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Peter Lemkin
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 Posted: Jun 05, 2020 06:43 Post subject: Re: Any interesting minerals from Ukraine? |
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Good luck getting a mineral from the 'territory' of the Soverign Order of the Knights of Malta - who for some purposes are a 'state' [and NOT for most others], who once had territory and now do not - although they have many embassies. The one in Prague is HUGE!!! [one of the largest of any 'nation ' and only outsized by about 6].
They have formal diplomatic relations with 110 states and has official relations with another five states and with the European Union.[12] Additionally it has relations with the International Committee of the Red Cross and a number of international organizations, including observer status at the UN and some of the specialized agencies.[65] Its international nature is useful in enabling it to pursue its humanitarian activities without being seen as an operative of any particular nation. Its sovereignty is also expressed in the issuance of passports, licence plates,[66] stamps,[67] and coins.[68] |
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David
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| Posted: Jun 05, 2020 11:12 Post subject: Re: Any interesting minerals from Ukraine? |
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| Peter Lemkin wrote: | Good luck getting a mineral from the 'territory' of the Soverign Order of the Knights of Malta - who for some purposes are a 'state' [and NOT for most others], who once had territory and now do not - although they have many embassies. The one in Prague is HUGE!!! [one of the largest of any 'nation ' and only outsized by about 6].
They have formal diplomatic relations with 110 states and has official relations with another five states and with the European Union.[12] Additionally it has relations with the International Committee of the Red Cross and a number of international organizations, including observer status at the UN and some of the specialized agencies.[65] Its international nature is useful in enabling it to pursue its humanitarian activities without being seen as an operative of any particular nation. Its sovereignty is also expressed in the issuance of passports, licence plates,[66] stamps,[67] and coins.[68] |
Yes, that is weird and funny, thank you for mentioning Peter! Really, it is hard to answer the question how many countries are there in the world. Define country! You might have 196, 200, 250, several hundreds, depends if you only count those recognized by all the other recognized countries, those recognized by some other countries, those recognized by one or no country, those recognized by two people. But the maximum number should be around 7,800,000,000. That is if you limit the number of countries to one per person and if you don't count those purely fictional. |
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Riccardo Modanesi
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Location: Milano
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2020 04:27 Post subject: Re: Any interesting minerals from Ukraine? |
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Hi to everybody! the Bologna show didn't take place at all, for what I know! Campione d'Italia is an Italian village, belonging to Italy (Lombardy, Province Como) fully surronded by Swiss territory. It'a so-called "enclave", like Llivia, a Spanish town surrounded by French territory. If you look for Seborga in the Italian site of Google (.it), you will find it. Perticara (Romagna, Province Rimini), is very famous because of sulphur and aragonite. The mines are no longer in activity, but I think the research is partially allowed, if you respect the security rules.
Covid-19: the situation in Lombardy and Italy is still bloody (85 people more died yesterday, 21 in Lombardy; 518 new cases in Italy and 402 of them are here in Lombardy. Let's wait for 6pm, when the ney bulletin comes out). An improvement is however evident. Two months ago we had at least 650 deaths per day, in one day we had 978 deaths at the end of March.
Greetings from Italy 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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David
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| Posted: Jun 07, 2020 12:07 Post subject: Re: Any interesting minerals from Ukraine? |
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| Riccardo Modanesi wrote: | Hi to everybody! the Bologna show didn't take place at all, for what I know! Campione d'Italia is an Italian village, belonging to Italy (Lombardy, Province Como) fully surronded by Swiss territory. It'a so-called "enclave", like Llivia, a Spanish town surrounded by French territory. If you look for Seborga in the Italian site of Google (.it), you will find it. Perticara (Romagna, Province Rimini), is very famous because of sulphur and aragonite. The mines are no longer in activity, but I think the research is partially allowed, if you respect the security rules.
Covid-19: the situation in Lombardy and Italy is still bloody (85 people more died yesterday, 21 in Lombardy; 518 new cases in Italy and 402 of them are here in Lombardy. Let's wait for 6pm, when the ney bulletin comes out). An improvement is however evident. Two months ago we had at least 650 deaths per day, in one day we had 978 deaths at the end of March.
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo. |
Hello, Riccardo!
I suppose you know better regarding the Bologna Mineral Show. I've just seen some older announcement that the show is to be posponed for the end of May, that's it.
Llivia is also an interesting case. But what do you say about Baarle-Hertog, an exclave of Belgium in the Netherlands. What is really weird is that the area of the Belgian town is not contiguous, it is composed of many pieces intermingled with those belonging to the Dutch town of Baarle-Nassaw. Meaning that one house can be in Belgium and the one next to it in the Netherlands.
Unfortunately, I don't think there is any country spared by the coronavirus at this point. I only hope that the situation will gradually improve and maybe some new mechanisms can be put into place to prevent such destruction in the future.
Stay safe as much as possible!
Regards,
Alex |
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