Monrovia Rockhounds Field Trip
Monrovia Rockhounds has scheduled a Field Trip for 3/26/2011 to the Sierra Paloma Claim for banded onyx, Boron to take in the Boron Museum and also the Boron Mine Visitors Center (where the mine has dumped borate material for visitors to sort through). We also plan to drive around the mine to look for colored jasper. This is a one day trip leaving from the Escopalian Church parking lot at 8:00 am. The Church (on the corner of Foothill and California in Monrovia) will let us use their parking lot for meeting and for car pooling (4-wheel vehicles not necessary but high clearance is recommended). Members should bring hats, gloves, hammers, pry bars, buckets or bags for the rocks you will collect as well as plenty of water.. Dress in layers so you will be ready for any weather. Bring lunch and again plenty of water. We are planning a picnic lunch in Boron. Reminder we will be needing rock and minerals for grab bags.
Members of the Monrovia Rockhounds, Inc. have been invited to join the Pasadena Lapidary Society on their monthly field trips. Please contact Joe Goetz, Field Trip Chairman (joenmar1@verizon.net) if you plan on going. He can then tell you where the group is meeting, and if there will be a potluck, and any other needed information.
PLS Field Trip Schedule
February 26 Santa Monica Mtns with CFMS (more info at http://www.cfmsinc.org/ field trips)
March 19 and 20 to Chuckawalla
April 16 and 17 to Lavic – agate, jasper
May 7 and 8 to Snyder’s Ranch, Spring Valley, CA
May 28 29, and 30 to Greenhorn Mtns – rose quartz
June to TBA
June or July to Pacific Palasades - Barite and glocophane
July to TBA
August 5, 6,and 7 to Nipomo Club Show
September 24 and 25 to Gaviotta- whale bone
October22 and 23 to WGMS club claimFebruary 19 and 20 to Kramer Junction
November Thanksgiving weekend 24-27th to Afton Canyon
Other Field Trip Sites Possible
We have directions to these sites and samples of what you can expect to find. Material is easier to find at some sites and more difficult at others. Some are suitable for day trips, others require an overnight stay. If there is enough interest in one of these trips, get in contact with the Field Trip Chairman Ray Ritchey.
Adelanto for florescent material (Princess Pat mine)
Wrightwood
Gem Hill
Felix Mine for green fluorite
Rainbow Ridge for jasper
Lavic Siding Jasper
Green Horn Mountain (near Lake Isabella) for Rose Quartz
Jalama Beach (near Lompoc) for Whale Bone and onyx
Coast north of Santa Barbara for Whale Bone
Sierra Paloma Claim (North of Edwards Air Base for multi-colored Onyx
Brown Butte for fossil reeds and petrified wood
Barstow toward Fort Irwin for Butler Onyx
Whittier Claim (near Barstow) for Honey Onyx (need permission from Whittier G&M Club)
Cady Mountains for Agate
Boron the mine has an area where they have dumped “stuff” which will include various borate minerals (ex. Uxlite).
Boron (behind the mine of dirt roads) for Jasper
East of Ludlow approx. 10 miles for Pink Thulite and Green Fuchsite. Takes a soft polish.
Owens Valley
East Fork San Gabriel River for Gold Panning. A day trip.
August Nipomo Club Show
Updated 2/21/2011