June 18, 2011 (Saturday): Penn-MD Quarry, Peach Bottom, PA (noon-?) This is an active quarry that mines chlorite schist of the Wissahickon Formation. The minerals that can be collected here include antigorite, picrolite, lizardite, deweylite, chromite and many others. Hardhats, safety shoes and safety glasses are required Contact Tom by email (tjpankratz@verizon.net) or phone (302 239 0140) to sign up.

May 3, 2008, Saturday (Tentative): Haines & Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, PA. This quarry is adjacent to the Cedar Hill Quarry and produces similar minerals including antigorite, picrolite, lizardite, deweylite, chromite and many others.  Please sign up by April 30^th if you would like to attend!

May 19, 2007, Saturday: Haines & Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, PA.  This is our first time as a club into this quarry.  This quarry is adjacent to the Cedar Hill Quarry and produces similar minerals including: antigorite, picrolite, lizardite, deweylite, chromite, iron ore, and bluish common opal, among about 40+ other minerals.   Trip is from 8:00 AM to 12 Noon (revised).

Please sign up by May 16th if you would like to attend!  Note: This is about a 1.5-hour drive from Wilmington.

Picrolite

Penn-MD Quarry Fieldtrip, 5-19-2007
Quarry Manager shows us a specimen of Nakauriite from his quarry		Nakauriite
Base of the quarry view		Close-up of green copper mineral and Nakauriite (blue)
Close-up of layered mineral		Close-up of blue opal coating on serpentine
Black Chromite seam in serpentine		Ken is about to work a large serpentine boulder
Bill shows off his large Deweyllite specimen		Close-up of Bill's Deweyllite
White Magnesite seam in serpentine brecciation		Botryoidal Hydromagnesite vug in serpentine
Bill works a large boulder with various minerals in it		Alex shows us his find: white Magnesite crystals
Close-up of Alex's find: Magnesite		Karissa holds up her Magnesite find
Close-up of blue Nakauriite in boulder		Bill, Karissa, Alex and Bob
Bill, Karissa, Alex, Bob and Ken (left to right)		Sign of our gracious host,  the Penn-MD Materials Quarry in Fulton/Peach Bottom, PA

Central Pennsylvania Rock & Mineral Club Photos of their fieldtrip

September 6, 2003 Swedish Monument dedication.  Monument was sculpted from material from PA's Penn-Maryland Quarry, and is open to the public to view at the Riverview Beach Park, Pennsville, New Jersey.

Swedish Monument (Page 6, Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)

Part of inscription:
"Rock Donated by Penn-MD Quarry"

             
Close-up photos of monument's stone texture
(Photos by Ken Casey)

Geologic Time Scale

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