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Participants must be a 2008 member of Tarheel Gem and Mineral Club. If not, the visiting
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Castle Hayne Quarry (910)675-2283
Friday July 18, 2008 10:00 am to 4:30 p.m
Fossil echinoids (sea urchins) and shark teeth
Please call Shirley Green at 274-1837 to let her know you will be joining the group
Meet in the parking area outside of the office
Bring a screen and shovel if you want to dig and sift
for fossils, but most folks surface collect.
The quarry is 2 hours from Raleigh
Directions from Raleigh:
- Take I-40 East to exit 414
- Right at the end of the ramp and drive about 2 to 3 miles on Holly Shelter Road
- Left at the entrance for the Martin Marietta quarry
Gas and/or munchies, at the end of the I-40 East
exit 414 ramp, turn left to go into Castle Hayne.
Children allowed if:
(1) a parent or legal guardian is with them at all times in the quarry and
(2) a parent or legal guardian signs a release form for the child to be in the quarry
The hills are steep in this quarry so bring your billy goat legs
Sandals and open toe shoes are NOT allowed in the quarry
It will be extremely hot in the quarry, bring plenty of water and a hat
Other items to bring include lunch, sunscreen, gloves, and bug spray
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| PAST FIELD TRIPS
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Stories and photos from 2007 & 2008 coming soon.
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July 2005
Tarheel Gem & Mineral Club visited the Martin Marietta quarry located near the RDU airport on Highway 70 in Raleigh. There were nine people on this trip and we all had a great time even with the high temperatures. During the trip, we found pyrite, feldspar, epidote, calcite, quartz, and dogtooth calcite crystals.
Lee Fleming
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| January 2005 Trip Report
The morning started
out with a beautiful sun rise but the temperature was in the low 20s.
Six Members showed up for the event. By 8:00 AM, it was getting cloudy
but no bad weather was showing at that time. Scott and I proceeded to the
quartz hill at the very start but after not finding any crystals, we moved
on
to the lower sections of the quarry. By about 10:30 we had collected some
nice
orange calcite in layers, some calcite crystals, and some nice "pink"
rock. We
also enjoyed looking at the nice ice streams off of the quarry walls.
About
that time we noticed that our club members had gathered around Bob Crocker
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you know what that meant. Bob had found large rocks with stilbite crystals
on
them in layers and small vugs. Also, about that time, we noticed sleet
hitting
our hard hats. After working these rocks for a while, we again noticed
that
Bob was yelling at us to come up to a higher level in the quarry. When we
arrived, we found that Bob had found a whole quarry wall face covered in
stilbite clusters. Boy did we have fun collecting all the stilbite we
wanted.
Finally, about 12:15 it really started to snow and we decided to leave the
quarry. From the quarry to almost Greensboro it snowed hard but the roads
were
clear. All members present had a wonderful time.
Lee Fleming
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December 2004 TripWe had a great trip on Saturday! We started the day by
chipping stilbite out of a vug in the quarry wall. That material was honey
yellow and quite crystallized. Next, we moved to a lower and older portion of
the quarry and found large pieces of rock covered in stilbite crystals. This
material was older and thus a little washed out in color. Finally, we ended
the day in the newer portions of the quarry and I found two large pieces of
rock with green fluorite. We also found garnets, mica, pyrite, and calcite.
It was a great trip and one we will remember for a long time.
Wish you could have been with us.
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| August 2004
NC Quarry Trip
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July 2004
NC Quarry Trip
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| If you didn't go to this one, You Missed
Out. Thanks, Lee for the Great Pictures |
| Thanks, Shirley for Scheduling great
field trips |
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| October 2003 NC Quarry and
other locations |
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| Scott with quartz crystal |
Bob w/ crystal |
Members lookning for quartz |
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| October 2003 |
| Field Trip to Glendon, NC
Minerals: Pyrite, Flourite
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| September 2003 |
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| Trip to Burnesville, NC to visit several
abandoned mines led by a guide |
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| Members at the Crabtree Emerald Mine |
Sinkhole Mine |
Ray Mine |
| Black Tourmaline |
Garnets in Matrix, Moonstone |
Green & BlackTourmaline, Beryl |
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July 2003 Digging for Garnets in Cowee Valley
Mason Mountain Mine
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