[Rockhounds] New to this list :)

[Tim Jokela Jr.]

Vol.83, No.3, the May/June 2008 issue of Rocks and Minerals is the New York 
State Special Issue II. Should be no trouble to get yourself a copy of that 
and the first one too, will give you a lot of collecting spots.

T


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Balmer" <albalmer at copper.net>
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Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] New to this list :)


> On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:09:12 -0600, "veganstar1208 at gmail.com"
> <veganstar1208 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I came across some posts from the 2005 archive and notice there was a 
>>thread
>>on Walworth, NY. That's actually my hometown and I was amazed to find out
>>there is rockhounding to be done there. I don't go home often, but I'd
>>appreciate any information regarding that quarry. Does anyone know any 
>>other
>>sites in the Rochester/western NY region?
>
> Penfield quarry is a good collecting site, as well. Last I knew, it
> was open only once a year to members of the Mineral Society of the
> Rochester Academy of Science.
>
> If you're into fossils, the bed of the Genesee river in Rochester is
> apparently famous (I dunno - I'm not a fossil person) and on occasion
> the water flow has been cut to allow study by professionals. There are
> other places around Rochester, but my memory fails me.
>
> There is a lot of good collecting in the areas north and east of
> Syracuse.
>
> -- 
> Al Balmer
> Sun City, AZ
>
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