GMS     The Georgia Mineral Society, Inc.
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Norcross, GA 30093-3059

GMS Field Trips in 2017

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2017 Field Trips
fossil= Fossil  mineral = Mineral  rock = Rock  tour = Tour

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

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

Feb 11 (GMS) Georgia
Imaging Core Facility Tour
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
rock

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 20 (GMS) Kentucky
Geodes, Ordovician Marine Fossils
rockfossil

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

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

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

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
mineral

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

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

Aug 05 (GMS) Georgia
Imaging Core Facility Tour
tour

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

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

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

Oct 14 (GMS) Alabama
Cretaceous Fossils
fossil

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

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

Nov 04 (GMS Juniors) Georgia
Quartz Crystals
mineral

Nov 11 (GMS) Tennessee
Mississippian Fossils and Geodes
fossilrock

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

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