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19Kath93
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Location: Alitzheim
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 Posted: Dec 15, 2022 05:11 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Reference Thread |
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| James Catmur wrote: | Kath
It would be fine. Do you have a more precise locality?
James
| 19Kath93 wrote: | | James Catmur wrote: | You can post minerals in your collection, no matter how you obtained them. But we do like to know the mineral, locality, and dimensions, and for them to be natural, not person made
| 19Kath93 wrote: | Okay, so I only am able to post a collector topic if I found the minerals myself, and if they are not only bought ones? I also recognized my topic is locked...
I am sorry, I did not know that. |
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I am sorry, thank you for informing me. Would my Quartz which I posted be okay, as it is not person-made? |
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Hi James, unfortunately I don't have a more precise location.:(
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19Kath93
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Location: Alitzheim
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| Posted: Dec 15, 2022 05:13 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Reference Thread |
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| 19Kath93 wrote: | | James Catmur wrote: | Kath
It would be fine. Do you have a more precise locality?
James
| 19Kath93 wrote: | | James Catmur wrote: | You can post minerals in your collection, no matter how you obtained them. But we do like to know the mineral, locality, and dimensions, and for them to be natural, not person made.
| 19Kath93 wrote: | Okay, so I only am able to post a collector topic if I found the minerals myself, and if they are not only bought ones? I also recognized my topic is locked...
I am sorry, I did not know that. |
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I am sorry, thank you for informing me. Would my Quartz which I posted be okay, as it is not person-made? |
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Hi James, unfortunately I don't have a more precise location.:( |
I have another question: Are drilled and sanded stones as necklace pendants also person-made stones which should not be in my collection topic, or am I also able to show them here too?
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SunYi
Joined: 04 Mar 2023
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Location: Europe
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| Posted: Mar 04, 2023 11:21 Post subject: Presentation of new members - SunYi from Stuttgart |
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Hello,
I have been lurking on this forum for years and finally decided to make an account here, so I thought I will post a short introduction following the forum customs.
Collection focus are old classics from Germany (plus Europe in general), and rare or unusual specimens from worldwide localities. I used to collect mostly micro-minerals, but have been moving towards thumbnails and miniatures in recent years. I'm mostly active in some local clubs, and in YMC (Young Mineral Collectors).
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Philippe Durand
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Location: Normandie
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Firmo Espinar
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Location: Medellín, Colombia.
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| Posted: Mar 04, 2023 17:06 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - SunYi from Stuttgart |
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| SunYi wrote: | Hello,
have been lurking on this forum for years and finally decided to make an account here... |
Hi Sun.
Good idea.
Welcome to FMF.
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SunYi
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| Posted: Mar 05, 2023 06:04 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - SunYi from Stuttgart |
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| Thank you all for the welcome!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 05, 2023 07:28 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - SunYi from Stuttgart |
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Herzlich willkommen, SunYi :-)
Your collecting focus sounds good, I hope you'll share some of your German classics here!
Grüße aus Hessen
Tobi
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 05, 2023 09:28 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - SunYi from Stuttgart |
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Welcome to the Forum SunYi. I'm sure other forum members will be interested to see your collection.
Michael
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Don Lum
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Mar 05, 2023 19:59 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - SunYi from Stuttgart |
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Welcome to The Forum, SunYi.
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Richard Arseneau
Joined: 17 Sep 2017
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Location: Eastern Canada
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| Posted: Mar 12, 2023 16:35 Post subject: Presentation of new members - Richard / Hello again from Canada |
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Hello, I have frequented this forum on and off for years, mostly as a silent observer. I am a new collector but have decided to limit my collection to Fluorite in the last couple of years.
I love Fluorite, the habits, and colours amaze me. My interest in collecting has been rekindled recently and I am looking into purchasing some new specimens.
I have recently discovered Bryan Swoboda's Youtube content and enjoying learning more from that source. Can anyone recommend similar content?
Looking forward to posting some decent photos in the coming months. I'm sure I will also have some questions for the knowledgeable people here.
In the meantime, here is a bad photo of my VERY modest little collection. Still very much a work in progress, but I love them all, Cheers,
Richard.
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k-m.minerals
Joined: 08 Mar 2023
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Location: Illinois
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| Posted: Mar 12, 2023 20:18 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Kyle and Michael from Illinois |
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Hello, all! My name is Kyle, and my partner in this industry is Michael (K & M Minerals). We've been focusing on building a serious specimen collection for over a year now, and have been putting more time towards being involved in the mineral community. We're lucky to have grown up in and still be located near the heart of the US Fluorspar districts, and understandably US Fluorite was the first mineral variety to really catch our attention. This forum has been such a great help in finding more information on the Fluorite in our area and the critical role it played here during the years of active mining! It is motivating to find such an established community of those that admire the physical, historical, and regional qualities of minerals & crystals. Our collection has quickly grown over the past months after encountering some luck with mineral auctions, and in this way we were able to obtain minerals that probably never would've been available to us otherwise. We look forward to sharing these with you and also sharing the information we've gathered on the pieces from our local area and their history as well!
Thank you all for being awesome! We've been lucky enough to meet some very grand people in the mineral world thus far :)
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Mar 12, 2023 22:38 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Kyle and Michael from Illinois |
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Welcome to the Forum Kyle and Michael
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Mar 12, 2023 22:39 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Richard / Hello again from Canada |
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Welcome to The Forum Richard
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 13, 2023 03:54 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Richard / Hello again from Canada |
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A warm welcome to all our new members :-)
And Richard:
| Richard Arseneau wrote: | [...] I am a new collector but have decided to limit my collection to Fluorite in the last couple of years.
[...] I have recently discovered Bryan Svoboda's Youtube content, and enjoying learning more from that source. Can anyone recommend similar content?
[...] In the meantime here is a bad photo of my VERY modest little collection ... |
Chosing fluorite as your one mineral to collect is a good decision. Even if you will get a 100 years old and only focusing on fluorite - it will never get boring. Never!!! :-)
I think I know quite a lot about fluorite - and I would not call your collection "very modest". It looks like a quite good and very beautiful collection of worldwide fluorites and I hope to see some details!
And no, there's nothing comparable to Bryans's videos. Sure, there are similar contents, but Bluecapproductions is unique :-)
Bur for field trips and mineral digging content I can recommend Bryan Major aka The Crystal Collector, a great guy with a lot of stunning videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCrystalCollector
Regards
Tobi
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Mar 13, 2023 04:13 Post subject: Re: Presentation of new members - Kyle and Michael from Illinois |
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Welcome to the forum
Do have a quick read of the general guide we wrote to help people get the best from the forum
https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?t=1941
| k-m.minerals wrote: | Hello, all! My name is Kyle, and my partner in this industry is Michael (K & M Minerals). We've been focusing on building a serious specimen collection for over a year now, and have been putting more time towards being involved in the mineral community. We're lucky to have grown up in and still be located near the heart of the US Fluorspar districts, and understandably US Fluorite was the first mineral variety to really catch our attention. This forum has been such a great help in finding more information on the Fluorite in our area and the critical role it played here during the years of active mining! It is motivating to find such an established community of those that admire the physical, historical, and regional qualities of minerals & crystals. Our collection has quickly grown over the past months after encountering some luck with mineral auctions, and in this way we were able to obtain minerals that probably never would've been available to us otherwise. We look forward to sharing these with you and also sharing the information we've gathered on the pieces from our local area and their history as well!
Thank you all for being awesome! We've been lucky enough to meet some very grand people in the mineral world thus far :) |
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