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May 17, 2008, Saturday:
Haines & Kibblehouse Cornwall Materials Quarry,
Cornwall, Lebanon County, PA:
(8AM-12PM) (Tentative)
This quarry produces magnetite, garnet, hematite, chrysocolla, pyrite,
chalcopyrite and many other minerals. Please sign up by May 15th
if you would like to attend!
October 22, 2005, Saturday: Cornwall Mine,
Cornwall, PA.
DMS invites its members to visit the historic Cornwall Iron
Furnace in Lebanon County. Combine a little bit of
history with some mineral collecting! Junior members are
invited to attend! The minerals that can commonly be found
here include: azurite and malachite coatings, calcite,
magnetite and pyrite.
See http://www.mindat.org/loc-3653.html
for a list and
photographs of the minerals that have been found at this mine.
For more information about the historic Cornwall Iron Furnace
and a location map, please see the following
websites:
http://users.mbcomp.com/LitzOnLebanon/iron.htm
and
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bhsm/toh/cornwall/cornwalliron.asp.
[Bob Asreen]
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