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SUMMARY:WGCG: Ask a Geologist
DESCRIPTION:The WGCG shall be holding a special Ask a Geologist session at Market Hall Museum in Warwick. WGCG geological experts will be at hand to discuss geology in our everyday lives\, geological careers\, and geological science in general. Come along and examine specimens in super detail with our blue tooth microscope. We will have a number of rocks\, minerals and fossils on hand to be viewed and discussed\, a number of posters\, geological references and free brochures of nearby geology trails. \n\n\n\nThis is a drop in event\, no need to book ahead. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nptr
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/wgcg-ask-a-geologist-4/
LOCATION:Market Hall Museum\, Market Hall Museum\, Market Pl\, Warwick\,\, CV34 4SA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Gibbets Hill - Geoconservation Work
DESCRIPTION:Geoconservation work at the former Gibbet Hill Middle Quarry LoGS 22 to uncover the Gibbet Hill Congolmerate of the Kenilworth Sandstone Formation. \n\n\n\nInstructions:Park on a university road off Gibbett Hill Road W3W is ///pool.fortunate.thank. The first exposure is on the other side of side of Gibbett Hill Road W3W ///losses.jumpy.safety. Trip to be lead by Ray Pratt. Meet at 10am. Please bring secateurs\, trowels\, spade\, wire brush if possible. \n\n\n\nIf you wish to attend please express your interest ASAP by sending an email to julieharrald@googlemail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/geo-conservation-gibbets-hill-logs-22/
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SUMMARY:Mineralisation of the Malvern Hills - Adrian Wyatt
DESCRIPTION:On walking or driving through Malvern town the visitor will find it hard not to notice the many drab\, grey boundary walls and house frontages made of a jumble of angular blocks of rock\, each block cemented in place with lime mortar. These rocks were sold by many local quarries and were described as ‘Malvern Stone’; the peak of popularity being during Victorian and Edwardian times. Malvern Stone\, when freshly broken\, was sought after for the variety of colours and patterns that it displayed. The colours are due to different minerals and they occur either as separate\, easily discernible to the eye\, interlocking crystals in a specific type of rock or as crystallized veins filling fissures that were created when the rock was brittle fractured. The most common rock types are Precambrian age igneous granite and diorite with metamorphic and gneissose and schistose derivatives. The granite is composed of the minerals quartz\, feldspar and usually a little mica or amphibole; but what of the other rocks and were any other minerals found during the quarrying heyday that are visible to the naked eye? \n\n\n\nThere have been at least three determined attempts to establish the prospects for metalliferous mining in the Malvern Hills. One involved the sinking of a shaft and driving an adit and the other two used chemical laboratory analysis of samples of rock or soil. They all concluded that there are no minerals of economic value here. \n\n\n\nHowever\, the talk will share the results of research using archives including library books\, museum and private collections\, geological society papers and field club reports that show that a surprisingly wide variety of minerals were discovered during the period of quarrying and tunnelling that ended in 1976; and it will show that the Malvern Hills are not just made of granite and diorite! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdrian WyattBorn in Malvern I have always been in awe of the Malvern Hills. I was introduced to geology in 1970 and took an interest in the subject as a hobby. After gaining a degree in Metallurgy in Sheffield I spent most of my working life in the aircraft component manufacturing industry in Worcestershire. As a Chartered Engineer and member of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing I was responsible for the NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) departments. During this time I was commissioned to create a display of local rocks for the opening of the Malvern Museum at its present location in the Priory Gatehouse. I am a long time member of several geological and mineral groups and societies and support the U3a geology group\, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust\, Malvern Hills Trust and Malvern Museum Association in their activities. Since 2014 I have organised occasional geological walks and talks; the most recent being a field trip for WGCG to the Malvern Hills in August last year. \n\n\n\nAdrian Wyatt\n\n\n\nThis lecture will be offered in a hybrid format. Please join us in person if you can\, or register to attend virtually via zoom using the link below. \n\n\n\nRegister in advance to attend virtually:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/CLx_apThR3WIXNH2UaFrVA \n\n\n\nVenue:St Francis Of Assisi RC Church\, 110 Warwick Rd\, Kenilworth CV8 1HLhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/9CGWRNdgFfttDKtd
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/mineralisation-of-the-malvern-hills-adrian-wyatt-2/
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SUMMARY:Kenilworth Cutting - Geoconservation Work
DESCRIPTION:Geoconservation work at Kenilworth Cutting (Coventry Road) LoGS 97 to uncover an impressive outcrop of the Kenilworth Sandstone Formation.  \n\n\n\nInstructions:Meet at the bridge across the Coventry Road W3W ///metro.backed.eagle at 10am and we will walk along the Freeway. Lead by Jane Allum.  Please bring secateurs\, trowels\, spade\, wire brush if possible. \n\n\n\nIf you wish to attend please express your interest ASAP by sending an email to julieharrald@googlemail.com
URL:https://www.wgcg.co.uk/event/geo-conservation-kenilworth-cutting-logs-97/
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