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Riccardo Modanesi
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 Posted: Jul 08, 2013 04:08 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introduction of Bruce Stark from Dundas |
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Hi Bruce!
A warm warm welcome from Italy as well!
Greetings by Riccardo.
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Hi! I'm a collector of minerals since 1973 and a gemmologist. On Summer I always visit mines and quarries all over Europe looking for minerals! Ok, there is time to tell you much much more! Greetings from Italy by Riccardo. |
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Tracy
Joined: 15 Sep 2006
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Location: Toronto
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| Posted: Jul 09, 2013 21:28 Post subject: Re: Re: Presentation of new members - Introduction of Bruce Stark from Dundas |
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Greetings from Canada!
- Tracy
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John Franceschi
Joined: 10 Jul 2013
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Location: Brewster, New York
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| Posted: Jul 10, 2013 09:53 Post subject: Presentation of new members - John Franceschi from Brewster, New York |
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| Hi everyone...my name is John Franceschi and I live in Brewster, New York, USA ( close to the old Tilly Foster Iron mine)...I've been collecting from a young age and still have my first fossils collected in 1957...a grandfather worked the Italian marble outcrops and the other the coal fields of West Virginia and 'rock' was always a topic in the family...have been serious collecting since the early 80's after university (degree in Social Studies / minor in Geology) when Southern Illinois fluorites were 4$ a pound from the miners!!...have hunted minerals and meteorites in USA and my son (a newly minted bio-chemist) continues our quest with various gold claims in Nevada...hope to meet many new friends and have always found this community intelligent, sharing and wise...thank you...John and Jasper Franceschi |
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Riccardo Modanesi
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Location: Milano
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2013 03:38 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - John Franceschi from Brewster, New York |
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Hi John!
A warm welcome from Italy to you as well! Your surname indicates you have Italian blood in your veins, and (as we say in Italy) blood doesn't lie! Therefore...a welcome from your ancestor's home land!
Greetings by Riccardo.
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Hi! I'm a collector of minerals since 1973 and a gemmologist. On Summer I always visit mines and quarries all over Europe looking for minerals! Ok, there is time to tell you much much more! Greetings from Italy by Riccardo. |
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John Franceschi
Joined: 10 Jul 2013
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Location: Brewster, New York
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2013 08:02 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - John Franceschi from Brewster, New York |
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| Thank you for the warm welcome, Riccardo...Lucca, Tuscany is our ancestral home and my grandpa, Tancredi,as a young man worked at the Carrara mines...always great stories of the ' old country' at the dinner table, along with a few cups of wine....Giovanni |
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Pierre Joubert
Joined: 09 Mar 2012
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Location: Western Cape
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2013 10:44 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - John Franceschi from Brewster, New York |
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Welcome John!!!
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John Franceschi
Joined: 10 Jul 2013
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Location: Brewster, New York
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2013 16:25 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - John Franceschi from Brewster, New York |
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| Pierre...thank you for the kind welcome...John |
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Susan Robinson
Joined: 05 Aug 2010
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Location: Hancock, MI
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2013 19:34 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - John Franceschi from Brewster, New York |
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Hi John,
As i recall, Brewster is not far from the famous Tilly Foster mine. I remember that Ron Januzzi had a rock shop near there and he had a fabulous collection of Tilly Foster minerals as well as arguably some of the finest Trumbull, CT, wolframite ps. scheelite crystals. Did you ever visit his shop?
Susan Robinson
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Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2013 19:57 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - John Franceschi from Brewster, New York |
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Welcome to The Forum, John.
I look forward to seeing your collection.
Don
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John Franceschi
Joined: 10 Jul 2013
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Location: Brewster, New York
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| Posted: Jul 12, 2013 10:02 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - John Franceschi from Brewster, New York |
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| Susan Robinson wrote: | Hi John,
As i recall, Brewster is not far from the famous Tilly Foster mine. I remember that Ron Januzzi had a rock shop near there and he had a fabulous collection of Tilly Foster minerals as well as arguably some of the finest Trumbull, CT, wolframite ps. scheelite crystals. Did you ever visit his shop?
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Hello Susan....I actually live on the old Tilly Foster /Sears Cornor's road, today a
State Route.... Never met Mr Januzzi, as he was closing up shop in the early 70's when we moved into the area...however,his giant pink dinosaur that stood in front of his shop was still visible for many of those early years after his departure...so sorry I missed him...he still is somewhat a legend around here due to the pink dino and his re- mining of the Tilly Foster dumps when the interstate building in our area allowed him to access the old dumps....thanks John |
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John Franceschi
Joined: 10 Jul 2013
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Location: Brewster, New York
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| Posted: Jul 12, 2013 10:14 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - John Franceschi from Brewster, New York |
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| Don Lum wrote: | Welcome to The Forum, John.
I look forward to seeing your collection.
Don |
Thank you, Don, am excited to be here ... Hope I can contribute meaningful information to our collecting fraternity .... Will try in the coming months to get some specimens loaded, as I'm changing to a better digital camera setup..... I have many Southern Illinois fluorites that I'm sure everyone will appreciate from the Denton and Anabelle Lee mines, along with years of worldwide collecting....thanks, John |
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Jacquou HO
Joined: 25 Dec 2012
Posts: 22
Location: Paris
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| Posted: Jul 21, 2013 04:23 Post subject: Presentation of new members - Tran from Vietnam, now in Paris |
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Hello,
My name is Tran, I am from Vietnam, I studied and now live in Paris.
I have collected sea shells since I was a child, and for about three years that I have collected minerals.
There was a person showed me two tumbled stones (Turquoise and Lapis Lazuli) - his lucky stones. By this way that I discoverd mineral beauty....
Tran |
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Riccardo Modanesi
Joined: 07 Nov 2011
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Location: Milano
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| Posted: Jul 21, 2013 07:10 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Tran from Vietnam, now in Paris |
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Hi Jacquou!
A warm warm welcome from Italy to you too!
You are from a very interesting and somewhat unknown country, therefore it's interesting to see minerals which are found in Vietnam! I know corundums from the primary deposits are very nice, but I don't know about other minerals in your country. I'm so curious to see your photos!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.
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Jacquou HO
Joined: 25 Dec 2012
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Location: Paris
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| Posted: Jul 21, 2013 07:23 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Tran from Vietnam, now in Paris |
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Hi Riccardo,
The next time, I will take some vietnamese mineral photos. In Vietnam, we also have nice aquamarine, tourmaline (it is difficult to find the good quality tourmaline)...The bad stones are used for "painting".
Vietnamese people really like collecting "landscape" stones with bonsai...
I love italian minerals also, specially garnet from your country! Plus garnet is one of my favorite minerals.
Warm regards,
Tran |
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Vitomorim
Joined: 28 Jul 2013
Posts: 52
Location: Barcelos, Portugal
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2013 19:12 Post subject: Presentation of new members - Vitor from Barcelos, Portugal |
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| Hi, my name is Vítor, 19 years old and I'm from Portugal. I'm studying physics engineering but I collect minerals as hobby. I collect minerals since i can remember, not always good stuff, but I got what I think is a nice collection (obviously not as good as many members in this forum, but what can i do...). I'm reading this forum for quite a while and i think it's fabulous, great collectors and great people. Hope you can bear me. |
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