Groot Marico 2025
There is a plan in the works, organized by a local and extremely passionate mineral collector, to run a trip from Wednesday the 24th to Sunday the 28th of September 2025 and visit a variety of sites to collect both mineral specimens and lapidary rough.
An outline of the trip is below – For further details and registration please get in touch with Janet at crystalsrockclubpretoria@
The plan so far:
The organizer has gone out to Groot Marico at personal cost and made contact with people historically friendly to local mineral collectors, so that sites of interest can be accessed.
The date that has been considered for this outing is from Wednesday the 24th of September, which is a public holiday, through to the Sunday 28th September 2025.
There will be a stop at one or two places in Groot Marico depending on if they are open on Wednesday the 24th.
The sites:
- Witkop fluorite mine (waiting confirmation)
- Holpan Diamond mine (agates and carnelians)
- Goethite site
- Slate site
- Crystal site on a farm next door (waiting confirmation)
Accomodation
Palm Feathers, where the clubs used to camp, is no longer available for accommodation, however on the other side of the river which is also part of Die Oog, there are 3 very basic chalets, x1 – 6 sleeper, x1 – 4 sleeper and x1 – 2 sleeper. They are equipped with a kettle, microwave and fridge / freezer. You will need your own bedding, plates, mugs etc.
There is plenty of camping space and one or two electric points.
This needs to be booked in advance as this is a popular spot for divers.
Those who do not wish to stay at Die Oog will need to arrange their own accommodation.
Roads have become worse over time so travel from another location may be difficult.