2023 Rock & Gem Show Presentations

Saturday

Mar
25
12:00 PM

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

Mar
25
02:00 PM

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.

Mar
25
02:00 PM

CANCELED Presentation: Fossils of Southwest New Mexico

We regret that this presentation has been canceled due to health issues.

Mar
25
03:00 PM

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

Mar
26
01:00 PM

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.

Mar
26
02:30 PM

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.

 

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