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FOMS Fall schedule for 2006

Meetings of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (FOMS) are open to the public. Dues (which includes subscription to the society's journal, The Picking Table) are $20 per year for individuals, and $25 for families.

For additional information on the FOMS, and contact details, see the FOMS page on this website.

Information below was kindly provided by Tema Hecht.

     
 

FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.

FALL 2006 ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006

9:00 A.M. - Noon -- Collecting at the Franklin Quarry.  If gate is open, drive through and park on the left of the gate.  Please don’t block the roadway.

1:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. – F.O.M.S. Meeting and Lecture, Franklin Mineral Museum

The Kola Peninsula – A Mineralogical Wonderland, by Tony Nikischer, President, Excalibur Mineral Corp.

Saturday and Sunday
September 23-24, 2006

**50TH ANNUAL FRANKLIN-STERLING
GEM & MINERAL SHOW

Sponsored by the Franklin Mineral Museum.

Franklin Middle School, Washington St., Franklin, N.J.

9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Saturday,  10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Sunday.

The ticket price covers the show, The Pond outdoor swap, and admission to the Franklin Mineral Museum:  $6.00 per day for adults, $3.00 per day for children (6-16).

The Pond Swap-and-Sell, sponsored by the F.O.M.S., takes place outdoors on the school grounds from 7:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. on Saturday andfrom 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on Sunday.  Show admission required.

The F.O.M.S. Annual Banquet starts at 6:30 P.M. on Saturday at the Lyceum Hall of Immaculate Conception Church, located at the south end of Franklin’s Main St.

Tickets may be obtained at the F.O.M.S. show table.  The meal is an all-you-can-eat buffet; soda, tea, and coffee are included.  B.Y.O.B.  After the banquet there will be an auction for the benefit of the F.O.M.S.  Please plan on donating a good specimen, artifact, book, etc.!

**“Garage Sale” of minerals, etc., at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum on Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 3:00 P.M.  The Mine Run Dump and Passaic and Noble Pits will also be open to the public for collecting from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. on Sunday

(poundage fee charged).

Saturday, October 14, 2006

**10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. – Fluorescent Mineral Society Meeting

at the GeoTech Center at Sterling Hill.  RSVP necessary:  Dick Bostwick:  <rbostwick@att.net>, or home phone: 212-749-5817.

$7.00 donation is requested for food and drink.

Also night collecting for SHMM & FMS members at the SHMM Mine Run Dump, 6:30 P.M.-9:00 P.M.

(poundage fee charged)

Saturday, October 21, 2006

9:00 A.M. - Noon — F.O.M.S. Field Trip —Location not confirmed.

Meet at the Franklin Mineral Museum at 8:30 A.M.

1:30 - 3:30 P.M. — F.O.M.S. Meeting and Lecture — Franklin Mineral Museum:

Agates and Jasper, by John Sanfaçon.

**F.O.M.S. meeting will be followed by a mineral sale for FMM members only.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.---Lime Crest Quarry.  Meet at the gate prior to starting time.

We will enter as a group and the gates will then be closed.

Saturday, October 28, 2006

** 17th Annual ULTRAVIOLATION, a Show-Swap-Sell-Session featuring fluorescent minerals only.  First United Methodist Church, 840 Trenton Road, Fairless Hills PA.

9 A.M. to 4 P.M.  “If your rocks don’t glow, you’re at the wrong show.”

For information, contact Chuck O’Laughlin, 856-663-1383.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

**9:00 A.M – 3:00 P.M.---Sterling Hill Mining Museum.  Flea market and collecting on the Mine Run Dump (poundage fee charged).

Saturday, November 4, 2006

**7:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. — Night Dig on the Buckwheat Dump, for the benefit of

the Franklin Mineral Museum.  Doors open at 6:30 P.M. for check-in and mineral sales. Poundage fee:  $4.00 per pound.  Call for details: 973-827-3481.

Saturday, November 18, 2006

9:00 A.M. - Noon — F.O.M.S. Field Trip — Collecting at the Franklin Quarry.

(See information of September 16, 2006)

1:30 - 3:30 P.M. — F.O.M.S. Meeting and Lecture — Franklin Mineral Museum:

Collecting Minerals On Active Volcanoes In Japan,

by Alfredo Petrov, President, Petrov Rare Minerals..

Saturday, November 25 through Saturday, December 1, 2006

**“Holiday Sale” of minerals at the Franklin Mineral Museum, for FMM members.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

**9:00 A.M – 3:00 P.M.---Sterling Hill Mining Museum.  Flea market and collecting on the Mine Run Dump (poundage fee charged)

Most F.O.M.S. field trips are open only to F.O.M.S. members aged 13 or older.

Proper field trip gear required: hard hat, protective eyewear, gloves, sturdy shoes.

**Activities so marked are not F.O.M.S. functions but may be of interest to its members.  Fees, and memberships in other organizations, may be required.


  
     

Scheduled activities of the FOMS include meetings, field trips, and other events. Regular meetings are held on the third Saturdays of March, April, May, June, September, October, and November, and generally comprise a business session followed by a lecture. FOMS meetings are open to the public, and are held at 1:30 P.M., usually in Kraissl Hall at the Franklin Mineral Museum, Evans St., Franklin NJ (check listing for exceptions). FOMS field trips are generally held on the mornings before regular FOMS meetings.

These field trips are open only to FOMS members aged 13 or older. An exception to the membership requirement is the Lime Crest Quarry field trip, sponsored twice a year by the FOMS; this is open to members of clubs which have E.F.M.L.S. liability insurance or equivalent coverage. Proof of membership is required for all field trips, as well as proper field trip gear: hard hat, protective goggles or glasses, gloves, and sturdy footwear.

See the FOMS page for membership details today.