Saturday
Presentation: What’s Going on Beneath Your Feet? Ore Deposits and Hot Springs in the Rio Grande Rift
Speaker: Dr. Virgil Leuth, Senior Mineralogist Emeritus, former Director, New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum in Socorro, NM
NEW Presentation: River Diving in the Deep South: Agatized Coral and Mammal Fossils
Speaker: Rick Schwartz
Rick is a hobbyist collector of gorgeous minerals and fossils off the Florida Coast.
CANCELED Presentation: Fossils of Southwest New Mexico
We regret that this presentation has been canceled due to health issues.
Presentation: How Do We Know? An Exploration Geologist’s Path for Mineral Identification Methods from Field to Laboratory
Speaker: Michael Eatough
Mike is retired geologist/physicist with over 35 years experience with X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and optical mineralogy.
Sunday
Presentation: Fluorescent Minerals of Southwest New Mexico
Speaker: Bruce Cox
Bruce is a mineral exploration geologist working in the western US for over 50 years. He began collecting fluorescent minerals in the 1960s; his collection emphasizes UV minerals from the Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains and the desert Southwest.
Presentation: How Do We Know? (Part 2): An Introduction to Scientific Methods for Identification of Minerals and Their Crystal Structure
Speaker: Michael Eatough
Mike is retired geologist/physicist with over 35 years experience with X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and optical mineralogy.
