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OVMC September 2025 Meeting – The Fabulous World of Fluorescent Minerals
September 11 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Kids Corner
“Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 5:30, ends at 6 PM. Members are free to bring in a reasonable number of samples or specimens to be identified by the expert mineralogists in the club. This has been a very popular activity for the membership (at times exceeding our capacity to deal with everyone present!).
“Kids Corner”: We will now be having a table set aside for children to learn the basics of mineral identification and other related activities. Thank you to Tara Conroy for setting this up!
6:00 PM Meeting
Speaker: Bob Boisvert, Fluorescent Minerals Expert
Topic: The Fabulous World of Fluorescent Minerals
Bob is an expert in the field of fluorescent minerals and will share his knowledge through a newly updated presentation as well as hands-on demonstrations of various minerals and the different wavelengths of UV light. Our local geological region: Grenville Province is rich in minerals that fluoresce.
Join us as we explore the wonders of fluorescence in minerals.
Location and Directions: Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St., Ottawa. Enter through the main entrance and turn left, go to the end of the hall past the cafeteria