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Riccardo Modanesi
Joined: 07 Nov 2011
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Location: Milano
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Posted: Apr 22, 2019 12:15 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Alexander in Boston (Hi, let introduce myself) |
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Ciao Alexander (o Alessandro?)! OK, dopo i saluti in italiano, vado con l'inglese. Welcome to the forum, you will see here we are everybody on very good terms and friendly! Let's wait for something about your researches and your collection! Greetings from Italy by Riccardo. Viva la nostra patria!
bontix77 wrote: | Hi, my name is Alexander. I'm Italian moved for work in Boston one year ago. I'm Biologist big fan for everything about nature as minerals and fossils.
I'm a Japanese/chines calligraphy practitioner since long time, is my favorite hobby.
i have a humble collection composed by quite modest specimens but i'm proud of it.
I hope to learn more about minerals and collectors here in the States. I'm also interested to swap or acquire new specimens so if you have something to give feel free to contact me. |
_________________ 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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Rob Schnerr
Joined: 17 Mar 2019
Posts: 162
Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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Posted: May 02, 2019 03:23 Post subject: Presentation of new members - Rob Schnerr from Nieuwe Niedorp |
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Just recently I joined the FMF-club, but have visited the forum for several years. My wife (Annemieke) and I have been mineral collectors for a long time. We started our collection in 1975. In 1980 this came to a temporarely end and we restored our collection in the attic. After our retirement we started collecting again and have become fanatics. After viewing many collections of other people on this forum, we would like to share photos of ours. We'll start posting soon.
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R Saunders
Joined: 28 Jul 2018
Posts: 126
Location: Michigan
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Posted: May 02, 2019 04:36 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Rob Schnerr from Nieuwe Niedorp |
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Hello from Holland, Michigan. Welcome and please show minerals native to the Netherlands. Bob |
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Peter Lemkin
Joined: 18 Nov 2016
Posts: 398
Location: Prague
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Posted: May 02, 2019 04:45 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Rob Schnerr from Nieuwe Niedorp |
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R Saunders wrote: | Hello from Holland, Michigan. Welcome and please show minerals native to the Netherlands. Bob |
Having lived in the Netherlands for some years, I can assure you there are few to no minerals from the Netherlands....it hardly has much solid rock of any kind, and what little there is rarely of mineralogical interest. But there are collectors there, with good collections [mostly from elsewhere...] In my collection, only as a token of the time I spent in Holland do I have one piece of limestone from their 'highest' 'mountain' Mt. Saint Peter 171 m [561 ft.]. Lovely country, but not a bonanza for field collecting ;-) https://www.mindat.org/search.php?search=netherlands |
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Rob Schnerr
Joined: 17 Mar 2019
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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Posted: May 02, 2019 08:55 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Rob Schnerr from Nieuwe Niedorp |
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Peter Lemkin wrote: | R Saunders wrote: | Hello from Holland, Michigan. Welcome and please show minerals native to the Netherlands. Bob |
Having lived in the Netherlands for some years, I can assure you there are few to no minerals from the Netherlands....it hardly has much solid rock of any kind, and what little there is rarely of mineralogical interest. But there are collectors there, with good collections [mostly from elsewhere...] In my collection, only as a token of the time I spent in Holland do I have one piece of limestone from their 'highest' 'mountain' Mt. Saint Peter 171 m [561 ft.]. Lovely country, but not a bonanza for field collecting ;-) https://www.mindat.org/search.php?search=netherlands |
Thank you R Saunders and Peter for your welcome. It's true what Peter said: there are hardly any minerals of interest in The Netherlands for a collector; maybe some strontianite and pyrite in micromount size. So we have none in our collection apart from our micromount collection.
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Kevin Conroy
Joined: 03 Dec 2018
Posts: 78
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
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Posted: May 02, 2019 11:27 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Rob Schnerr from Nieuwe Niedorp |
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I'm not at all familiar with what is available now, but you can explore the following to see some reported mineral sites: https://www.mindat.org/loc-24644.html |
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Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2856
Location: Arkansas
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Posted: May 02, 2019 12:02 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Rob Schnerr from Nieuwe Niedorp |
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Welcome to The Forum Roy, Rob and Annemieke. Look forward to seeing your minerals.
Regards,
Don _________________ hogwild |
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Rob Schnerr
Joined: 17 Mar 2019
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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Posted: May 02, 2019 15:28 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Rob Schnerr from Nieuwe Niedorp |
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Hi Kevin, as you can see 90% comes from one location (Ratum quarry).. |
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Rob Schnerr
Joined: 17 Mar 2019
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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Posted: May 02, 2019 15:31 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Rob Schnerr from Nieuwe Niedorp |
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Don, thank you for your welcome. I enjoy the photos of your collection very much.
Rob |
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alfredo
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Joined: 30 Jan 2008
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Posted: May 03, 2019 12:43 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Rob Schnerr from Nieuwe Niedorp |
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Welcome, Rob and Annemieke!
But I must disagree about there not being interesting minerals in the Netherlands. One of the cutest pyrrhotites I've ever seen came from a cavity in a flint nodule from the underground marl mines in Maastricht. There is even danburite from the Netherlands... You just have to drill down a long way to get it. ;)) |
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christian8520
Joined: 03 May 2019
Posts: 3
Location: Utah
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Posted: May 03, 2019 13:03 Post subject: Presentation of new members - Hello from Utah! |
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Hello from Utah!
I'm new to mineral identification, it's sort of a hobby for me.
I have some interesting specimens to share. |
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Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2856
Location: Arkansas
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Posted: May 03, 2019 15:22 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Hello from Utah! |
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christian8520 wrote: | Hello from Utah!
I'm new to mineral identification, it's sort of a hobby for me.
I have some interesting specimens to share. |
Welcome to The Forum, christian8520. Look forward to seeing your collection.
Don _________________ hogwild |
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Rob Schnerr
Joined: 17 Mar 2019
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Location: Nieuwe Niedorp
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Posted: May 03, 2019 15:59 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Rob Schnerr from Nieuwe Niedorp |
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alfredo wrote: | Welcome, Rob and Annemieke!
But I must disagree about there not being interesting minerals in the Netherlands. One of the cutest pyrrhotites I've ever seen came from a cavity in a flint nodule from the underground marl mines in Maastricht. There is even danburite from the Netherlands... You just have to drill down a long way to get it. ;)) |
Hi Alfredo, this is the ultimate proof, I rest my case! (Just kidding). Thanks for your welcome.
Rob |
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SWK
Joined: 21 Sep 2019
Posts: 11
Location: mostly Tucson
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Posted: Sep 21, 2019 08:38 Post subject: Presentation of new members - Stephan W. Koch mostly in Tucson |
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Hi,
my name is Stephan W Koch. Since there is already an active member with the name "Stefan Koch", I decided to use SWK as contact rather than my full name.
My wife and I spend part time of the year in Tucson/Arizona and the summers we are mostly in Germany, near Marburg.
I have been mineral collecting since childhood, with a current focus on minerals from Arizona.
Looking forward to many interesting future posts on FMF. Best regards, Stephan |
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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Germany
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Posted: Sep 21, 2019 09:36 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Stephan W. Koch mostly in Tucson |
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SWK wrote: | Hi,
my name is Stephan W Koch. Since there is already an active member with the name "Stefan Koch", I decided to use SWK as contact rather than my full name.
My wife and I spend part time of the year in Tucson/Arizona and the summers we are mostly in Germany, near Marburg.
I have been mineral collecting since childhood, with a current focus on minerals from Arizona. Looking forward to many interesting future posts on FMF. Best regards, Stephan | Hi Stephan, welcome to the FMF community!
You spend your summers in Marburg?! I'm also in Marburg :-)
Regards, Tobi |
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SWK
Joined: 21 Sep 2019
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Posted: Sep 21, 2019 10:13 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Stephan W. Koch mostly in Tucson |
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Hi Tobi,
thanks for your mail. It could well be that we have met ... I work here at the University and am involved with the Freunde des Mineralienmuseus etc....
Best, Stephan |
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Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2856
Location: Arkansas
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Posted: Sep 21, 2019 11:33 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Stephan W. Koch mostly in Tucson |
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Welcome to the FMF, Stephan.
Don _________________ hogwild |
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Jordi Fabre
Overall coordinator of the Forum
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 4896
Location: Barcelona
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Posted: Sep 21, 2019 15:10 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Stephan W. Koch mostly in Tucson |
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SWK wrote: |
My name is Stephan W Koch. Since there is already an active member with the name "Stefan Koch", I decided to use SWK as contact rather than my full name.
My wife and I spend part time of the year in Tucson/Arizona and the summers we are mostly in Germany, near Marburg.
I have been mineral collecting since childhood, with a current focus on minerals from Arizona.
Looking forward to many interesting future posts on FMF. Best regards, Stephan
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Welcome to FMF Stephan. Great addition! 👌 |
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alfredo
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Joined: 30 Jan 2008
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Posted: Sep 26, 2019 23:57 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Stephan W. Koch mostly in Tucson |
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Stephan, welcome to our forum! We hope you enjoy the discussions with friendly mineral collectors here (plus a couple of cantankerous ones, but interesting people nevertheless). |
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bob kerr
Joined: 13 Nov 2011
Posts: 537
Location: Monroeville PA
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Posted: Sep 27, 2019 10:57 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Reference Thread |
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Stephan and Rita are close personal friends of mine and I'm glad to see he finally joined the FMF.
Stephan is a quite modest in his introduction. He is a Professor of Physics at both the U of A and Marburg, is incredibly knowledgeable in AZ minerals and has a AZ collection that is only surpassed by guys like Les Presmyk and Evan Jones.
Like most desert rats, Stephan and Rita also appreciate the Tucson flora/fauna and are experts in finding where the local spring wildflowers are best.
he will be another welcome addition to our flock.
bob |
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