Mineralogical Society of DC
Are you curious about the world under your feet and its 4,000+ minerals? Our monthly programs offer lots of ways to explore minerals and earth sciences – for everyone from the newly curious to rockhounds, professional mineral scientists, mineral collectors, and long-time enthusiasts. We’re the Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia. Since 1942, we’ve been meeting at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC… and now on Zoom.
Exploring Virginia's Mineral Resources - Thomas (Tom) Hale
Micro (and Not-so-micro) Collecting in New Mexico - Scott Braley
Geology of Rare Earth Elements - Leigh Broadhurst, Ph.D.
The mim Museum, Beirut, Lebanon: A Look at the Remarkable Collection - by Philip M. Persson
Mineral Travels Around the World - Casper Voogt
From an Accumulation to a Mineral Collection - 87 years in 60 minutes - Gene Meieran
Collecting Franklin Fluorescent Minerals – James Van Fleet
Mining and Collecting Minerals in Quiruvilca, Peru: Into the Andes with Ray McDougall
All Tied Up with Bolos - Jim Hird
Mineral Mining in the Mohawk Valley, New York - Bill Stephens
Biominerals, their crystallography, and more updates from the Smithsonian NMNH – Dr. Gabriela Farfan
Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater: What, Where, How, & Effects - David S. Powars, USGS
Serpentinites: Geologic Origin & Unique Associated Minerals - C. Leigh Broadhurst, Ph.D.
Pegmatites - Earth's Most Amazing Rocks - with Michael Wise, Ph.D.
The King of Tides: Minerals of the Bay of Fundy - Ray McDougall
Canadian Wildfire Ash: Collection and Study in Washington, DC, June 2023 - Tim Rose
Actinolite, Alpine Mudflows, and the San Andreas Fault - Debra Brooks
Musings of a Mineral Museum Curator - Dr. Jeffrey Post, Smithsonian
Patterns in Global Volcanic Activity - Dr. Ben Andrews
The Mineral-Security Nexus - Thomas Hale
Поиск алмазов в Мерфрисборо, Арканзас — Кэти Хречка
Gemstone Hunting in Afghanistan and Central Asia – Gary Bowersox
Rodingite from Hunting Hill Quarry, Maryland - Tim Rose
Silver, born of cataclysmic events and brought to us by improbable happenings - Patrick Rowe
Texas Panhandle sinkholes: Geological Analysis of Wind Sinks and Boehmer Lake - Gwen Loeber
Volcanology of the Oregon Cascades - Richard Tollo, Ph.D.
Iceland Sunstones in Viking Navigation - Saga and Science, with Dr. Jennifer Bartlett
“Michigan Copper -- The Keweenaw: Its Mines and Minerals, Then and Now” with James Hird
“Trilobites: From Cambrian Oceans to West Virginia Collecting Sites” with Casper Voogt