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Don Lum
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 Posted: Jan 14, 2014 23:40 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Reference Thread |
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Welcome to The Forum Sam, Alex and Mike.
We look forward to your posts.
Don
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Mike Pelman
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Location: Oklahoma
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| Posted: Jan 20, 2014 10:31 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Mike Pelman from Oklahoma |
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Thanks for the warm welcome Mike and Don,
Nice to see some people close to where I live.
I took the liberty of viewing both of you guys mineral pics and I must say they are stunning.
I'm afraid I am quite the amateur and have only been collecting for a couple of years. I have a lot to learn but I am enjoying it.
Thanks again
Mike Pelman
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Riccardo Modanesi
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| Posted: Jan 20, 2014 11:25 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Mike Pelman from Oklahoma |
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Hi Mike!
Of course a warm welcome from...the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, i.e. from Europe, more properly from Italy! I'm also waiting for some American mineralogical curiosities from you!
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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Roy Starkey
Joined: 01 Feb 2014
Posts: 68
Location: Bromsgrove
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| Posted: Feb 01, 2014 16:51 Post subject: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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| Jordi Fabre wrote: | Right from the start of the FMF we have encouraged and thanked the new members who, when they started to participate, wrote a short presentation. While it is not a requirement for membership, it has become considered polite for new members to do this as it links into the general feel of the forum and helps everyone get to know each new member. We really welcome those descriptions that give the name of the mineralnaut (even if it is a nickname, as writing to a members’ chosen short name can at time seem rather strange) and if people want to add interesting personal data such as age, mineral interests, etc that is great. We let each member chose what they want to say.
This is a minor item that, as I see things, helps improve our relationships, which othewrwise can be, especially on the web, rather cold.
I think it is then neat that we can go back to this sometime later and see who has joined and how they grown since then. Some ‘never again’, some very active, and some once in a while. |
Hi Everyone!
My name is Roy Starkey and I am based in Bromsgrove in the UK. I have been collecting minerals for about 40 years or so, and now restrict my collection to British minerals only, with a particular emphasis on the minerals of Scotland.
In 1981 I founded the British Micromount Society, which continues today and holds an Annual Symposium in Leicester in September each year. I have been a member of the Russell Society for about 30 years and recently retired from the post of President. I am the author of the recent "Herodsfoot" issue of the Mineralogical Record Vol. 43 No.4 and also a co-author of "Anglesite from the type locality, Parys Mountain, Anglesey, Wales" in MR Vol.42 No.4.
I am currently researching material for a book about the minerals of the Cairngorms which I hope to publish later this year. In addition to field collecting, I am interested in historical research and enjoy spending time in the library / on-line, digging into old mineralogical literature.
I look forward to joining the FMF community.
Roy
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Gail
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
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Location: Texas, Lone Star State.
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| Posted: Feb 01, 2014 17:34 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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Welcome to the group! Thanks, ever so much, for adding such a long history.
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Feb 01, 2014 18:09 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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Welcome to The FMF, Roy.
We look forward to seeing your collection.
Cheers,
Don
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Jesse Fisher
Joined: 18 Mar 2009
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Location: San Francisco
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| Posted: Feb 01, 2014 23:34 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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| And for those who may not recognize the name, Roy is the author of the incredibly well researched article on the Herodsfoot Mine, Cornwall, recently published by the Mineralogical Record.
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Jordi Fabre
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Joined: 07 Aug 2006
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Location: Barcelona
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| Posted: Feb 02, 2014 00:30 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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| Welcome Roy!
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chris
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Joined: 12 Jul 2007
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Location: Grenoble
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| Posted: Feb 02, 2014 03:39 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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Hi Roy,
Welcome on board.
Chris
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Riccardo Modanesi
Joined: 07 Nov 2011
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Location: Milano
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| Posted: Feb 03, 2014 08:55 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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| Jesse Fisher wrote: | | And for those who may not recognize the name, Roy is the author of the incredibly well researched article on the Herodsfoot Mine, Cornwall, recently published by the Mineralogical Record. |
Hi Roy! A warm warm welcome from Italy as well! It is an honour to me to discuss about mineralogy with so great a personality like yourself! I would like to visit Cornwall (cycling, of course!) and to look for minerals in that very interesting peninsula!
I hope there are many occasions for talking about our wondergul world!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.
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Martin Rich
Joined: 15 Aug 2013
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Location: Lower Austria
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| Posted: Feb 03, 2014 21:43 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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Roy, so welcome to the show!
Martin
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Woody Thompson
Joined: 08 Mar 2010
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Location: Maine
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| Posted: Feb 04, 2014 08:15 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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Hello Roy,
We're looking forward to your talks on Herodsfoot Mine and the Cairngorm minerals at the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium this April!
Woody Thompson
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James Catmur
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Location: Cambridge
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| Posted: Feb 04, 2014 13:06 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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Welcome on board Roy - please add material to the UK specimens section
James
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Roy Starkey
Joined: 01 Feb 2014
Posts: 68
Location: Bromsgrove
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| Posted: Feb 04, 2014 14:09 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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Thanks for the friendly welcome everyone. I look forward to seeing some of you in Rochester in April.
OK James, I will see what I can come up with in due course.
Regards
Roy
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Mike Wood
Joined: 16 Dec 2010
Posts: 456
Location: Northern England
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| Posted: Feb 04, 2014 14:10 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Introducing Roy Starkey |
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Hello Roy, glad you could join us!
I hope you don't mind what I'm going to do next...
Best Regards, Mike Wood :-)
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Photo of Roy, looking for material for his talk at the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, perhaps? ;-)
Mike Wood photo. |
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