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Pinesburg Quarry
- When:
- July 28 2007 EDT
- Category:
- Field Trips
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.
Location
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Venue:
Pinesburg Quarry
Bottom Road, Pinesburg 21795 , MD
http://www.mindat.org/loc.php?loc=106408
Directions from Virginia:
- 81 North
- Through WV into MD
- Take exit 1 (rt 68)
- Take a left on rt 68 towards Williamsport
- Go about 2 miles through all the traffic lights.
- As you pass REDLAND BRICK COMPANY on your right, and before your cross the train tracks, turn left on Bottom Road.
- Go about 2 miles to Pinesburg quarry.
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