14 (GMS) Alabama
Eocene Fossils including shark teeth
fossil

Sep 20 (DMC) Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club
Sand dollars, skate teeth, shark teeth, vertebrate bone (such as Manatee), marine invertebrates (clam, oysters, snails), and chert
fossil

Oct 03,04,05 Rock Swap & Dig, Graves Mtn, GA
Rutile, Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, Iridescent Hematite, Kyanite, etc.
mineral

Oct 25 (GMS Adopt-a-Highway Trip)
Georgia

Pyrite, zoisite, ankerite
mineral

Nov 01 (GMS) Georgia
Kyanite, Mica, Graphite
mineral

Dec 06,07 (DMC) Knoxville Gem and Mineral Society
Fossil Museum Behind the Scenes Tour
Caverns Special Tour
Double Terminated Quartz
Graptolite Fossils
tourmineralfossil
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