What s new in Australian minerals

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1 Joint Mineralogical Societies of Australasia 38 th Annual Seminar 1 st 15 th November 2015, at Beaconsfield and Zeehan, Tasmania. What s new in Australian minerals Proudly hosted by This is the 4 th Seminar to be held in Tasmania and will be dedicated to new minerals and discoveries in Australian Mineralogy. Some of the World s foremost Mineral Speakers will include: Paul Carr: Milton Lavers Collection Dehne McLaughlin: Areyonga azurite mine Alan Longbottom, Elliott, P., Putnisite Jolyon Ralph: Mindat update Steve Sorrell: What s new in old collections? Plus: Lin Sutherland, Frank Reith, Allan Pring, Joel Brugger, Stuart Mills, Erik Melchiorre, John Cornish and more View the Beaconsfield gold museum, the Crocoite display at the legendary Pioneers Museum, Zeehan with associated field trips to world famous West Coast Mines. Website:

2 Seminar Registration Form Name(s) Address.... Phone No Mobile Society / Club... Full Registration Includes 2 days Lunch, Morning & Afternoon $100 Seminar Dinner (Wednesday 4 th $ 40 Sunday field trip to Flowery Gully/Beaconsfield Monday field trip to Rossarden Tuesday field trip to Scottsdale/Weldborough Monday field trip to Adelaide mine Monday field trip to Red Lead mine Monday field trip to Stichtite mines Colebrook Hill? Trade Table at Zeehan Gem Fair (need to book separately with Kim Dunstan, see below) Total $... Please register by 30/6/15 with full payment by 31/8/15. No GST charges applicable Bank transfer available (contact Treas.) or PayPal for overseas delegates. Or make Cheques payable to: Mineralogical Society of Tasmania. Return Registration form to The Treasurer, Mineralogical Society of Tasmania. PO Box 1111, Rosny, Tasmania, Australia For further details contact Ralph Bottrill rbottrill@mrt.tas.gov.au Marnie Pope (Seminar Secretary & Treasurer) pope00@oz .com.au Kim Dunstan (Zeehan Gem & Mineral Fair) ph: kim.dunstan@hotmail.com

3 Field Trips Sturdy footwear, safety vest, safety glasses, hard hat (some can be borrowed), & collecting equipment required for all field trips Hard Hat required? Y/N Please enter names against trips requested. Numbers limited for some sites: allocation on first-come basis. Readily collectable minerals are listed (mostly as visible crystals, sometimes micros). Sunday 1st November to Flowery Gully Calcite Cerussite Dolomite Galena Monday 2 nd November to Rossarden Cassiterite Muscovite Quartz Wolframite Topaz Tuesday 3 rd November to Scottsdale/Weldborough sapphire olivine nepheline enstatite spinel topaz Monday 9 th November to Adelaide Mine _ Ankerite Crocoite Chalcophanite Fuchsite Galena Goethite Monday 9 th November to Red Lead Mine Crocoite Goethite Chalcophanite Monday 9 th November to Stichtite Mine _ Stichtite Serpentine Chromite

4 Provisional itinerary: Seminar Programme Sun Nov 1: Trips to Flowery Gully (calcite & cerussite) & Beaconsfield gold mine/museum Mon Nov 2: Collecting trip to Rossarden tin mine (cassiterite) Tues Nov 3: Collecting trip to Scottsdale/Weldborough (zeolites, nepheline) Wed Nov 4: Seminar day 1 Thurs Nov 5: Seminar day 2 Fri Nov 6: Zeehan trip Sat Nov 7: Zeehan Gem and Mineral Show Sun Nov 8: Zeehan show day 2 Mon Nov 9: Zeehan trips (Crocoite & Stichtite Mine visits, Colebrook Hill axinite mine) Nov 10-13: Free time; visits to Strahan, Abt Railway, Gordon R cruises, Cradle Mtn, etc) Nov 14-15: Launceston Gem and mineral show For the seminar itself we have a tentative list of speakers including some of the premier Mineralogical people in Australia, and some from overseas, with a list of talks for all tastes, from amateur to professional. We have a provisional theme What s new in Australian Mineralogy. The trips will range from museum visits to serious bushwalking/collecting and underground mines, so you can opt in or out of any part of this. The first few days will be based at Grindlewald, a resort near Launceston, then will move to Zeehan. We could offer a package including accommodation during the seminar but suspect most people will make own arrangements for most of the time.

5 Accommodation on the West Coast of Tasmania. Discount bookings available with Royal Auto Clubs & Federal Hotels. Grindlewald: Grindelwald Swiss Village 20 minutes drive from Launceston Ph Launceston Holiday Park islandcabins.com.au (03) Other? Zeehan: Heemskirk Motor Hotel. Ph Mt Zeehan Retreat B & B Ph Zeehan Caravan park Ph Queenstown: 35 minutes drive from Zeehan Chancellor Inn Queenstown Ph Comfort Inn Gold Rush Ph Penghana B & B Ph Pioneers Retreat Ph Queenstown Cabin & Tourist Park Ph Queenstown Motor Lodge Ph Silver Hills Motel Ph Strahan: 35 minutes drive from Zeehan Anchor Down Cottages Ph All-Inn Strahan Holiday Units Ph Driftwood Strahan Villas Ph Strahan Bungalows Ph Strahan Village Ph Wilderness Lodge/Bayview Cottage & Cabins Ph Attractions West Coast Pioneers Memorial Museum Shorty s Museum Eric Thomas Galley Museum and Information Centre West Coast Wilderness Railway World Heritage Cruises & Gordon River Cruises Beaconsfield Gold Museum Cradle Mountain Don railway Zeehan Zeehan Queenstown Queenstown Strahan Beaconsfield