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[Julian C. Gray]

The Friends of Mineralogy will once again hold its annual mineral symposium at the Tucson Convention Center, Saturday, February 12, 2011. The symposium is jointly sponsored with the Mineralogical Society of America and the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society.

Here is the program:

Theme: Minerals of California

10:00 a.m. Introductory Remarks
Symposium Co-Chairs: Julian C. Gray and Mark Mauthner

10:05 a.m. The Oceanview Mine: Pala's Newest Gem
Mark Mauthner

10:30 a.m. The California Blue Pegmatite
Rick Kennedy

11:00 a.m. The Little Three pegmatite mine, Ramona, California
David London

11:30 a.m. Curating the Carpenter Collection of Crestmore, California Minerals
Carl A. Francis and Tracy L. Warmington

12:00 p.m. Photographing the collection at the Harvard Mineralogical Museum
Jess T. Dugan and Eva Barajas

12:30 p.m. The Discovery of the World's Finest Fresnoite
Scott Kleine

I hope to see everyone there!

[Matt_Zukowski]

Could there be any plan to video these? Perhaps put them up on You Tube?

[Julian C. Gray]

Hi Matt

That is an excellent idea, but sadly the FM Symposium is not taped. The only time the symposium was taped was for the American Mineral Treasures in 2008. Look for that DVD from Blue Cap Productions.

I'll see if we can make this happen in 2012, but it will not happen this year.

[Matt_Zukowski]

Thanks a lot for the reply. I appreciate you people thinking about this.