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 entering a site.

We are also constantly looking for new sites.  If you know of some, 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, Maine
 
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, Connecticut
 
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, Maine

Fluorite
Stoddard Mine
West Moreland, NH
 
Beryl, Feldspar, Quartz
Cook Quarry
Connecticut
 
Fossil Ferns
St. Clair, PA

Calcite, Fluorite, Dolomite
Walworth Quarry
New York