Events

Workshop on Igneous Rock Identification Led by Dr Paul Olver A 5 hour intensive workshop which aims to provide novices – and not-so-novices – through the mysteries of differentiating igneous rocks from sediments and metamorphics, and then provide the tools for them to separate out the main igneous families when examined in hand specimens. To ...

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Can we get metals out of the ground in a “green” sustainable way? Speaker: Dr Gawen Jenkins from the University of Leicester Dr Gawen Jenkin will first examine the ongoing need for mineral resources to underpin a good quality of life for the population of planet Earth. Although we might ultimately develop a “circular economy” ...

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