FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG
MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.

SPRING and SUMMER 2007
FOMS ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

Saturday, March 17, 2007

9:00 - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Sterling Hill Mining Museum.

Fresh material has been set aside for collectors!  $1.50 per pound.

9:00 A.M. - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Micro Group, Franklin Mineral Museum.

Anyone who finds interesting micro mineral material at Sterling Hill, please bring it to the Franklin Mineral Museum where microscopes will be set up for your pleasure!

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

Topic to be announced, by Alfredo Petrov, exploration geologist, Petrov Rare Minerals.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

9:00 - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Hamburg Quarry, Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc.

Meet at the Scale House to sign releases.

Hard hats, leather shoes, preferably steel tipped, gloves and glasses required.

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

George Rowe, a Cousin Jack, by Bill Selden, Collections Manager, Rutgers University.

Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, 2007

SPRING SHOW WEEKEND

35^th Annual N.J.E.S.A. Gem & Mineral Show

held in conjunction with the the 12^th Annual F.O.M.S. Spring  Swap-and-Sell.

Sponsored by the New Jersey Earth Science Association, The Sterling Hill Mining Museum, and the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc.

Franklin Middle School, Washington St., Franklin, NJ.

N.J.E.S.A Show hours: Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.; Sunday, 10 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Swap-and-Sell hours: Saturday, 8:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.; Sunday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Admission $5.00 per person, children under 14 free with paying adult.

[For Swap-and-Sell information, contact Chet Lemanski after 8:00 P.M. at (609) 893-7366.]

**Sterling Hill Afternoon Garage Sale, Christiansen Pavilion,Sterling Hill Mining Museum

Saturday and Sunday:  11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

BANQUET AND AUCTION

Banquet and Auction Saturday evening at the GeoTech Center, Sterling Hill Mining Museum.

Admission limited to 60 people.  Social hour at 5:30 to 6:30 P.M.,

followed by an all-you-can-eat buffet from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M.

Banquet Tickets are $16.00 each and include:  all food, coffee, tea, and soft drinks.  B.Y.O.B.!!

Silent Auction from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M.  Live Auction at 7:45 P.M.

Both auctions are for the benefit of all three show sponsors:

NJESA, FOMS, and the Sterling Hill Mining Museum.

FIELD COLLECTING

!!!NEW LOCATION!!!

**Sterling Hill Mining Museum.

Organized by the Delaware Valley Earth Science Society (DVESS).

!!!!!Schedule:  Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M.!!!!!

$20 per person, which includes a tour of the mine, and much more!

$1.50 per pound for material collected.

For more information, please contact:  www.uvworld.org

**Sterling Hill Mining Museum, Sunday only.

Collecting on the Mine Run dump and in the Passaic and Noble pits

9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.  (Open to the public!)

Sunday, May 6, 2007

**Noon ---Annual Volunteer Appreciation and Miners Day Tribute at the Franklin

Mineral Museum, including special events and a concert by the famous Franklin Band.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

9:00 A.M. - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Collecting location not confirmed.

For more information call Dick Bieling: (610) 826-3814.

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

Mining problems in the Wallkill Valley, by Bob Metsger, Geologist, Sterling Hill.

**9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. and 6: P.M. – 9:30 P.M. --- Sterling Hill Mining Museum.

Day and Night Collecting on the Mine Run Dump and in the Passaic and Noble pits.

(Open only to museum members)

Sunday, May 20, 2007

9:00 A.M to 3:00 P.M. --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Lime Crest Quarry, Limecrest Road, Sparta, NJ.

Meet 15 minutes before starting time at the gate.  We will enter as a group and the gates will be closed.  Hard hats, leather shoes, preferably steel tipped, gloves and glasses required.

Saturday, June 2, 2007

**Spring Night Dig and Mineral Sale at the Buckwheat Dump, Franklin.

Sponsored by the Franklin Mineral Museum.  Open to the public – poundage fee charged.

Eye protection, flashlight, and UV lamp advised.

For more information contact the Franklin Mineral Museum:  (973) 827-3481

Saturday, June 16, 2007

9:00 A.M.- Noon --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Collecting location not confirmed.

For more information call Dick Bieling: (610) 826-3814.

1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. --- F.O.M.S. Meeting and Lecture, Franklin Mineral Museum.

What we know about the age, origin, timing of the zinc mineralization and metamorphic conditions of the Franklin Marble,

by Rich Volkert, geologist, New Jersey Geological Survey.

Scheduled activities of the F.O.M.S. 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.

F.O.M.S. 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 listings for exceptions).

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 membership in other organizations, may be required.