1,042nd Meeting of
The Mineralogical Society
of
Southern California
“Micro Hunting Across New Mexico”
Presented by Scott Braley
Friday September 12, 2025 at 7:30 pm
See program notes below
Visitors are always welcome
About us…
The MSSC is a member of the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies and is dedicated to the dissemination of general knowledge of the mineralogical and related earth sciences through the study of mineral specimens. We are a scientific non-profit organization that actively supports those endeavors through public outreach, field study and related programs.
For more information info@mineralsocal.org
Program Notes: Friday, September 12, 2025 at 7:30, join us for Micro Hunting Across New Mexico, presented by Scott Braley.
New Mexico has a wide range of geological formations, and a rich mining history. Couple that with large amounts of public lands, and you have a micro collector’s dream. In this talk, we’ll visit a sampling of locations – old mines and natural formations, rhyolites and hydrothermal fluorite-barite deposits, sites where the only minerals of interest are micros, and sites where they are collected alongside large and beautiful specimens. The talk will illustrate (that is, show off) a variety of specimens found by the speaker in the last five years at sites both well-known and obscure.
Scott has been collecting minerals since childhood, with an emphasis in the last 20 years on micros and photography. After retiring from the Air Force, he got his Ph.D. and now teaches at a small college in New Mexico.
SPECIAL ZOOM MEETING NOTICE
MSSC members will automatically be on the invite list each month.
Non Members, you must request to attend the MSSC zoom meeting every month. Email our Speakers chair, Carolyn Seitz at speakers@mineralsocal.org no later than the Thursday before the scheduled meeting Please include “ZOOM Meeting” in the subject line of your response. We will send you the meeting link.
Upcoming Events
all events, except field trips are via ZOOM
- October 10, 2025: Bryan Svoboda-TBD
- November 14, 2025: Les Presmyk-TBD
- December 12, 2025: Charles Rogers – Crater Rock Museum, Oregon/Roxy Ann Gem & Mineral Society, Inc
- Board Meeting, Sunday September 28, 2025 at 1:00 pm, all are welcome to attend
- Board Meeting, Sunday December 7, 2025 at 1:00 pm, all are welcome to attend
The MSSC is pleased to offer the updated 2024 edition of Bob Pedersen’s X- Dana