Placerville, California |
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El Dorado County
MINERAL and GEM SOCIETY
EARTH SCIENCES - LAPIDARY ARTS - SHARING INTERESTS
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MISC. TRAVEL SITES:
Placerville Weather
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Nat'l Weather/Local
- Nat'l Weather/Reno
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Weather.com
- Road Conditions
Tele# CALTRANS:
1-800-427-ROAD
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MapQuest.com
CONTACT US:
You may
EMAIL US and we will
forward your request to the field trip leader
Mailing
Address
P. O. Box 950
Placerville, CA 95667
Telephone
(530) 676 - 2472
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Field Trip Schedule
TIPS ON COLLECTING
SAFETY
PROCEDURE
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ALL TRIPS REQUIRE ADVANCE SIGN-UP with the FIELD TRIP LEADER. Additional information
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available at our general meetings and in our monthly
newsletter. Proof of insurance is required for participants not affiliated with a CFMS club.
Subject to Change without Notice See
MEMBERS AREA for details (password required) |
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Description/Location
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Last updated 03/1608
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MARCH |
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Mar 22
new date |
Roseville/Colfax - Roseville Rock Show followed by FT to Greenhorn Creek, Colfax area for river tumbled petrified wood. |
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Mar 29
new trip |
Quartz crystals with chlorite and rutile - EDC members |
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APRIL |
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Apr 26 |
Pulga SEE CO-OP TRIPS at ourfieldtrips.org |
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MAY |
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May 26-28 |
Cedarville for petrified wood, jasper/agate |
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JUNE |
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Jun 6 - 7 |
Virgin Valley, NV, and Oregon for opal and sunstones |
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Jun 12-15 |
Placerville - El Dorado County Fair. Includes large Mineral Display hosted by EDC Mineral and Gem Society, 100 Placerville Drive. |
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Jun 27- 29 |
Ventura - CFMS, GOLDEN BEAR GEM & MINERAL SHOW, Ventura County Fairgrounds |
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Jun 29 |
Monitor Pass for crystals in rhyolite |
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JULY |
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Jul 4-6 |
Mammoth Lakes area for variety of minerals & old mine sites. |
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Jul 26 |
Ebbetts Pass for petrified wood, jasper, variety of minerals |
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Jul (date tbd) |
Chili Bar Slate Mine |
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AUGUST |
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Aug 9 |
Eel River, for suiseki/jade |
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Aug 29-Sep 1 |
Austin, NV, for fluorite, daisy quartz, snakeskin agate, petrified wood & more |
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SEPTEMBER |
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Sep 19-21 |
Tonopah, NV, for Apache tears, wood, banded chalcedony & more. |
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Sep 27-28 |
Lovelock, NV, for petrified wood, agate, opalite, crystals. |
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OCTOBER |
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Oct 4
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Clear Lake for magnetized obsidian nodules |
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Oct 11-12 |
Searles Lake, CA. Trona Gem and Mineral show with Field Trips (field trips sponsored by the Trona club) |
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Oct 18-19 |
Placerville -
ROCK & GEM SHOW,
El Dorado County Mineral and Gem Society's 25th Annual Show; this features "Fabulous Fluorescents." El Dorado County
Fairgrounds, 100 Placerville Drive (exit 44B off Hwy 50) |
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NOV-DEC
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Nov 1 |
Black Butte Reservoir, Orland, for brecciated jasper/agate. |
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Co-op Field Trips CFMS Field Trips Other Events |
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