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PAST FIELD TRIPS

2018	WHERE	WHAT
January 27, 2018	South Whitley County Library	See Ted Schultz Gem Collection
March 3	Richmond, IN	EIGGS Show & Fossil collecting
March 10	Cranbrook Institute of Science	Mineral Study Gallery
April 21	Medora, IN	Geodes
May 25, 26	Alpena & Petoskey Stone Festival	Fossils
June 2	Waseon, OH	MSHA Training
July 1-July 5	New York	Herkimer diamonds, tourmaline, garnets
August 11	South Haven, MI	Septarian nodules
September 15	Au Glaize Quarry	Iridescent Fluorite
October 27	Sylvania Fossil Park, OH	Fossils

2019	WHERE	WHAT
March 16 (rescheduled)	Downtown ACPL, Mtg RM A	2 Hour workshop-Making Micromounts
April 6	LaFarge Fossil Garden / Indiana Artifacts	Fossils, Indian Artifacts
April 27	Medora, IN	Geodes, Fossils
May 24-25	Alpena / Petoskey Festival	Minerals, fossils
June 1	Wauseon, OH	MSHA training
June 15	Flint Ridge area	Flint and quartz
June 29	Put-in-Bay	Visit Celestite cave
July 13-17	Moose Lake, MN & Calumet, MI	Agates, Copper, Datolite
Aug. 17	South Rockwood, MI	Celestite, Calcite
Sept 14	Au Glaize Quarry, Oakwood, OH	Calcite, Fluorite
Oct. 26 (Canceled due to weather)	Falls of the Ohio, IN & Kentucky	Fossils
Nov. 23	South Whitley Library	Ted Schultz Collection

2020	WHERE	WHAT
January 25	Langsdon Mineral Collection	Minerals at night under UV
February 29	Lizzadro Museum bus trip	See rocks, gems, fossils
March 7	Richmond roadcut & show	Fossils
POSTPONED-TBD	Arkansas Trip	Quartz, wavellite, variscite
June 13	Falls of the Ohio State Park	Walk on fossils, collect minerals and fossils from piles
July 11	Strawtown Koteewi Park	Archeological trip
July 25	Sylvania Quarry, South Rockwood, MI	Celestite, calcite, fluorite
August 26	Petoskey State Park	Petoskey & Charlesvoix stones
September 26	Flintridge Ohio	Flint & quartz
November 14	Fox Island County Park	Geology Tour

2021	WHERE	WHAT
February 27	Eichhorn Jewelry tour	Behind the scene look at working with gems
March 6	Richmond, IN	Fossils
March 27	LaFarge Fossil Garden & Sickmiller Farm	Fossils and Indian Artifacts
April 9-11	Fairy Stone State Park	Staurolites
May 22	Medora, IN	Geodes
June 6-June 10	Arkansas	Quartz, diamonds
June 19	Sylvania Quarry, South Rockwood, MI	Celestite
July 24	Flintridge area	Flint, quartz
August 27-29	Beacon Mine, Champion MI	Specular Hematite
September 18	Sylvania Fossil Park	Fossils
November 6	Indiana Caverns	Geology

JUNIOR PROGRAMS
JUNIOR PROGRAM 2018 January - Why do minerals fluoresce? February - Famous Fluorescent Mineral Localities March - Safety & Fluorescence April - Activators of Fluorescence May- Colors of commonly fluorescent minerals June - Finish May program and complete the Fluorescent Minerals patch requirements July - no Meeting August - Fossils! September - Show displays October -ID for common fossils November - Crinoids December - Party	JUNIOR PROGRAM 2022 to be added soon
JUNIOR PROGRAM 2019 January / February - Brachiopods vs. Pelecypods March - What are Echinoderms? & Cleaning Fossils April - Cephalpods & Gastropods May - Trilobites June - Corals July -No meeting August - Bryozoa & Plant fossils September - Dinosaurs and show displays October - Finish Fossil Patch requirements November - Begin Stone Age Rocks and Minerals December - Party
JUNIOR PROGRAM 2020 January - Stone Age Painting with rocks February -Stone Age tool-making-canceled March -TBD April -TBD May -TBD June - Stone Age Jewelry July - No meeting August - Stone Age art September - Stone Age tools October - Minerals under the Microscope November - Fossils under the Microscope December - canceled
JUNIOR PROGRAM 2021 January - What is a mineral? (virtual lesson) February - Isometric XL s & clues to mineral ID March - Tetragonal XLs, luster, growing xls April - Orthohombic XLx & streak May - Hexagonal XLs & Mineral hardness June - Rock tumbling July - No meeting August - Monoclinic XLs & cleavage September - Triclinic XLs & heft test October - Finish Rocks & Minerals patch November - Mineral Identification final December - Christmas party

Questions: Contact M. Yamanaka at yamanakam@cs.com