Meetings

Meetings

Regular meetings are the second Wednesday of each month, at 8:00 PM, from September through April.

Next Meeting:

Friday, April 9 2008 **DIFFERENT DATE and LOCATION**
Reception: 6:00 p.m.
Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
Lecture: 8:00 p.m. - If you are not joining us for the dinner, please join us for the lecture.

Location:

Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario
Click here for a map to the location

Speaker:

Quintin and Willow Wight

Topic:

Gems and Minerals in Russia

Abstract:

Canadian Museum of Nature Research Associate Gemmologist Willow Wight attended the 30th International Gemmological Conference held at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia in July, 2007. Accompanied by her husband, Quintin, she joined in the pre-conference and post-conference tours of diamond, emerald, and demantoid garnet mines across Russia from Mirnyy in northern Siberia to Ekaterinburg and Arkhangelsk. Willow and Quintin together will describe aspects of the journey, illustrated with photographs of the mines, their products, and some of the spectacular finds. They will also cover some of the magnificent collection of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow, and the Urals State Mining Museum in Ekaterinburg.
The nature of the occasion merits some short mention of the local scenery and geology as well.
The Wights are talented speakers and the evening should prove to be both interesting and
fun!

Bio:

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At the February 2008 meeting...