The Southeastern Massachusetts Mineral Club, Inc.

SEMMC Field Trip Agenda for 2012

(updated 3/8/12)

Click here to see Photos from previous SEMMC Field Trips

Field collecting trips are open to SEMMC members only, as our insurance policy covers members only (except Gilsum Rock Swap). Please bring your SEMMC Membership card with you.

Participants of club trips must be club members unless special permission is granted. All participants of field trips are required to contact trip leaders at least 48 hours in advance of trip date.

Schedules may change. Please contact the host to confirm date, time and details.

Below is a tentative list of the 2012 SEMMC Field Trips. Some trips may be eliminated, added, or altered depending on weather and other circumstances.

Dates	Destination	Trip Leader/Alternate
January 14	BMC Auction in Needham, Ma	Jim Gaudet/Paul Monti
February	Bridgewater State University	New date to come
March 24	Simpson Quarry, Ct	Jack Maquire/Bob Gaylord
April 14	Hall and State Forest Quarries, Ct	Daryl Ostrander/Paul Monti
April 22	Keating Quarry, Cranston, RI	Paul Monti/Daryl Ostrander
April 28	SEMMC Club Auction	Jim Gaudet/Paul Monti
May 5-6	North Shore Gem & Mineral Show	open to public
May 19-20	Diamond Acres, Fonda, NY	Paul Monti /Bob Gaylord
June 2-3	Vermont location TBD	Paul Monti/Curt Stevens
June 16	Keating Quarry, Dracut, MA	Paul Monti/Daryl Ostrander
June 23-24	Gilsum, NH Swap and local field trip	Curt Stevens/Bob Calef
June 30-July 1	Maine, Location TBD	Paul Monti/Daryl Ostrander
July 28	SEMMC Club picnic, Cory’s Lane, RI	Bob Calef/Curt Stevens
July 14 or July 15	Ossipee, NH	Daryl Ostrander/Paul Monti
August 11-12	East Coast Gem & Mineral show	Open to public
August 25	New Hampshire Gold Panning	Curt Stevens/Ken Vanmeter
September 8	PJ Keating Quarry, Lunenburg, MA	Paul Monti/Daryl Ostrander
September 22 or 23	Mt Tom, Holyoke, MA	Paul Monti/Daryl Ostrander
October 5-13	The Great Arkansas Adventure	Paul Monti/Jim Gaudet
October 20	PJ Keating Quarry, Acushnet, MA	Paul Monti/Jim Gaudet
November 3 or 4	Case Quarry, CT	Paul Monti/Daryl Ostrander

NOTE:
All information such as meeting locations, trip leaders and directions will be provided prior to all field trips.

Previously we have visited:

Lancaster, MA to collect chiastolites
Case Quarry Portland CT for pegmatite minerals
Stafford Springs CT for corncob quartz
North Shore Mineral Club show Topsfield MA
Manhan mines North Hampton MA for lead minerals
Diamond Acres Fonda NY for Herkimer diamonds
Stoddard Quarry Westmoreland NH for fluorites
SEMMC auction Mitchell Club Middleboro MA
West Ossippee NH for smokey quartz
Gilsum NH for Rock Swap
club picnic/field trip to Portsmouth RI for plant fossils
East Coast Gem & Mineral Show Springfield MA
Wild Ammonoosic River NH for gold panning
Keating Quarry Lunenburg MA
Royalston MA for beryl
South Baldface Mtn NH for phenacite
Parker Mtn NH for fluorescent minerals
Rhode Island Mineral Hunters Show Warwick RI
Keating Quarry Acushnet MA for pegmatite minerals
Ore Hill near Franconia, NH.
Rhode Island Mineral Hunters Auction
Herkimer, New York
Sterling Hill Zinc Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ
Franklin Mineral Museum, Franklin, NJ