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Tellus Mineral Symposium

GOLD!

Tellus Science Museum
August 21, 2010
10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Gold

 

Museum Members: $8
General Public: $20

Admission includes refreshments, lectures on the minerology and history of gold, a live auction to benefit Tellus Collections, and a weekend museum pass to Tellus.

10:00 AM
A comparison of four modern gold specimen producing localities in Colorado, Nevada, and California
Dr. Bob Cook, Auburn University

10:45 AM
A Broad Sampling of Gold Samples and Gold Mines in the Southeastern United States
Travis Paris, Aggregates USA, LLC

11:30 AM
Georgia Gold: Rediscovering Gold from the Georgia Capitol Museum and Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Collections
Julian C. Gray, Tellus Science Museum

12:15 AM
The Nature of Early Georgia Gold Discoveries in Georgia and Development of Mining Technology
Fred Holabird, Holabird-Kagin Americana

Please pre-register by calling Tellus 770-606-5700 ext. 417