News & Events
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* all meetings and visits
cancelled
Responding to the latest Government advice, we have reluctantly cancelled all indoor and outdoor meetings of Essex Rock & Mineral Society until further notice.
Thus the Maylandsea visit for Sunday 29th March is off.
In the meantime we shall endeavour to send you stimulating geological ideas as to how to pass the time and would be pleased to share any ideas you may have. You could do worse than reading Timefulness a few times! And maybe you will have the time to label and catalogue your collection - something you have been meaning to do for years and never had the time - until now!
Please keep in touch.
Visit our Facebook page!
– new fossils chart –
A new ERMS publication to go alongside the Pebbles chart.
Contains special Naze fossils section and lots of lovely colour illustrations.
See our new banner
and discover Essex in Deep Time...
Increasingly in the news -
climate overheating
At ERMS we have talks on all sorts of interesting subjects involving rocks, minerals, climate, ancient life forms and energy sources, as well as the dynamic actions of this planet. We also see in our field trips some of the evidence of drastic climate changes, right in front of our eyes. We keep ourselves enlightened in Earth topics and get our hands dirty in the process.
Maybe this will help us to enlighten others, help them to look at the rocks and fossils and their story of drastic change. Then we can lobby, vote and support those who might make some headway. The least we can do is to educate and press for action to reduce the worst effects upon the world and upon 'civilisation'. Surely we ignore all this at the peril of the human race and much else on this planet. Further comments from Ian, plus booklist are here.
- CORNWALL COMES TO ESSEX -
Our latest display went on show at the Geologists' Association's
Festival of Geology in November 2019 and attracted a very attentive crowd.
The display goes to the Essex Field Club Exhibition in December and our own Annual Gem and Mineral Show in February (click Shows tab above).
Festival of Geology in November 2019 and attracted a very attentive crowd.
The display goes to the Essex Field Club Exhibition in December and our own Annual Gem and Mineral Show in February (click Shows tab above).
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geology in Essex walls
Join our ERMS project to uncover Essex geology
just by gazing at walls!
Click on the Discovery tab at the top of this page
and go down to Walls Survey
to discover how you can join in.
just by gazing at walls!
Click on the Discovery tab at the top of this page
and go down to Walls Survey
to discover how you can join in.
Pictures of wall materials are on the Survey page to help you -
Enjoy your closer look at the walls of Essex and beyond.
Enjoy your closer look at the walls of Essex and beyond.
- Pebbles -
Find them in the garden - on the beach - in the walls of old buildings...
What are they made of? Where do they come from? How did they get here?
EVERY PEBBLE TELLS A STORY
Our fold-up poster gives the answers.
With a grant from the Geologists' Association Curry Fund, Ros Mercer has produced a poster with a pebble identification chart plus the amazing story of pebbles, the Ice Age Thames and the Ice cap in Essex. Pebbles in Essex Churches are also featured, revealing a handy insight into Essex geological history and variety. Find out too about the story of flint and the way pebbles are formed.
All this for only £2
Obtain your copy from ERMS:
Find them in the garden - on the beach - in the walls of old buildings...
What are they made of? Where do they come from? How did they get here?
EVERY PEBBLE TELLS A STORY
Our fold-up poster gives the answers.
With a grant from the Geologists' Association Curry Fund, Ros Mercer has produced a poster with a pebble identification chart plus the amazing story of pebbles, the Ice Age Thames and the Ice cap in Essex. Pebbles in Essex Churches are also featured, revealing a handy insight into Essex geological history and variety. Find out too about the story of flint and the way pebbles are formed.
All this for only £2
Obtain your copy from ERMS:
