The 30th Flagg Mineral Foundation Minerals of Arizona Symposium was held Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1, 2023. The venue was the Arizona Mining, Mineral and Natural Resource Education Museum at 1502 W. Washington, Phoenix, Arizona.
Poster/Cover Design by Don Boushelle
2023 Symposium Program – click here
Agenda:
Friday, March 31st
| 9:00-1:00PM Dealer Set-up |
| 1:00-2:00PM Mining Equipment Demonstration - Bill Yedowitz and crew |
| 2:00-2:45PM Barbara Muntyan – The One Percent Rule, Specimen Retrieval in the Pikes Peak Granite, Colorado |
| 2:45-3:30PM Les Presmyk – Collecting Adventures from the Red Cloud to Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum, Missouri |
| 3:30-5:00PM Registration and Dealer Sales |
Saturday, April 1st
Program: Presentations and mineral sales
| 7:30-8:30AM Registration and Dealer Sales |
| 8:30-8:45AM Welcome and Opening Remarks – Catie Sandoval and Les Presmyk |
| 8:45-9:30AM Dr. Stan Celestian - Daisy Mountain Project - Collecting to Build Teacher and Educational Earth Science Kits |
| 9:30-10:15AM Tony Potucek – The Minerals of the San Pedro Mine, New Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
| 10:15-10:30AM Morning Break and Dealer Sales |
| 10:30-11:15AM Gary Fleck - The Fabulous Grey Horse Vanadinite Adventure |
| 11:15-12:00PM Jeff Langland - Arizona Fossil Collecting, Following in my Father’s Footsteps |
| 12:00-1:00PM Lunch |
| 1:00-1:45PM Graham Sutton - Collecting Adventures in the Southwest and in China |
| 1:45-2:30PM Steve Scott - Field Collecting, Apex Mine, St. George, Utah |
| 2:30-2:45PM Afternoon Break and Dealer Sales |
| 2:45-3:30PM Dr. John Rakovan - The Discovery of the Rhode Island Amethyst Scepters |
| 3:30-4:15PM Jeff Scovil - Collecting in Connecticut Quarries |
| 4:15-5:00PM Jeff Smith - Geode Heaven: 21 Years and 18 Treasure Hunting Trips to one of the World's Most Famous Geode Mines, Las Choyas, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| 5:00-5:30PM Dealer Sales |
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