The British Micromount Society’s 2021 Symposium is on this month. This one is the 40th and once again will be held on the Zoom platform due to Covid.
The program is as follows:
Friday 17th September.
18.45 ‘Doors’ Open.
19.00 -20.00 ‘Microminerals of Mont St. Hilaire’, Quintin Wight.
20.00 -21.00 ’40 years of the BMS’, Roy Starkey.
21.00 Social Evening – an invitation to show and tell – what have you been doing over the last year? Let other members know and see where you have been or what you’ve been up to.
Saturday 18th September.
08.30 Doors Open.
09.00 -09.45 ‘Tsumeb’, Phil. Taylor.
09.45- 10.30 ‘Broken Hill under the Microscope’, Steve Sorrell.
10.30-10.50 Break.
10.50 – 11.35 ‘Aris Quarry’, Michael Doel
11.35 – 12.20 ‘The Chemistry of Lead and Copper Secondary Mineral Formation’, Frank Ince.
12.20- 12.40 ‘Ten specimens that mean something to me’, David Ifold.
12.40 – 13.00 ‘Ten specimens that mean something to me’, Susan Tyzack.
13.00- 14.00 Lunch Break.
14.00- 14.45 ‘Contemporary Fluorite Locations of Weardale’, Peter Briscoe.
15.15-15.30 Break.
15.30 – 16.30 ‘Michigan’s Keweenaw – Where Copper was King’, Paul Brandes.
16.30- 17.30 ‘The Journey from an Unknown to a new Mineral’, Tony Kampf.
17.30-19.00 Break.
19.00 – 20.00 Quiz – Roy Starkey.
20.00 -21.30 Social Evening.
Sunday 19th September.
08.45 Doors Open.
09.00 – 10.00 ‘Devon Gems’, David Roe.
10.00 -11.00 ‘John Ruskin and his mineral collection’, Roy Starkey.
11.00-11.15 Coffee Break.
11.15 British Micromount Society AGM followed by the results of the Photographic Competition and Society Awards.
Photo: Scorodite from the Hemerdon Ball Mine, Plympton, Devon. Width of view 3.5mm. Steve Sorrell photo and specimen. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
