Hewitt Gem Mine trip (Haddam, CT)

Date: 10/2/2022 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

$ 30 p/p per day, $ 40 if you bring / use Power equipment and generator

* We request an additional $ 10 p/p for Lunch expenses, to be provided by Tony / the Hewitt team *

Fee: $30 p/p per day, $ 40 if you bring / use Power equipment and generator

Max Number of Attendees: 30

Post Event Write-Up:

Clubs in attend:  NoJMS, FM-NJ 

Attendees:  HOST Tony Apilla, Groundhog Dave, Steve "Pickles" Wien with Grace, Jess and Laura Jacobson, Rich Drake, Mark Sloan

Despite some gloomy weather, we had another great collecting trip to Hewitt this past Sunday.  Numerous Beryls of different varieties and sizes were found; in particular, both Steve "Pickles" and Grace Wien found pegmatite rocks with numerous Aqua and greenish small Beryls.  Groundhog Dave found what would have been a large really nice aqua beryl embedded in a flat large rock; however he used horrible judgment in attempting to trim the rock, and the Beryl shattered into several pieces.  Mark Sloan found an outstanding Microlite specimen, the largest observed there in recent times according to Tony Apilla and Eric.  Jess Jacobson and Mark Sloan found some nice deep reddish clusters of Chlorophane Fluorite, which is thermoluminescent.  Various other minerals fond include various Apatites, Lepidolite, Schernikite, Quartz and other micas in abundance, Schorl Tourmaline, Spessartine Garnet, and others.