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Norcross, GA 30093-3059

GMS Field Trips in 2024

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2024 Field Trips
fossil= Fossil  mineral = Mineral  rock = Rock  tour = Tour

Jan 13 Rescheduled to February 4, 2024

Jan 20 (DMC) Tennessee Valley Rock and Mineral Club
Geodes and Fossils

Jan 27 Rescheduled to February 17, 2024

Feb 03 (GMS) Georgia
Geology Hike

Feb 04 (GMS) Alabama
Mississippian and Cambrian Marine Fossils

Feb 17 (GMS) Tennessee
Pseudodiorite, Slag, and Sericite after Staurolite

Feb 24 (DMC) Athens Rock and Gem Club
River Agate

Mar 24 (DMC/GMS) Georgia
Metagranite

Mar 25 (GMS Junior Section) Georgia
Easter Egg Hunt

Apr 06 (GMS) Kentucky
Geodes, Marine Fossils, and Beekite

Apr 20 (DMC) Catawba Valley Gem & Mineral Club
Corundum Crystals

Apr 26 (GMS Micromount Section) Alabama
Cacoxenite, Kidwellite, Wavellite, Strengite, etc.

May 04 (GMS) Alabama
Jasper, Agate, Fossils, etc.

May 18 (DMC) Northeast Georgia Mineral Society
Corundum, Garnets, Smaragdite

Jun 01 (GMS) Tennessee
Ordovician Fossils and Geodes

Jun 07 (GMS) Georgia
Plant Tour and Various Rocks

Jun 08 (DMC) Huntsville Gem and Mineral Society
Rose Quartz, Tourmaline, Aquamarine

Jun 23 (GMS Junior Section) Georgia
Geology Hike

Jul 10 (GMS) Georgia
Saw Blade Manufacturing Tour

Jul 13 (GMS) Georgia
Hike, Picnic, and Gold Museum

Jul 27 (DMC) Kanawha Rock & Gem Club
Ordovician Fossils

Aug 04 (DMC) Henderson County Gem & Mineral Society
Gold Panning, Tours

Aug 17 (GMS) Alabama
Petrified Wood, Pebbles, and Picnic

Sep 08 (GMS) Georgia
Rock effigy Tours

Sep 14 (GMS Junior Section) Georgia
Tours, Gold, Picnic, and FRA Badge

Sep 21 (GMS) Georgia
Metagranite

Sep 21 (DMC) Gem and Mineral Society of Lynchburg, VA
Pyrite, Quartz, Hematite, Red Mica, Green Mica, Apatite, and Kyanite

Sep 28
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(DMC) Pendleton District Gem and Mineral Society
Epidote, Garnet, Various Forms of Quartz, Actinolite, Hematite, Magnetite, and Other Iron Minerals

Oct 12 (DMC) Memphis Geological & Archaeolgical Society
Agate, Jasper, Fossils in Gravel

Oct 20 (GMS Junior Section) Georgia (report coming soon)
Fluorescent Mineral Tour and FRA Badge

Oct 26 (GMS) Alabama
Jasper, Agate, Fossils, etc.

Nov 09 (GMS) Tennessee
Copper Ore, Slag, and Sericite after Staurolite

Nov 10 (GMS Junior Section) Georgia
Quartz Crystals and Weenie Roast

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