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 Topic: Mineral Photography Help |
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| Ray McDougall Replies: 6 Views: 16885 |
 Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Jun 29, 2011 16:59 Subject: Re: MIneral Photography Help |
| A couple of additional practical thoughts to add to the excellent references in the thread Jordi has linked (Jeff Scovil's book is an excellent key read on the subect, in my view).
Some of the an ... |
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| Topic: The mineral community has lost Mick P. Cooper |
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| Ray McDougall Replies: 3 Views: 16944 |
Forum: In Memoriam Posted: Jun 05, 2008 17:55 Subject: Re: The mineral community has lost Mick P. Cooper |
| Although I didn't know Mick well enough to feel remotely qualified to post a reply about him on this Forum, this sad news really sank in with me.
I made Mick’s acquaintance only recently and he lik ... |
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| Topic: Tucson, questionable prices? |
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| Ray McDougall Replies: 162 Views: 1551606 |
Forum: Mineral Shows Posted: Feb 28, 2008 21:59 Subject: Re: Tucson 2008, questionable prices? |
| Well I'll be happy to share with you once we get there... (I mean honestly, would we really be mineral collectors to go through the trouble of imagining the perfect dream pocket of all time that someh ... | |
| Topic: Tucson, questionable prices? |
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| Ray McDougall Replies: 162 Views: 1551606 |
Forum: Mineral Shows Posted: Feb 28, 2008 18:57 Subject: Re: Tucson 2008, questionable prices? |
| Very eloquent post, Knut - a true pleasure to read.
Sharing impressions and analyses about pricing models, market dynamics and collector demographics (regardless of any pyramid and potential theore ... |
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| Topic: Tucson, questionable prices? |
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| Ray McDougall Replies: 162 Views: 1551606 |
Forum: Mineral Shows Posted: Feb 25, 2008 12:49 Subject: Re: Tucson 2008, questionable prices? |
| An “ARP” model could potentially be beneficial if it was possible, but given (1) the incredible subjectivity as between specimens (as discussed above and in the quality discussion), (2) potential mark ... | |
| Topic: Tucson, questionable prices? |
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| Ray McDougall Replies: 162 Views: 1551606 |
Forum: Mineral Shows Posted: Feb 21, 2008 19:44 Subject: Re: Tucson 2008, questionable prices? |
| Free market pricing can be fascinating.
In the excellent separate discussion thread about quality, Alfredo made the good point that going back to the earliest days of mineral collecting, the privil ... |
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| Topic: Very little mineralogy in mineral collecting today |
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| Ray McDougall Replies: 94 Views: 302971 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Aug 14, 2007 16:06 Subject: Re: Very little mineralogy in mineral collecting today |
| I’m a new reader of Jordi’s excellent forum discussions and a dedicated mineral collector. This discussion thread has touched upon what strike me as fundamental issues of what it means for each of us ... | |
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