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SUMMARY:OVMC May 2025 Meeting - Grenville Night and Mineral Auction
DESCRIPTION:5:30 PM Mineral Identification and Kids Corner \n\n\n\n“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!). \n\n\n\n“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! \n\n\n\n6:00 PM Meeting \n\n\n\nMineral Auction (cash please) \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Michael Bainbridge\, Assistant Curator of Mineralogy\, Canadian Museum of Nature \n\n\n\nTopic:  Grenville Geological Province Night \n\n\n\nThe complex metamorphic rocks of the Grenville geological province host many of the famous mineral localities of SE Ontario and western Quebec\, including the Otter Lake apatite mine\, the Miller property titanite-apatite\, the numerous occurrences at Bancroft and Madoc\, and hundreds more. We are planning a brief review of the geology of the Grenville followed by hands-on demonstrations of the sometimes confusing rocks and minerals found in this terrane. This will be a great opportunity for all of us to improve our skill in identifying and understanding Grenville rocks and minerals. \n\n\n\nLocation 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
URL:https://www.ovmineralclub.ca/event/ovmc-may-2025-meeting/
LOCATION:Canadian Museum of Nature\, 240 MacLeod Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2P 2R1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Beryl Pit Field Trip
DESCRIPTION:The Beryl Pit is an open pit with a large field of mine dump material that has been bulldozed for easier finding. Originally\, beryl was discovered in 1897 then the mine opened in the 1920s. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere are a variety of minerals that can be found here including beryl\, pyrite\, columbite\, euxenite\, tourmaline\, fluorite\, various quartz\, aquamarine\, mica\, feldspar including albite peristerite (moonstone)\, allanite and many more. Most of these were formed in a granite pegmatite about 1.2 billion years ago up to 20 km deep under the Grenville mountains which have all eroded away. \n\n\n\nWe will meet at the Quadeville Grocery Store at 10:00 am and then proceed by car to the Beryl Pit parking area. There is a 0.75 km walk to the collecting area which is fairly open. Bring lunch\, water and mosquito repellant. There are no washrooms at the Pit but Quadeville does have a public washrooms. \n\n\n\nThere are two collecting approaches: \n\n\n\n\nEasy:  Digging and raking through the mine dumps which is mainly loose soil mixed with minerals\n\n\n\nChallenging: Using a sledge or chisels to break open big rocks to find fresh mineral specimens.\n\n\n\n\nSee our Blog Article for tools and what to bring:  Gearing Up:  Must-Have Tools for the Aspiring Rockhound \n\n\n\nThe owners of the Beryl Pit charge the following fees which we will collect in advance: \n\n\n\n\nAdult – $20.00\n\n\n\nStudent – $15.00\n\n\n\nChildren under 6 – Free\n\n\n\n\nPlease note\, if paying by credit or debit card\, there is a $1.00 fee for card processing. \n\n\n\nThere is a limit of 40 attendees.
URL:https://www.ovmineralclub.ca/event/beryl-pit-field-trip/
LOCATION:Quadeville – meet at Kauffeldt’s Grocery Store\, Quadevilles\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Yates Mine Field Trip
DESCRIPTION:The Yates Mine was originally worked in 1906-07 for mica and fluorite and later in the 40’s and 50’s for fluorite and uranothorite.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPossible minerals to be uncovered are: allanite\, apatite\, calcite\, diopside\, fluorite\, microcline\, molybdenite\, phlogopite mica\, pyroxene\, scapolite thorianite\, titanite\, tremolite and zircon. \n\n\n\nThere is a 20-25 minute walk through the woods on an uneven road slightly uphill. A dolly may help lighten the load on the way out. \n\n\n\nSee our Blog Article for tools and what to bring: Gearing Up: Must-Have Tools for the Aspiring Rockhound.
URL:https://www.ovmineralclub.ca/event/yates-mine-field-trip/
LOCATION:Otter Lake\, Otter Lake\, Quebec\, Canada
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