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2nd Oct 2012 18:31 UTCRaymond Lasmanis

The 38th Annual Symposium, Pacific NW Chapter Friends of Mineralogy, will take place October 12-14, 2012 in Kelso, Washington. This year's theme is Sulfates.

3rd Oct 2012 04:18 UTCDouglas Merson 🌟 Expert

Schedule of events

Alfredo Petrov is an accomplished field collector, author and dealer in rare minerals, who also guides groups on international collecting trips and translates mineralogical literature into English. Alfredo spent his youth in England, Germany, Lebanon and finally Ethiopia, where he graduated from high school. During his college days in Southern California, he developed a serious interest in collecting through a part-time job in the Mineralogy Department at the San Diego Natural History Museum. After graduation, he headed for Bolivia where he met Rock Currier, under whose tutelage he learned to make a living exploring for minerals in the jungles and mountains of South America. He now lives in the US and participates in several major mineral shows.

Richard Dayvault is a registered professional geologist employed as a contractor to the U.S. Department of Energy in Grand Junction, Colorado, where he has been involved in studies of uranium and natural gas deposits, as well as tailings remediation work. Dick first became interested in rocks, minerals and fossils as a child, and this interest later led to a Masters degree in Geology from East Carolina University. He has been a consulting editor to Rocks & Minerals for 34 years and has contributed numerous articles to the magazine. While he continues to be an avid field collector of minerals, a focus of his collecting activities for the past several years has been fossil wood, and he has been a contributor and co-author on two important books on the subject.

Les Presmyk is the Principal Mining Engineer for SRP, Arizona’s second largest utility, and has also contributed his mining expertise to specimen mining operations at various localities. Most recently, he co-authored the book, “Collecting Arizona.” Les began collecting minerals at the age of 10. At 11, he entered his first competition and, in 2012, attended his 50th consecutive Tucson Show. Les and his wife, Paula, both graduates of the University of Arizona, have garnered many prestigious awards for their mineral collections over the years, including AFMS Regional and National trophies along with the Bideaux, Lidstrom and Desautels trophies at the Tucson Show. In 1977, they founded De Natura, which is a regular at the Denver and Tuscon shows.

11:00 am Dealers & Display Set-up

5:00 pm Main Floor opens to public

10:00 pm Main Floor closes

8:00 am MAIN FLOOR OPENS

8:30 am Welcome by Bob Meyer

8:35:am Opening Remarks by Allan Young

8:40 am Bill Dameron

Barite

9:30 am BREAK

9:45 am Richard Dayvault

Celestine-Bearing Geodes from the

East Flank of the San Rafael Swell

10:35 am BREAK

10:50 am Alfredo Petrov

Sulfates from Volcanic Fumaroles and

Buming Mines

11:40 am END OF SESSION

12:00 NOON FM BUFFET LUNCH

1:30 pm Les Presmyk

Arizona's Fabulous Sulfates

2:20 pm BREAK

2:45 pm Richard Dayvault

Book Cliff Type Barite from Western

Colorado and Eastern Utah

3:35 pm END OF SESSION

1st Oct 2013 17:09 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager

Well the 39th annual Pacific Northwest Friends of Mineralogy Symposium is happening at Kelso Oct 11 - 13. Alkaline Intrusives are the theme. See you there!!!

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