Nelson Rock and Mineral Club
Date |
Event |
Leader/Presenter |
Thursday 16th February |
Club Meeting and book launch: Goldfields of western Nelson |
Mike Johnston |
Sunday 19th February |
Picnic and fossicking: Lee Valley |
Mike Johnston |
Thursday 16th March |
Club meeting: Geological hazards in the Nelson area |
Glen Stevens |
Sarurday 18th March |
Field Trip: Canaan limestone quarries |
Stephen Eagar |
Thursday 20th April |
Club Meeting: Detrital minerals |
Tim Saunderson |
Saturday 22nd April |
Field Trip: Kina Spit beach sands |
Tim Saunderson |
Thursday 18th May |
Geological controversies past and present |
Dave Briggs, Jean Gorman |
Sunday 21st May |
Workshop: Rock and mineral identification |
Tom Brown, Dave Briggs, Stephen Eagar |
Thursday 15th June |
Short talks |
Club members |
Sunday 18th June |
Workshop: Rock and mineral identification |
Tom Brown, Dave Briggs, Stephen Eagar |
Thursday 20th July |
Club meeting: Fossils |
James Crampton |
Saturday 23rd July |
Workshop: Rock and mineral identification |
Tom Brown, Dave Briggs, Stephen Eagar |
Thursday 17th August |
Club Meeting: What tree rings tell us about the past |
Tony Aldridge, Dave Briggs |
Sunday 20th August |
Field Trip:Field Trip: Rocks of the Baton Valley |
Tom Brown |
Thursday 21st September |
Club Meeting: William Smith - the man who made maps |
Alan Mathews |
Saturday 23rd September |
Field Trip:Field Trip: Tadmor and Sherry River Tertiary deposits |
Tom Brown |
Thursday 19th October |
Club meeting: A walk through the Takaka Terrane |
Tom Brown |
Saturday 21st October |
Field Trip: United Creek rodingite |
Steve Cross, Dave Briggs |
Thursday 16th November |
Club meeting and AGM: invited lecture |
Mike Johnston |
Sunday 19th November |
Field Trip: St Arnaud glacial features and faults |
Dave Briggs, Jean Gorman |