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We hope to schedule a fossil field trip closer to Ottawa on this date. More details to come.
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** NOTE: Mineral collecting field trips will begin again in the Spring. Click on Previous Events below to browse past field trips, meetings and other events. Come to our monthly meetings which are held every second Thursday each month. Bring your rocks and minerals to have experts identify or exchange for other minerals plus attend fascinating presentations. Presentations are in English but bilingual club members would be happy to translate questions.
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1 event,Members can choose to attend just one day or both days. Reserve a motel in Bancroft early if staying overnight. Please register at the bottom of this page for each day. Located about 25 minutes from Bancroft, Titanite Hill is part of the same local geology as the famous, now closed to the public: Bear...
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The former Parker Mine in Quebec just north of Ottawa was mined in the early 1900s for mica in pyroxenite but is more famous for excellent crystals of olivine and spinel. Although a wide variety of mineral are possibly found, we are seeking spinel and forsterite (magnesium end member of olivine group). Hypersthene pyroxene, calcite, phlogopite mica,...
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