Thomaston, GA field trip

**Thomaston, GA.**
**Kyanite, Iron garnets, and Staurolite**
Photo by Lowell M. Bailey Chris placing his signature on the sign-in sheet.
Photo by Lowell M. Bailey Field trip leader, Jim Flora, making sure that we keep track of all who attend the field trip.
Photo by Lowell M. Bailey "Talking rocks!"
Photo by Jim Flora At the meeting place just south of Thomaston, GA. Kim Cochran giving us some pointers about collecting at this location.
Photo by Jim Flora (l-r) Cheryl, Teresa, and Perry
Photo by Lowell M. Bailey Shirley pointing at what she wants to find.
Photo by Jim Flora The Shelton family looking at some specimen material from the collecting location.
Photo by Jim Flora Kyanite: Mostly in shades of gray blue to an occasional brilliant deep blue.
Photo by Jim Flora Plenty of parking for all those vehicles!
Photo by Lowell M. Bailey There was some kyanite in the road!
Photo by Jim Flora In the woods digging for treasures!
Photo by Lowell M. Bailey Team work! "You shovel and I'll find all the good specimens!"
Photo by Lowell M. Bailey You know that the ground is hard when you have to use a crack hammer and chisel! Jack Thompson doing the pounding.
Photo by Lowell M. Bailey "Hay - this is hard digging!"
Photo by Lowell M. Bailey Kim Cochran hard at work!
Photo by Lowell M. Bailey "You want to help?"

Field Trip Stats: 34 club members