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The Mojave Desert is a treasure trove of collecting sites with many different specimens available. MDGMS schedules monthly one-day field trips from January through May and September through December. Due to the desert heat, there are NO field trips June through August. Occassionally we have overnight trips. Field trips are held on the Saturday of the month following the Friday workshop. They are for the purpose of collecting crystals, gems, mineral and fossil specimens. Items collected are used for displaying, club projects, or jewelry making. Some of our trips involve just MDGMS members and guests while others are planned jointly with other clubs in neighboring cities. A number of CFMS rock clubs in the Los Angeles area are collaborating on a joint field trip schedule where each event is open to members of any club. The goal is to have one or two good trips each month and share in the planning and coordinating of each event. FIELD TRIPS 2008: Dec 20, 2008 – Cady Mountains (Agate) Nov 22, 2008 – Calico Tailings (Onyx) Oct 20, 2008 – Sperry Wash (Grass/Wood) Sep 20, 2008 – Lavic (Jasper) May 17, 2008 – Walkers (Club stash sort) May 02, 2008 – Tonopah (Turquoise) Apr 19, 2008 – Mule Canyon (Sagenite) Apr 06, 2008 – Lenwood Hill/Brown Butte Mar 22, 2008 – Butler Onyx II Mar 18, 2008 – Ludlow (Thulite) Feb 16, 2008 – Opal Mountain Jan 05, 2008 – Quartzsite FIELD TRIPS 2007: Dec 07, 2007 – Ludlow Broadwell Dry Lake (Agate, Chalcedony) Oct 10, 2007 – Brown Butte (Jasper, Petrified Reed) Sep 09, 2007 – Hector Hills (Agates, Chalcedony, Jasper) May 05, 2007 – Black Canyon (Petroglyphs) Apr 21, 2007 – Gem Hill (Agate, Jasper, Opalite, and Palm); Brown Butte (Petrifed Bogg, Petrified Reed); Rosamond (Lucy Tunnell variety) Feb 17, 2007 – Ord Mountain (Orbicular Rhyolite) Jan 20, 2007 – Hector II (Chalcedony, Jasper) FIELD TRIPS 2006: Dec 16, 2006 – Afton Canyon Oct 21, 2006 – Hector Hills and Lavic (Chalcedony, Jasp-Agate, Jasper) Sep 16, 2006 – Edwards (Agate, Jasper, Onyx, Rhyolite, Petrified Wood) Jun 17, 2006 – Butler II (Onyx) May 21, 2006 – Gemfield (Green Jade, Ribbon Stone, Target Rhyolite) May 19, 2006 – Tonopah (Turquoise, Variscite) Apr 22, 2006 – Thompson and Butler (Onyx) Mar 18, 2006 – Calico and Copper City (Lace Onyx, Petrified Palm) Feb 04, 2006 – Hector Hills and Cady Mountains (Chalcedony, Jasper) Jan 15, 2006 – Kramer Junction (Boron Wood)