FMF - Friends of Minerals Forum, discussion and message board

[christian8520]

Hello from Utah!

I'm new to mineral identification, it's sort of a hobby for me.

I have some interesting specimens to share.

[Don Lum]

[Rob Schnerr]

[SWK]

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

[Tobi]

[SWK]

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

[Don Lum]

Welcome to the FMF, Stephan.

Don

[Jordi Fabre]

[alfredo]

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).

[bob kerr]

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

[Sante Celiberti]

Hello.
My name is Sante Celiberti and I live in Gavorrano (Prov. of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy).
I've been collecting minerals for over 50 years and I've been following this forum every day for at list 5 years. I must admit that I've learned more in the last 5 years than in the rest of my mineralogical experience.
I delayed registering because I was held back by two handicaps: the limited knowledge of the English language and the lack of familiarity with the computer. But, in the end, here I am.
It is an honor to became part of this great family and it will be a pleasure to share this passion and continue to learn.
Although "Etrusco" is a first name in Tuscany, I chose it as a nickname because of the many mines exploited by the ancient Etruscans. In fact, while collecting minerals from all over the world, my attention goes mainly to the minerals of Tuscany.
A sincere greeting to Jordi, to the administrators, and moderators and to all the members of the FMF (English and Spanish).

[SteveB]

Welcome, no one here is universally expert so everyone has things to contribute as well as learn from others. I find it very interesting to see new (to me) examples and people keen to genuinely learn. Beware the damage to your savings some posts can have !(recently for me a post about Pike's Peak Fluorites convinced me I had to have some of these beauties for my collection).

[Sante Celiberti]

[Michael Shaw]

A warm welcome to the Forum Sante. Do not worry about your English - your introductory post was just fine. I hope you will consider showing us some of the minerals in your collection from Tuscany.

Michael

[Philippe Durand]

Welcome on board.
I will be happy to discover your collection
Philippe