Since the early days in the 1990s with Des Cowman’s talks on the heritage of the Copper Coast area and European Geopark Network membership in 2001, the Copper Coast Geopark has elucidated the geology and heritage of this beautiful part of the Waterford coast. Geopark Geologist-in-Residence, Robbie Galvin, will show…
Author: <span>Michele Castiaux</span>
Damien will talk about the geology of gem deposits and tell you how you can visit many of the these deposits yourself, safely to look for gemstones, and show you exactly what rock and mineral clues you need to search for by showing you some hands-on samples from the various sites. He will address the following…
Radon gets a very bad press these days with concerns about its cancer-causing health effects and the whole new remediation industry that it has created. As with mercury, asbestos and health foods, the facts often become obscured by the scare stories. This talk looks at the historical aspects of its…
Britain’s Greatest Hits: In search of giant meteorite craters In 2008, an Oxford geologist published proof that an obscure layer of rock in north-west Scotland, assumed for many years to be volcanic in origin, had been formed by a giant meteorite impact. In 2011, I travelled to Scotland to pay…