24th Annual CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
GEM, MINERAL & FOSSIL SHOW
2003 Schedule of Speakers
| Saturday, July 26 |
|
| 12:00 Noon |
Robert Proctor, Penn State University
"What Do Rockhounds Like About Agates? Some Historical Perspectives
and Adventurous Tales" |
| 1:00 PM |
Peter Heaney, Penn State University
"From Atoms to Agates" |
| 2:00 PM |
Steve Chamberlain, Syracuse University
"Gemstones of the World" |
| 3:00 PM |
Tom Rich, Mining Engineer
"Mining and Minerals of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa" |
| 4:00 PM |
Bob Whitmore
"Minerals of New England" |
| Sunday, July 27 |
|
| 11:00 AM |
Peter Heaney, Penn State University
"Is Tiger’s-Eye A Copycat?" (A New Theory for the
Origin of Tiger’s-Eye) |
| 12:00 Noon
|
Steve Chamberlain, Syracuse University
"Minerals of New York State" |
| 1:00 PM |
Tom Rich, Mining Engineer
"The Many Faces of T. rex" (lecture for kids of
all ages)
|
| 2:00 PM |
Bob Whitmore
"Minerals of New England"
|
We have an exciting slate of speakers lined up for our lectures
at the Show!
Here are brief bios for each of them: |
Robert Proctor is the Walter L.
and Helen Ferree Professor of the History of Science, Department
of History, College of Liberal Arts,
at the Pennsylvania State University. He specializes in 20th century
science, technology, and medicine, especially the history of controversy
in those fields and projects on scientific rhetoric and the history
of expert witnessing. He is presently working on a book entitled
"Darwin in the History of Life." |
Peter Heaney is Associate Professor of Mineral Sciences, Department
of Geosciences, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, at the Pennsylvania
State University. He specializes in the analysis of the crystal structures
of minerals, environmental geochemistry, inorganic polymerization
in aqueous fluids, and phase transitions in rock-forming minerals. |
Steven Chamberlain is a Professor at the Institute for Sensory
Research, Department of Bioengineering and Neuroscience, College
of Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University. His research
interests focus on invertebrate visual anatomy, brain–to–eye
communication in horseshoe crabs, and vision at deep-sea hydrothermal
vents. He is an active mineral collector with an extensive collection
of minerals from New York State. |
Tom Rich is the Chemical
Technology Manager for A. W. Chesterton in Groveland, Massachusetts,
with degrees in aeronautical engineering,
chemistry, chemical industrial engineering, geology, and business
administration. He has his own business preparing and restoring fossils.
He has collected trilobites, minerals, fossils, and mining antiques
throughout the world. His trilobite collection alone is in excess
of 500 specimens.
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