Monthly Speakers


Dec 2008: Dinner/Auction
Nov 2008: TBA
Oct 2008: TBA
Sept 2008: Show and Tell
July-Aug 2008: Summer Break For Field Trips
June 2008: Dinner/Auction
May 2008: John Delano "TBA"
April 2008: Bob Ballad "Thermodynamics of Fluorite" and Rich Stein "Safety Talk for Field Trips"
Mar 2008: Alfredo Petrov "Sulfur in Bolivia"
Feb 2008: Video on "History of Gold"
Jan 2008: The Rock Cycle Videotape


Dec 2007: Dinner/Auction
Nov 2007: video tape
Oct 2007: Dr. Steve Chamberlin, a mineralogist from Syracuse University
Sept 2007: Show and Tell
July-Aug 2007: Summer Break For Field Trips
June 2007: Dinner/Auction
April 2007: Marian Lupulescu "The Many Faces of Calcite"
Mar 2007: The 2007 PowerPoint of the Capital District Mineral Club
Feb 2007: EFMLS CD entitled "Wildacres, It's Wonderful and it's yours"
Jan 2007: National Geographic Cave Video

Dec 2006: Dinner/Auction
Nov 2006: Bruce Murray "Max Fischer's Collection"
Oct 2006: Richard Hartnett "Properties of Quartz"
Sept 2006: Show and Tell - Silent Auction
July-Aug 2006: Summer Break For Field Trips
June 2006: Dinner/Auction
May 2006: Chuck Inman "Meandering Through Blunderland or Avoiding Potential Disasters In Cleaning and Storage of Minerals"
April 2006: Rich Stein's Safety Talk
"CDMC 2006 Powerpoint", "Underground Caverns video"
Mar 2006: "Collecting Earth's Natural Treasures"
Feb 2006: Bruce Murray "Basic Identification of Minerals"
Jan 2006: Bob Ballad "Hot Rocks"

Dec 2005: Dinner/Auction
Nov 2005: EFMLS Slide Presentation from 2003
Oct 2005: "Sweet Home Mine" Rhodochrosite DVD
Sept 2005: Show and Tell - Silent Auction
July-Aug 2005: Summer Break For Field Trips
June 2005: Dinner/Auction
May 2005: George and Barbara Gearhardt "Minerals of New York State"
April 2005: DVD "Jewel of the Desert: The Kartchner Caverns"
Mar 2005: Video on Kartchner Caverns (Tuscan, AZ)
Feb 2005: Rich Stein "The Many Faces of Calcite"
Jan 2005: "History of the Panama Canal Video"

Dec 2004: Dinner/Auction
Nov 2004: John Delano: "Mars"
Oct 2004: Mike Hawkins: "Tour the Exhibits of the NYSM Mineral Section"
Sept 2004: Show and Tell - Silent Auction
July-Aug 2004: Summer Break For Field Trips
June 2004: Dinner/Auction
May 2004: Bruce Murray: "Mineral Identification" / Rich Stein: CDMC Safety Program
Apr 2004: Bob Ballad / Paul Van Schaick: "CDMC Field Trips Proposed"
Mar 2004: Dr. John Delano: "Exploration of Mars"
Feb 2004: Mike Hawkins: "New NYSM Mineral Exhibits: i.e. fluorescent showcase"
Jan 2004: George Gearhardt: "Mineral Collections - Part 2"

Dec 2003: Dinner/Auction
Nov 2003: George Gearhardt: "Mineral Collections - Part 1";
Oct 2003: Jeff Fast: "Minerals of Mexico"
Sept 2003: Show and Tell
July-Aug 2003: Summer Break For Field Trips
June 2003: Dinner/Auction
May 2003: J. Richard Harnett: "Westmoreland, NH Flourites"
Apr 2003: Dave Millis: "Minerals from Bancroft, Ontario and/or the Southwest"
Mar 2003: Mike Hawkins: "Tour the Exhibits of the NYSM Mineral Section and Point Out the Changes Planned for the Near Future"
Feb 2003: John Delano: "Ages of Impact Glasses From the Moon"
Jan 2003: Videotape Presentation on Bisbee, Arizona

Dec 2002: Dinner/Auction
Nov 2002: Gerald M. Friedman: "Geological Pioneers"
Oct 2002: Robert Titus: "Pictures of the Catskills"
Sept 2002: Show and Tell
July-Aug 2002: Summer Break For Field Trips
June 2002: Dinner/Auction
Apr 2002: Richard Stein "Safety Lecture"
Feb 2002: Keven Krajick: "The Hunt For North American Diamonds"
Jan 2002: George and Barbara Gearhardt: "Slide Presentation on Pseudomorphs"

Dec 2001: Dinner/Auction
Nov 2001: Mike McHale: "Chemical Action of Acid Rain on the Adirondack Mountains vs. the Catskill Mountains"
Oct 2001: George and Barbara Gearhardt: "Slide Presentation of Objects Made of Minerals"
Sept 2001: Show and Tell
July-Aug 2001: Summer Break For Field Trips
June 2001: Dinner/Auction
May 2001: John Delano: "What was the Earth Like a Long Time Ago - Three Million Years Ago?"
April 2001: Dave Millis: "Where to Collect in Bancroft, Canada"
Mar 2001: Mike Hawkins: "Minerals of NYS Museum"
Feb 2001: Bill Rocco: "How Diamonds Are Grown in the Laboratory and Development of Sintered Diamond Products"
Jan 2001: Michael Hawkins: "Hall of Minerals Display, NYS Museum"

Dec 2000: Dinner/Auction
Nov 2000: Gary Wall: "Post Glacial History of Mohawk River Valley"
Oct 2000: Frank Spear: "Garnets"
Sept 2000: Show and Tell
July-Aug 2000: Summer Break For Field Trips
June 2000: Dinner/Auction

Dec 1999: Dinner/Auction
Nov 1999: Chuck Inman: "Ubiquitous Pyrite But Elusive Cinnabar - Why?"
Sept 1999: Show and Tell
July-Aug 1999: Summer Break For Field Trips
June 1999: Dinner/Auction
May 1999: Kurt Hollocher: "Coprolites"
Feb 1999: Show and Tell