During the June meeting we will talk about Manganese, the minerals, mines in Kuruman, South Africa, and visit a processing plant in Nelspruit , South Africa. Using some of my travel adventures, we will see a few of the mines in the Kalahari Desert, and some of the better minerals from this area which number in excess of 175 types. A few are among the finest in the world. And finally we load the trains and head to Nelspruit to purify the mineral and make products sold around the world.

Don't forget to bring a show-and-tell specimen for us to talk about.

                                                                        See you there.-- Tom