Saturday, March 16, 2024 -- FOMS Field Trip / Meeting
9:00 AM - Noon - FOMS Field Trip - Collecting at Fowler Quarry Franklin NJ
In the event of hazardous weather (snow/ice), the trip will be cancelled.
Minimum age allowed - 18
Meet at the Franklin Mineral Museum parking lot at 8:30AM sharp to sign waiver forms and check your membership status.
Personal protective gear is advised! Safety glasses are mandatory!
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Future Rockhounds of America
Meet at Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
Parents are welcome to sit in the meeting room.
For questions please contact Mark Dahlman at: fra@fomsnj.org or 301-428-0455
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM - FOMS Meeting, Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
Lecture: Photomicrography for the Cash-Strapped Collector, by Derek Yoost.Saturday, April 13, 2024
9:00 AM - Noon - FOMS Field Trip - Collecting at Braen Stone of Franklin, NJ
!!!!!FOMS FIELD TRIP ONLY!!!!!
Meet at the Franklin Mineral Museum parking lot at 8:30AM sharp to sign waiver forms and check your membership status.
Minimum age is 18 years old.
Personal protective gear is mandatory. Steel/Composite toed boots, Hard hat, Safety vest, long pants, gloves, and safety glasses. You are required to take and pass an MSHA test before entering the quarry. If you arrive late, you will be turned away and not allowed in the quarry.Saturday, April 20, 2024
NO FOMS FIELD TRIP
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Future Rockhounds of America
Meet at Franklin Mineral Museum.
Parents are welcome to sit in the meeting room.
For questions please contact Mark Dahlman at: fra@fomsnj.org or 301-428-0455
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM - FOMS Meeting, Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
Lecture: Crystals and Basic Crystallography, by Karenne SnowSaturday, April 27, 2024
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
FRANKLIN MINERAL MUSEUM SPRING SWAP AND SELL
Location: Mitchell Park (also called Franklin Boro Park)Saturday, May 18, 2024 -- FOMS Field Trip / Meeting
9:00 AM - Noon - FOMS Field Trip - Collecting at Hamburg Mine (Private property).
Collecting Fee $20. Per person
Meet at the Franklin Mineral Museum parking lot at 8:30AM sharp to sign waiver forms and check your membership status.
Personal protective gear is advised. Safety glasses are mandatory!
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Future Rockhounds of America
Franklin Mineral Museum.
Parents are welcome to sit in the meeting room.
For questions please contact Mark Dahlman at: fra@fomsnj.org or 301-428-0455
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM - FOMS Meeting, Franklin Mineral Museum.
Lecture: Classic Mineral Localities of Chester County, PA
(includes Wheatley Mines and French Creek), by Ron SlotoSaturday, June 15, 2024 -- FOMS Field Trip / Meeting
9:00 AM - Noon - FOMS Field Trip - Collecting at Taylor Road, Franklin, NJ.
Meet at the Franklin Mineral Museum parking lot at 8:30AM sharp to sign waiver forms and check your membership status.
Personal protective gear is advised. Safety glasses are mandatory!
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Future Rockhounds of America
Franklin Mineral Museum.
Parents are welcome to sit in the meeting room.
For questions please contact Mark Dahlman at: fra@fomsnj.org or 301-428-0455
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM - FOMS Meeting, Franklin Mineral Museum.
Lecture: Sterling Hill/Franklin, NJ by Doug Francisco.Saturday, July 27, 2024
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
FRANKLIN MINERAL MUSEUM SUMMER SWAP AND SELL
Location: Mitchell Park (also called Franklin Boro Park).Saturday, September 14, 2024
NO FIELD TRIP SCHEDULED
Future Rockhounds of America meeting - CANCELLED.
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - FOMS Meeting, Franklin Mineral Museum.
Lecture: Franklinite: The New Jersey State Mineral, by Dr. Jeff Osowski.Saturday, September 21, 2024
The FOMS Annual Banquet starts at 6:00 pm on Saturday at the Lyceum Hall of the Immaculate Conception Church,
located at the south end of Franklin’s Main Street.
Tickets may be obtained at the FOMS show table for $25.00.
The meal is an all-you-can-eat buffet; soda, tea, and coffee are included.
• BYOB •
After the banquet there will be an auction for the benefit of the FOMS.
Please plan on donating a good specimen, artifact, book, etc.!Saturday, September 21, 2024 **
Special Firemen's Memorial (Schuster) Park Dig - Parker Shaft Material
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Saturday
First time ever open to the public!
Limited to the first 50 people who register and pay in advance. The cost is $150 NON-REFUNDABLE registration fee per person and an additional $10 per pound of rock collected on that day. The event will be held RAIN or SHINE. Franklin Mineral Show admission fee also required upon arrival.
Registration link; Schuster Park DigSaturday and Sunday, September 21 and 22, 2024
68TH ANNUAL FRANKLIN-STERLING GEM & MINERAL SHOW
Sponsored by the Franklin Mineral Museum.
Franklin Fire Department
137 Buckwheat Road
Franklin, NJ 07416
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday (indoors).
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Sunday (indoors).
The ticket price covers the show, and The Pond outdoor swap:
$7.00 per day for adults, $5.00 per day for children (12-18).
Admission for children under 12 is free.
The Pond Swap-and-Sell sponsored by the FOMS,
takes place outdoors on the Franklin Fire Department grounds
9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Saturday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm on Sunday.
Show admission required.Saturday, October 19, 2024 -- FOMS Field Trip / Meeting
9:00 AM - Noon - FOMS Field Trip - Collecting at Limecrest-Braen Stone Quarry, Limecrest Road, Sparta, NJ.
Ages 18 and older. Arrive at the quarry at 8:30am to check in and sign waivers. PPE is mandatory. Hard hat, safety vest, safety glasses, safety boots (steel or composite toe) and gloves.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Future Rockhounds of America
Meet in Franklin Mineral Museum’s Kraissl Hall
Parents are welcome to sit in the meeting room
For questions please contact Mark Dahlman at: fra@fomsnj.org or 301-428-0455
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM - FOMS Meeting, Franklin Mineral Museum.
Lecture: TBDSaturday, October 26, 2024 **
34th Annual ULTRAVIOLATION
Show-Swap-Sell Session featuring fluorescent minerals only.
First United Methodist Church, 840 Trenton Road,
Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania.
9:00 am - 4:00 pm, $3 donation (children 12 and under are free).
“If your rocks don’t glow, you’re at the wrong show.”
Table space available.
For information call Lee McIlvaine at 215-713-8020
or e-mail: uvgeologist@yahoo.comSaturday, November 16, 2024 -- FOMS Field Trip / Meeting
9:00 AM - Noon - FOMS Field Trip - Collecting at Andover Mine
Please contact Stephanie to register for this field trip. There is limited parking for this location. Stephanie will give you instructions for attendance. There will be no property roaming allowed.
stephanie.koles@gmail.com
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Future Rockhounds of America
Meet in Franklin Mineral Museum’s Kraissl Hall
Parents are welcome to sit in the meeting room
For questions please contact Mark Dahlman at: fra@fomsnj.org or 301-428-0455
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM - FOMS Meeting, Franklin Mineral Museum.
Lecture: Franklin Material, by David Wellbrock.
