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chris
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 Posted: Aug 09, 2009 10:58 Post subject: Chamonix 2009 |
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Chamonix a Friday afternoon. Even if the weather is not a good as last year, the downtown streets remain busy. Time to wander a bit on the way to the Espace Terray, Chamonix's Mineral Museum hosting this year a temporary exhibit about La Gardette.
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| The weather wasn't as good as last year. Not a good week-end to do mountaineering. |
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| A busy Chamonix's street surrounded by restaurants & bar... |
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:10 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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On the next morning and after a rainy night, direction Chamonix's sports hall to have a look at the show itself. Organized by the Mineral Club of Chamonix, it hosted, as usual, a mix between minerals found in the area (mainly smoky quartz & fluorite) and world wide minerals. This year the show hosted 50 dealers and cristalliers.
Unfortunately, it only took a few minutes to learn that nothing really new was found in the area. Most of the specimens for sales had been collected last year. According to some cristalliers the amount of snow this winter has been more important than previously. Because of that, most of the cliffs hiding the precious crystals remained out of reach. So collecting has been very difficult until then.
An opportunity to added some comments and pictures about specimens coming from other parts of France and a bit farer. I've also posted many pictures of the Prestige exhibit hosted at the show about minerals from the Swiss, Italian and French areas around the Mont-Blanc's range. During the show there were also some minerals from St Laurent le Minier. They'll be the subject of a later post in this thread.
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:12 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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| The entrance of the show, hosted in the hall of sports of Chamonix |
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:19 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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| Some quartz and demantoid from Italy. |
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| Gold from Val d'Aosta (Italy), fluorite and smokey quartz from the Mont-Blanc's range brought by an Italian dealer. |
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| Some hematite from Italy... |
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:25 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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| A discovery from this year in the locality of Aime (Savoie). The quartz is still partly stained by iron coating turning it light yellow. |
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| A display offering specimens... |
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| Bi-terminated quartz on granite |
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| A very large plate of smokey for those willing to add an extra-large specimen to their collection. |
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:28 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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| Smokey quartz hosting an amethyst crystal. |
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:34 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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They were also interesting specimens from other locations. As usual the blue of the fluorites from the Burg is always attractive. While axinite from both Bourg d'Oisans and the Urals offered to the visitors an opportunity to do some comparison.
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| Axinite : on the left from Urals, on the right from Bourg d'Oisans. |
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:39 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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From Morocco, A amazing sample of Devilline only found in one pocket. Beside a combinations of pyrite on goethite quite unusual.
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| Devilline from Bou Becker, Morocco |
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| Pyrite & goethite from El Hamman, Morocco. |
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| Fluorite, goethite, pyrite, El Hamman, Morocco. |
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:42 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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On my way to the Prestige exhibit, I stopped to take a picture of J.R. Garcia Alvarez, co-author of "La Fluorita, un siglo de mineria en Asturias" who was at the show on Saturday to dedicate the book.
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Granate
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:44 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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Hi Chris:
Thank you very much for your so interesting information.
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:46 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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A view of the Prestige's exhibit offering a perfect examples of what can be found on the side or around the Mont-Blanc's range.
A few tips to understand the labels :
Peigne = Gwindel
Ame = Fadden
Gris = Gray
Incluse = included
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:52 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 11:55 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 12:03 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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| Quartz with chlorite inclusions, Glacier Lex Blanche |
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| Quartz, chabasite, laumontite, tremolite, Aiguilles Grises, Mont-Blanc |
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| Colourless Gwindel, Pointe Isabella, Mont-Blanc |
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| Gwindel, Aiguille du Tacul, Mont-Blanc |
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| Fuorite, Aiguille Verte, Mont-Blanc. |
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| Gemmy Ppnk fluorite, Aiguille Verte, Mont-Blanc. |
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| Pink fluorite, Aiguille Verte, Mont-Blanc. |
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| Pink fluorite, Aiguille Verte, Mont-Blanc. |
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| Epidote & diopside, Mont Avic, Val d'Aosta, Italy |
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chris
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2009 12:06 Post subject: Re: Chamonix 209 |
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The two last of the lot.I hope you'll enjoy.
Christophe
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| rhombohedric & prismatic calcite, Aiguille du Tacul, Mont-Blanc. |
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| Quartz, stilbite, tremolite, Aiguilles Grises |
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