All things Natural History

All about the natural environment in which we live.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Setting of the Oberon Gemfields

The heavy material in the centre of the sieve. The red translucent stones are Zircons.

Rodney Berrell: Rod is part of The geological team at Anglo Gold Ashanti. He is a graduate of the Television Presenting Course at Tv Pro Global, has a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Natural History, Culture and Museum Studies from Macquarie University, along with a Bachelor of Science honours in Zoology from The University of Queensland, and currently working on a Masters of Museum Studies. Since graduating, Rod has presented across the world at various palaeontological conferences, and has a few peer reviewed science articles in the process of being published. Rod enjoys all aspects of outdoor life – the more action packed the better. His current projects include researching Australian Mesozoic Fishes and acid etching of fossil marine limestones from North Queensland.

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