Activities

Activities are the fun things we do as a club, such as mineral theme nights, guest speakers, and field trips. This section of the web site is meant to both promote upcoming activities and be a record of past events.

Meetings

In recent years we've had presentations on global positioning systems, mineral preparation, crystallography, pseudomorphs, fossils of Blue Beach, fluorescent minerals, the Pinch Mineral Collection, minerals from Italy, Illinois fluorite, geology of the southwest U.S.A., and caves of West Virginia; had a tour of the N.S. Museum's mineral collection; as well as held several mineral auctions and watched videos about dinosaurs and caves. Here are some upcoming meeting activities:

May 28, 2011

Where to Look for Minerals

Trilobite Olenellus, collected and photographed by Ken McKenzie, July 2003 (field of view is approximately 2.5 cm).

Events

2011 Field Trips

A July field trip will start at the Black Rock Lighthouse. Details will be given by Terry at the final spring meeting. Collecting will be followed by a picnic at Sharon's.

Past Field Trips

Amethyst Cove

Our 2001 field trip season was a success with outings to five popular destinations:

Boylston and Moose Point, Guysborough County (quartz and specular haematite)
Harbourville, Kings County (heulandite, stilbite, and laumontite)
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County (zeolites)
East Kemptville, Yarmouth County (pegmatite minerals)
Blomidon / Amethyst Cove, Kings County (zeolites, magnetite, calcite, apophyllite, and amethyst)

At left is a section of cliff near Amethyst Cove (taken by Ronnie Van Dommelen).

(N.S. geological map used with permission from the N.S. Department of Natural Resources)

Last updated May 25, 2011

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