Club Meetings
Join us for our next meeting on Wednesday April 9th at the University of Toronto, Earth Sciences Centre at 22 Ursula Franklin Street, Room 2093. Arrive after 7pm and visit with friends before the talk begins at 8pm. Our meetings are open to the public so pop in to see us and see what we are about.
Coming up…
WMC Lectures
Preserving Excellence: The Gorman Collection at the University of Toronto presented by Heidi Tomes.
The presentation will showcase some of the exciting, rare, and unusual mineral specimens identified while documenting a collection of approximately 1,000 mineral specimens originally curated by Professor Dr. Donald "Digger" Gorman. Professor Gorman was a renowned mineralogist and gifted educator who taught mineralogy at the University of Toronto for 41 years, inspiring generations of undergraduate students and Walker Mineralogical Club members. This collection, named in his honour, features excellent examples of classic rock-forming minerals as well as specimens exhibiting uncommon traits such as hopper crystals, crystal distortions, crystal zoning, alterations, and pseudohabits. Join us to explore the treasures unearthed during the inventory process, now cataloged in our collections database.
Upcoming meeting speaker
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