Fall Mineral Festival at Sterling Hill Mine & Museum

✨ Event Description The Fall Mineral Festival at Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdensburg NJ is a day packed with mineral collecting and exploration on October 10, 2026. This family-friendly event has all kinds of cool stuff like identifying mystery rocks, collecting fossils, meteorites, and even fluorescent mineral specimens. The museum’s underground mine tours and mining history exhibits add a neat backdrop to the day. Plus, there’s a Sacred Earth vendor table and dealers and collectors around if you want to chat or pick up something special. Kids get free mineral specimens, which is a nice touch if you’re bringing the little ones along.

🔍 What to Expect

• 💎 Mineral collecting: Hunt for minerals, fossils, meteorites, and fluorescent specimens throughout the event.
• 🔦 Fluorescent minerals: See glowing minerals and learn about their unique properties.
• 🚶‍♂️ Underground mine tours: Explore historic mining tunnels at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum.
• 🏛️ Mining history exhibits: Check out displays that tell the story of mining in Sussex County.
• 👧 Free specimens for kids: Little collectors get free mineral samples to take home.
• 🛍️ Vendor table: Sacred Earth will have a table with items related to minerals and earth sciences.
• 🤝 Dealers and collectors: Meet folks passionate about minerals who can help identify your finds.
• 📍 Location: Held at Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey.

ℹ️ Good to Know Admission and parking are free. No specific info on pet policies or ADA accessibility was provided.