MHVGMS: About Us - Field Collecting

Welcome to the updated, "OFFICIAL" web site of the:

Mid-Hudson Valley Gem & Mineral Society, Inc.

About Us
Field Collecting

The "Rock Bonkers" are a group of members who are interested in going into the field and collecting from various sites. Below is a partial list of sites we have visited. Please be aware that some of these sites have since been closed or access restricted, so please check before planning a visit.

We are also constantly looking for new sites. If you know of some (or have updates reqarding these), please contact us!

General rules and recommendations for field collecting can be found here.

The field trip rules, regulations, and release of liability form, which will be signed by all participants on a field trip prior to collecting, can be found here.

Almandine Garnet
Greens Garnet Farm - Roxbury, CT

Almandine Garnet
Hooper Mine - North Creek, NY

Pyrite, Magnetite
Phillips Pyrite Mine - Anthony's Nose, NY

Quartz Crystals
Ellenville, NY

Herkimer Diamonds
Herkimer, NY
Treasure Mountain, Crystal Grove - Fonda, NY

Grossular Garnet
West Redding, CT

Tremolite
West Caanan, CT

Diopside
Dutchess County, NY

Smoky Quartz, Allanite
Westchester County, NY

Unakite
Dutchess County, NY

Calcite, Apatite & Fluorite
Bancroft, Canada

Feldspar, Tourmaline, Garnet, Montmorillionite, Lepidolite, Muscovite
West Paris, ME

Devonian Fossils
Hudson, NY

Amazonite, Calcite, Franklinite, Willemite Rhodonite, Sphalerite, Zincite, Hemimorphite, others
Franklin & Sterling Hill, NJ

Galena, Pyromorphite
Loudville, MA

Dravite, Feldspar, Mica
Bethel, CT

Titanite, Norbergite, Feldspar, Spinel, Fluorite, Blue Corundum, others
Lime Crest Quarry - Sparta, NJ

Tourmaline, Anthrophyllite
Timm's Hill, CT

Beryl, Garnet, Feldspar
South Glastonbury, CT

Talc, Tremolite, Tirodite
Saint Lawrence Co., NY

Corundum, Sodalite, Nepheline, Feldspar, Beryl, Tourmaline
Bancroft, Ontario, Canada

Wollastonite, Garnet, Diopside
Lewis, NY

Trilobite Fossils
Little Falls, NY

Shark's Teeth Fossils
Big Brook, NJ

Sunstone, Biotite, Quartz
Tarrytown, NY

Blue Calcite, Wollastonite, Quartz
Harrisville, NY

Sphalerite, Pyrite, Anhydrite
ZCA Mine, Balmat, NY

Tourmaline, Beryl, Amazonite, Rose Quartz, Microcline
Beryl Pit, Bancroft Canada

Eurypterid Fossils
Canada

Pyritized Fossils
Alden, NY

Selenite
Kerhonkson, NY

Scheelite, Chlorophane, Fluorite
Trumbull, CT

Amber
Sayerville, NJ

Dinosaur Trackway (Plaster Casts Only)
Dinosaur State Park - Rocky Hill, CT

Fossil Ferns
Centralia, PA

Sodalite, Nepheline, Microcline, Albite
Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada

Travertine, Flowstone
Illion, NY

Beryl, Mica, Feldspar, Garnet
So Paris, ME

Fluorite
Stoddard Mine - West Moreland, NH

Beryl, Feldspar, Quartz
Cook Quarry - CT

Fossil Ferns
St. Clair, PA

Calcite, Fluorite, Dolomite
Walworth Quarry - New York

This page last updated at 02:54:19 EST on January 04, 2020.