The 44th British Micromount Symposium is on Friday 12th, Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September 2025. This year’s symposium will be held at the same venue as last year (Salwarpe Village Hall, Salwarpe, nr Droitwich, Worcestershire. WR9 0AH). The hall is easy to reach from the M5 motorway and has ample car parking with step-free…
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John Chapman’s 3D images from Minerals of Britain and Ireland 2009-2024
You can now view some of the images from Andy Tindle and David Green’s new book, The Minerals of Britain and Ireland 2009-2024 in three dimensions on the Russell Society website or here on the BMS Website. To view these images, you need a pair of red-cyan spectacles. These are available from internet sources at reasonable…
BMS Symposium 2025
A message from Roy Starkey about the 2025 symposium. Dear All Firstly, thank you to everyone who attended the event in 2024. The 2025 Symposium will take place at Salwarpe Village Hall on 12 – 14 September. Full details will be published in the Newsletter and as promised I am contacting everyone again to let…
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The British Micromount Society, of which I am a member, and also the webmaster, publishes three newsletters per year (usually). Apart from the latest six newsletters, all of the newsletters are available in the Newsletter Archive. They are all scanned pdf files, and there isn’t a way to search the archive for a particular subject….
Last “Missing” Newsletter Added
The last missing newsletter, Issue 82, has now been added to the Newsletter Archive.
3D Imaging of Minerals
The latest BMS newsletter, number 119, contains an article by John Chapman on 3D imaging of minerals. There is only one image in the newsletter, a pyromorphite from the Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Scotland. A further selection of minerals are included below. Note that you will need red/cyan glasses to be able to appreciate them. David…
BMS Symposium 2023 Competitions
Photographic Competitions There will be three photographic competitions this year. Entries must be emailed to David Ifold no later than Thursday 31 August. Please submit your entries early so that any problems can be resolved. We welcome photographic entries from members who are not able to attend the Symposium in person. All entries will be…
BMS Symposium 2023 Details
This year’s symposium will be held at a new venue (Salwarpe Village Hall, Salwarpe, near Droitwich, Worcestershire. WR9 0AH). The hall is easy to reach from the M5 motorway and has ample car parking with step-free access to the hall. The Symposium will start at 09:00am on Friday 15 September, 2023, and end at around…
BMS Symposium 2023
The 2022 BMS Symposium has now been and gone and planning underway for 2023. Save the dates! 15th, 16th and 17th September. The venue is different – the Salwarpe Village Hall. Salwarpe is just off the M5 to the south of Droitwich. Please contact Roy with any questions.
BMS Symposium 2022
16th, 17th and 18th September 2022. Everything is in place for our Forty First BMS Symposium to take place at the College Court Conference Centre, Knighton Road, Leicester. It will be great to get back to a real event meeting friends in person and talking about minerals which we can share and enjoy together. Everyone…