Gold, I guess is where you find it.

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S.A.M.S. Field Trips

No trips planned this month.

Here are some photos taken at past field trips:

	Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Nov. 10, 2007
	Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Nov. 10, 2007
	Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Nov. 10, 2007
	Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Nov. 10, 2007
	Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Nov. 10, 2007
	Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Nov. 10, 2007
	Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Nov. 10, 2007
	Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Nov. 10, 2007
	Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Nov. 10, 2007
	Nantahala Talc and Limestone Quarry Nov. 10, 2007
	Lowell at Little Pine, May 2006
	Judy collecting garnets at Little Pine, May 2006
	Martina looking for Kyanite, June 2005
	Glenden, April 2006
	Glenden, April 2006
	Glenden, April 2006
	Glenden, April 2006
	Bob O'Brien strikes it rich at the Thermal City Gold Mine.

S.A.M.S. family hunting for quartz crystals.

Sharing finds at Lake Douglas.

A prized smokey quartz crystal from Lake Douglas.

Digging for rubies & sapphires in the red dirt of Propst Farm.

Lowell Presnell, proud of the hole he has dug.

Illustration with text from LIVING FOSSILS by Anne L. Parker. Used by permission of Dr. James P. Parker.