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

GMS Field Trips in 2017

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2017 Field Trips = Fossil = Mineral = Rock = Tour

Jan	14	(GMS) Alabama Trilobites, Brooksellas, Rocks with weird markings, other fossils

Jan	28	(DMC) Columbia Gem and Mineral Society Smoky Quartz, Amethyst, Skeletal Quartz, Milky Quartz, Clear Quartz, Aquamarine, Drusy Quartz, Mica, & Epimorphs

Feb	11	(GMS) Georgia Imaging Core Facility Tour

Feb	18	(DMC) Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society "Paint pots", "pudding stone" conglomerate, and water smoothed pebbles of petrified wood, oolite, agate, jasper, and quartz

Feb	20	(GMS) Georgia Tour of granite quarry, block yard, processing plant, and the Elberton Granite Museum, plus collecting various counter top materials

Mar	04	(GMS) Georgia (cancelled) but Rock Sale trip proceeded Variety of rocks, minerals, and fossil

Mar	11	(GMS) Georgia Savannah River Agate, marine fossils

Mar	18	(GMS Adopt-a-Highway Trip) Georgia Mica Schist with Almandine Garnets, Staurolite, and Kyanite

Apr	14	(DMC) Charlotte Gem and Mineral Club Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Tourmaline, Muscovite Mica, Beryl, and other minerals

May	06	(DMC) Mid-Tennessee Gem and Mineral Society Colorful Slag

May	20	(GMS) Kentucky Geodes, Ordovician Marine Fossils

Jun	10	(DMC) Mississippi Gem and Mineral Society Agates, Coral and other fossils, Geodes, Petrified Wood and Sioux Quartzite

Jun	17	(DMC) Forsyth Gem and Mineral Club Blue kyanite, Garnet, and Black Tourmaline

Jul	08	(GMS) Georgia Quartzite, Slate, Mica Schist, Fun!

Jul	15	(DMC) Southern Appalachian Mineral Society Mica, Smoky Quartz, Feldspar, Garnets. Rarely Aquamarine, Green and Yellow Beryl, Columbite, Samarskite, Torbernite, Uranophane, Hyalite Opal, Malachite, Tourmaline, Thulite, Amazonite, Pyrite and Dendrites

Jul	22	(GMS) Tennessee Ordovician fossils, Geodes, Suiseki

Jul	29	(GMS) Georgia Gold, "Grubbed Gems", History

Aug	05	(GMS) Georgia Imaging Core Facility Tour

Aug	26	(DMC) Gaston Gem Mineral and Faceter’s Club Corundum, Kyanite, Magnetite, and Quartz

Sep	17	(GMS) Georgia Banded Agate/Chert, Brecciated Chert, Oolitic Chert, Jasper

Oct	01	(DMC) Knoxville Gem Mineral Society Lace Agate/Chert, Silicified Oolitic Chert, Some Jaspers

Oct	14	(GMS) Alabama Cretaceous Fossils

Oct	15	(GMS) Georgia Massive Epidote with Grossular Garnet, Pyrite, Xenoliths, and Granite

Oct	28	(DMC) Cobb County Gem Mineral Society Multi-colored Jasper, banded and mottled

Nov	04	(GMS Juniors) Georgia Quartz Crystals

Nov	11	(GMS) Tennessee Mississippian Fossils and Geodes

Nov	18	(DMC) Western South Carolina Gem & Mineral Society Beryl, Amethyst, and Smoky Quartz

Dec	09	(DMC) Emerald City Rock and Gem Club Quartz crystals (milky, skeletal, smoky, and some amethyst - rare), Beryl/Aquamarine - rare, Garnet and Epidote