GMSVP

Gem and Mineral Society of the Virginia Peninsula Our meetings are held the first Thursday of each month except June and December at 7:00 pm at Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton, VA. Our July meeting will be the 10th of July so it will not interfere with the holiday weekend. Our June meeting is replaced by a picnic at Sandy Bottom Park. This year the picnic will be at Sandy bottom Nature Park from 2:00 pm until dark on the 14th of June. The December meeting is replaced by a pot luck Christmas party/banquet at the normal meeting time. The park closes at sundown but the gate off Big Bethel Road is left open on our meeting nights so people can get to the meeting.

This is a Chesapecten jeffersonius. It is the Virginia state fossil and very common in our area. Click the picture for more information