Monongahela Rockhounds

Field Trips

Two to three times a year the club arranges field trips. These are events where the club gets permission to visit a quarry or other collecting site, and the members get an opportunity to collect specimens. Past field trips include:

Walworth Quarry

Walworth Quarry is a quarry in New York. Here you may find sphalerite, dolomite, and fluorite. The dolostone matrix is very hard, however, many fine pieces can be obtained without using power tools or sledgehammers.

Meckley Quarry

This is a quarry in eastern Pennsylvania. The types of minerals found here include calcite, flourite, celestine, and strontianite. Most of the rock here is softer than Walworth, but it can still be hard. Again, many fine pieces can be obtained without using power tools or sledgehammers.

Indiana Geodes

A club member has a friend in Indiana who owns a stream filled with geodes that have eroded out of the streambed. Fossil crinoid stems, crinoid heads, and assorted other fossils can be found. Sledgehammers and heavy duty tools will NOT help, as the geodes have eroded out of any hard rock.

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Last updated on April 26, 2008.

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	Field Trips Two to three times a year the club arranges field trips. These are events where the club gets permission to visit a quarry or other collecting site, and the members get an opportunity to collect specimens. Past field trips include: Walworth Quarry Walworth Quarry is a quarry in New York. Here you may find sphalerite, dolomite, and fluorite. The dolostone matrix is very hard, however, many fine pieces can be obtained without using power tools or sledgehammers. Meckley Quarry This is a quarry in eastern Pennsylvania. The types of minerals found here include calcite, flourite, celestine, and strontianite. Most of the rock here is softer than Walworth, but it can still be hard. Again, many fine pieces can be obtained without using power tools or sledgehammers. Indiana Geodes A club member has a friend in Indiana who owns a stream filled with geodes that have eroded out of the streambed. Fossil crinoid stems, crinoid heads, and assorted other fossils can be found. Sledgehammers and heavy duty tools will NOT help, as the geodes have eroded out of any hard rock.	Website Search Membership Application Form [PDF] Sample Newsletter [PDF]
Last updated on April 26, 2008.
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