Specifications and uses of zeolites take centre stage at an Aristotle University of Thessaloniki lecture
A series of lectures is being organised by the Aristotle Museum of Natural History in Thessaloniki (AMFITH) and the Association of Mining Enterprises (SME), as part of the exhibition ‘Minerals and Man’, which is being hosted at the Museum’s new venue on Pier A at the Port of Thessaloniki.
Distinguished speakers will ‘introduce’ the public to minerals, discussing their uses, their role in the circular economy, and the importance of hydrocarbons for Greece and the south-eastern Mediterranean.
The programme for the first series of lectures, entitled ‘Minerals and Mankind’, which begins on 16 January 2020 and concludes on 19 March 2020, is as follows:
- Thursday 16 January 2020, ‘Zeolites: Specifications and Uses of High-Quality Zeolite Tuffs’ Speaker: Anestis Filippidis, Professor of Mineralogy and Economic Geology at the Department of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
- Wednesday 29 January 2020, ‘The Circular Economy, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the contribution of the extractive industry’, Speaker: Christos Kavalopoulos, Mining and Metallurgical Engineer from the National Technical University of Athens, General Director of the Hellenic Mining Association (SME).
- Thursday 13 February 2020, ‘Developments in the hydrocarbons sector in Greece and the south-eastern Mediterranean’, speaker: Andreas Georgakopoulos, Professor of Mineral Resources at the Department of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
- Thursday 27 February 2020, ‘Critical Mineral Resources in Europe with an emphasis on Rare Earth Elements’, speaker: Nikos Arvanitidis, Dr, Geologist at the Institute of Geological and Mining Research (IGME).
- Thursday 5 March 2020, ‘‘Gold in Greece from antiquity to the present day: an archaeological and mineralogical approach’, speaker: Michalis Vavelidis, Professor of Mineralogy at the Department of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
- Thursday 19 March 2020, ‘On Stones, Minerals and Metals by Theophrastus’, speakers: Spyridon Pavlidis, Emeritus Professor of Geology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Vasileios Melfos, Associate Professor of Mineral Resources – Geochemistry at the Department of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
All lectures begin at 7.00 pm and admission is free to the public.
Following the completion of the first series of lectures, the second series, entitled ‘Minerals, man-made materials and the environment’, will follow.
Please note that the exhibition ‘Minerals and Man’ is organised by the Association of Mining Enterprises and the Goulandris Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the Aristotelian Museum of Natural History in Thessaloniki. It opened on 7 October 2019 and will run until 31 May 2020.
Sources: Makedonia newspaper and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki