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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Oct 22, 2012 11:44 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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Already in Munich. The weather in North East of France was super, still warm, and here in Munich is not bad at all although some fog and in general a cloudy day, as usual here.
For the next days is announced cold time and even snow. Dress warmly! ;-)
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A quick shot of the nice colors of the trees in the Schwarzwald during one of the sunny brief instants Excuses for the poor quality of the photo I did it from the car and running... |
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Tobi
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Posted: Oct 23, 2012 04:46 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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Jordi Fabre wrote: | For the next days is announced cold time and even snow. Dress warmly! ;-) |
Yes, Germany had a warm autmun week, but it's gonna get real cold now, you should take Jordi's advice ;-)
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Oct 24, 2012 15:26 Post subject: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 - Complications |
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Due to unexpected difficulties of my access by Internet to some parts of FMF from my Hotel, sorry but I can't publish my regular news from the Show until my return to Barcelona. If in the meantime someone could cover these days with some notes / columns it would be great.
Sorry again, my life during the Shows is very complicated and without a full / good access to the network I can't do anything else.
Jordi
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Martin Stevko
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 04:32 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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Here are pictures of some fine specimens from the main exhibition of this year: Africa
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huge phosgenite with anglesite Touissit, Morocco large cabinet specimen |
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acanthite Imiter mine, Morocco cabinet specimen |
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proustite Imiter mine, Morocco cca. 7 cm |
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prehnite Imilchil, Marocco cabinet specimen |
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londonite Antsongombato, Madagascar cabinet specimen |
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pezzottaite Ambatovita, Madagascar cabinet specimen |
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azurite Tsumeb, Namibia cabinet specimen |
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anglesite Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet specimen |
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mimetite Tsumeb, Namibia cabinet specimen |
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rhodochrosite N´Chwaning Mine, Kalahari, South Africa small cabinet specimen |
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olmiite (The Mickey Mouse) N´Chwaning Mine, Kalahari, South Africa small cabinet specimen |
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superb huge chalcocite M´Passa Mine, Republic of Congo large cabinet specimen |
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superb African miniature and small cabinet specimens from Paul Stahl collection. Note the fine mimetite and dioptase from Tsumeb! |
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superb African miniature and small cabinet specimens from Paul Stahl collection. Note the fine azurite from Tsumeb! |
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superb display of thumbnails from Africa! |
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Martin Stevko
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 04:59 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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more pictures....
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euclase Last Hope Mine, Zimbabwe thumbnail |
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Superb schneiderhohnite thumbnail from Tsumeb Mine, Namibia. |
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scorodite Tsumeb, Namibia miniature |
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nadorite Touissit, Morocco miniature |
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fine cuprite on smithsonite Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet specimen |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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Location: Munich
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 15:21 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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A few impressions from yours truly, quite overwhelmed like every year...
So it will good to start with a complete overview - a whole minerals and gems and crystal-healing and special-exhibits and posters and... show (filling four huge halls in reality) in a nutshell, a labor of love of the Heinlein twins (with support from the family)!
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Note the wellness area at right... |
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Microscopes for micromounts at bottom right. And of course, there's gold-panning for the young generation! |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 15:31 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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Okay, now zooming out to take in the real life.
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Gold panning is where you get rich (if you're lucky), and clean (perchance), and wet (probably). |
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You can also pan sand for fossils. You certainly won't get particularly clean that way. Oh deary... |
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A more civilized way of preparing fossils. (On Friday, all the kids were wearing the goggles. On Saturday, at least one is...) |
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And if mummy and daddy won't give me money to buy some nice crystals, I'm going to show them and make my own! |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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Location: Munich
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 16:15 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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The nature-imitating-nature exhibition is back with a broader scope, no longer limited to butterflies.
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Butterflies, here playing tourmaline, are still featured. |
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This one isn't sure whether it's like crocoite or more like vanadinite... |
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Blame the focus on me not wanting to use a flash here. This guy was sitting quite still on its slab of emerald schist. (We weren't quite sure whether it's alive or stuffed.) |
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And an aquamarine aquarium. The fish, at any rate, were very much alive.-- (There were live butterflies, too, but I didn't catch any pictures of them.) |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 16:28 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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Over to the colectors' and clubs' show cases. As in earlier years, these are near impossible to photograph due to the skylights (and visitors, and camera lens) reflecting in the inclined glass panes. Trying to position the camera so as to avoid the reflections tends to result in poor viewing angles for the exhibits themselves. A selection of more or less successful compromises follows.
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Classics from the mineral kingdom. |
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Baryte, Upper Palatinate (Bavaria). |
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(Or Baryte, if you prefer.) |
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As seen from Munich, the Alps are never far away. |
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Where good garnets are found, good wine is made, too. |
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A choice selection from South Tyrol. |
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Wilhelm Maucher writing about mineral formation and crystallization sequences. |
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Fahlore - an important source of silver. |
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...the expert for Senegalite, from the type locality. (Some native gold is seen on the right.) |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 16:34 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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Now Senegal is, as everybody knows, in AFRICA...
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Hu Hühne (minus hat!) about to recount his adventures. |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 16:46 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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This year's theme:
AFRICA!
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Enter and be overwhelmed. |
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A veritable Who's Who of museums and individual collectors has contributed exhibits. |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 18:03 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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The exhibits are generally well placed for viewing and (with one or two exceptions) well lit. Some of the labels could have done with more careful copy-editing. The ordering of the cases does not always follow any obvious logic - Morocco is mostly grouped together, most of the other items are all over the continent.
The following is but a small fraction of the total...
Of course I have no accurate specimen sizes, but the labels are consistently sized and thus provide an indication. The labels also give location information. Since it's getting late, I'm not bothering to repeat the details in the additional entry fields.
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Tanzanite Tanzania large miniature |
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Rhodochrosite South Africa small cabinet The Snail. |
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Quartz (Amethyst) Namibia small cabinet (My camera hates blue background.) |
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Wulfenite on Dioptase Tsumeb, Namibia cabinet (But fortunately it does a reasonable job of Dioptase - provided it's not on a blue background.) |
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Chrysocolla D.R.Congo cabinet |
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Parisite, Aegirine Mt Malosa, Malawi cabinet |
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Smithsonite Aukus, Namibia cabinet Apologies Gail - I tried several times, but I'm not doing this justice... |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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Posted: Oct 27, 2012 18:11 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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I applaud the exhibition team for the courage to include several cases of thumbnails (well, mostly more toenail to miniature sized). Neatly arranged they are easy to view and add a lot to the big picture.
And this wraps it up from me for the night.
Enjoy,
Gerhard
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Carrollite; Co-bearing Calcite D.R.Congo thumbnail A shiny Carrollite reflects its surroundings... |
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Antonio Alcaide
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Posted: Oct 28, 2012 02:28 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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Thank you very much, Gerhard, for your comprehensive view of the show. The shots are quite good, even excellent, for the circumstances. I am still enjoying them. And your comments are really witty.
Regards
_________________ Life is the shortest crystal |
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Oct 28, 2012 13:50 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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Thank you very much Gerhard. Job well done!
_________________ Pierre Joubert
'The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace. ' |
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Gerhard Niklasch
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Posted: Oct 28, 2012 16:47 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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Thank you much for your kind words, Antonio and Pierre!
My coverage is very far from comprehensive - I hope very much that more people are about to return from the show with photographic recollections, to add their own perspectives and fill some of the many gaps.
Also, reminder to self for next year - the exhibitions are far less crowded on Sunday morning. I should have thought of that earlier!
Here are a few more shots from today. Aside from the great theme exhibition (which varies from year to year), there's also the recurrent Alpine exhibition in the next hall (which varies also, but stays within the geographical scope of the Alps). This year it was presented by the KristAlpin group from the Ahrn (Aurina) valley, South Tyrol / Bolzano province, Italy. All specimens below are from that general area. Again, this is a small selection of what was shown.
And winter has arrived - the Dinos, like many of the visitors, will now be departing to warmer pastures...
Enjoy,
Gerhard
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"I'll be back..." for the 50th Munich Show in 2013, last weekend of October as always! |
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ploum
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Posted: Oct 29, 2012 03:50 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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Hello everybody,
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Posted: Oct 29, 2012 03:54 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2012 |
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ploum
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