DALLAS MINERAL COLLECTOR'S SYMPOSIUM

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE for 2012:
EXPEDITIONS TO BRING OUT MINERAL SPECIMENS

FROM AROUND THE WORLD

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25th, 2012
Must be registered to attend - Seating is limited to 275 seats

 



8:00 AM - 8:30 AM :
Light Breakfast and Coffee Bar open

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Welcome & "Science for the collector" Session 1:

Dr. David London
ConocoPhilllips School of Geology & Geophysics
University of Oklahoma
"Gem-Forming Pegmatites:
How Nature Makes Big, Clear Crystals"

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM
Herb Obodda :
opening Afghanistan and Pakistan for mineral specimens (1969-present)
Dangerous Beauty: Minerals of the Hindu Kush

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
William Larson :
travels to the source in Mogok
Burma's ancient Valley of Gems and Rubies

 

 

11:30 – noon
MINERAL CLEANING & PREPARATION TECHNOLOGY

 Jon Voelter

 



noon - 1:00 PM:

LUNCH (included in registration cost)


1:15-2:15 PM - "SCIENCE for the collector" SESSION 2:

Dr. Peter Megaw
consulting exploration geologist & President of IMDEX/Cascabel

Formation of open pockets of collectible crystals in
Carbonate Replacement Deposits - Tsumeb , Dal'negorsk, & Milpillas


2:15-2:45 PM:
EXPLORING the mines of DAL'NEGORSK, SIBERIA

– ROCK CURRIER

 

2:45-3:30 PM:

BISBEE, ARIZONA:

History, Significance, and Treasures

- LES PRESMYK

 

 

 

5-10 PM: WINE & LIGHT DINNER PARTY

ARKENSTONE GALLERY in DALLAS, TEXAS
Details will be in registration packets at the Symposium event