31ST Annual CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
GEM, MINERAL & FOSSIL SHOW
2010 Schedule of Speakers
| Saturday, July 24 |
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| 1:05 PM |
Tom Rich
"Trilobite Trace Fossils" |
| 2:05 PM |
Bob Whitmore
"Gemstones of New England" |
| 3:05 PM |
Jim Nizamoff
"Gem Minerals of Maine" |
| Sunday, July 25 |
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| 12:05 PM |
Tom Rich
"Witwatersrand Gold of South Africa" |
| 1:05 PM |
Jim Nizamoff
"Gem Minerals of Maine" |
| 2:05 PM |
Bob Whitmore
"Pegmatites Around the World " |
Here
are brief bios for the speakers: |
| Jim Nizamoff is a mineralogist with Omya, Inc.
in Proctor, Vermont. After discovering his mother's college
introductory geology rock and mineral set at the age of seven, Jim
was hooked on minerals. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in geology/chemistry from the University of Maine at Farmington and
a Master of Science degree in geology from the University of New
Orleans. Jim is a well-known authority on the geology and
mineralogy of granitic pegmatites. |
| 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 minerals, fossils, and mining
antiques throughout the world. His trilobite collection
alone is in excess of 500 specimens. |
| Bob
Whitmore,
the owner of the Palermo mines in North Groton, New Hampshire, is an avid mineral
collector and well-known authority on New Hampshire mineral localities. He
is the co-author of the recently published book The Pegmatite Mines Known
as Palermo . The mineral whitmoreite, a hydrous iron phosphate whose
type locality is at the Palermo No. 1 mine, is named in his honor.
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