Zoom Talks
The Society has a monthly programme of talks from September to May each year hosted on Zoom. These can be enjoyed by all our members regardless of geographical location and some individuals in Australia regularly get up very early to attend! These are not just lectures but a social occasion with lots of opportunity to talk to fellow attendees before the start of formal proceedings. Occasional evening Zoom meetings are also held by Branches.
Annual Society Meeting (ASM)
Every year members meet for the Annual Society Meeting (and AGM) to enjoy field trips, visits, presentations, social events and conversation.
Annual Society Meeting 2026
The 2026 ASM will be held on 13th-15th March at Exeter Hall in Kidlington near Oxford (Oxford Rd, Kidlington OX5 1AB).
- Friday will include optional trips hosted by the Oxford museum of Natural History and the Natural History Museum, London.
- On Saturday there will be the usual talks, displays, auction and mineral swop tables.
- The Sunday will include the Oxford show which is held at the same venue
Annual Society Meeting 2025:
The 2025 ASM was held in Cumbria, over the weekend of 16 to 19 May 2025, hosted by the North Branch at the North Lakes Hotel and Spar (Penrith). The conference theme was Scottish Minerals and Mineralogy with six talks on the Saturday and a variety of field trips on Friday, Sunday and Monday which included museum, mine and quarry visits in Cumbria, County Durham, Dumfries and Galloway and Yorkshire.
Annual Society Meeting 2024:
This was hosted by Wales and West Branch at the Delta Cheltenham Chase Hotel, Shurdington Road, Brockworth near Cheltenham, with the theme “Mineralogical Memories”. Talks were centred around the stories behind our members and their memorable moments; how they got into collecting and significant discoveries, mishaps and friendships.
Annual Society Meeting 2023
The 2023 ASM was held at Buckfast in South Devon for the weekend of Friday 31st March to Sunday 2nd April. The theme for Saturday’s talks was “Minerals of Britain” with 5 speakers covering the Southern Uplands of Scotland, South East Wales, Northern Ireland, Derbyshire and the Lake District. The programme of field trips extended to include Thursday and Monday. The Society AGM was held after the talks on Saturday with the usual ASM dinner and auction in the evening.
The 50th Anniversary Annual Society Meeting 2022
2022 was the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Society, and the ASM was held in Leicester, the birthplace of the Society. Our after dinner speaker was Arthur Russell’s son, Christopher Russell who much enjoyed chatting with members of the society. Here he is being shown some of Sir Arthur’s specimens from the NHM, which were brought to the event by Mike Rumsey.
Field trips and meetings
All members can participate in an annual calendar of field trips, meetings and presentations that are organised by Branches around the country.
This is a selection of photographs taken by some of our members on field trips.
