25th Annual CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
GEM, MINERAL & FOSSIL SHOW
2004 Schedule of Speakers
| Saturday, July 24 |
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| 1:05 PM |
Woody Thompson, Maine Geological
Survey
“Tourmaline Mining and Recent Mineral Discoveries in Maine”" |
| 2:05 PM |
Steve Chamberlain, Syracuse University
“The Tourmalines of New York State” |
| 3:05 PM |
Tom Rich, A. W. Chesterton
“The Mysteries of Dinosaur Eggs”
|
| Sunday, July 25 |
|
| 11:05 AM |
Steve Chamberlain, Syracuse
University
“Road-cut Occurrences in St. Lawrence County, New York” |
| 12:05 PM |
Woody Thompson, Maine Geological
Survey
“Tourmaline Mining and Recent Mineral Discoveries in Maine” |
| 1:05 PM |
Tom Rich, A. W. Chesterton
“Gold Mining the Witswatersrand of South Africa” |
We have an exciting slate of speakers
lined up for our lectures at the Show! Here
are brief bios for each of them: |
Woody Thompson is a geologist
with the Maine Geological Survey specializing in Quaternary and glacial
geology. He is a co-author of A Collector’s Guide to Maine
Mineral Localities, and has authored or co-authored several chapters
in volume 2 of Vandall King’s book Mineralogy of Maine. He
has organized the Maine Mineral Symposium and helped spearhead the
drive to establish the Newry Mineral Park. |
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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