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For NVMC paid up
members only - kids welcome.
Field trips
are for dues paying club members only!
Past Field Trips
FIELD TRIP – Sunday, May 4th:
May's field trip is to the
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc Quarry for grossular garnets, quartz, calcite, serpentine, zoisite, and much
more (these are what I've found in the past). The address is 13900
Piney Meetinghouse Road, Rockville, MD 20850.
New club members must supply your own safety gear, hammers, chisels,
etc.
Club members only. Meet at the Manager's Office no later than 8:30
am. We will collect from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Kids are welcome if
accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. This is a hard rock
quarry and you will need heavy boots, hard hat, safety goggles,
heavy work gloves, rock hammer, rock chisels, buckets/egg cartons
and paper to wrap specimens. Don't forget plenty of water, snacks
and sunscreen.
FIELD TRIP – April 12th:
National Limestone Quarry, 217 Quarry Road, Mount Pleasant Mills, PA
17853. Check in no later than 8:45 am. We will collect from 9:00
am to 1:00 pm. This quarry is terrific - I'm told - for
wavellite,
strontianite,
fluorite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, lots of
calcite crystals
and more. Kids are welcome. This is a hard rock quarry and you will
need heavy boots, hard hat, safety goggles, heavy work gloves, rock
hammer, rock chisels, buckets/egg cartons and paper to wrap
specimens. Don't forget plenty of water, snacks and sunscreen.
FIELD TRIP – March 22th:
(trip moved do to flooding from March
8th.)
Updated: 03/06/08
2008's first field trip is to the Vulcan
Materials Company - Manassas Quarry, Saturday, March 8th, for
prehnite, calcite, apophyllite, stilbite and many more. The address
is 8537 Vulcan Lane, Manassas, VA 20109. Meet at the Manager's
Office no later than 7:45 am. We will collect from 8:00 am to 11:30
am (we must leave NLT noon). Kids are welcome if accompanied by a
parent or legal guardian. All participants must sign a liability
waiver prior to entering the mine. This is a hard rock quarry and
you will need heavy boots (preferably steel toed), hard hat, safety
goggles, heavy work gloves, rock hammer, rock chisels, buckets/egg
cartons and paper to wrap specimens. Don’t forget water, snacks and
sunscreen. This field trip is open only to members of the Northern
Virginia Mineral Club. John Boyer must know of your plans to attend
before Friday, March 7th in order to notify you of a cancellation
due to weather or quarry operations.
Field Trip – December 8th:
CANCELLED
due to dangerous Weather
conditions in.
December's field trip is to the Martin-Marietta Pinesburg Quarry,
14932 Bottom Road, Williamsport, MD 21795 for quartz (smoky and
Herkimer diamond), calcite, dolomite, barite and fluorite. Meet at
the Manager’s Office no later than 8:30 am. We will collect from
9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Kids are welcome. This is a hard rock quarry and
you will need heavy boots (preferably steel toed), hard hat, safety
goggles, heavy work gloves, rock hammer, rock chisels, buckets/egg
cartons and paper to wrap specimens. Don’t forget water, snacks and
sunscreen.
FIELD TRIP – November 11th:
November's field trip is to the Rockville Crushed Stone Inc Quarry
for grossular garnets, quartz, calcite, serpentine, zoisite, and
much more (these are what I've found in the past). The address is
13900 Piney Meetinghouse Road, Rockville, MD 20850.
Club members only. Meet at the Manager's Office
no later than 8:30 am. We will collect from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Kids are welcome. This is a hard rock quarry and you will need
heavy boots, hard hat, safety goggles, heavy work gloves, rock
hammer, rock chisels, buckets/egg cartons and paper to wrap
specimens. Don't forget plenty of water, snaxs and sunscreen, and
dress for the weather.
FIELD TRIP – October 6th:
National Limestone Quarry, 217 Quarry Road, Mount Pleasant Mills, PA
17853. Check in no later than 8:45 am. We will collect from 9:00
am to 1:00 pm. This quarry is terrific - I'm told - for
wavellite,
strontianite,
fluorite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, lots of
calcite crystals
and more. Kids are welcome. This is a hard rock quarry and you will
need heavy boots, hard hat, safety goggles, heavy work gloves, rock
hammer, rock chisels, buckets/egg cartons and paper to wrap
specimens. Don't forget plenty of water, snacks and sunscreen.
As an added bonus, the quarry manager has promised us a loader and
driver to move or turn material to expose more minerals for us.
FIELD TRIP – October 13th:
October's field trip is to the
Vulcan Materials Company - Manassas Quarry for
prehnite,
calcite,
apophylitte and
stilbite,
8537 Vulcan Lane, Manassas, VA 20109.
Meet at the Manager's Office no later than 7:45 am. We will collect
from 8:00 am to 11:30 am (we must leave no later than noon). Kids
are welcome. This is a hard rock quarry and you will need heavy
boots (steel toed recommended), hard hat, safety goggles, heavy work
gloves, rock hammer, rock chisels, buckets/egg cartons and paper to
wrap specimens.
FIELD TRIP – September 15th:
September's field trip is to the
Vulcan Materials Company - Manassas Quarry for
prehnite,
calcite,
apophylitte and
stilbite,
8537 Vulcan Lane, Manassas, VA 20109.
Meet at the Manager's Office no later than 7:45 am. We will collect
from 8:00 am to 11:30 am (we must leave no later than noon). Kids
are welcome. This is a hard rock quarry and you will need heavy
boots (steel toed recommended), hard hat, safety goggles, heavy work
gloves, rock hammer, rock chisels, buckets/egg cartons and paper to
wrap specimens. Don’t forget water, snacks and sunscreen.
John Boyer must know of your plans to attend before Friday,
September 14th in order to notify you of a cancellation due to
weather or quarry operations.
Field Trip – July 28th:
Martin-Marietta Pinesburg Quarry, 14932 Bottom Road, Williamsport, MD
21795 for quartz (smoky and Herkimer diamond), calcite, dolomite,
barite, limonite, pyrolusite and fluorite. I have found micro-crystals
of aquamarine growing out of whitish-pink saddle dolomite here.
Field Trip – July
21st: Martin-Marietta Boonsboro Quarry, 20301 Benevola Church Road,
Boonsboro, MD 21713 for for same minerals as in the Pinesburg Quarry -
the quarry is composed of the same dolomitic limestone formation.
FIELD TRIP -
June 2th:
FULL
Dale Quarry, Chester, VA. There was only 20 spots.
Field Trip - June 3th : June field trip is to the
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc
Quarry for grossular garnets and dozens of other minerals. The address
is
13900 Piney Meetinghouse Road, Rockville, MD 20850.
FIELD TRIP - May 19th:
Vulcan Materials Company - Manassas Quarry for
prehnite,
calcite,
apophylitte and
stilbite,
8537 Vulcan Lane, Manassas, VA 20109.
March 31th 2007: Photos!
U.S.
Silica Company,
Montpelier Mine,
for moonstone, spessartine
garnet, goethite, pyrite, blue quartz, and more.
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