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PostPosted: Jun 24, 2012 17:54    Post subject: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012 - The develop of the Show  

Sainte Marie wrote:
A super foto serie, with unforgetable details which makes Ste. Marie so unique.
Thanks Jordi.

Thank you to Sainte Marie for the good management!

Until now I have been concentrated on infos about the organisation of the Show, as that seems to have been what most attendees were interested in, but let’s not forget about minerals where the ‘what is new’ in Ste. Marie was (as usual in the last times) a little bit limited and, in my opinion, was almost all focused on Morocco.

It was seen throughout the Show hundreds of specimens of attractive Barytes from a classic locality (see Baryte Specimen Localities) that has not produced specimens for many years. At the moment this Baryte mine is given two names: Ouichane (or Mount Ouichane) or Sidi Lahcen, but what is clear is that it is the region of Ségangane, near Nador. As it has recently produced a huge number of specimens it is very likely that it will continue to do so in the future as, just as people told me years ago, it is a very rich source. Most of what was seen during Ste Marie was either low quality or of poor color, but during the first moments of the show, and discreetly afterwards, some exceptional specimens changed hands ;-)

Another new find, also from Morocco, was the new specimens from the Bou Nahas (or Afrou, according to other people) Mine that is next to the classic locality of Oumjrane, and they are a great mix: good Baryte, excellent Chalcopyrite and Marcasite (and not ‘Arsenopyrite’, which they were sold as), and also Pyrite, Quartz and Siderite, all of which are associated with each other making them interesting specimens.

There was a third Moroccan novelty at Ste Marie, but I ask for your patience as I do not want to talk about it until the results of analysis are available.

Clearly there were other new finds, but not many as most were known about before the Ste Marie show. To name some: from China, Danalites, Boracites, Löllingites, and new Quartz specimens that have an identical form the ones from Dalnegorsk that are (incorrectly) called "Quartz beta" and from Tanzania, transparent Dravites from Mwajanga, Komolo, and green Tremolites, a little bit transparent, from Merelani.

I will publish photos of some of these novelties as soon as I can, please be patient. This topic is still young and I know that several FMFers were in Ste Marie and probably will also publish their photos and comments. As this show is in a rather isolated area people generally stay in private or rural homes where there is no Internet access, so we have to wait until they get home before they can post on the site or publish information about the show.

When I see that the general comments have ended, I will publish my overall opinion on this, the 49th Ste Marie Show, and I can tell you already that it will be very positive. In the interim, while we wait for the photos of the new finds to be available, here are few more shots of the event.
(All photos from: Jordi Deusedes)



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Another improvement of the Fair is that thanks to the large number of volunteers were able to achieve targets such as keep empty the parking area in front of the Fair for what was needed (disabled, minivans of the fair, contingencies...) and as a plus, the fence results a kind of display for upcoming shows...
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FMF breaks barriers and also in Ste. Marie is a member of the worldwide´s press! ;-)
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There was no lack of visitors across the ocean, here are the Simonoffs. As it is well known, Jessica Simonoff has written several articles about minerals and mineralogy, which for her age (she is the small lady in the photo) is quite amazing.
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The "Taverne du Mineur" (The Miner's Tavern) is an institution in Sainte Marie. I always remember seeing it there, just front the entrance of the Fair, and I and the Show visitors we eaten there a geological number of times ;-)

In its walls are hung a series of pictures that explains briefly the long history of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines and its relation with the minerals. This is the first of the series...
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PostPosted: Jun 25, 2012 11:22    Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012  

A lot of photos of a kind of "Ste. Marie mineralogical miscellanea" have been downloaded by Juan María Pérez in the FMF-Spanish side. So, if you want to see all kind of minerals displayed at Ste. Marie 2012, go ahead and use: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012 - Spanish side
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PostPosted: Jun 27, 2012 06:33    Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012  

Another interesting news from Morocco are vanadinites on black sparkly Descloizite-Mottramite, but I have to confirm that by some analyzes. I will try to post here some photos of the specimens from this find, here is only one snap-shot. Some of them are big and really spectacular!

BTW it was great to see you all in SMAM!
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PostPosted: Jun 27, 2012 07:01    Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012  

Jordi Fabre wrote:
...There was a third Moroccan novelty at Ste Marie, but I ask for your patience as I do not want to talk about it until the results of analysis are available.

Tomasz Praszkier wrote:
Another interesting news from Morocco are vanadinites on black sparkly Descloizite-Mottramite, but I have to confirm that by some analyzes. I will try to post here some photos of the specimens from this find, here is only one snap-shot. Some of them are big and really spectacular!

BTW it was great to see you all in SMAM!
Best!

Right Tomasz, this is the "third Moroccan novelty...", ha, ha!! ;-)

The first to get the analysis it shall publish it here! ;-) ;-)

Nice to see you in Ste. Marie too...
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PostPosted: Jun 27, 2012 12:04    Post subject: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012 - The Novelties  

Jordi Fabre wrote:
...the ‘what is new’ in Ste. Marie was (as usual in the last times) a little bit limited and, in my opinion, was almost all focused on Morocco.

It was seen throughout the Show hundreds of specimens of attractive Barytes from a classic locality (see Baryte Specimen Localities) that has not produced specimens for many years. At the moment this Baryte mine is given two names: Ouichane (or Mount Ouichane) or Sidi Lahcen, but what is clear is that it is the region of Ségangane, near Nador. As it has recently produced a huge number of specimens it is very likely that it will continue to do so in the future as, just as people told me years ago, it is a very rich source. Most of what was seen during Ste Marie was either low quality or of poor color, but during the first moments of the show, and discreetly afterwards, some exceptional specimens changed hands ;-)

Another new find, also from Morocco, was the new specimens from the Bou Nahas (or Afrou, according to other people) Mine that is next to the classic locality of Oumjrane, and they are a great mix: good Baryte, excellent Chalcopyrite and Marcasite (and not ‘Arsenopyrite’, which they were sold as), and also Pyrite, Quartz and Siderite, all of which are associated with each other making them interesting specimens.

There was a third Moroccan novelty at Ste Marie, but I ask for your patience as I do not want to talk about it until the results of analysis are available.

Clearly there were other new finds, but not many as most were known about before the Ste Marie show. To name some: from China, Danalites, Boracites, Löllingites, and new Quartz specimens that have an identical form the ones from Dalnegorsk that are (incorrectly) called "Quartz beta" and from Tanzania, transparent Dravites from Mwajanga, Komolo, and green Tremolites, a little bit transparent, from Merelani...

Finally we found time to do the photos. Here them are:



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This Quartz doesn't shows so well by photo, so Jordi Deusedes has prepared a swf to offer a better vision of it.

Quartz
Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
6 x 5 x 4.2 cm
Mined: 2012
Swf: Jordi Deusedes
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The same that happens with the Quartz, better this swf file than a photo.

Löllingite (analyzed) on Magnetite (analyzed) and partially covered by Arsenopyrite (analyzed ;-)
Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
9.3 x 8.2 x 10.5 cm.
Main crystal: 8.4 x 7.5 cm.
Mined: 2012
Swf: Jordi Deusedes
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Baryte with inclusions on Quartz
Bou Nahas (or Afrou), Oumjrane, Alnif, Er Rachidia, Morocco
5.8 x 5.7 x 3.1 cm.
Main crystal: 2.6 x 1.8 cm.
Mined: 12/2011-01/2012
Photo: Jordi Deusedes
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Marcasite
Bou Nahas (or Afrou), Oumjrane, Alnif, Er Rachidia, Morocco
3.8 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm.
Main crystal: 0.8 x 0.6 cm.
Mined: 12/2011-01/2012
Photo: Jordi Deusedes
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Chalcopyrite with Quartz
Bou Nahas (or Afrou), Oumjrane, Alnif, Er Rachidia, Morocco
10.5 x 8.5 x 6.8 cm.
Main crystal: 0.9 x 0.7 cm.
Mined: 12/2011-01/2012
Photo: Jordi Deusedes
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Baryte
Ouichane (or Mt. Ouichane or Sidi Lahcen), Ségangane, Nador, Morocco
5.6 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm.
Main crystal: 3.9 x 0.6 cm.
Mined: 01-04/2012
Photo: Jordi Deusedes
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Baryte
Ouichane (or Mt. Ouichane or Sidi Lahcen), Ségangane, Nador, Morocco
8 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm.
Mined: 01-04/2012
Photo: Jordi Deusedes
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Waiting the promised images from Tomasz, I add this Vanadinite with an unknown species (yet ;-) , probably Descloizite or Mottramite
Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco
7.9 x 6.9 x 5.3 cm.
Main crystal: 1 x 1 cm.
Mined: May 2012
Photo: Jordi Deusedes
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PostPosted: Jul 01, 2012 07:45    Post subject: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2012 - Miscelanea  

5 more photos taken by Jordi Deusedes during the Show.


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Rush to unpack in the zone Val Expo at the beginning of the Show.
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Although the organization worked very well, at some point during the Show there were the inevitable jams...
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The theater was what this year had a more different appearance from previous years. There were just few exhibitors with more space for everyone and only in the lower level.

The upper level (Scène) was closed this year and there were not exhibits neither in the Scène neither in the ground floor. They said to me that the next year (the year of the 50th aniversary of the Show) they are already preparing similar exhibits to those made before, though not yet known whether will be made in the Scène of the Theater or in the Val Expo zone.
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The coat of arms of Ste. Marie along with the coat of arms of the cities to which it is twinned.
As you can see in his coat of arms predominate the mining tools...
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And finally one of the most notable examples of the past mining of Ste Marie. In the "Maison de maître" a sixteenth-century house for the senior officials of the mine, now "Pharmacie de la Tour" located in the Keufer Square, you can see a large block of argentiferous Galena (quite meteorized by the pass of the time) encrusted in the wall of the "Maison de maître". It symbolizes very well the importance of mining and minerals in this beautiful town of the Val d'Argent.

For more information on the "Pharmacie de la Tour": http://www.valdargent.com/pharmacie% 20of% 20the% 20tour.pdf

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PostPosted: Jul 03, 2012 16:38    Post subject: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012 - Löllingites & Arsenopyrites  

Recently I published a 3D image of the Löllingite and then Gneissware told me that it would be useful show the differences between the Arsenopyrite and Löllingite in these specimens. So far I had not chance to publish a clear picture of an Arsenopyrite on Löllingite to show the differences, I hope this one serves.

As you can see in the image, the Arsenopyrite crystals of this find are sharp, bright, with a whitish-silvery color, and the Löllingites of this find appears in large crystals of polycrystalline growths, so not so sharp, grayish color and always (to my knowledge) having grown before the Arsenopyrite, the same that the Arsenopyrites has always (to my knowledge) grown after the Löllingite.

Just add that unlike the Helvite-Genthelvite-Danalite from this mine, the Löllingites-Arsenopyrites are not zoned but each species is clearly differentiated.



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PostPosted: Jul 09, 2012 10:51    Post subject: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012 - Analysis results  

Jordi Fabre wrote:
...There was a third Moroccan novelty at Ste Marie, but I ask for your patience as I do not want to talk about it until the results of analysis are available...

...The first to get the analysis it shall publish it here! ;-) ;-)

The analysis arrived and I can confirm that the black material related to new finds of Vanadinite in Aderhoual zone, Mibladen, is Mottramite, species that, as far as I know, was not listed so far in Mibladen.



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Vanadinite with Mottramite
Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco
Specimen size: 8.1 × 8 × 4.5 cm.
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm.
Mined in May 2012
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Vanadinite with Mottramite
Aderhoual, Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm.
A detail of one of them
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PostPosted: Jul 09, 2012 14:56    Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012  

Thanks Jordi, my analyzes didn't come yet. I will post them as soon as they will come.
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PostPosted: Jul 11, 2012 05:33    Post subject: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012 - Final  

This is a good time to finish my show report.

First, it is clear that the change in management of the Fair has been a success, the new organizers have taken control without too many problems, they have continued to do well what was already being done well, and they have improved other things, such as the number of parking areas and access to the Fair from these car parks. Very positive also was the large number of collaborators who were helping in the fair so that everything worked well, and their kindness, which was extreme. All exhibitors I spoke to were delighted with the new organization and surprised by how well everything was working.

That said the serious problem represented by the dimension of the fair compared to the infrastructural capacity of the small town of Ste Marie is still there. I also believe that the organization will have to make an extra effort for next year (which is its 50th anniversary of the Show) to organize quality exhibits equal to those made in past years, and I think they will have to be very attentive to avoid letting the fair gradually return to a kind of "local Fair" instead of the big international Fair that Michel Schwab-Mineral Concepts has produced.

As for minerals, this Show, which is undoubtedly the main international exhibition for minerals from Morocco, has offered (consistently ;-) new minerals from Morocco as the main attraction of the Show. The new finds in Ouichane, Bou Nahas and the new Mottramite with Vanadinite from Mibladen have been, in my opinion, the most remarkable novelties in Ste. Marie. As always, many other small finds were there, but I think that apart from Morocco and China there were just a few more new things were really outstanding.
For more information about the Ste. Marie novelties: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012 - The development of the Show

See you next year, which is the 50th anniversary of the beloved, sometimes delightful, sometimes irritating, the unique, unrepeatable Fair of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines!

Jordi
PS: I wanted to mention a small detail that I found very peculiar. In previous years Ste Marie generated a lot of information either here, on Mindat, and on blogs so a lot of news was published on line about the Fair while the Fair was occurring. This time, as far as I know, not much more than this chronicles has been published. I do not know if it means anything or is purely coincidental, but I must admit that caught my attention.


Thank you to John White and James Catmur for his help with my previously "dirty" English texts ;-)



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And with this last picture, a small tribute to the "historic" Pioneers who at one time opened markets and released things not seen before. Here you have Giuseppe Agozzino, obviously Italian ;-)
He was the first to go to Pakistan and Afghanistan to reveal the treasures of these countries to the "rocks" community.

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PostPosted: Jul 11, 2012 09:33    Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012  

Jordi -- thank you again for your reliable and entertaining reports. You're right that I haven't seen as many re Ste-Marie this year, although the team at Crystal Classics certainly did their usual two reports. Perhaps it was just that the most frequent bloggers didn't get to the show this time -- I know that was the case for Jolyon at Mindat. Hopefully next year we'll hear more!
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PostPosted: Jul 12, 2012 15:04    Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012  

Apologies for a late and brief set of impressions... I didn't take many pictures this year, and upon my return I've had to pay for many hours of inching through traffic jams with a painful back condition.

But I certainly enjoyed the visit! Let me emphasize the enthusiasm of the many, many volunteers on site who did everything to make everyone feel very welcome.

As I said in years past, what sticks in my memory most about SMaM are the sounds (even though I'm mostly a visual guy), and this year was outstanding. Pictures, of course, won't even begin to do it justice.

Enjoy!
Gerhard

P.S. No specimen pictures yet I'm afraid; I haven't yet got round to lining up my loot in front of the camera...

P.P.S. The 3D shows of micromounts and of cave crystals in situ were an absolute must-see again. Of course I couldn't photograph those off the screen!



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A faster beat and a few more dB behind the Lycée...
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...the local miners seem to like it too.
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Latin jazz on the main square. (Did anyone catch the name of the band? They were good...)
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2012 12:52    Post subject: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit  

My family also went to the Ste Marie Aux Mines show of 2012, as noted in a photo with Jordi). We had a great time. The logistics of parking and actually getting to the show from the parking lots were much better this year, than our last visit in 2010. From the visitor's perspective it seemed very well run and organized. The organizers were even thoughtful enough to order PERFECT weather!

If you'd allow, i would like to share some of the pictures we took. i will try not to be redundant with the photos in https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?t=2347 or https://www.foro-minerales.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=78570#78570 .

I will add mineral names and locations if not obvious from the included label or context where I can. Please use the labels to get a rough estimate of size.



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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2012 12:56    Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit  

Here are some more


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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2012 13:02    Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit  

And still more


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These are currently my absolute favorites. I hope someday to be able to afford one of these cuprite after copper after cuprites.
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Canvasite and crocoite eggs - AMAZING!
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2012 13:06    Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit  

Here is another upload. We did have a great time at the show!!


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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2012 13:10    Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit  

Please let me know if I am showing too many. I promise I won't share all 400 pictures we took.


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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2012 13:17    Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit  

I guess I should have apologized up front for the photo quality. I am not a professional, and the lighting conditions in many places were very bad. Several dealers used lighting that completely fooled my camera, worse than I have ever seen.


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Wonderful crystallization in my opinion for the species.
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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2012 13:22    Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit  

More pictures


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PostPosted: Jul 14, 2012 13:26    Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit  

In Ste Marie Aux Mines - Our Visit simonoff wrote:
Please let me know if I am showing too many. I promise I won't share all 400 pictures we took.

Please download them all! the people love this... ;-)

BTW, when you finish I will join this thread with the other thread Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012 in order to keep coherent the info about the Show.

Thank you for your time and your effort, you will make happy a lot of people ;-)
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