TGMS General Meeting & Lecture

When:  Monday, APRIL 1, 2024

Time:  7:00 p.m. - Tucson, Arizona Time

Lecturer: DAVID K. JOYCE

Lecture Title: “Mineral Collecting Trip To Morocco“ – In 2012, mindat.org, the on-line mineral database, in conjunction with Spirifer Minerals of Poland, organized a mineral collecting trip to Morocco. The trip included numerous field trips before and after a symposium plus many historical, cultural and scenic side trips. Raymond McDougall and David K. Joyce decided to team up to make the trip to Morocco. This presentation will outline the various locations, many classic, that they visited during the trip, the minerals collected and the spectacular and interesting sights they saw.

Speaker: “David K. Joyce” – Has been a mineral collector since he was 12 years old. He left home at 19 years of age to attend the Haileybury School of Mines and upon graduation as an engineering technologist, worked across Canada and the world in the explosives and mining businesses and later worked for mining and engineering contractors. David was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto for eight years, past vice-president of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM), Past President of the Walker Mineralogical Club. David is also is a docent and volunteer at the Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum. He is an avid field collector both in Canada and Arizona.

For those of you who are not able to attend this meeting in person, you can view the lecture via ZOOM.  ALSO, WHEN JOINING, KEEP YOUR MIC MUTED UNTIL ASKED TO UNMUTE.  For TGMS Members, you can obtain the ZOOM link through the TGMS HUB. 

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General Meetings are open to the public. Non-TGMS Members, contact the TGMS office at 520-322-5773 and/or tgms@tgms.org for the ZOOM link/meeting ID/passcode,

Snacks will be served.