Speakers
Open to registrants only
- Bob Baron - Lake Superior: Diving for Agates
- Michael Carlson - The Beauty of Banded Agates
- Roger Clark - Fairburn Agate: History and Mystery
- Brian Costigan - Lake Superior agates
- Brad Cross - Mexican Agates: Majestic Treasures
- Burnie Franke - Sweetwater Agates
- Peter Jeckel - Agates of Argentina
- Lee Kabat - Thundereggs of the World
- Don Kelman - An Outback Odyessy to Agate Creek (Australia)
- Doug Moore - Agates “Up Close”
- Gene Mueller - Agate mining-Oregon-Mexico
- Roger K. Pabian - Developing more effective research methods for the study of agates and other microcrystalline forms of silicon dioxide
- Rainer Hoffmann-Rothe - Reflections on Agate Genesis
- Klaus Schaefer - Agates of Germany
- John Stockwell - Hosting Thundereggs: Welded Tuff or Domes and Flows
- Scott Wolter - Lake Superior agates
Open to public
Thursday, July 10, 2008 Registration required All presentations will be held in the UW-Fox Valley Theater. |
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| 8:00 AM | Brad L. Cross | Mexican Agates: Majestic Treasures |
| 8:30 AM | Klaus Schafer | Recent Agate-Findings in Germany |
| 9:00 AM | Michael R. Carlson | The Beauty of Banded Agates |
| 9:30 AM | Rainer Hoffmann-Rothe | Reflections on the Formation of Agates |
| 9:30 AM | Peter C. Jeckel | Agates from Argentina: They are not all "Condors" |
| 10:00 AM | Break | Refreshments in hall |
| 10:25 AM | Brian Costigan | The Low-Down on Lakers |
| 10:55 AM | Leon Kabat | Thundereggs of the United States |
| 11:25 AM | John Stockwell | Two Hosts or One? Welded Tuffs or Domes and Flows: The Host Rocks of Thundereggs? |
| 11:55 AM | Eugene Mueller | Mining Agate and Jasper |
| 12:25 PM | Lunch Break | Food will be available for purchase at the university cafeteria. |
| 1:30 PM | Donald B. Kelman | An Outback Odyssey to Agate Creek, Australia |
| 2:00 PM | Scott F. Wolter | The Lake Superior Agate |
| 2:30 PM | Bob Barron | Diving for Agates in Lake Superior |
| 3:00 PM | Burnie Franke | Sweetwater Moss Agates of Wyoming |
| 3:30 PM | Break | Refreshments in hall |
| 3:55 PM | Roger K. Pabian | Developing More Effective Research Methods for the Study of Agates and Other Microcrystalline Forms of Silicon Dioxide |
| 4:25 PM | Doug Moore | Agates Close-up |
| 4:55 PM | Roger Clark | Fairburn Agates: History and Mystery |
| The program will be followed immediately by a special reception for registrants. | ||
| Friday, July 11, 2008 | ||
| 2:30 PM | Tom Harmon (Author of The River Runs North) | Montana Agates |
| 3:30 PM | Regina Schafer (Regina Schaefer, an agate dealer and native of Idar-Oberstein,Germany, will illustrate the history and geology of the 600-year-old Steinkaulenberg Agate Mine, where she is currently a tour guide. |
Agate Mining at Steinkaulenberg |
| 6:00PM | Peter Rodewald | Lake Superior Copper Agates |
| Saturday, July 12, 2008 | ||
| 11:00 AM | Wayne Sukow | Lake Superior Agate Inclusions |
| 1:00 PM | Kevin Ponsio | Poppy Jasper Varieties |
| 2:00 PM | Peter Rodewald | Iris Agate |
Saturday Evening Banquet Keynote Speaker (following dinner & silent auction)Robert Proctor of Stanford University (Agate Historian) |
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