Field trips

There is nothing like going out bush and collecting your own minerals on a field trip with friends from the society

About field trips

One of the most enjoyable methods of collecting is finding mineral specimens yourself. Along the way, you are out of the city exploring the countryside or the bush, exercising, making friends, and learning some mineralogy and history. The Society organises field trips to a variety of sites every few months. Trips are well-organised with an emphasis on safety and enjoyment.

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Upcoming field trips

february

07feb7:00 pm9:00 pmFebruary MeetingThere will be a lecture to be given by Dioni Cendon on : – ‘Rare Earth Elements (REE): Misconceptions, Oddities, and some Minerals’. The program will include the second part of David Colchester’s ‘Introduction to Crystallography – Part 2’

march

07mar7:00 pm9:00 pmMarch MeetingDayna McGeeney will deliver a lecture on ‘Rare and Unusual Gemstones in the Australian Museum Collection.’ There will also be a talk to be given by Graham Ogle on ‘Minerals from Deposits in the Otto Mountains, California’.

Reports from past field trips

Kidway Mine Sites

June 2019
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Oberon

November 2017
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Gerringong

February 2016
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Hartley Vale

November 2014
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Apsley and Phoenix

September 2014
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Mt. Tennyson and Cash Essington

June 2014
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