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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 pm | DEALER SETUP: Sure Stay by Best Western EXHIBITOR DISPLAY SETUP: CWU | |
| 5:00 pm | DEALERS OPEN: Sure Stay by Best Western | |
| 9:00 pm | DEALERS CLOSE FOR DAY ONE | |
| SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025 | ||
| 8:30 am | DISPLAYS OPEN – CWU | |
| 9:00 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Jessica Robertson Julian Gray |
| 9:10 am | Causes of Color in Minerals – Part 1 | John Rakovan |
| 10:00 am | BREAK | |
| 10:15 am | From Mine to Masterpiece: Using Minerals in Art | Angela Piller |
| 11:05 am | BREAK | |
| 11:20 am | Finding Art in Minerals: How an interest in color and form ignited my passion for minerals | Bruce Kelley |
| 12:10 pm | STUDENT POSTER SESSION LUNCH LIVE AUCTION STARTS AT 12:45 | |
| 2:00 pm | Color of Pegmatite Minerals and what they tell about Pegmatite Formation | Mike Wise |
| 2:50 pm | BREAK | |
| 3:05 pm | Mineral 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 pm | AFTERNOON SESSION ENDS | |
| 6:00 pm | Mineral Shopping at Sure Stay by Best Western | |
Dinner on your own – No Saturday evening Banquet!
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2025 | ||
| 8:30 am | DISPLAYS OPENS – CWU | |
| 9:00 am | Causes of Color in Minerals – Part 2 | John Rakovan |
| 9:50 am | BREAK | |
| 10:05 am | Color in Thin Section | Chris Mattinson |
| 10:55 am | Closing Remarks | Jessica Robertson |
| 11:00 am | SYMPOSIUM CLOSES | |