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JOINT MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES OF AUSTRALASIA
33rd ANNUAL SEMINAR

Saturday 12th - Monday 14th June 2010

Australian Collectors & Collecting 2010

Adelaide- South Australia

 Mineralogical Society of South Australia Inc.
The 33rd Annual Joint Mineralogical Seminar will be held on the Queens Birthday weekend on the 12th -14 June 2010 in Adelaide, South Australia. The venue is the Royal Society of South Australia rooms located behind the Art Gallery and South Australian Museum complex. The theme for the Seminar is Australian Collectors & Collecting and will host prominent guest speakers talking on a diverse range of interesting topics.

Download the latest seminar brochure (v.24 May 2010, pdf format 940KB) which has details of speakers, field trips, dinner venue and suggested accommodation.

Seminar Dinner and Mineral Market:
In addition to the formal presentations there will be a mineral market on Sunday morning with a chance to buy, sell and swap mineral items, and an informal dinner on Saturday night at the Earl of Leicester Hotel.

Seminar Presentations and Speaker List: (this is close to a finalised draft although it may change before the seminar date)

Date Start Finish Speaker Topic
Saturday
12 June		 8:30 am 10:45 am Registration  
10:45 am 11:00 am Opening Opening remarks and housekeeping
11:00 am 11:45 am John Rankin Early Broken Hill Collectors
11:45 am 12:30 pm David Cowen J H Dunstan and his collection
12:30 pm 2:00 pm

Lunch

  
2:00 pm 2:35 pm Ron Young, with Tony Forsyth & Steve Dobos So you want to start a mineral museum? - a short history of the Minerals Heritage Museum
2:35 pm 3:10 pm George Stacey A lifetime of collecting unusual minerals
3:10 pm 3:30 pm Peter Williams New minerals from old collections
3:30 pm 4:00 pm

Afternoon Tea

  
4:00 pm 4:20 pm Allan Pring Early literature on Australian mineral collections
4:20 pm 4:40 pm Bill Birch E J Dunn and his gold collection
4:40 pm 5:00 pm Peter Downes The Fletcher collection at the Western Australian Museum: a late 19th Century gem
5:00 pm  Close
6:30 pm Seminar Dinner -The Earl of Leicester Hotel, 85 Leicester Street Parkside
 
Sunday
13 June		 9:30 am 12 noon Swap & Sell session  Tour of the SA Museum Mineral Gallery
12 noon 1:00 pm Lunch  
1:00 pm 1:35 pm Joel Grice The Canadian Museum of Nature, Mineralogical Research and Collections.
1:35 pm 2:10 pm Don McColl Mawson and his minerals
2:10 pm 2:30 pm Alex Bevan The Simpson collection and other WA collectors
2:30 pm 3:00 pm

Afternoon Tea

  
3:00 pm 3:35 pm Ross Pogson D A Porter, a little known collector who concentrated on the New England district of NSW
3:35 pm 4:10 pm Ralph Botterill Important mineral collections in Tasmanian museums
4:10 pm 4:30 pm John Bosworth Brian Shelton and the Waverley gem Club National Show
4:30 pm 4:50 pm Dermot Henry To be announced
4:50 pm 5:00 pm

Closing Remarks

  
5:00 pm Close

Field Trips:
There will also be an opportunity for those who are able, to attend some field collecting excursions for 1-2 days after the seminar has ended. 

Monday  14th June
Mount Malvern, Clarendon
A small Ag-Pb-Cu mine with scenic views. Some 60  species have been recorded, mostly as micromounts.

Tuesday 15th - Friday 18th June 
Olary Province
An extended filed trip has been arranged to visit the Paratoo and Mutooroo Copper Mines. Paratoo is a notable occurrence for a number of rare earth copper minerals and at Mutooroo, secondary copper minerals in various combinations from attractive micromount material

Registration Form:
Follow this link to download a registration form. Send your completed registration form together with a cheque or money order for the applicable amount payable by the 30th of April 2010 to:

The Mineralogical Society of SA
PO Box 433
Modbury North
SA 5092

Contacts:
For further details please contact:

Peter Keller (secretary)   Tel: 0401 125 036 (Mob)
Email: gondwanaminerals@yahoo.com.au
     
David Cowen (President)   Tel: 08 8296 0083 (Home)
Email: micraus@aol.com
             

Please note: More information will be added to this web page as it becomes available, so please bookmark this page and recheck regularly.

RSSA Venue

Seminar venue - The Royal Society of South Australia, North Terrace Adelaide, South Australia

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