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28th Annual CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
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| Saturday, July 28 | |
| 1:05 PM | Tom Rich “Feathered Dinosaurs” |
| 2:05 PM | Woody Thompson “New Gem and Mineral Discoveries in Maine” |
| 3:05 PM | Carl Francis “Vermont Minerals: A Perspective from the Harvard Museum” |
| Sunday, July 29 | |
| 11:05 AM | Woody Thompson “New Gem and Mineral Discoveries in Maine” |
| 12:05 PM | Carl Francis “The Marvelously Varied World of Quartz” |
| 1:20 PM | Tom Rich “Jebel Issoumour—Trilobite Mountain”” |
| We have an exciting slate of speakers lined up for our lectures at the Show! Here are brief bios for the speakers: |
| Dr. Carl Francis earned his A.B. in geology from Amherst College and his graduate degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. He is the curator of the Harvard Mineralogical Museum, which is noted for its extensive systematic mineral collection and strong meteorite collection. He has been involved with the Harvard Extension School's graduate Certificate in Museum Studies program since its inception. He currently teaches the "Collections & Curation" course and oversees internships. He was the recipient of the Carnegie Mineralogical Award in 1993 and served as Chairman of the International Mineralogical Association's Commission on Museums from 1994 to 2002. |
| 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. |
| Dr. Woodrow 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 is well known as the organizer of the Maine Mineral Symposium. Back to Top |
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