NEWS

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Club Meetings

Next Meeting

Thursday 16th June

Watch this space for details


Saturday 18th June

Workshop: Geology on-line

Details to be confirmed


For more information, see News and Events

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Welcome to the Nelson Rock
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and ​ Mineral Club

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Our interests cover all things geological, including rocks, minerals and micro-minerals, gemstones, fossils, geological history, mapping, mining and microscopy, 

We have regular meetings and field trips, run our own research projects, and provide access to a range of facilities including a geological library, finds shop, rock cutter, tumbler, microscope and database of local finds.

​To find out more, follow the links on this page or use the search box below. 
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​(Note: site under constant construction, so not all links may work)
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Club Code of Conduct

Nelson Rock and Mineral Club is proud to follow a code of conduct aimed at ensuring the safety of its members and others whilst engaged in fieldwork, and protecting the value and integrity of geological sites. 
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See the ​Code of Conduct here.

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Club meetings

The club meets every month for an evening presentation by a member or visiting speaker, with a field trip to a local site the following weekend,  

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Projects and studies

We organise and run projects to investigate the local geology. Our current project is focused on the Triassic rocks of the Wakefield area.​

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Local Geology

The Nelson area is one of the most diverse areas of geology in New Zealand, with rocks spanning the entire sequence from Cambrian to Recent. 

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