Member Benefits Chapter Field Trip Insurance Coverage Liability coverage for sanctioned chapter outings that meet the ARE safety standards — protection for leaders and landowners alike.
Field Guides Pegmatite Prospecting: Where the Big Crystals Hide How to recognize pegmatite bodies in the field and read their zones for topaz, beryl, tourmaline, and giant micas.
Field Guides Desert Evaporites: Halite, Gypsum, and Playa Minerals A pocket reference to the minerals of dry lakes and salt flats: halite, gypsum, and the borates, and how playa crusts form.
Publications Evaporite Localities of the Great Basin: A Collector's Guidebook A locality guidebook to halite, gypsum, and borate occurrences across the Great Basin's playas and dry lakes.
Annual Meeting Bonneville Salt Flats Halite Field Trip A summer day trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats to study evaporite crusts, collect hopper-faced halite, and run the only sanctioned taste …
Safety Standards Heat, Hydration, and Desert Fieldwork Standard Water minimums, turnaround times, and buddy checks for playa, desert, and high-sun outings.
Safety Standards Abandoned Mine and Quarry Stay-Out Standard The association's absolute rule for underground workings: stay out and stay alive. Surface dumps only, and only with permission.
Field Guides Reading Rocky Mountain Geology in the Field A regional primer on the rock units, structures, and collecting settings members encounter across the Mountain West.
Annual Meeting Rockbound 2024 Annual Meeting The 2024 meeting in Salt Lake City paired Wasatch and Great Basin field trips with safety clinics and a strong educator track.
Safety Standards Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) Field Testing Safety Protocol Safe handling of dilute hydrochloric acid for carbonate identification in the field and shop.
