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[Judith Chen]

Good afternoon to you all,

I hope I am posting this in the correct forum. Apologies if I have made a mistake. I Hope it ok to ask this question on this forum. I have recently relocated to Oxfordshire and wanted to know if anyone knows of any mineral/geology groups I can join in Oxford to learn more about minerals. I would class myself as a beginner and wanting to learn more about minerals. I used to attend groups in London but can't seem to find anything in Oxford.

Since being here I haven't been able to find any shops locally that sell minerals either I was certainly spoilt for choice in London can anyone help and point me in the right direction. I do prefer selecting specimens by hand as opposed to the over the internet where possible.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to hearing from you.

Happy New Year!
Judith

[Jolyon Ralph]

There isn't much in the Oxford region to collect, other than Gypsum.

However, you do have the nice, regular, Oxford Mineral shows to look forward to.

Do a google search for Oxford mineral show, unfortunately this system won't allow me to paste the link to it.

[ian jones]

Oxfordshire is mineralogically rather dull, really not to much to collect apart from the occasional gypsum. However, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History has a fine collection and is well worth visiting.

[Jordi Fabre]

[Judith Chen]

Good afternoon

Many thanks for the replies. It is disappointing not much going on in this part of the country. Maybe I will become a collector of gypsum.

I hadn't come across the Oxford Mineral Show in my searches and good to know and look forward to attending this. Thank you for letting me know. If anyone knows of anything else do let me know.

Are there any geology groups about that I can join to satisfy my interest?

Best wishes and thanks
Judith

[Peter Perkins]

There is an Oxford Geology Group. This setup would not accept the website address and 'send' the message I first wrote!. You should be able to find them if you google their name.
I hope you find enough mineralogy with them.
Peter

[Jordi Fabre]

[Judith Chen]

Thanks Peter, will look them up.

Fingers crossed
Kind regards
Judith

[Colleen Thomson]

hi Judith,
unfortunately this part of the country is mostly glacial deposition , alluvial gravels, sand, and clay with the occasional outcropping of limestone. great for fossils -pretty dull (as was pointed out) for minerals.
there may not be many mineral clubs in the surrounding area -ours is about 40 miles from Oxford .
i'm the chairman of the MILTON KEYNES GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (based in Milton Keynes, East of Oxford strainght down the A421 towards the M1 motorway) - takes about 45-60mins from Oxford.
We meet monthly the first Tuesday Eve each month and even manage a few mineral collecting trips (though the majority do still tend to be fossil collecting trips)

Check out our website:
https://www.mkgeosoc.org
(link normalized by FMF)