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Some other sites which may interest you

National organisations for the amateur and professional:

The Geologists Association

The Geological Society

Some neighbouring societies:

East Herts Geology Club

Bedfordshire & Luton Geology Group

Bucks Earth Heritage Group

More links...

The following meetings are planned during 2012

Meetings usually take place on Thursdays at the Verulamium Museum, St. Michaels, 
St. Albans, and start at 7:30pm unless otherwise noted.

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Date

Speaker

Title

5  January

James Ford 

“Brick making and the chalk mines of the Reading area”

9 February

Graham Hickman 
(BP Exploration)

“Hydrology and geology of Burnham Beeches”

8 March

Annual General Meeting, followed by wine and cheese 

Exhibitions of specimens and slide shows by members of the society

Programme
change
5 April 7:30
John Facer  "Mantle xenoliths from the Bearpaw Mountains, Montana"

3  May

Noel Worley
(British Gypsum)
“The geology of gypsum”
Followed by field visit to a gypsum mine (to be confirmed)
14 June Prof Jim Rose 
(Royal Holloway College, 
University of  London)

“The Bytham River story”

5 July Dr Giles Miller 
(Natural History Museum)

“Searching for early fish in the 
Ordovician of Oman”

Saturday 
4 August
 7 - 10 pm
Annual soiree
Doors open for exhibitors 
6:30 pm
Talks, wine, bring & share food, and members' specimens, photos and slides

4 October

Dr Jane Evans 
(BGS)
“Forensic geology”

1/ 8 November (date to be confirmed)

Dr Cally Oldenshaw  “Gemstones”

6 December

Dr Hilary Downes 
(Birkbeck College, 
University of  London)

“Meteorites”


Visitors are welcome to attend meetings, subject to a small charge.