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Heimo Hellwig
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 10:42 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Pierre and Riana,
Congratulations on an excellent achievement with mostly local specimens.
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 11:29 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Hello Pierre,
Congratulations on attaining the 100,000 view mark !!!
Very well done and we look forward to many more pictures to come.
Hi to Riana.
Regards,
Don
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 11:30 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Enrique Llorens wrote: | Congratulations on receiving the one hundred thousand first visits.
Thank you for showing us your interesting beautiful quartz and other minerals of your country.
Greetings. Enrique. |
Hi Enrique, thank you. I did not even notice. Best regards:-)
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 11:33 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Thank you friends Heimo and Don.
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Philippe Durand
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 12:09 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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congratulations for your 100000 views !
and thank you for your excellent contribution on this forum
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 13:20 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Philippe Durand wrote: | congratulations for your 100000 views !
and thank you for your excellent contribution on this forum |
Thank you Philippe!
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James Catmur
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 13:56 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Well done Pierre and Riana. I do love reading your reports and seeing what you found.
James
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 14:45 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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James wrote: | Well done Pierre and Riana. I do love reading your reports and seeing what you found.
James |
James, I appreciate your kind words. Thank you!
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 15:04 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Don Lum wrote: | Hello Pierre,
Congratulations on attaining the 100,000 view mark !!!
Very well done and we look forward to many more pictures to come.
Hi to Riana.
Regards,
Don |
I meant to say congratulations to Riana and Pierre. After all it is The Collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert.
Regards,
Don
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 15:18 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Pierre,
Congratulations to you and Riana on 100,000 views. Well done. I have greatly enjoyed the photos of your collecting trips and the quartz that you find. I also enjoy seeing the flowers, snakes, fish and other assorted creatures that you encounter along the way.
Best regards,
Michael
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Chris Rayburn
Joined: 07 Oct 2013
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Location: Arvada, Colorado
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Posted: Jan 30, 2017 18:00 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Hi Pierre,
Indeed, congratulations on many years of delightful posts. I very much enjoy sharing not only your wonderful mineral finds, but also your beautiful local scenery and wildlife. You've made me determined to visit South Africa someday.
Chris
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Jan 31, 2017 00:31 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Hi Don, thank you:-)
Thank you Michael and Chris. It is a pleasure sharing our passion with like-minded people:-)
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Mar 15, 2017 13:04 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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I went through some Schorls yesterday and discovered this beautiful fluorite specimen in between. It is fairly dark in colouring, but if light is placed behind it, the most beautiful colours surface.
Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 50 x 27 x 17 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 50 x 27 x 17 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 50 x 27 x 17 mm |
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With some light from behind. |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 50 x 27 x 17 mm |
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With some light from behind. |
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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
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Posted: Mar 16, 2017 12:52 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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hello
did you collect it yourself, or is it with your money pick ?
it is a very unusual color, but nice.
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Mar 16, 2017 13:25 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Philippe Durand wrote: | hello
did you collect it yourself, or is it with your money pick ?
it is a very unusual color, but nice. |
Hi Philippe. It was the money pick:-) My dream is still to go on a loooong holiday to go digging with the small miners in the Erongo mountains.
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: May 18, 2017 11:46 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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A specimen from KwaNdebele, South Africa.
Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 95 x 62 x 48 mm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 95 x 62 x 48 mm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 95 x 62 x 48 mm |
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: May 26, 2017 12:48 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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A recently acquired specimen from KMF.
Mineral: | Rhodocrosite |
Locality: | N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 80 x 65 x 45 mm |
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Mineral: | Rhodocrosite |
Locality: | N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 80 x 65 x 45 mm |
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Jun 07, 2017 13:23 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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A few more from KwaNdebele.
Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 59 x 38 x 30 mm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 42 x 36 x 21 mm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 70 x 46 x 16 mm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa | |
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Dimensions: | 89 x 45 x 36 mm |
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Jul 20, 2017 08:36 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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A few specimens from Erongo.
Mineral: | Quartz with unknown inclusions |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 94 x 37 x 25 mm |
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The inclusions are similar to actinolite. |
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Mineral: | Quartz with unknown inclusions |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 94 x 37 x 25 mm |
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Inclusions, possibly actinolite. |
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Jul 22, 2017 02:52 Post subject: Re: The collection of Pierre and Riana Joubert |
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Erongo.
Mineral: | Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 92 x 72 x 48 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 92 x 72 x 48 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 92 x 72 x 48 mm |
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Mineral: | Fluorite, feldspar, hyalite opal |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 92 x 72 x 48 mm |
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