2024-25 Monthly Meetings
Doors open at 5:30 PM, presentation will start at 6:30. Most meetings will also be available virtually via MS Teams.
Next Meeting March 12, 2025
Presentation: Show and Tell
April 9, 2025, Bring out your most confusing specimen or your favorite piece to have Marten Lewadny the rock doctor and other club members help identify it. Refreshments provided.
Monthly Meetings:
January 2025 Meeting
Date: January 8th, 2025
Presentation: Ed Cloutis, Landing on The MOON
The geology of the Moon can provide insights into the origin of the Earth-Moon system as well as the geological forces affecting the early Solar System. Ongoing exploration of the Moon by a number of nations and organizations is helping to clarify this early history. Recent discoveries include the discovery of a number of water-bearing minerals, and igneous minerals. Dating of these igneous minerals suggests that volcanoes on the Moon were active until very recently. A search is going for minerals that may come from the lunar mantle and which have been exposed at the surface by major impacts.
Febuary 2025 Meeting
February 12, 2025, Ken Fumerton, Ordovician fossils from Gillis Quarry
Part 1, Introduction to collecting at Gillis Quarry. Our guest speaker and field trip leader.
Ken Fumerton has 40+ years of experience collecting fossils in Manitoba and abroad. In this presentation he will be focusing on the Ordovician fossils that can be found at Gillis Quarry, Manitoba. This is an active quarry so the possibilities of finding new and fresh fossils are always good. Ken will monitor the progress in the pit, to see if the area they are working on, is actually producing fresh fossils. Different areas in the pit will produce different types and sizes of fossils, whether they may be corals, trilobites or Cephalopods. The fossils found here are of a high quality, well preserved and are very collectable. Sometimes, they may also contain Vugs (holes) lined with calcite or quartz crystals, which will add value to your new found specimens. If you are interested in participating in this Field Trip, register with Ken.
March 2025 Meeting
March 12, 2025, Part 2, An Overview of Ordovician Fossils in Manitoba or "What the heck is this?"
A scientific overview of Ordovician fossils in Manitoba.
April 2025 Meeting
April 9, 2025, Martin Lewadny Rock Doctor, Show and Tell W/refreshments
May 2025 Meeting
May, date to be determined; MSM Dinner and Live Auction fundraiser
January 2025 Meeting
June, date to be determined; Spring BBQ
Location:
Immigrant Center of Manitoba
100 Adelaide St, on the main floor.
Parking is available on the street or behind the building in the parking lot
