New England Mineral Conference

Welcome Everyone, 

 It is almost here, the first New England Mineral Conference. We invite you to check out the event at the link below. Anyone coming to the Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society club show this weekend can still register at the reduced rate. If you have not yet registered and would still like to come there is registration available the day of the events at the door. After 22 years of a successful run the Maine Mineral Symposium ended and left a void and people have been anxiously waiting for a return of a similar event. This years event will be held April 26th-28th at the Ramada Conference Center in Lewiston, Me. There is still lodging available for anyone traveling from away.

To give you a taste of what you can expect this year, the past president and founder of the Maine Mineral Symposium, Woody Thompson, will be presenting a celebration of Ray Woodman. For those of you that don’t know Ray, he was a State of Maine geologist who has been an avid collector and over the years amassed what is considered the most complete Maine mineral collection. Luckily, this collection ended up at the Maine Mineral Museum in Bethel that will open later this year. Carl Francis, of Harvard fame and now working with the Museum, will also speak on the collection and the museum. The museum will also be displaying some of the Ray Woodman collection. There will be many other displays from around New England, as well. Skip Simmons, PhD, pegmatologist from the University of New Orleans, will be our emcee and keynote speaker. Anyone who has heard Skip speak will tell you that you need to be here for this event. 

Cordially,

Jeff Morrison

President

New England Mineral Association  

New England Mineral Conference