FMF - Friends of Minerals Forum, discussion and message board

[Don Lum]

Welcome to The Forum Anna and Heimo and Jason. Look forward to hearing from you soon.

Don

[Riccardo Modanesi]

Hi to everybody!
Of course I send a warm warm welcome to Juan, Anna, Heimo and Jason from Italy as well!
I hope I can see all of your best about!!!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.

[Pete Modreski]

Another hello and welcome to both of you, Anna and Heimo. We hope you will enjoy all the sharing of information and pictures through this Forum!

Pete

[Victor Ghirotto]

Hello all! I am Victor, i have 18 years old and I'm brazilian. My strongests passions are animals and plants, but i like rocks, stones and minerals enough to collect it and look for this forum. Looking foward to get comments on my stones, as i know nothing about mineralogy and i wish to learn about it.

I'ill start a thread in the (for begginers what is it), just look for "brazilian stones" anyone who's curious or want to give a help.

Thanks!

[Don Lum]

Welcome to The Forum, Victor. Look forward to seeing your specimens.

Don

[Riccardo Modanesi]

Hi Victor!
A warm warm welcome from your grandpa's land, Italy! I know you have Italian blood, and, as we say in Italy, blood doesn't lie! And then you are still very Young, minerlogy needs young people as well!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.

[Karl Green]

Greetings all and well met. Karl I am. Born in Tampa, FL cir. 1960.
I LOVE looking for things, fossils, pretty rocks, driftwood... Finding is even better.
Cutting small slabs and grinding cabs is a passion as is making fine little things of wood.
I wrap as jewelry some of the lovely quartz i find along the banks of Douglas Lake (French Broad River post damming) around Dandridge, TN.
I have only a gnats eyelash knowledge of minerals but look forward to learning from all the fine people of this wonderful forum.
Please ask me anything. ... I'll make something up. ;)

[Don Lum]

Welcome to The Forum, Karl.

Don

[Pierre Joubert]

Hi Karl, welcome to the Forum. I am sure you will enjoy it as much as we do. I have an interest in the art of wire wrapping crystals (have not done too much of it yet) so, sometime I will send you a PM and we can share what we know. Best regards.

[Riccardo Modanesi]

Hi Karl! Of course a warm warm welcome from Italy as well! We are all looking forward to see some curiosities from Tennessee!
Greetings by Riccardo

[James_S]

Good day all,

my name is James and minerals are a small hobby of mine. I think I have it after my grandfather who worked as a geologist. I am also known for being creative - I say, crazy - my girlfriend says.
I am here to learn new things, share what I know and have a good time.

Thanks for having me here,
James

[Riccardo Modanesi]

Hi James!
Of course a warm warm welcome from Italy by another mineral collector! It's over 40 years since I started collecting minerals!
Greetings by Riccardo.

[Don Lum]

Welcome to The Forum, James.

Don

[James Catmur]

James

Welcome to the forum

Another James

[Mathieu Chevalier]

Hi,

I have found this forum few weeks ago and it seems to be the perfect place to share our interest about mineralogy. So here I am...

I have been looking for minerals for 10 years even if I had only poor results during the first five years. I am now more lucky.

I live in Provence (South of France) and try to collect minerals from this area. All mines are closed and most of them impossible to visit so it is a quite difficult hobby.

I don't think we have very famous localities (from people outside France) but you perhaps know l'Avellan or Fontsante which are the most famous.

Fontsante is probably the mine I find the most interesting, Spetacular specimens are rare but there is a incredible variety of shapes, colors...

So I will try to share some specimens from my area.

Mathieu