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Jordi Fabre
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 Posted: Oct 23, 2011 12:38 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 |
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Bob,
Please publish your fine photos (or others) in this thread too. I believe It will help to complete the news about some of the Inner Mongolia's new stuff...
Thank you!
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Oct 23, 2011 12:43 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 |
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| Jordi Fabre wrote: | Bob,
Please publish your fine photos (or others) in this thread too. I believe It will help to complete the news about some of the Inner Mongolia's new stuff...
Thank you! |
Here's a link to some of the new Inner Mongolia Arsenopyrite combos:
https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=20183#20183
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Oct 24, 2011 13:44 Post subject: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 - 1 |
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Munich 10/24/2011
Already in Munich. As the photos shows, the weather here is superb, and they announce the same good weather along the Show excepting Friday that it seems it will rain.
Enjoying Bavaria!
More to come....
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Oct 26, 2011 23:43 Post subject: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 - 2 |
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Munich 27/10/2011
My life in the fairs has become so difficult that I can not do daily chronicles as I would like to do. Too many things to do, very few hours to sleep, so for me it is really impossible to publish more than this post and another at the end of the Fair, at my return to Barcelona. All those who will attend Munich please publish their impressions as soon as you can and if with images, even better. Then we could give those who can not attend the Show, a "live" vision of the Fair.
Yesterday was the day of preparation that is always a big mess, as the photos shows. As for minerals, there is more news than usual in recent times, and among them is, as expected, the iron mines of Huanggangliang, Kèshíkèténg Qi, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China, in which by now I would highlight, besides the already known Ilvaites and Arsenopyrites, gigantic Hedenbergites (well formed crystals over 20 cm.!), pretty octahedral pink Fluorites on matrix, Rhodonites, that in some cases may also be gigantic, excellent prase Quartz, Fluorites like Dalnjegorsk colorless and gemmy but with a complex crystallography, Datolites ... and much more that I believe will appear in a short future.
In the opinion of many, these mines will be a new source of great specimens with a lot of exciting surprises.
More to come...
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| A great prase Quartz from Huanggangliang |
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And one of the Spanish Villamanínites
All photos: Jordi Deusedes & Jordi Fabre |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Oct 27, 2011 16:02 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 |
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One of the gigantic Hedenbergites from Huanggangliang
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Hedenbergite
Huanggangliang Iron Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
22! x 9 x 5 cm.
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Oct 28, 2011 15:59 Post subject: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 - Images from John White |
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I add few photos from John White, he will add the captions at his return to USA
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| John and Jesse in conversation |
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| Michael Leybov, Ludmilla Chesko, Terry and Marie Huizing |
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| Ian Bruce all dolled up for the opening ceremony. Ian played a major part on organizing the special exhibit. |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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| Posted: Oct 28, 2011 17:13 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 - a few from Gerhard |
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A few qick impressions in a hurry (very tired, and it's far too late)....
As should be obvious from John's shots already, there's a bit of a Dinosaur theme this year. (Among other themes, which I hope will be reflected later.)
Enjoy, Gerhard
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| The remains of a starved dinosaur in a little indoor park. |
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A small dino cavorting in the same park.
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| Lost? The floor plan of the four vast halls... in very small print. |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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| Posted: Oct 29, 2011 16:40 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 - more from Gerhard |
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Another long day is drawing to its end (and fortunately the night will have one extra hour)...
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| It is not allowed to climb the dinos. As if the children would care... |
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Scene in hall A5 (Martin van Meggelen's stall).
On Saturday and Sunday the show is open to the general public, and it's quite a bit busier than on Friday. |
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| Decorative stone from the Alps is another theme this year. |
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And the main theme is: European Classics.
Dimensions here and in the following are very approximate (for obvious reasons).
Manganite; Cassiterite
Ilfeld DE; Horni Slavkov CZ
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Schneeberg dist., DE
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Gerhard Niklasch
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| Posted: Oct 29, 2011 16:54 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 - more from Gerhard |
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European Classics, continued. A few bits and pieces from the Alps are next, then we'll hop to the British isles, and then to Scandinavia...
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Garnet (Hessonite)
Val di Susa, Piedmont IT
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Titanite (with minor Chlorite)
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Knappenwand, Salzburg AT
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Fluorite with Quartz
Planggenstock, Uri CH
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Boltsburn Mine, Weardale GB
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Linarite; Liroconite
Roughton Gill, Cumbria; Wheal Gorland, Cornwall GB
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Danalite
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If you thought Danalite was a micromounter's affair, think again... |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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| Posted: Oct 29, 2011 17:25 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 - more from Gerhard |
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This year, the "Flying Jewels" exhibition is placed in the Mineralworld part of the show, not hidden away (from a mineral collector's point of view) in the Gemworld as last year.
The project highlights surprising analogies in color and texture between insects and minerals. There are a lot of beetles this time (not pictured), along with the butterflies (they have a volière of living ones too!).
They missed the best mineral butterfly of the lot, though, sitting in the next hall among the European Classics! John had already captured it earlier.
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| Sometimes il faut corriger la fortune. The dragonfly is being imitated by a couple of Tourmalines and a 4-way Gypsum twin. |
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| Papilio ulysses from Indonesia. Nothing quite matching this on the mineral side... |
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arturo shaw
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| Posted: Oct 29, 2011 19:02 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 |
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Hi Gerhard
Not bad for somebody who says he's not inspired!!
Keep it going!
Cheers!
Arturo
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Montanpark
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| Posted: Oct 29, 2011 20:38 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 |
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folks .. it was a pleasure to meet (some of) you ... just put some pics online at facebook . so if you like have a look.
Gerhard, wo warst Du ? ;-)
ich bin wieder daheim...
Cheers
Roger
P.S. Carles, was nice to meet you in person albeit very short!
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Oct 30, 2011 03:55 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 |
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Amazing, awesome, incredible European classic specimens. Thank very much Gerhard and Roger for sharing here as soon as you can.
I was told about the German classic erythrite. As far as I know they came before Morocco ones. Stunning!! I would be useless to remark every species shown. They all are fantastic!!
Regards
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Oct 30, 2011 04:37 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 |
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| Montanpark wrote: | | P.S. Carles, was nice to meet you in person albeit very short! |
Next year again and not so short I hope.
Thank you, Roger.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Oct 30, 2011 06:24 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2011 |
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| Antonio Alcaide wrote: | | I was told about the German classic erythrite. As far as I know they came before Morocco ones. Stunning!! |
Indeed the erythrites from Schneeberg were famous before Bou Azzer became the source for the world's best crystals of that mineral. In the area of Schneeberg (today a small city in Erzgebirge, Saxony) mining started in the 14th century (tin, bismuth, later on silver and cobalt, in the 20th century even uranium). I think the Schneeberg area is even type locality for this mineral species.
Cheers!
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