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Note:

Those wishing to use microscopes or carry out work on the lapidary machines a (*) is marked next to those evenings suitable.

JANUARY 2018

JANUARY 15th
Interest Tables: Australian Minerals
(e.g. agate, opal, mooralla geodes)*

JANUARY 22nd
Interest Tables: Organic Lapidary Materials
(e.g. jet, amber, mammoth tusk)*

JANUARY 29th
Interest Tables: Crinoids, Starfish & Echinoids*

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FEBRUARY 2018

FEBRUARY 5th
Interest Tables: Garnets*

12th HALF TERM - No Meeting

FEBRUARY 17th (Saturday) Essex Rock & Mineral Show (Click for details)

FEBRUARY 19th
Interest Tables:
Granite & Pegmatite*

FEBRUARY 26th
Interest Tables:
Carbonate Minerals*

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MARCH 2018

MARCH 5th
Interest Tables:
Shells, Past & Present *

MARCH 12th
Interest Tables:
Microscope Evening*

MARCH 19th
Interest Tables:
Corals Past & Present*

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APRIL 2018

APRIL16th
Interest Tables:
Spring coloured minerals*
(Yellow & green)

APRIL 23rd
Interest Tables:
Amethyst quartz*

APRIL 30th
Preparation for Steam Fair:
Raffle?/find a fossil/sample to sell?*

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MAY 2018

MAY 7th
MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY - No Meeting

SATURDAY MAY 12th
Stall at Dartford Steam Fair
Central Park, Dartford
10am-4pm

MAY 14th
Interest Tables:
Rock types,
Sedimentary/Metamorphic/Igneous - comparisons *

MAY 21st
Interest Tables:
Minerals & Fossils of Africa *

MAY 28th
HALF TERM - No Meeting

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JUNE 2018

JUNE 4th
Start of 4 week course
Field trip finds*

JUNE 11th
Microscopes*

JUNE 18th
Interest Tables:
Fossil imprints
(eg plants, trace fossils etc.)*

JUN 25th
Interest Tables:
Stones used as building materials,
Examples & discussion*

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JULY 2018

JULY 2nd
Preparation for August 18th - Priory centre table.*

JULY 9th
SLMS BARBECUE
(at Nicola's)

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AUGUST 2018

August 18th
Priory centre table

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OCTOBER 2018

October 6th
Autumn Fair at Emmanual Church Hall

Those wishing to use microscopes or carry out work on the lapidary machines a (*) is marked next to those evenings suitable.

More to follow .......