Whats 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. Whats new in Australian minerals Proudly hosted by This is the 4 th Seminar to he 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: Alan Longbottom, Putnisite Lin Sutherland,: Australasian Rubies Dehne McLaughlin: Areyonga azurite mine, NT Murray Thompson: De Grussa mine, WA Steve Sorrell: What s new in old collections Bill Birch: Phosphate mineralogy in pegmatites from the Mt Wills district, Victoria R Bottrill: Recent mineral finds in Tasmania Ross Large: Pyrite, the mineral to give answers on diverse scientific questions Paul Carr: "The Milton Lavers Collection of Broken Hill Minerals" Frank Reith, Supergene transformation of Tasmanian osmiridium nuggets - The role of biofilms Erik Melchiorre,?Stichtite Jolyon Ralph: The new Mindat? Elliott, P: TBA Ross Pogson: TBA Tony Forsyth: TBA Jocelyn Thornton? View the Beaconsfield gold museum, plus the Crocoite display at the legendary Pioneers Museum, Zeehan with associated field trips to world famous West Coast Mines. Website:

2 JAMSS2015 Seminar Registration Form Name(s) Address.... Phone No Mobile Society / Club... Full Registration Includes 2 days Lunch, Morning & Afternoon $100 Seminar Dinner (Wednesday) yes / $ 40 Sunday field trip to Flowery Gully/Beaconsfield Monday field trip to Rossarden yes / no Tuesday field trip to Scottsdale/Weldborough yes / no 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) yes / no Total $... Please register by 30/8/15 with full payment by 31/9/15. 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 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) nicholas.parker2@bigpond.com

3 JAMSS2015 Field Trips Sturdy footwear, safety vest, safety glasses, hard hat (some can be borrowed), & collecting equipment is 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 4 th November to Scottsdale/Weldborough sapphire enstatite olivine spinel nepheline topaz _ Monday 9 th November to Adelaide Mine Ankerite-siderite 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 JAMSS2015 Seminar Programme Provisional itinerary: 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 Whats 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 25 minutes drive from Launceston Ph Legana Caravan Park : Ph: Many more in Launceston 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 Zeehan Shorty s Museum Zeehan Eric Thomas Galley Museum and Information Centre Queenstown West Coast Wilderness Railway Queenstown-Strahan World Heritage Cruises & Gordon River Cruises Strahan The Wall in the Wilderness ( Derwent Bridge Plus Cradle Mountain, Don railway, and much more