SMLS 2008 PROGRAMME

Meetings programme calendar for:

January - March April - June July - September October - December

Most meetings are on the 1st Friday of the month at the Age Concern Hall, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath starting at 7:30 pm.

January

Friday 4th Member's Social Evening and Competition Co-ordinator: Terry Denney

February

Friday 1st Cornish Minerals - Part 2 By: David Aubrey-Jones

Cassiterite

March

Friday 7th SMLS in Ireland By: Peter Hay

Cerusite

Saturday 8th - Sunday 9th Visit: Oxford Museum and Mineral Show Co-ordinator: Trevor Devon

Saturday 15th Visit: National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton Co-ordinator: John Pearce

April

Friday 4th Fossil Fakes By: Chris Duffin

Rutile

Sunday 13th Field Trip: Isle of Sheppey Co-ordinator: John Pearce

Friday 18th Sussex BMS Branch Micromount Study Evening Co-ordinator: John Hall

May

Friday 2nd Geology of Pigments By: Ruth Siddall

Azurite

Sunday 4th (2:00pm - 4:00pm) Minerals 'At Home' With John & Pam Pearce

Saturday 10th or Saturday 17th Field Trip: Philpots Quarry Co-ordinator: Colin Brough

June

Friday 6th MINDAT Revisited By: Jolyon Ralph

Pyromorphite

July

Friday 4th AGM and Members' Evening - Strontian By: Allan Mortimer

Harmotome

Friday 11th - Monday 21st Fields Trip: Slovakia Co-ordinators: Brian Craik-Smith & Allan Mortimer

August

Saturday 9th SMLS Barbecue and Social Afternoon Hosts: Trevor & Fiona Devon

September

Friday 5th Gems and Spectroscopy By: Colin Winter

Garnet

Friday 12th Workshop on Digital Photography Part 1 By: Ash Amliwala - Co-ordinator: Colin Brough

Saturday 13th - Monday 15th Fields Trip: Northern England Co-ordinator: Mark Oddy

October

Friday 3th La Gomera, Jordan and the Aeolian Islands By: Mark Oddy

Sulphur

Saturday 11th - Friday 13th Field Trip: Rock Exchange, Bakewell and Collecting in Derbyshire
Co-ordinator: Colin Brough

Friday 17th Sussex BMS Branch Micromount Study Evening Co-ordinator: John Hall

Friday 31st Workshop on Digital Photography Part 2 By: Ash Amliwala - Co-ordinator: Colin Brough

November

Friday 7th Mineral Dealings in Romania By: David Binns

Chalcopyrite

Saturday 15th SUSSEX MINERAL SHOW, 10:00am to 4:30pm Clair Hall, Haywards Heath

December

Friday 5th Iceland - Land of Ice and Fire By: Chris Darmon

Stilbite

Saturday 6th - Monday 8th Long Weekend in Paris Co-ordinator: Peter Moore

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