Welcome to the 2024 Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium.
We’re excited to host a small, intimate group here in Dallas August 16-18, 2024, while livestreaming worldwide to friends at home on August 17, 2024!
Additionally, our annual benefit auction will be hosted on MineralAuctions.com, with dozens of minerals, mineralia, and field collecting trips up for auction. Proceeds benefit The Mineralogical Record, Rocks & Minerals, mindat.org, and the TGMS Exhibits Fund. If you haven’t yet, please create your account early to ensure your account is active. The Benefit Auction will end at 6PM CDT on August 17, 2024.
In-person Invitations: While we would love to host everyone, invitations to the in-person Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium are sent on an invite-only basis post-COVID pandemic in order to keep a controlled limit on event size and ensure seating capacity restrictions are met. Invitations will be issued in the Spring of 2024 and tickets may be purchased at that time.
Livestream Tickets: Those not receiving an invitation are welcome to purchase a ticket to the Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium livestream, which will broadcast all of our Saturday talks live from Dallas! Details on purchasing livestream tickets will be announced in early August, just ahead of the event.
If you received an invitation and have questions or problems with purchasing tickets, please reach out to info@dallassymposium.org.
Details for recommended accommodations can be found here.
Thank you for your support!
– The Dallas Symposium Team
A CAREER IN EAST AFRICA:
Tanzanite and Zambian Emerald
Robert Gessner
MINING GEM CRYSTALS IN EAST AFRICA
Bruce Bridges
HISTORIC MINERAL COLLECTING METHODS:
“Mining 101” – Mining through the Ages
Dr. Nathalie Brandes
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MINERALOGICAL PUBLICATIONS
with a Focus on The Mineralogical Record
Dr. Chris Stefano
HOW MINERALS FORM:
Stable Relationships and Like-Minded Souls
Dr. Robert Bowell
HOW WE GET COLORS IN MINERALS:
Illustrated by Apatite, Pyromorphite, Vanadinite
Dr. Robert Bowell
MINERAL COLLECTING IN SPAIN
Raul Sanabria