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chris
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Hi Folk,
Welcome in Alsace
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chris
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:08 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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Leading to Ste Marie aux Mines, a little city nested in the Val d'Argent (Silver's Valley), home of the second largest mineral show in Europe. Here for four days about 1000 dealers (minerals, jewelries, ...) meet with collectors from throughout Europe and sometimes even farer.
A show that maybe lives its last time here. Because of safety reasons (firefighters & paramedics accesses) the French authorities would like to move the show next year to the nearby city of Colmar. An inspection was under way during the show to determine if the organisation would be allowed to do it here again next year. Let's hope it will be OK.
My first stop was at the theatre, hosts of the high end mineral dealers and to the Prestige exhibit honouring the French fluorites this year. Before the rush started, I've had the opportunity to take some pictures. Fluorite being difficult to photograph, some pictures might not exactly reflect the true colour of the specimens (especially for the strongest coloured ones).
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chris
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:11 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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Fluorites from Le Beix.
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parfaitelumiere
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:11 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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I went there last year here is the proof!
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chris
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:13 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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Fluorite from Le Burg.
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chris
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:15 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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Fluorite from Fontsantes
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chris
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:17 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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Another one from an unknown locality (in fact I forgot to read the label). I have a guess but I prefer not to make a mistake.
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chris
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:17 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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Fluorite from L'Avellan.
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chris
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:19 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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Fluorites from different localities.
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chris
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:21 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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From Chamonix of course !
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chris
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:22 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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From Peyrebrune.
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chris
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 12:26 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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And to complete the list, the last two ones. Unfortunately my camera didn't like Valzergues' fluorites. So I can't pay a homage to those. Let's hope some readers will have better pictures than mine...
More to come.
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ploum
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| Posted: Jun 28, 2009 16:03 Post subject: Re: Ste Marie 2009, a collector's point of view |
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Hello Chris,
I complete your serie ;)
others tomorrow i'm tired...
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