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[Riccardo Modanesi]

Hi Leon!
A warm warm welcome from Italy as well! Recently I was in the Netherlands, participating to a gemmological symposium in Leiden! Then I cycled throughout your country more than once! From what you wrote you live close to Maastricht, don't you? I know well that part too, including the "Drielandepunkt" between Wolfhaag, Aachen and Kelmis!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.

[Leon Hupperichs]

Hi Riccardo,
Yes my home town is close to Maastricht but even closer to Aachen (Germany) and the Drielandenpunt, just a 10 minute drive.
A very nice region for cycling.

Regards,
Leon.

[jimsfault]

Hello everyone.
My name is Danny and I'm in Los Angeles, CA (as my signature will tell you).
I am desperately in love with photographing inclusions through the scope. I am a "gemologist" and work in the estate side of the business. I'm sorry I didn't find this site sooner but here I am and I'm glad to be here.

I do collect minerals but my collection is small. Mostly, my collection consists of cut stones that no one else wants because they're too included!

Cheers!
ps - I also frequent gemologyonline with the same handle.

[Don Lum]

Welcome to The Forum, Danny.

Don

[Riccardo Modanesi]

Hi Danny! A warm warm welcome from Italy as well! I'm in Gemology On Line and usually participate to discussions. So it's interesting to exchange some words about our discipline!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.

[chris]

Hi Danny,

Have fun sharing with us.

Christophe

[Mark Randle]

Hello to all. I am Mark Randle, presently residing in Alexander County, NC. Having perused the forum I see that I already know several folks here from collecting adventures or from shows. I have been intrigued with minerals since a child and have only become more so over the years. Decided to "get serious" about it around the turn of the century, having mostly collected on my own until then. Prospecting and field collecting are my passions with most of it done in the SE US because of proximity (plus we have some great minerals!). Presently working hard in the Hiddenite area chasing the elusive chromium chromophored beryl, i.e. emerald, and its friends.

Cheers!

[Don Lum]

Welcome to The Forum, Mark. I think that you are fortunate to live in such a mineral-rich part of America.

Don

[cypher04]

Hi guys, I'm Patrick, from Tulsa OK. I'm a student at Tulsa Community College, studying for a degree in geology. Not sure where i'm going to transfer to but i'm not liking the local options so far...Oklahoma State University and University of Tulsa both have great programs, but one is an hour drive away, and the other.....well I would have to sell my first born....and maybe my second.

Things there in Tulsa are not great for rock hunting but there are a few areas of interest in Oklahoma. There are enough fossils here to drive a guy nuts, my 4 year old son even gets fed up with finding them some times. Last time I had him out with me he picked up a rock, and said "is this one? I said it was, he groaned, very dramatically and tossed it aside.

[Don Lum]

Welcome, Patrick, from Tulsa.

Don

[Sam314159]

Hello Fellow Rockhounds!

My name is Samuel and I've just stumbled across this forum and decided to join! I am a graduate student in Toronto, Canada studying mathematics, specializing in Algebraic Geometry. Although not a Geologist by trade, I have a strong interest in minerals and their scientific properties. In particular, their geometric structure. I've collected rocks since my primary school days and minerals since my high school years. Are there any collectors from Canada on this site?

Cheers,
Sam

[Riccardo Modanesi]

hi to everybody!
A warm warm welcome to our new American friends by an Italian mineralogist as well!
Greetings and welcome from Italy by Riccardo.

[Alex Homenuke]

Greetings to Everyone,
I joined this friendly site in August, but neglected (shame on me) to introduce myself.
I will be retiring soon and hope to become more involved in sharing thoughts and images regarding our fine hobby.
I am a geologist, mineral and mining artifact collector. My preferences lean towards ore related minerals from localities with a strong sense of mining history, but I like anything pretty.
Cheers
Alex,
Abbotsford, BC, Canada

[Mike Pelman]

Hello,

My name is Mike Pelman, from Oklahoma and I have been interested in rocks and minerals for most of my life but have only recently begun collecting.

I have a few specimens that I have bought and a few that I have collected myself.
I hope to do some more rock hounding this year.

I'm sure I will have some questions about identifying some minerals.

[Michael Shaw]