2025 Symposium Information
The 32nd Flagg Mineral Foundation Minerals of Arizona Symposium will be held Saturday, April 5, 2025. The venue will be the Southeast Regional Library, 775 N. Greenfield Rd., Gilbert, AZ 85234.
The 2025 symposium marks the 32nd anniversary of this event! The symposium will have a one day format this year (8AM to 5PM) and will include mineral sales, lectures, and a variety of other mineral related events. This years topics highlight pseudomorphs. Lunch and refreshments will be included!
There will be several dealers attending with a large variety of specimens available. More information will appear here when available.
2025 Flagg Mineral Foundation Minerals of Arizona Symposium Registration (click here)
Poster/Cover Design by Don Boushelle
Symposium Agenda:
Current List of Speakers for 2025 Anna Domitrovic - Pseudomorphs - What is and What Isn't? Erin Delventhal - What is a Pseudomorph? Das pseudomorphosen-problem David Joyce - A new quartz-fluorite epimorph locality near Patagonia, AZ Stan Celestian - The science of pseudomorphs Ron Gibbs - What's new in Arizona minerals Steve Scott - Collecting Southern Nevada Miralitic Pockets Dr. Terry Wallace - Silver: The Magic Mineral Maker Dr. John Rakovan - Cherry Blossom Stones - Muscovite Pseudomorphs Les Presmyk - Arizona Pseudomorphs A more detailed agenda will appear when available |
Symposium History
The following is a summary of the first thirty years of the Minerals of Arizona Symposium. For each symposium the year, co-chair, chair, and location are given.
1 – 1993 – Glenn Miller/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
2 – 1994 – Glenn Miller/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
3 – 1995 – Glenn Miller/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
4 – 1996 – Susan Celestian/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
5 – 1997 – Susan Celestian/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
6 – 1998 – Susan Celestian/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
7 – 1999 – Susan Celestian/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
8 – 2000 – Susan Celestian/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
9 – 2001 – Kristen Cecchi/Ray Grant – Mesa Southwest Museum
10 – 2002 – Susan Celestian/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
11 – 2003 – Anna Domitrovic/Ray Grant – Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
12 – 2004 – Susan Celestian/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
13 – 2005 – Susan Celestian/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
14 – 2006 – Susan Celestian/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
15 – 2007 – Susan Celestian/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
16 – 2008 – Jan Rasmussen/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
17 – 2009 – Jan Rasmussen/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
18 – 2010 – Jan Rasmussen/Ray Grant – Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
19 – 2011 – Anna Domitrovic/Ray Grant – Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
20 – 2012 – Phil Richardson/Ray Grant – Clarion Hotel, Phoenix
21 – 2013 – Phil Richardson/Ray Grant – Clarion Hotel, Phoenix
22 – 2014 – Phil Richardson/Ray Grant – Clarion Hotel, Phoenix
23 – 2015 – Phil Richardson/Ray Grant – Clarion Hotel, Phoenix
24 – 2016 – Phil Richardson/Ray Grant – Quality Inn Phoenix-Chandler
25 – 2017 – Anna Domitrovic & Phil Richardson/Ray Grant – Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
26 – 2018 – Phil Richardson/Ray Grant – Drury Inn & Suites – Phoenix Tempe
27 – 2019 – Phil Richardson/Les Presmyk – Drury Inn & Suites – Phoenix Chandler Fashion Center
28 – 2021 – Les Presmyk/Eric Fritz/Susan Leib – UArizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum
29 – 2022 -Les Presmyk/Catie Carter-Sandoval – Arizona Mining, Mineral and Natural Resource Education Museum
30 – 2023 -Les Presmyk/Catie Carter-Sandoval – Arizona Mining, Mineral and Natural Resource Education Museum
31 – 2024 – Southeast Regional Library, Gilbert, Arizona
32 – 2025 – Southeast Regional Library, Gilbert, Arizona
A database of speakers and their topics for each symposium are listed in the index.
Speaker abstracts and/or other information on the symposium may be found here by clicking on a year.
additional abstracts are currently being compiled and will appear as a link
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