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Minerals and Museums43rd annual New Mexico Mineral Symposium

24th Oct 2023 16:50 UTCJohn Rakovan Manager

Less than three weeks away, The 43^rd annual New Mexico Mineral Symposium will be held in Socorro, New Mexico. For details and registration go to https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/museum/nmms/home.cfml

24th Oct 2023 19:37 UTCJeff Weissman Expert

Looks like fun, shame I won't be able to attend. But the title of the featured speaker's talk, apparently they do they allow collecting at the museum?

24th Oct 2023 20:18 UTCTony Nikischer 🌟 Manager

Yup! I "collected" there several times under the smoke and watchful eye of Dr. Sainfeld many years ago. My dear wife even spent a day there, sitting on a bench reading a book ON OUR HONEYMOON some 33+ years ago, while I rummaged. It was a GREAT collecting trip for me, not so much for my wife....

24th Oct 2023 20:10 UTCHerwig Pelckmans

Jeff Weissman ???? Expert ✉️

apparently they do they allow collecting at the museum?

That made it beyond any doubt as the most humorous mineralogical remark of the month! :-)))

6th Nov 2023 03:29 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

Nat and I will be there (I've already been in Socorro for a week, but for personal reasons).

6th Nov 2023 03:42 UTCHerwig Pelckmans

John,

Any chance the talks will be recorded and in some way will be available in the future to all who could not make it?

[The Rochester Symposium had all of their talks recorded and put on DVD]

Any chance this or a future NMMS will go digital as well, for example by using Zoom, so people could join virtually?

[Recent Desautels Symposiums had both live and virtual (Zoom) attendees]

6th Nov 2023 11:01 UTCJohn Rakovan Manager

For now we don’t plan on going online or recording.