Treasure Week – Friday events
We invite you to another day of learning - Treasure Week. This event is organized as part of the celebration of the European City of Science Katowice 2024. Today you will be able to find out how much gold is in your smartphone and get to know the mysterious face of minerals.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
4 p.m. – How much gold is in your smartphone? – the most valuable and expensive metals – presentation of metal ores used in new technologies (Museum of Deposit Geology – Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation of the Silesian University of Technology).
The exhibition will present minerals that are sources of elements necessary for the proper functioning of your smartphone. The event will be led by dr hab. engineer Magdalena Kokowska-Pawłowska and dr eng. Jacek Nowak – employees of the Department of Applied Geology at the Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation of the Silesian University of Technology.
- p.m. - Glowing treasures - the mysterious face of minerals... (Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation of the Silesian University of Technology)
The event will present a collection of fluorescent minerals from the collections of the Museum of Deposit Geology, as well as those obtained during student research trips. We will learn what luminescence is, what types of it there are and why minerals glow.
The lecture and presentation will be given by students from the Scientific Club of Geologists of the Silesian University of Technology , who will tell how they searched for glowing treasures in museum warehouses and during field work, as well as by prof. dr engineer Małgorzata Labus from the Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation of the Silesian University of Technology.
Event details and registration on the website: https://us.edu.pl/tydzien-skarbow-w-miescie-nauki-8-14-stycznia-2024/#1701810839849-af456ac0-d869.
