Fieldtrips

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.