Sunday, December 12, 2010

Nature's Treasures 3

Flett Theatre, Natural History Museum, South Kensington - London

An event for anyone with an interest in minerals and gemstones. Students from schools and universities are particularly encouraged to attend. The day will include a programme of short talks as well as a number of displays and demonstrations. The day will commence with registration and coffee at 10:00 and finish at approximately 4:00 pm.

The event is organized jointly by Gem-A, The Mineralogical Society, The Russell Society and Rockwatch, in association with the Natural History Museum.

The stimulating programme of talks will include:

Morning session: Analysis and Identification

• Fred Mosselmans
Synchrotron in the analysis of minerals and gems

• Peter Treloar
Non-destructive techniques in the analysis of minerals and gems

• Terry Williams
Micro-Computed Tomography (micro-CT) applied to mineralogical samples

• Douglas Garrod
And you thought it was natural!

Afternoon Session: General

• Ron Callender
Scotland’s gold

• Maggie Campbell Pedersen
Gems from life

• Caroline Smith
Meteorites

• William Burgess
Nature's treachery: arsenic in the Bengal basin

Participants will have the opportunity to talk to the speakers and others about careers in the geosciences and gemmology, and to view the several displays planned for the day, including the Virtual Microscope (Andy Tindle), real microscopes (Leica), geological specimens for sale (Richard Tayler) and others.

Fee: £20.00 (under 16s £10.00) including refreshments and a sandwich lunch.

For further details and to register: http://www.minersoc.org/pages/meetings/nature3/nature3.html or contact Kevin Murphy at kevin@minersoc.org

Rockwatch delegates should register via Rockwatch. Details available at http://www.rockwatch.org.uk/events_main.html