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 Topic: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2010 |
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| stumpy Replies: 54 Views: 160703 |
 Forum: News about Shows Posted: Oct 31, 2010 17:05 Subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2010 |
| That case of minerals from Tanzania looks absolutely fascinating!!! A welcome relief from the endless boring quartz and fluorite at these European shows. Is there any chance you would have some more c ... | |
| Topic: Ethnic minorities and minerals |
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| stumpy Replies: 18 Views: 24532 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Oct 10, 2010 09:04 Subject: Re: Ethnic minorities and minerals |
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On a somewhat different angle, I'm currently at the Kyoto mineral show, Japan, and I met a couple of caucasian mineral collectors who live here and are active in the local clubs - I guess they count ... |
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| Topic: Ethnic minorities and minerals |
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| stumpy Replies: 18 Views: 24532 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Oct 10, 2010 08:58 Subject: Re: Ethnic minorities and minerals |
| What I find interesting about Stumpy is that usually he/she just open the subject with a message trying to get the attention of the forum members, then sit back and wait for all the discussion to deve ... | |
| Topic: Ethnic minorities and minerals |
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| stumpy Replies: 18 Views: 24532 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Oct 09, 2010 09:33 Subject: Ethnic minorities and minerals |
| Looking at the photos in the show reports on this site and others, it is interesting to note how few collectors there are from ethnic minorities. For instance, has anyone here ever met a black mineral ... | |
| Topic: John White honored at the Tourmaline Ball |
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| stumpy Replies: 23 Views: 28127 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Oct 07, 2010 04:14 Subject: Re: John White honored at the Tourmaline Ball |
| Richly deserved. | |
| Topic: Hi everyone |
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| stumpy Replies: 16 Views: 19028 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 23, 2010 11:04 Subject: Re: Hi everyone |
| Can you explain what kind of individual subjective perception and relationship you have with the stones? Does it depend on the mineral that the stone is made of and do they need to be spheres rather t ... | |
| Topic: Hi everyone |
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| stumpy Replies: 16 Views: 19028 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 23, 2010 10:15 Subject: Re: Hi everyone |
| Is your personal method of using the crystals for healing different from the general method? | |
| Topic: Hi everyone |
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| stumpy Replies: 16 Views: 19028 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 23, 2010 08:49 Subject: Re: Hi everyone |
| Hi Kat. How exactly do you use your spheres for healing?
S. |
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| Topic: Joshing with Jordi |
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| stumpy Replies: 9 Views: 10585 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 10, 2010 11:44 Subject: Re: Joshing with Jordi |
| I was wondering how long it would be before the sisterhood waded in. Well you can stick your finger in the dyke, Tracy, but you can't stop the inevitable flood! Science will triumph over trivia!! | |
| Topic: Mineral colors |
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| stumpy Replies: 10 Views: 13557 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Sep 10, 2010 11:42 Subject: Re: Mineral colors |
| I guess the question is, why do they need to be such bright colors and in such attractive forms, since we humans are the only ones capable of appreciating their beauty and it serves no practical purpo ... | |
| Topic: Mineral colors |
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| stumpy Replies: 10 Views: 13557 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Sep 10, 2010 11:22 Subject: Mineral colors |
| Has anyone ever thought about why minerals occur in such a wide variety of colors, and indeed, why there is such a large number of different mineral species? The sheer diversity of plants and animals ... | |
| Topic: Joshing with Jordi |
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| stumpy Replies: 9 Views: 10585 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 10, 2010 10:21 Subject: Re: Joshing with Jordi |
| Don't worry Gail, just a bit of joshing with Jordi, referring back to the previous discussion on foreign languages!
On a serious note though, there does seem to be a bit of an unhealthy relationsh ... |
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| Topic: Joshing with Jordi |
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| stumpy Replies: 9 Views: 10585 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 10, 2010 08:53 Subject: Joshing with Jordi |
| Just a short comment, comment that I believe is consistent, considering my position as dealer, and so competing in some way with other merchants.
Can somebody translate this into English please? |
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| Topic: A new standard for Brochantite? |
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| stumpy Replies: 18 Views: 28649 |
Forum: Mines and Mineral Localities Posted: Sep 05, 2010 09:11 Subject: Re: A new standard for Brochantite? |
| Another nice bit of free advertising for the Arkenstone! | |
| Topic: Gail's collection |
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| stumpy Replies: 396 Views: 809577 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 27, 2010 03:30 Subject: Re: Gail's collection |
| That's excellent. Personally I think it's much nicer to have a specimen on matrix than a floater. | |
| Topic: Gail's collection |
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| stumpy Replies: 396 Views: 809577 |
Forum: Women's Private Collections Posted: Aug 26, 2010 12:06 Subject: Re: Gail's collection |
| Is there any sign that the flourite "scepter" could have been glued onto the matrix? | |
| Topic: One final thought |
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| stumpy Replies: 8 Views: 13127 |
Forum: Mineralogical Literature Posted: May 18, 2010 02:21 Subject: Re: One final thought |
| Roger's contribution has made me realise that I was wrong about this, and I now agree that it is better to have mineral magazines/journals in other languages besides English.
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| Topic: One final thought |
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| stumpy Replies: 8 Views: 13127 |
Forum: Mineralogical Literature Posted: May 17, 2010 16:45 Subject: One final thought |
| As the previous discussion was descending into petty flag waving, and has been locked, ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?t=1117 ) I would just ask you to consider one last th ... | |
| Topic: Why aren't these magazines published in English? |
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| stumpy Replies: 22 Views: 31688 |
Forum: Mineralogical Literature Posted: May 17, 2010 16:19 Subject: Re: Why aren't these magazines published in English? |
| But this forum is insignificant compared to the dominant internet mineral forum on MinDat, which is in English.
And I do not see all of the contributors to this thread posting on the Spanish part ... |
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| Topic: Why aren't these magazines published in English? |
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| stumpy Replies: 22 Views: 31688 |
Forum: Mineralogical Literature Posted: May 17, 2010 16:06 Subject: Re: Why aren't these magazines published in English? |
| In response to all your comments, perhaps it is sufficient to ask you to consider which language we are using on this forum? Do you seriously think it would be better if we all wrote our messages in o ... | |
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