February Speaker: Mineral Travels Around the World, presented by Casper Voogt
by Laura Dwyer, MSDC Member
Our presenter for February, Casper Voogt, is an experienced presenter to MSDC. He will provide a whirlwind tour of his mineral travels in Russia, Myanmar, Madagascar, Morocco, and Cyprus. He also will also talk about his experiences at the Tucson, Munich, and Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines mineral shows.
Casper is an avid world traveler and a part-time mineral dealer. He runs a web development company and serves as webmaster not only for MSDC, but also for the Northern Virginia Mineral Club and the Gem and Mineral Society of Lynchburg, VA. His academic background is in architecture and he holds degrees from Princeton and Georgia Tech. He has lived in Aruba, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States.