Micromineral Symposium + Field Trips

In partnership with the Georgia Mineral Society Micromount Section (GMSMS)

FRIDAY 11.03
9 AM - 2 PM

FIELD TRIP TO THE RED OAK QUARRY

Directions will be sent to registered participants only.

SATURDAY 11.04
9 AM - 8 PM

GATHERING + SYMPOSIUM

Includes breakfast, lunch, lectures, and dinner with cash bar.

SUNDAY 11.05
10 AM - 2 PM

WORKSHOPS

MONDAY 11.06*
9 AM - 4 PM

FIELD TRIP TO INDIAN MOUNTAIN

Requires Symposium regsitration. Directions will be sent to registered participants only.

microscope rental $10

Limited supply

Advance registration required. Recommended for ages 8+ with a working knowledge of geology, mineralogy, and microscopy.

Prepaid registration is required by noon on Monday, October 30, 2023. Registration includes Friday field trip; continental breakfast, symposium lectures, microscope time, lunch buffet, and pizza and salad dinner buffet with cash bar on Saturday; and Sunday workshops. Monday field trip is at an additional cost and requires symposium registration.

Bring your microscopes and enjoy a four-day event learning about and viewing microminerals – crystals that are too small to see with the naked eye, but whose beauty are revealed through a microscope. The event includes time looking at microcrystals, meeting with fellow micromounters, listening to lectures by top micro-mineralogists, a workshop on preparing and photographing microminerals, and going on field trips to two* of the Southeast’s top micromineral localities.

*Field trip details will be provided after registration.