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Gail
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Posted: Sep 08, 2011 20:07 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Herb and Moni Obodda were our weekend guests. |
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Food and Mineral viewing.... |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 08, 2011 20:13 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Beth Kitt, Julian Grey and Mary Ann Fender. |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 08, 2011 20:19 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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There is something so familiar about this photo...it's how we all look when we view minerals. |
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Some of the children enjoyed visiting too. |
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This youngster was spinning to see how her dress flared out, oblivious to all but this entertaining act! |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 08, 2011 20:25 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Mark Kauffman and Jim Walker |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 08, 2011 20:29 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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My friend, Linda, helps during our gatherings. Irv Brown in the back. |
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Linda and her sister stirring the Portabella mushroom soup. I made 30 pounds of mushrooms into soup that morning. |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 08, 2011 20:33 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Tom Gressman, of the Mineralogical Record, enjoys a plate of food while looking at minerals. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 06:36 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Gail, the fellow on DSC_0317.jpg - is this statuette a genuine old one or a modern replica? Do you know where it is from? In Germany's most famous historical mining area Erzgebirge (Saxony) there is a long tradition of building miner figurines, is this one maybe made there?
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 09:02 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Tobias the piece is a Pewter Statue, Saxony circa 1870. That is what it says on the card we got with it. It was in the Obodda collection, but I don't feel it is particularly old, more that it depicts a miner circa 1870, not that it was made then. the price was quite low, so doubt it is an antique. '
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 09:08 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Fran Allegra in the jacket. |
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Adularia, my ever present cat who guards our collection. Addie is his short nick name. |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 09:13 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 09:18 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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A view from our balcony...excuse the dust! |
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Leonard Himes and Fran Allegra |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 09:22 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Fran Allegra and Jeff Post |
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Potential new MAD members! Father and Son |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 09:26 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Barry Kitt and Barb Dutrow. |
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Shawn Maddox, from Austin, Texas. And Julian Gray from Georgia's Tellus Museum. |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 09:30 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 09:35 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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The Slaters, he is a local dealer. |
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Charlotte looks for a quiet place amidst the crowd. |
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Elizabeth Kiker, vice president of the League of American Bicyclists, of which I am a board member, and her father, John Preston. |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 09:39 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Relaxing as the guests have mostly gone. This is my pup, Albite. |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 09:41 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Gail
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Posted: Sep 09, 2011 11:20 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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I think it is important to view private collections, it gives you a sense of what others enjoy and let's you compare pieces and see how common, or rare, they are.
Jim and I have had the great pleasure of viewing many, many collections and what a great way to get to know others!
I understand there are those that hide their collections away, and that is sad to me, but I know they have a variety of reasons that make sense.
When we invite people into our homes we see what they enjoy and get to talk about our specimens, which keeps us on our toes and reminds us to stay on top of all the mineral names. It also makes me happy to cook for people, wine and dine them and talk with them about their jobs, lives, children and interests.
Mineral people are, in general, very social.
I know Jim and I are!
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Diane Rose
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Posted: Sep 10, 2011 21:23 Post subject: Re: Spann Soiree, August 28th 2011 after the Dallas Symposium |
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Thank You Gail for posting all these wonderful pictures. I especially enjoyed the mineral pic, but it was fun to see pics of mary and Jim Walker and Irv Brown who I know from my years in Fallbrook. The rest of you, it's nice to see faces to go with the names of so many of you that I've heard of over the years.
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