CFMS Podium People (Manual)
Speakers available for Program Meetings:
Renee Newman, Gemologist (GG, GIA), lecturer, writer and author of 14 books on gems and jewelry. Contact info: reneenewmangg@yahoo.com
Diamonds and Diamond Crystals: Current Issues and Types
21st Century Jade: Why It’s Prized and How It’s Tested & Valued
How Exotic Gems are Changing the Jewelry Industry
Pearl Update: New Types, Fakes, Treatments and Jewelry Styles
Precious Metal Jewelry: How to Test, Mark & Value It.
The Allure of Diamonds
The Diversity of American Gems: Eastern States
The Diversity of American Gems: Central States
The Diversity of American Gems: Western States
Detecting Jade Imitations and Treatments
Evaluation and Pricing of Jadeite and Nephrite Jade
Rubies, Sapphire & Emeralds: Then and Now
Dick and Mary Pat Weber (805) 529-2524 (leave message), luvtodance@sbcglobal.net
New programs are continually under development. Contact us for questions, updated listings or complete program descriptions. Most in-person presentations have a specimen display.
Geology of California’s National Parks
The Geologic Diversity of New Zealand
The Inner Beauty of Caves
Argyle Diamond Mine, Australia
Geologic Highlights of Australia – focuses on the lesser known geologic features of Austraila
How To Do A Non-Competitive Exhibit Case
DeGrussa Copper and Gold Mine, Australia
Mining the Unique Amethyst of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Boulder Opal of Queensland, Australia
Rainforest Jasper of Queensland, Australia – includes both the Rainforest rhyolite as well as the thunder eggs
Fluorite, The World’s Most Colorful Mineral
Septarian Nodule Deposits of SW Utah
Urban Rockhounding in Tuscon
The Pilbara Region of Western Australia
The Colorful Condor Agates of Patagonia, Argentina
Stromatolites, Earth’s Oldest Fossils
Tina White, Earth Sciences instructor at various LA colleges and member of the Sierra Pelona Rock Club. Contact Info: ezangatina@gmail.com
- Finding One’s Marbles (on limestone & marble)
- Fluorite
- Forms of Calcium Chloride (limestone, etc.)
- Petrified Wood
- Rock Collecting Can Kill You (toxic minerals)
- Mojave Trails Nat’l. Monument (info is now a bit dated)
- Rockhounding at Cambria
- Bloodstone
- Geology of Stoddard Wells
- Rocks of 3-Day Weekend Accessible National Parks
- Soledad Basin and Environs
Richard Edley
Email: auminer12@gmail.com
Phone: (310) 560-8301
I am a prospector and gemstone miner living in Southern California. My son and I have discovered emeralds and turquoise deposits. My presentati9n is about those discoveries that we made and how we filed claims, mined the gems, and created beautiful jewelry. We are now creating jewelry from only California Gemstones and Gold. I can bring a projector and a specimen display to bring it to life. I have spoken before the Hemet Valley Prospectors Association, Long Beach Mineral and Gem Society, Treasure Seekers Association and the Temecula Valley Prospectors Association. The question and answer period always seems longer then the presentation.
Paolo Sanchez
psanshez@caltech.edu
(818) 751-3963
Travel limits: 50 miles from Pasadena area
Equipment needed: Projector with hookup cables (HDMI and/or VGA)
I achieved a bachelors in geology and geophysics from UC Berkeley (’22), M.A. in geochemistry from Caltech.
Programs:
Australasian Tektites and the Hunt for Their Lost Crater (1 hr)
Investigating the Origin of the Pala Pegmatites (1 hr)