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Joan Kureczka
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 Posted: Jul 11, 2012 09:33 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012 |
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| 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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Gerhard Niklasch
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Location: Munich
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| Posted: Jul 12, 2012 15:04 Post subject: Re: Sainte Marie-aux-Mines Show 2012 |
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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 very professional parking guide. Sainte Marie is obviously planning for a long and prosperous future! |
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| The shuttle buses were running frequently. As in 2010 and 2011, there were ticket booths at the parking lots, and thus hardly any queuing in town at the show gates. |
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| No, these ladies aren't the local volunteers. They're the competition, luring unsuspecting visitors over the Rhine to Wolfach in the Black Forest, where there'll be a mineral show in early August! |
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| Meditative vocals in the Feng Shui garden: a good place to rest from an intense bout of shopping. There sure was a lot of new-age stuff around, but it's eminently possible to enjoy the music without going in for the esoterics. |
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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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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 12:52 Post subject: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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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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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 12:56 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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Here are some more
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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:02 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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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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| Calcite in a vug from India - as an egg! |
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| I was told that these fluorites are being polished - that this is not their real look. It did look too shiny, but I thought that was just normal variation. |
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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:06 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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Here is another upload. We did have a great time at the show!!
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| I usually don't go for polished decorator pieces. But the play of colors in some of these was exceptional. Apologies if I did not capture it well enough |
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| Never enough pink fluorite!!! |
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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:10 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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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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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:17 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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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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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:22 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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| Hand specimen of corundum var sapphire from Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:26 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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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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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:27 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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Even more.
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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:34 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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| These vivianite in clam shell were from the Ukraine |
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| Ok these were fascinating. They glazed the plates and added willemite. then when placed in the kiln, the willemite recrystallized! |
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| Ok these were fascinating. They glazed the plates and added willemite. then when placed in the kiln, the willemite recrystallized! |
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| Ok these were fascinating. They glazed the plates and added willemite. then when placed in the kiln, the willemite recrystallized! |
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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:40 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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Another round
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:42 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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| simonoff wrote: | | Anynoe know what the yellow is on these Erongo pieces?>. |
Might be corroded microcline, typical of this deposit.
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simonoff
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2012 13:45 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie aux Mines - Our Visit |
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Ok, now for a little artwork
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