Collecting Minerals in Morocco

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Description: Ten years ago, mindat.org, in conjunction with the Spirifer Geological Society, conducted a mineralogical symposium and related field trips to famous collecting localities in Morocco. I had the opportunity to participate in the 2012 mindat.org symposium as a speaker. The symposium included excellent mineralogical papers on Moroccan and related topics. The field trips before and after the symposium featured visits and collecting at many famous Moroccan localities that we have heard of, over the years. This presentation will feature the minerals, scenery, and cultures that we encountered in our travels around Morocco.

Speaker Bio: David Joyce has been a mineral collector since he was 12 years old, growing up in rock and mineral bereft Toronto, Ontario, Canada He still loves to field-collect mineral specimens and gets out as much as possible. He left Toronto at 19 years of age to attend the Haileybury School of Mines and upon graduation worked across Canada in the explosives and mining businesses. He later worked for mining and engineering contractors in the field of designing and building mining complexes; his last real job was Vice President, Business Development for SNC-Lavalin Engineers and Constructors. David was an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto for eight years, was a past vice-president of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM), past Chair of the Toronto Branch of CIM, and Past President of the Walker Mineralogical Club. He has also served as a director on the boards of several public and private companies.