Burlington Gem and Mineral Club

NEXT MEETING: There will be no regular meeting in July. Our next regular meeting will be on Thursday, August 26, 2010.

August PROGRAM: Andy Simmons will give a presentation on the Union Chapel Mine in Jasper, Alabama, recognized as the world's premier locality for amphibian trackways from the Pennsylvanian period. Andy and his father, Ray, had an opportunity to visit this invitation-only locality recently. He will have specimens they collected, as well as plant fossils collected from another locality.

LOCATION: Community Lutheran Church, 1560 Williston Road, South Burlington, Vermont

(Click here for a map to the Church)

TIME: 7:00 PM

Club meetings are held on the last Thursday of the month (except July, November and December). Prospective members are always welcome. No background in geology or mineralogy is required.