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Field Collectinganyone know where to find minerals near Columbus Ohio?
9th Aug 2017 20:41 UTCconnor caffrey
9th Aug 2017 21:31 UTCBob Harman
The book "The Minerals of Ohio", 2nd edition, by Ernest Carlson is available from the Ohio Geological Survey at OSU in Columbus. It is easily read and quite complete, telling you most of the sites around the state where minerals can be found. I suggest starting with that book.
I also suggest joining the "Midwest Chapter Friends of Mineralogy". Ernest, now deceased, used to be field trip chairman and get us into many Ohio quarries as he had trained many quarry management and personnel. His legacy lives on with others leading this group into the regional quarries.
I also suggest joining your local rock club(s) as they will also have field trips.
I should add, as an addendum, that minerals almost exclusively occur in quarries in Ohio (and there are some really great quarries!). You will only gain access as part of a club field trip; virtually no individuals get in. For fossils, they occur both in the same quarries and in some road cuts in the Southwest part of the state near Cincinnati and into Southeast Indiana. CHEERS.....BOB
9th Aug 2017 21:35 UTCconnor caffrey
9th Aug 2017 23:57 UTCTed Hadley
14th Aug 2017 19:20 UTCconnor caffrey
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