Symposium Schedule – 2025

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PACIFIC NORTHWEST FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY
2025 Symposium
Color in Minerals
October 10-12, 2025
Discovery Hall. Central Washington University (CWU)
Ellensburg, Washington

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2025
3:00 pmDEALER SETUP:  Sure Stay by Best Western
EXHIBITOR DISPLAY SETUP: CWU
5:00 pmDEALERS OPEN: Sure Stay by Best Western 
9:00 pmDEALERS  CLOSE FOR DAY ONE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025
8:30 amDISPLAYS OPEN – CWU
9:00 amWelcome and Opening RemarksJessica Robertson Julian Gray
9:10 amCauses of Color in Minerals – Part 1John Rakovan 
10:00 amBREAK
10:15 amFrom Mine to Masterpiece:
Using Minerals in Art
Angela Piller 
11:05 amBREAK
11:20 amFinding Art in Minerals:
How an interest in color and form ignited
my passion for minerals
Bruce Kelley
12:10 pmSTUDENT POSTER SESSION
LUNCH
LIVE AUCTION STARTS AT 12:45
2:00 pmColor of Pegmatite Minerals and what
they tell about Pegmatite Formation
Mike Wise
2:50 pmBREAK
3:05 pmMineral News from the the PNW 
Lasmanisite and other Sulfosalts
from Bear Basin
Sulfosalts from Pedro – More unknowns
Caysichite-(Y) from Washington Pass –
Now known
Frank Keutsch (virtual) 
John Lindell
Markus Raschke
4:30 pmAFTERNOON SESSION ENDS
6:00 pmMineral Shopping at
Sure Stay by Best Western

Dinner on your own – No Saturday evening Banquet!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2025
8:30 amDISPLAYS OPENS – CWU
9:00 amCauses of Color in Minerals – Part 2John Rakovan
9:50 amBREAK
10:05 amColor in Thin SectionChris Mattinson
10:55 amClosing RemarksJessica Robertson
11:00 amSYMPOSIUM CLOSES