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An Official Field Trip of The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Society (Host) An Official Field Trip of the GEORGIA MINERAL SOCIETY ____________________________________________________ The Diamond Hill Mine March 19 & 20, 2005 9:00 A.M. Antreville, South Carolina (FEE SITE) The Diamond Hill Mine has been producing skeletal, amethyst and smoky quartz crystals as well as quartz scepters and an assortment of pegmatite minerals for many years. FEE: $10.00 a person/PER DAY. Children under 13 are free. Pay for both days on the 20th if staying to camp overnight. Everyone attending will have to sign a release wavier. WHEN: Saturday, March 19th. and Sunday, March 20th. We meet at 9 AM. on both days. Bring: You will need to bring a pick and shovel as well as hard rock tools and safety glasses. Be sure and bring plenty of newspaper to wrap your finds in. A lot of the quartz has iron-staining on it. Frequently the stains vary in color from face to face on the crystals and make for very attractive specimens AS LONG AS YOU DON'T DING THEM UP! Lunch, bug spray, some sun protection, and don't forget some good shoes or boots. We will meet at the mine at 9:00 A.M. Jim Haege
"Field trips are open to all members of associated clubs of the DMC program of the SFMS Field Trip Committee and to all members of SFMS member clubs who have provided their membership with SFMS liability insurance. Because of insurance requirements, members of the GENERAL PUBLIC are NOT invited on this or any DMC program field trips!" DMC Program /
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