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 |
Value |
Thursday 16th March |
Club meeting: Geological controversies |
Jean Gorman and Dave Briggs |
Sarurday 25th March |
Field Trip: Canaan limestone quarries |
Stephen Eagar |
Thursday 20th April |
Club Meeting: Detrital minerals |
Tim Saunderson |
Saturday 22nd April |
Workshop: Mineral identification |
Tim Saunderson, Tom Brown |
Thursday 18th May |
Club Meeting POSTPONED! Geological hazards in the Tasman region |
Glenn Stevens |
Saturday 20th May |
Field Trip POSTPONED: Rocks and minerals of the Tadmor/Sherry River area |
Tom Brown |
Thursday 15th June |
Club Meeting: Geological hazards in the Tasman area |
Glenn Stevens |
Saturday 17th June |
Tertiary geology of the Sherry River and Tadmor area |
Tom Brown |
Thursday 20th July |
Club meeting: Every rock tells a story |
Club members |
Sunday 23rd July |
Workshop: Making sense of igneous rocks |
Dave Briggs, Tom Brown, Stephen Eagar |
Thursday 17th August |
Club Meeting: Tora and the tsunami from the KT boundary incident* |
Jean Gorman (based on Geoscience talk by Chris Hollis) |
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 |
Sunday 24th September |
Field Trip:Field Trip: Geology of the Moutere Depression |
Dave Briggs et al. |
Thursday 19th October |
Club meeting: TBC* |
Invited speaker |
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 |