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ALABAMA Agate & Fossil Trip Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky August 2004 By Jim McGlynn Petrified Wood Collecting Northwest Alabama November 9, 2006 By Mike Streeter ALASKA Big Alaska Adventure July 2005 By Don Peck ARIZONA Round Mountain Rockhound Area Duncan, Arizona December 28, 2004 By Junesse Farley Tucson Show Report 2006 By John Cornish Maricopa Green Jasper Maricopa County, Arizona March 2006 By Junesse Farley A Rockhounding Vacation Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico April 8-23, 2006 By Mike Streeter Tucson Show Report 2007 By John Cornish Clifton Peak Clifton, Arizona December 2007 through February 2008 by Ian Merkel Clifton & Morenci Mines Greenlee County, Arizona June 2008 By Junesse Farley Tucson Show Report 2008 By John Cornish Tucson Show Report 2009 By John Cornish Arizona, Missouri and New Mexico Rockhounding Vacation April 2009 By Mike Streeter Alpine Adventure, Arizona-style White Mountains & San Francisco River Areas Arizona June 2009 By Junesse Farley Tucson 2010 and My Display at the TGMS Show By John Cornish Tucson 2010 By John Cornish Collecting Arizona Petrified Wood October 2011 By Jim Stoops New Mexico & Arizona Rockhounding Vacation Rockhound State Park, Round Mountain Rockhounding Area, Gage Rhyolite, Orogrande & Hansonburg Mining Districts November 2011 By Mike Streeter ARKANSAS Arrowhead Quartz Mine Mount Ida, Arkansas November 2007 By James Johnson Miller Mountain Quartz mine Mount Ida, Arkansas November 2009 By James Johnson Geodes, Quartz & More Jackson Co., Tennessee Mount Ida, Arkansas October 2010 By Tom Kuzia Quartz Collecting Mount Ida Area, Arkansas November 2010 By Larry Huffman CALIFORNIA Himalaya Mine Field Trip San Diego County, California April 2-4, 2004 By Jay Bates Clear Creek Mines San Benito County, California April 29 to May 1, 2005 By Jay Bates Southern California Desert Agate Collecting August 2005 By Jim McGlynn Benitoite Gem Mine San Benito County, California May 20, 2007 Jay Bates Darwin Ghost Town Inyo County, California April 2007 John Cornish Caledonite, linarite, brochantite, quartz & more Inyo County, California April 2007 John Cornish Laytonville Quarry Mendocino County, California December 2009 Keith Peregrine Nuevo Silica Mine Riverside County, California February 2011 By Eva Nie COLORADO Calumet Iron Mine Salida, Colorado September 2004 By Dave B. Buena Vista Area, Colorado September 2004 By Jim Fetty Adventures of a Colorado Rockhound Mount Taylor near Monarch Pass Quartz - Mount Antero Aquamarine Tarryall Area Quartz and Topaz & Kremmling Petrified Wood Lone Pine Peridot - Poncha Pass Garnet July 2005 By Dave Bruess The Denver Show: September In The Rockies September 2006 By John Cornish Colorado Mineral & Fossil Show Denver, Colorado Fall 2007 By John Cornish Colorado Mineral & Fossil Show Denver, Colorado Fall 2008 By John Cornish Colorado Mineral & Fossil Show Denver, Colorado Fall 2009 By John Cornish CONNECTICUT Roxbury Garnet Mine Rockbury, CT July 9, 2003 Tom Kuzia FLORIDA Rucks' Pit Fort Drum, Florida January 2003 By Mike Streeter Rucks' Pit Honeymoon Island State Recreation Area Cross Florida Barge Canal Florida October 11-14, 2003 By Mike Streeter Caspersen Beach Florida Gulf Coast February 2006 By Joe Dunleavy Rucks' Pit Open House Fort Drum, Florida March 11-12, 2006 By Bruce Skubon, Thomas Gordon & Guri Zeigerman GEORGIA Graves Mountain Lincolnton, Georgia December 6-7, 2003 By Mike Streeter Northeast Georgia Amethyst Machine Dig January 16-17, 2004 By Mike Streeter Ivey Farm Amethyst Dig Warren County, Georgia March 19, 2004 By Mike Streeter Ivey Farm Amethyst and Scepter Dig Warren County, Georgia April 15-17, 2004 By Mike Streeter Withlacoochee Agatized Coral South Georgia April 29, 2004 By Mike Streeter An Amethyst Dig Wilkes County, Georgia July 31, 2004 By Jeff Deere Agate & Fossil Trip Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky August 2004 By Jim McGlynn Savannah River Agate Diamond Hill Quartz Mine Jackson's Crossroads Amethyst NE Georgia and NW South Carolina September 18-25, 2004 By Mike Streeter Patty Mine/Quarry Chattooga County, Georgia September 25, 2004 By Jeff Deere SFMS Annual Meeting Georgia Mineral Society Show Norcross and Suwanee, Georgia December 10-12, 2004 By Mike Streeter Quartz Dig LaGrange, Georgia July 31, 2005 By Jeff Deere Graves Mountain Rockswap and Dig Lincoln County, Georgia October 8-9,2005 By Mike Streeter Jack Rabbit on Lake Chatuge Limonite after Pyrite Towns County, Georgia January 7, 2006 By Jim Flora with Mike Streeter Graves Mountain Rockswap and Dig Screaming Iridescent Colors Lincoln County, Georgia October 6-7, 2006 Mike Streeter My Southeast Experience Graves Mountain, Georgia & more October 2006 By Donna Nolte Habersham County, Georgia ....the path less traveled October 2006 By Wayne & Patty Brantley Ladd's Mountain Dixie Mineral Council Field Trip Cartersville, Georgia January 14, 2007 By Jeff Deere Graves Mountain Quartz Pocket Lincoln County, Georgia February 19-20, 2007 By Bill Hayward & Mike Streeter Another Graves Mountain Weekend Lincoln County, Georgia September 15-16, 2007 By Mike Streeter Patty Construction Quarry Dixie Mineral Council Chattooga, County, Georgia February 16, 2008 By Jeff Deere Laurel Creek Corundum Mine Rabun County, Georgia April 2008 By Wayne & Patty Brantley Savannah River Agate Collecting With Ernie Walker Georgia December 2009 By Phil Koble Southern Spring Break Collecting in North Carolina & Georgia April 2011 By Phil Koble IDAHO Rat's Nest Claim Challis, Idaho June 2005 By John Cornish Burgdorf - Ruby Meadows Crystal Mountain Idaho July 2006 By Rhonda Gheen Rat's Nest Claim Challis, Idaho September 2006 By John Cornish Dismal Swamp Quartz Elmore County, Idaho July 2007 By Rhonda Gheen Silver City Quartz Crystals Owyhee County, Idaho July 31 - August 1, 2007 By Rhonda Gheen The New Beginnings Mining Claim Part I - An Unnamed Prospect Pit Custer County, Idaho November 2008 By John Cornish The New Beginnings Mining Claim Part II - Claimed Ground Custer County, Idaho October 2009 By John Cornish Montana/Idaha Adventure June 2011 By Jim Adams ILLINOIS A Vugaliscious Vacation with Geodes Galore Lincoln Co., Kentucky - Monroe Co., Indiana Hancock and Adams Co., Illinois - Clark Co., Missouri Davidson Co., Tennessee April 30 - May 8, 2005 By Mike Streeter Roctober Geodefest Keokuk, Iowa Area Geode Hunt October 2007 By Sherri Hodges, James Johnson, Bob Cibulka, Bruce Baur & Docia Lenz Keokuk Area Geode Collecting Illinois & Missouri May 2008 By Heidi Retherford Field Trip Reports Continued . . . 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