Boston Mineral Club

The Boston Mineral Club maintains a very active field trip program as a cornerstone of our educational activities in earth science.

Since 2019 Jonathan Goldberg is serving as the chair of the BMC Field Trip Committee.

If you have any suggestions for the trips or would like to lead a trip please contact him via email.

The BMC Field Trip Calendar will continue to be updated throughout the collecting season.

As the Calendar is updated, details of each trip will be published in the BMC News newsletter.

Members-Only Field Trip Reports:

2020 BMC FieldTrips coming soon

Report BMC Field Trips - Nov 2019

Report BMC Field Trips - Nov 2018

Report BMC Field Trips - Nov 2017 

Report BMC Field Trips - Nov 2016

Report BMC Field Trips - Nov 2015

Sample Annual Field Trip Report:

Report of the BMC Field Trip Committee – 11 Nov 2014

The summary report for our 2014 field trip program included below provides an example of our field trip program.

2014 Committee Members:

Nathan Martin (chairman), John Chipman, Cynthia Tozian Cool, Peter Cristofono, Kevin Czaja, Jonathan Goldberg, Melissa Jeswald, Barbara Liebman, Don Swenson, Stephan Segedy and Barbara Wagner.

Localities Visited:

1)   Saturday, April 26^th: Clark Hill Quarries, East Hampton, CT – led by Nathan Martin

2)   Sunday, May 18^th: Hooksett Crushed Stone Quarry, Hooksett, NH - led by Peter Cristofono

3)   Saturday to Monday, May 24^th to 26^th: BMC Herkimer claim NY – led by Donna Dickerson

4)   Saturday, June 14^th: P. J. Keating Quarry, Dracut, MA – led by Jonathan Goldberg

5)   Saturday, June 28^th: Portsmouth, RI Fossil Locality - led by Jonathan Goldberg

6)   Saturday, July 12^th: Tamminen/Waisanen Quarries, Greenwood, ME – led by Stephan Segedy

7)   Sunday, July 13^th: Heath Quarry, Casco, ME – led by Stephan Segedy

8)   Saturday, July 26^th: Pitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, ME– led by Don Swenson

9)   Saturday, August 2^nd: Manhan River Lead Mine – Easthampton, MA – led by Melissa Jeswald

10) Sunday, August 3^rd: Havey Quarry, Poland, ME – led by Jonathan Goldberg

11) Saturday, August 9^th: Bus trip to East Coast Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show, West Springfield, MA – led by Barbara Liebman

12) Saturday, August 16^th: Turner Quarry, Marlow, NH – led by Kevin Czaja

13) Saturday & Sunday, August 30^th to 31^st: BMC Herkimer claim NY – led by Melissa Jeswald

14) Saturday, September 13^th: Betts Manganese Mine, Plainfield, MA – led by Melissa Jeswald

15) Saturday, September, 27^th: Hewitt Gem Mine, Haddam, CT – led by Kevin Czaja

16) Sunday, October 5^th: Palermo #1 Mine, North Groton, NH – led by Cynthia Tozian Cool

17) Saturday, Oct. 25^th: Hooksett Crushed Stone Quarry, Hooksett, NH - led by Nathan Martin

18) Saturday, November 8^th: Aggregate Industries Quarry, Wrentham, MA – led by Barbara Wagner