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SMLS 2010 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 15th
Member's Social Evening and Competition *** CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER ***
February
- Friday 5th
General Meeting: Radioactive Minerals By: Michael Doel - Sponsor: John Pearce
- Saturday 20th
Essex Mineral and Gem Show 10:00am - 4:00pm. North Romford Community Centre, Colliers Row, Romford
March
- Friday 5th
General Meeting: Building Stone used in West Sussex By: Roger Birch - Sponsor: Mark Oddy
Mineral of the Month : Dolomite
- Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th
Rock 'n' Gem Show 10:00am - 5:00pm. Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Rd., Brighton
- Sunday 7th
Oxford Mineral and Fossil Show 10:30am - 4:00pm. Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, North Oxford
- Saturday 7th
Field Trip: Isle of Sheppey Co-ordinator: John Burgess
- Saturday 13th
Visit to: University College London Host: Professor Price - Co-ordinator: Trevor Devon
- Friday 19th
Sussex BMS Branch Micromount Study Evening Co-ordinator: John Hall
- Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st
Rock 'n' Gem Show 10:00am - 5:00pm. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Rd.
- Saturday 27th
Field Trip: Samphire Hoe Co-ordinator: Colin Brough

April
- Friday 9th
General Meeting: The Quartz Family of Gems By: Peter Wates - Sponsor: Colin Brough
Mineral of the Month : Quartz Family
May
- Friday 7th
General Meeting: Arsenic Pollution of Ground Water By: Karen Hudson-Edwards - Sponsor: John Pearce
Mineral of the Month : Arsenopyrite
- Saturday 8th - Saturday 15th
Field Trip: Cornwall Host: Sheila Harper - Co-ordinator: John Burgess
- Sunday 16th
Oxford Mineral and Fossil Show 10:30am - 4:00pm. Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, North Oxford
June
- Friday 4th
General Meeting: 30 Years Collecting By: John Pearce - Sponsor: Mark Oddy
Mineral of the Month : Sphalerite
- Saturday 5th - Sunday 6th
Rock 'n' Gem Show 10:00am - 5:00pm. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Rd.
- Thursday 10th - Monday 14th
Field Trip: Wales Co-ordinator: John Burgess

July
- Friday 2nd
AGM and Members' Evening - Nodules from Budleigh SaltertonBy: Brian Craik-Smith - Sponsor: Mark Oddy
- Saturday 10th - Saturday 24th
Field Trip: Auvergne, France Co-ordinator: Peter Moore
- Sunday 11th
Oxford Mineral and Fossil Show 10:30am - 4:00pm. Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, North Oxford
August
- Saturday 7th
SMLS Barbecue and Social Afternoon Hosted by: Trevor & Fiona Devon
- Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th
Rock 'n' Gem Show 10:00am - 5:00pm. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Rd.
September
- Friday 3rd
General Meeting: Elements and Oxides By: Chris Duffin - Sponsor: John Pearce
Mineral of the Month : Magnetite
- Saturday 4th
Hampshire Mineral and Fossil Show 10:00am - 4:30pm. Lyndhurst Community Centre, Lyndhurst
- Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th
Field Trip: Lyme Regis, Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth Co-ordinator: John Pearce

October
- Friday 1st
General Meeting: Geology of Wine in SE France (incl. tasting) By: Peter Moore - Sponsor: John Pearce
Mineral of the Month : Staurolite
- Saturday or Sunday
SMLS at Home - Visit to TBA
- Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th
Bakewell Rock Exchange 10:00am - 5:00pm. Lady Manners School, Bakewell, Derbyshire
- Friday 15th
Sussex BMS Branch Micromount Study Evening Co-ordinator: John Hall
- Saturday 30th - Sunday 31st
Rock 'n' Gem Show 10:00am - 5:00pm. Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Rd. East
November
- Friday 5th
General Meeting: A Collecting Trip in the Mineral Gallery at the NHM By: Mike Rumsey - Sponsor: Austin Woodbridge
Mineral of the Month : Copper
- Saturday 13th
SUSSEX MINERAL SHOW, 10:00am to 4:30pm Clair Hall, Haywards Heath
- Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st
Rock 'n' Gem Show 10:00am - 5:00pm. Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Rd., Brighton
December
- Friday 3rd
General Meeting: Mineral Identification Quiz By: John Pearce, John Hall and Austin Woodbridge
- Sunday 5th
Oxford Mineral and Fossil Show 10:30am - 4:00pm. Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, North Oxford
- Sunday 5th
Visit to Mineral Warehouse Coordinator: Colin Brough

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