These informal sessions at Kelvin Hall are the perfect opportunity to meet like-minded rock enthusiasts. You can bring your rocks and fossils along to be ID’d and to show people, ask questions about geology, find out what’s happening and perhaps even take part in future events!
Organised by the Geological Society of Glasgow and The Hunterian.
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