Jessica Robertson somehow found time during our Golden Memories symposium last weekend to live blog the events as they were happening! You can see her captioned photo essay here: mindat: PNWFM Live Report 2024
Newsletter – September 2024
Download the September 2024 newsletter:
https://pnwfm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PNWFM_Newsletter_2024-09.pdf
Contains lots of new information on our upcoming symposium: “Precious Metals and Golden Memories!”
Now Available! Golden Memories: 50 Years of PNWFM
This magazine-format publication was prepared by PNWFM to help commemorate and celebrate the history of Friends of Mineralogy mineral symposia in the Pacific Northwest. Golden Memories contains approximately 100 pages of archive documents, memories and photographs for all 50 years of PNWFM symposia and club events, 1975-2024.
We will have a limited number of these magazines for sale at our October symposium, October 18-20, 2025–but if you can’t wait or can’t attend, you can order online now. Click here to preview the contents and order today: https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/10366240/2a45f09b616c1277c7857198c69b4d2150744f36
Newsletter – June 2024
Download the June 2024 newsletter:
https://pnwfm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PNWFM_Newsletter_2024-06.pdf
2024 Symposium Registration is open
Precious Metals and Golden Memories
October 18-20, 2024
Online registration is now ready to go!
https://pnwfm.square.site/
Notes on this year’s symposium
- Most important: This year’s symposium will be held in ELLENSBURG, Washington! We are no longer in Kelso! Details below.
- Full-time students may attend the talks free of charge. Please be prepared to show student ID. Students may become members of PNWFM and/or attend the banquet for the same costs as regular members: $20 and $25, respectively.
- The Banquet menu is To Be Determined. The banquet and live auction will be held at the Ellensburg Red Lion hotel.
- Speakers and Talks will be announced soon!
2024 Dates
October 18:
Afternoon setup and on-site registration
Room dealers open well into the evening (at Ellensburg Red Lion)
October 19:
Lectures at Discovery Hall
Evening banquet and live auction
Room dealers open well into the evening (at Ellensburg Red Lion)
October 20:
Morning Lectures at Discovery Hall
Breakdown cleanup
Locations
Sympsium talks
Discovery Hall
Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington
Room Dealers, Saturday evening Banquet and Live Auction
Ellensburg Red Lion
Costs
There is a $10 discount on paid symposium if you register before October 1.
- Symposium + Dinner + PNWFM membership $130
- Symposium (NO Meal) + PNWFM membership $105
- Full-Time STUDENT (NO membership or dinner) Free with student ID
- Extra or Student dinner $25
- Extra or Student membership $20 (included in paid symposium)
- Add-on Room Dealer (requires paid Symposium) $25
Newsletter – March 2024
Download the March 2024 newsletter:
https://pnwfm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PNWFM_Newsletter_2024-03.pdf
2024 Symposium – Save the Date!
Our 2024 Symposium will be held the weekend of October 18 – 20, 2024 at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington!
Details will start to come out soon!
Newsletter – December 2023
Download the December 2023 newsletter:
https://pnwfm.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/PNWFM_Newsletter_2023-12.pdf
Updated symposium virtual registration link!
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Symposium LIVE Links
Our symposium will be live from 9 AM Saturday morning (Pacific Time) on Zoom:
https://events.zoom.us/e/conference/preview/-UcOhR1fSqqAxffw1KXTxw
You will need to register on the site, but there is no charge. We recommend registering early and joining each of the Webinars as they start.
The schedule for Saturday:
9:00 am
Welcome and introductory remarks
Jessica Robertson and Julian Gray
9:05 am
Rare Earth Elements – An Overview of REE Occurrence, Importance, and Mineralogical Interest
Mandi Hutchinson
10:15 am
Cascade Crystals: An Introduction to Crystal Localities of the Cascades
Randy Becker
11:15 am
Rare-earth and rare element mineralogy of the Golden Horn Batholith – new research into a globally unique alkaline system
Markus Raschke
12:15 pm
MORNING SESSION ENDS
2:00 pm
REE as activators of striking luminescence in minerals: Examples in apatite, fluorite and calcite
Glenn Waychunas
Virtual presentation
3:00 pm
Rare Earth Element Minerals
Brent Thorne
Sunday Morning
8:00 am
FM BUSINESS MEETING
9:00 am
Pikes Peak or bust – from golden past to rare earth future?
Markus Raschke
10:00 am
Closing Remarks
Jessica Robertson
10:05 am
SYMPOSIUM ENDS, MAIN FLOOR CLOSES