Rock Hound Field Trips
See Calendar for 2024 Field Trips!
Members should see email and newsletters for more details and meeting directions.
Current Field Trip Guidance
The Sedona Gem and Mineral Club offers free monthly field collecting trips for members that are fun and educational. Join us to find treasures of your own! Collection sites are for club participation but are not open to commercial mining, please be respectful.
Collect no more than the volume of five-gallon bucket, practice ‘leave no trace,’ and please do not share our collection site locations with others.
Free Rock, Mineral & Semiprecious Gemstone Collection Limits
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Agate Mountain, September, 2023
Club Hitchhiker
Apache Creek Overnight
Road Sign Party
Grapevine Onxy April 2023
Dobel Ranch, April 2023
Grey Mountain, May 2022
Rodeo Flats
Up to the salt mines and then over to club mining claim.
April, 2021: Tucson Gem Show
Intrepid rock vendors and hounds as Covid19 concerns begin to dissipate.
March, 2021: Burro Creek
Camping and collecting, what could be better.
February, 2021: Cleator
A terrific trip with almost 20 people enjoying a beautiful afternoon finding tourmaline embedded in milky quartz as well as chrysocolla and schist by the buckets. A few brave souls found their way into the nearby outdoor Bar on the return home.
January, 2021: Quartzite
The club enjoyed a somewhat abbreviated visit with lots of shopping, exchange of information and good times visiting the annual Pow-Wow Gem Show. Our brave field trip director attempted a visit to the Red Cloud Mine!
Other Trips
Code of Ethics
The Sedona Gem and Mineral Club adheres to the AFMS (American Federation of Mineralogical Societies) ‘Code of Ethics’ when on Field Trips reprinted below.