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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 14:02 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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some minerals in the displays
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 14:06 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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more photos of minerals on display
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 14:18 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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and still more photos. Micromount displays.
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 18:08 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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photos.
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Gloria's son as he returns from the swimming pool. It's not all business at the Symposium. |
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Outside the lecture room in the main hall. |
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 18:13 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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And....gatherings.
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Carl Francis looking darn nice as he heads to the lecture hall to moderate the speakers. |
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Some of the people at the RMS. |
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After the lectures there is always a gathering in the hallway outside. |
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 18:28 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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Van King getting ready to do his lecture.Ultraviolet light examination of worldwide tourmalines. |
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Carl Francis, Harvard Museum, introducing speakers for the technical session, contributed papers in Specimen Mineralogy. |
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Mike Wise's wife, Vicky. She was great fun to get to know. |
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 18:33 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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...Some photos of Van Kings presentation. It was fascinating and informative!
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 18:37 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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Jim chatting in the restaurant attached to the hotel. |
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Brandy and Justin from "the Vug". They were giving away bagged mineral samples. what fun! |
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Justin Zzyxx from the VUG publication. |
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 18:57 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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A brief note on the Friday afternoon lectures. They are all fifteen minute lectures, with slide shows or power point presentations.
The first was Van King with the Ultraviolet light examination of worldwide tourmalines.
Fifteen minutes later was R.Morgan presenting "An initial enquiry into the site-specific deposition of minerals on calcite."
Romania:it's mineral richness and beauty was next. It was presented by M. Lupulescu.
Followed by Chemical composition and zoning of garnets from several Quebec localities.
That was presented by G. Poirier.
Two noteworthy occurences exposed during highway construction, Hull Township, Gatineau County, Quebec was presented by P.M. Belley.
Ray McDougall presented Collecting copper crystals at Mamainse Point,Lake Superior, Onatario.
A New Hampshire mineral species display was presented by T.J. Mortimer.
A mineralogical and historical stufy of the McLear pegmatites, DeKalb Junction New York was presented by R.W. Munschauer II.
And the list goes on, I am sure you can follow up by going to the website about the RMS.
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 19:05 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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...Some of the people at the lecture hall, in between presenters. Phillipe Belley is a remarkable young man from Ottawa, Ontario.
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 19:12 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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...Note, all dealers rooms are closed during the lectures, always. It is great to see the dealers enjoy the symposium and get to chat with all of us.
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The women running registration are delightful. |
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Volunteers are wonderful. |
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Volunteer and hard working woman. |
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A friend of mine who is a great artist and mineral collector. |
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Van King, Jolyon Ralph and Chet Lemanski chat in the hallway. |
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relaxing while waiting for the next speaker. |
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 19:13 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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Nice woman I met at the symposium. |
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 19:20 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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Frank Melanson and John White on Thursday. |
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Jim Spann and John White. |
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 19:25 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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...some minerals on display.
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 19:30 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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Love the expression on Dan Behnke's face. |
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some crowds at the lecture. Jolyon Ralph presents his lecture on Mindat. |
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 19:36 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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Thanks for putting up these pictures Gail. Very useful for those of us that can't travel very often for mineral related activities.
I wonder if there is a way to get hold of Van King to see if he'd let me see his slides. I have a fluorescent tourmaline that is reputed to be from Afghanistan, and I've been seeking to learn more about it.
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Posted: Apr 27, 2009 19:59 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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Hi Matt, I am sure you can find Van's info on line. I don't have it myself, but he is also a regular poster on Mindat, you might PM him there also.
( Private Message for those who don't know what PM means. )
One of the reasons that I, painstakingly, put photos and write ups out into the internet world is to entice people to shows so they can enjoy meeting other like-minded people. There is a warm camaraderie out there, and the internet often keeps us from remembering that.
Alright, off my soapbox and on with more photos as I sip my hot chocolate....
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Jolyon Ralph's very first mineral he collected when he was six. |
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Jolyon Ralph and Jim Spann. I have lots of photos of both of them, with Jolyon because we hung out at the show a lot...and we have shared our photo files for reports also. Besides, he is one of my favourite people walking this planet! Whereas, Jim IS my favourite man walking this planet.... |
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Posted: Apr 28, 2009 20:13 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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Article I used in my presentation. Thanks to Keith Williams for loaning me this publication. |
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Part of my presentation. cover of 1945 issue. |
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 28, 2009 20:15 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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Oops, meant to add the cover, not the same page twice above. Sorry about that.
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Gail
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Posted: Apr 28, 2009 20:23 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's write up of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2009 |
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Jeff Scovil showing us some of his new photos on his computer. He was set up to take photos for people while there. |
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Jim Spann, George Robinson, Rob Lavinsky, Jolyon Ralph |
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George Robinson and Rob Lavinsky. |
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