Southampton Mineral & Fossil Society Meetings Programme 2021
Please Note: Our entire meeting programme has been suspended until all Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted. We have regular monthly talks hosted on Zoom and the dates for these are given below. Members will be notified by email on the subjects. Stay safe and we hope to see you soon.
Unless otherwise advised all evening meetings take
place on the third Tuesday of each month at The
Friends' Meeting House, Ordnance Road, Southampton
beginning at 19:30. Entry is by the green side door on the
left hand side of the building. Parking is available in a nearby car park
or on the road outside and charges apply until 20:00.
Directions from Google Maps UK can be accessed from
here
Venue map. Refreshments are served at
meetings, before and after our activities, and we usually finish
around 21:30.
At most evening meetings there will usually be
a "Members' Display" of rock, mineral & fossil specimens
(or any other related material) bought along and displayed by the members
on a theme loosely related to the evening activity.
There are sometimes specimens
for sale, and for free, at some meetings.
Guests are very welcome to come along to any evening
meeting as a visitor to meet SMFS and the members
before considering joining the Society.
Download the complete SMFS Programme for 2021 (PDF
file).
You can also download an ICS calendar file for import into your electronic calendar SMFS iCalendar for 2021
(ICS file).
Pyrope variety of garnet.
January
Tuesday 19th January 2021
Zoom Meeting - "Trilobites" with Joseph "PaleoJoe" Kchodl from Michigan, USA.
Members' Display: Not applicable.
Quartz variety amethyst.
February
Tuesday 16th February 2021
Zoom Meeting - "Essex Rocks: Aspects of the Geology of Essex" Gerald Lucy, FGS.
Members' Display: Not applicable.
Beryl variety aquamarine.
March
Tuesday 16th March 2021
Zoom Meeting - "The geological evolution of the New Forest: A 300 million
year tale of semi-arid deserts, playa lakes, floodplains roamed by dinosaurs,
subtropical seas and swamps." by Dr James Barnet.
Members' Display: Not applicable.
Diamond in matrix.
April
Thursday 29th April 2021
Zoom Meeting - A Celebration of 50 years of SMFS on the actual evening of the
inaugural meeting 50 years ago in April 1971.
Members' Display: Not applicable.
Beryl variety emerald.
May
Tuesday 18th May 2021
Zoom Meeting - Subject to be advised.
Members' Display: Not applicable.
Orthoclase feldspar variety moonstone.
June
Tuesday 15th June 2021
Zoom Meeting - Subject to be advised.
Members' Display: Not applicable.
Corundum variety ruby.
July
Tuesday 20th July 2021
Zoom Meeting - Subject to be advised.
Members' Display: Not applicable.
Olivine variety peridot.
August
Tuesday 17th August 2021
Zoom Meeting - Subject to be advised.
Members' Display: Not applicable.
Corundum variety sapphire.
September
Saturday 4th September 2021
Hopefullly the Show will go ahead in 2021.
The 31st Hampshire Mineral & Fossil Show, 10:00 - 16:30,
Lyndhurst Community Centre, Lyndhurst, Hants. A day not
to be missed. Further details on the Show can be
obtained HERE.
Tuesday 21st September 2021
Evening meeting to be arranged.
Members' Display: To be advised.
Opal.
October
Tuesday 19th October 2021
Evening meeting to be arranged.
Members' Display: To be advised.
Topaz.
November
Tuesday 16th November 2021
Evening meeting to be arranged.
Members' Display: To be advised.
Turquoise.
December
Tuesday 21st December 2021
Evening meeting to be arranged.
Members' Display: To be advised.