FRANKLIN MINERAL MUSEUM
2007 ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, 2007
SPRING SHOW WEEKEND
35th Annual N.J.E.S.A. Gem & Mineral Show held in conjunction with the the 12th Annual F.O.M.S. Spring Swap-and-Sell. Sponsored by the New Jersey Earth Science Association, The Sterling Hill Mining Museum, and the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc.
Franklin Middle School, Washington St., Franklin, NJ.
N.J.E.S.A Show hours: Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.; Sunday, 10 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Swap-and-Sell hours: Saturday, 8:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.; Sunday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Admission $5.00 per person, children under 14 free with paying adult.
[For Swap-and-Sell information, contact Chet Lemanski after 8:00 P.M. at (609) 893-7366.]
  
Sunday, May 6, 2007
**Noon ---Annual Volunteer Appreciation and Miners Day Tribute at the Franklin
Mineral Museum, including special events and a concert by the famous Franklin Band.
 
Saturday, May 19, 2007
9:00 A.M. - Noon --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Collecting location not confirmed.
For more information call Dick Bieling: (610) 826-3814.
1:30 - 3:30 P.M. --- F.O.M.S. Meeting and Lecture --- Franklin Mineral Museum:
Mining problems in the Wallkill Valley, by Bob Metsger, Geologist, Sterling Hill.
 
**9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. and 6: P.M. – 9:30 P.M. --- Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
Day and Night Collecting on the Mine Run Dump and in the Passaic and Noble pits.
(Open only to museum members)
 
Sunday, May 20, 2007
9:00 A.M to 3:00 P.M. --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Lime Crest Quarry, Limecrest Road, Sparta, NJ.
Meet 15 minutes before starting time at the gate. We will enter as a group and the gates will be closed. Hard hats, leather shoes, preferably steel tipped, gloves and glasses required.
 
Saturday, June 2, 2007
**Spring Night Dig and Mineral Sale at the Buckwheat Dump, Franklin.
Sponsored by the Franklin Mineral Museum. Open to the public – poundage fee charged. Eye protection, flashlight, and UV lamp advised.
For more information contact the Franklin Mineral Museum: (973) 827-3481
 
Saturday, June 16, 2007
9:00 A.M.- Noon --- F.O.M.S. Field Trip --- Collecting location not confirmed.
For more information call Dick Bieling: (610) 826-3814.
1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. --- F.O.M.S. Meeting and Lecture, Franklin Mineral Museum.
What we know about the age, origin, timing of the zinc mineralization and metamorphic conditions of the Franklin Marble, by Rich Volkert, geologist, New Jersey Geological Survey.
 
Scheduled activities of the F.O.M.S. include meetings, field trips, and other events. Regular meetings are held on the third Saturdays of March, April, May, June, September, October, and November, and generally comprise a business session followed by a lecture. F.O.M.S. meetings are open to the public, and are held at 1:30 P.M., usually in Kraissl Hall at the Franklin Mineral Museum, Evans St., Franklin NJ (check listings for exceptions).
  
Most F.O.M.S. field trips are open only to F.O.M.S. members aged 13 or older.
Proper field trip gear required: hard hat, protective eyewear, gloves, sturdy shoes.

**Activities so marked are not F.O.M.S. functions but may be of interest to its members. Fees, and membership in other organizations, may be required.