Field Trip Information

Conejo Gem & Mineral Club holds field trips throughout the year. We coordinate joint Field Trips with two neighboring clubs from Ventura County.

Examples of what we may collect include (plus much more!):

* Southern California: tourmaline, agates and jaspers, serpentine, fossils, and geodes.

* Northern California: nephrite jade, serpentine, additional agates and jaspers, obsidian, and calcite.

* Eastern: quartz, epidote, jadeite, petrified palm wood, and pink chalcedony.

Have an idea for additional trip locations? 

We welcome new location suggestions! Please contact one of the following Field Trip Leaders with your ideas.

Juan Gonzales del Valle (Conejo Gem & Mineral Club):  jgonzalesdelvalle@gmail.com 

[open position] (Oxnard Gem & Mineral Society): 

Tyrone (Ty) LaFay (Ventura Gem & Mineral Society):

Tajiguas Beach (Goleta, CA)

Sunday, February 23, 2025 @ 12:00pm

Trip Leader: Tyrone LaFay

What we are exploring:  fossilized whale and dolphin bone, agates

Rainbow Ridge (Ridgecrest, CA)

Sunday, November 3, 2024 @ 9:00am

Trip Leader: Austin Lippincott

What we are exploring:  jasp-agate (a.k.a. Rainbow Ridge/Ledge jasper)

Clear Creek Management Area (Paicines, CA)

Friday, October 11 - Sunday, October 13, 2024 @ 9:00am

Trip Leader: Austin Lippincott & Sean Draper

What we are exploring: plasma agate and serpentine

South Cady Mountain (Ludlow, CA)

Sunday, April 14, 2024 @ 9:00am

Trip Leader: Austin Lippincott

What we are exploring: agates and jaspers

Personal Private Home Collection viewing &

Avila Beach (Santa Maria, CA)

Sunday, March 17, 2024 @ 9:00am

Trip Leader: David Springer

What we are exploring: deedeeite

Tajiguas Beach, (Golita, CA)

Sunday, February 18, 2024 @ 11:00am

Trip Leader: David Springer

What we are exploring: fossilized whale and dolphin bone, agates

Calico Ghost Town (Yermo, CA)

[surrounding area]

Saturday, November 18, 2023 @ 9:00am

Trip Leader: Chuck Borchart

What we are exploring: silver lace onyx, petrified palm root

Ralph Bishop Museum (Santa Maria, CA)

Sunday, October 8, 2023 @ 11:00am

Trip Leader: David Springer

What we are exploring: varied specimens in this vast private collection

Coquina Quarry (Simi Valley, CA)

[Las Llajas Canyon Trail]

Saturday, May 13, 2023 @ 8:00am

Trip Leader: Brett Allen Johnson

What we are exploring: small marine fossils, Coquina stone, photographing mining history

Castle Butte (Mohave, CA)

Saturday, April 29, 2023 @ 8:00am 

Trip Leader: Chuck Borchart

What we are exploring: pink chalcedony, agate, jasper, and travertine onyx

Reserve your space on the "Who's Coming" website (see below).

With any trip, we highly recommend you also bring:

* proper sturdy shoes

* good coverage hat for head/neck

* long sleeves

* sunblock

* water, water, and more water!

* collecting tools (rock hammer, bag/bucket, brushes, long handle shovel, short handle shovel, digging bar, protective wrap for specimens)

* tons of enthusiastic energy!

We are currently gathering information for future excursions and will be updating you on the fun shortly. Thank you for your patience! 

MEMBERS ONLY - Sign up to reserve your space using the "Who's Coming" website.

(Please review the "CG&MC Newsletter" for the website link.)

Additional Information

* First time users will be required to create a User Name and Password.

* Please monitor your Account for real time Field Trip information including updates regarding potential weather situations, date/time changes, etc. 

* If you cannot attend for any reason, please either remove your name from the "Who's Coming" list or contact the Trip Leader directly.

* We only "wait around" for 5 minutes after the scheduled leave time, so please arrive promptly!