The Russell Society

Topographical mineralogy, the conservation of minerals and the preservation of mineralogical sites

Reminder: Zoom talk WEDNESDAY 25th March

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This month’s zoom talk is on Wednesday and not Friday as usual. Brian Young will be talking on “The North Pennine Orefield: Some New Perspectives”. Brian can speak with authority on this topic as he was the BGS District Geologist for Northern England, before retiring from the British Geological Survey.

March 2026 Newsletters

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Both the March 2026 Newsletter and the Junior Magazine have just been released and are excellent reads. The Junior Magazine can be found from the link on the home page and members can download the Society Newsletter from the Members’ page.

Zoom Talk Friday 20th Feb

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Our speaker this Friday will be Karen Hudson-Edwards, Professor in Sustainable Mining at the Camborne School of Mines and Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter. She will be talking on Mine Wastes: Environmental Liability or Valuable Resource? Please visit the members page to log-in; the waiting room will open at 19.15.

RS Journal vol 26 + Field Trips

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The latest copy of the journal is now with the printers but if you are impatient to read it you will find a digital copy available to members on the Members’ Page.

You will also find the Field Trip programme for the next quarter. The first trip is on the 7th March so do not delay in signing up. The list is not complete and more will be added when the Field Trip Co-ordinators have finalised details.

2026 ASM 13th-15th March

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The ASM next year will run from the 13th to the 15th March at Exeter Hall in Kidlington near Oxford. Some members may recognise this as the venue for the Oxford Mineral & Fossil Shows and delegates will be able to attend the show on the Sunday. Optional trips on Friday will be hosted by the Oxford Museum of Natural History and the Natural History Museum, London. More details will be circulated when the full programme is in place.

Mineralogical Society – 150th Anniversary Meeting 2026: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers

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In 2026, the Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland will celebrate its 150th anniversary, with a special conference at the University of Manchester.
 
This conference will celebrate the history of Mineralogical Society and also explore the leading-edge mineral science across the whole earth system, and the applied science that  supports  key scientific and societal challenges of the 21st century and beyond.
 
Details of this event, which will take place from 23–25 June 2026, can be found at https://minsoc-150.org. Scientists from all countries are welcome. Note that this will be a fully hybrid conference, delegates can attend in person or remotely.

17th October our Zoom speaker is Courtenay Smale

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The programme of virtual talks for the coming season is now on the members’ page. The first is on Friday 17th October when Courtenay Smale will give a talk entitled “The Williams Collection at Caerhays Castle”. As usual the link to log into the talk will appear on the members’ page a few days before.

Mendip Rocks 2025

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For those who have attended the Southern Branch Symposium at the Somerset Earth Science Centre you will be aware of the annual event they organise – “Mendip Rocks”. This includes a number of workshops and field trips which take place between 1st to 25th October all of which are open to the public but must be prebooked.

This year they have a very wide range of geological based trips organised, including a few quarries we have not visited for many years.

If you are interested then the link below takes you their full offerings:

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/mendip-rocks-2025-4600963

and many more………