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OVMC October 2025 Meeting – Mineral Photography and Annual General Meeting
October 9, 2025 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
6:00 PM Mineral Identification and Swap Shop
“Rock Doctor” Clinic: Starts at 6:00, ends at 6:30 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!).
“Swap Shop”: Calling all collectors! The OVMC Swap Shop is open for all members (adults and children). Mike and Tara will have several treasures to trade including small crystals, fossils, polished rocks and the occasional plastic dino! Donations towards the Swap collection is appreciated! Local and international samples accepted. No large samples please.
6:30 PM Meeting
Speaker: Michael Bainbridge, Curator of Minerology, Canadian Museum of Nature
Topic: Mineral Photography
Michael Bainbridge is the Curator of Mineralogy at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa and one of the top mineral photographers in the world. Michael previously worked as a commercial mineral photographer for many years and his photographs have been widely published. His wonderful photographs and written descriptions of the exceptional Bill Pinch mineral collection, purchased by the Museum in 1989, were published in his book “The Pinch Collection at the Canadian Museum of Nature” in 2020. Come out and learn some of the techniques for photographing your mineral collection from one of the best!