Volume 14  Number 2                                                       Spring  2004                                                                                 Page 3

Minerals of Arizona -
Twelfth Annual Symposium


Where and When:
Saturday March 27, 2004, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, 15th Avenue and Washington, Phoenix, Arizona.

Registration Information:
The $35.00 (Foundation members pay $30) registration fee includes Registration costs, Program abstracts and a wonderful lunch.  There will also be
refreshments at the coffee hour and breaks.
The registration fee must be sent
before March 24, 2004 so that the lunch and refreshments can be ordered. Send a check payable to the:

Arizona Mineral and Mining
Museum Foundation (AMMMF)
P.O. Box 41834
Mesa, Arizona 85274


Symposium Program

8:00 - 9:00 - Coffee Hour and Book Sale
9:00 - 9:15 - Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
9:15 - 9:45
- Quartz from Date Creek, Yavapai County, Arizona - Stan Celestian
9:45 - 10:30 - Minerals of the Silver Bell mine, Pima County
Part 1 -Anna Domitrovic
Part 2 - Ron Gibbs
10:30 - 11:00 - Break, Mineral Silent Auction, Book Sale
11:00 - 11:30 - Bisbee - Queen of the Copper Camps - Les Presmyk
11:30 - 12:00
- Why is some cerussite yellow, and why do we keep blaming chrome? - Samantha Harris, Zach Freeman, and Erik Melchiorre
12:00 - 1:30 - Lunch, Mineral Silent Auction, Book Sale
1:30 - 2:00
- Gem Materials of Southwestern New Mexico - Robert North
2:00 - 2:30
- Rich Hill: Arizona's Most Amazing Gold District -Erik Melchiorre
2:30 - 3:00 - Restoration of the Swallow Mine

Stamp Mill - Charlie Connel
3:00 - 3:30 - Break, Mineral Silent Auction, Book Sale
3:30 - 4:15 - Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources Historic Photograph Collection - Nyal Niemuth
4:15 - 4:45 - The Arizona Wulfenite Project - Randall Heath and Raymond Grant
4:45 - Concluding Remarks

Symposium Field Trip
By Ray Grant

      There will be a field trip on Sunday March 28 in conjunction with the Minerals of Arizona Symposium. Because of limited space, this trip will
be restricted to people attending the Symposium. We will go to the ARSARCO Sacaton mine located just northwest of Casa Grande. Details with times and directions will be available at the symposium. Minerals found there in the past include azurite, malachite, brochantite, cuprite, and chrysocolla.

Welcome New Foundation Members

Long-time Foundation members will be amazed at the number of new members on our roster. The envelope in the newsletter really worked.

Please welcome these new members:


Kevin and Tess Garvey
Glenn and Maria Hoffman
Apache Junction Rock and Gem Club
Gila County Gem and Mineral Society

We hope you will all take advantage of your membership benefits, and make your Foundation Membership valuable to you.

Lavone

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