Joint Mineralogical Societies of Australasia 40th Annual Seminar, Hahndorf, S.A.

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Wed 4th - Thurs 5th October 2017
Joint Mineralogical Societies of Australasia 40th Annual Seminar, Hahndorf, South Australia
(the entire seminar with field trips will run from 1 October - 6th October 2017)

Seminar and Field trips run by the Mineralogical Society of South Australia.
Subject: Copper Minerals - Copper State
Venue: Hahndorf Resort Conference Centre
Excursions will be held pre and post Seminar.

The 2017 seminar formal proceedings will take place over 2 days, the Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th of October with various activities including field trips scheduled from October 1st through to the 6th.

This will also coincide with the Adelaide Gem & Mineral Club show on October 7th and 8th. Additional field trips are also planned for the 9th – 14th October to the north of the state, and to locations and collections in and around Broken Hill.

The Seminar will be based in the historic German settled village of Hahndorf, only 30 mins drive by car from Adelaide City. A range of accommodation options are available including at the seminar venue. The theme is “Copper Minerals - Copper State” given South Australia’s early copper mining history. A list of lectures and guest speakers will be provided in due course. A number of field trips to copper, uranium and phosphate deposits are currently being planned. You could also choose to visit one of the dozens of wineries in the region - and there’s much more to do and see !!

 Contact :  Harold Gallasch
 Phone: (08) 8388 7218
 email: gallasch@bukartilla.com.au
Latest information on the seminar webpage:
http://www.mineral.org.au/seminar/seminar17.html