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Date(s) - 09/07/2025
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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The evening will feature the following speakers:

Olga Blay Dianite – a relatively new gem-quality rock

Olga is a Senior Geologist at the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) with interest in geological mapping, geochemistry, and study of gold deposits of the State. She graduated from the Moscow State Mining Engineering University and worked initially as a Mining Engineer / Geologist on alluvial gold projects in the Polar Ural region, and later as a Senior Geologist at the Central Scientific Research Geological Prospecting Institute of Non-Ferrous and Precious Metals (TSNIGRI), managing research projects of the epithermal Au–Ag deposits in the Far East regions  of RF. Olga completed her PhD in 1995 in Geology and Mineralogy of Gold Ore deposits in the Far East regions focusing on the relationship between processes of hydrothermal alteration and Au–Ag mineralisation. In Australia, Olga worked as a Manager and Consultant in Consolidated Minerals and as a Business Analyst in Gemcom Software, before joining GSWA in 2009.

Wendy Hampton GSWA resources online

Wendy is a Cartographer/Geologist/Kinesiologist who joined the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DEMIRS, then DMIRS and from 1^st July 2025 to be renamed Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration, or DMPE) in October 2019, to assist with the development and maintenance of the geological web mapping system GeoVIEW.WA. She has now left GeoVIEW.WA behind and is supporting the Resource Safety Division within DEMIRS (on 1^st July to become DLGIRS) by updating and maintaining mapping of spatial data for the Dangerous Goods and Explosives storage.

Susan Stocklmayer Interesting spotted ornamental rock

Wednesday 9 July 2025, 7.30pm

(venue opens at 6.30 pm for socialising, Show & Tell and silent auction)

WA Lapidary and Rock Hunting Club Inc.
31 Gladstone Road, Rivervale