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Posted: Oct 29, 2018 16:49 Post subject: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2018 - "Elements" (2)
Jordi Fabre wrote:
...I'm publishing the videos of the three showcases that I liked the most about this year exhibit "Elements" and then I will publish the videos of my two favorite showcases of the other exhibit, "Alpine" (minerals from the Alps), and that this year was of an exceptionally high quality.
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Posted: Oct 29, 2018 17:18 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2018 - "Elements" (3)
Jordi Fabre wrote:
...I'm publishing the videos of the three showcases that I liked the most about this year exhibit "Elements" and then I will publish the videos of my two favorite showcases of the other exhibit, "Alpine" (minerals from the Alps), and that this year was of an exceptionally high quality.
Posted: Oct 30, 2018 01:41 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2018
Incredible specimens! The one Peruvian rhodochrosite is the best one from Uchucchacua that I have ever seen, I found a large photo on a German show report:
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Posted: Oct 30, 2018 04:10 Post subject: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2018 - "Alpine" (1)
Jordi Fabre wrote:
...and I will publish the videos of my two favorite showcases of the other exhibit, "Alpine" (minerals from the Alps) that this year was of an exceptionally high quality.
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Posted: Oct 30, 2018 04:18 Post subject: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2018 - "Alpine" (2)
Jordi Fabre wrote:
...and I will publish the videos of my two favorite showcases of the other exhibit, "Alpine" (minerals from the Alps) that this year was of an exceptionally high quality.
And the second video of the exhibit "Alpine", which at the same time is the most brutal of them all ;-)
Though I no hablo español, I've been browsing the Spanish thread for several days and I highly recommend it! Who needs to understand the words when you have such images! :-)
Posted: Nov 02, 2018 04:11 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2018
I have to say that I prefer images over videos - no need to watch the whole video to see the one specimen you like, you just scroll and stop when you see one you like.
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Posted: Nov 04, 2018 18:32 Post subject: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2018 - The New Discoveries
Barcelona 11/05/2018
As it has been seen in the great report of Carles Manresa, this Show continues with the usual trend of not presenting a large number of new discoveries (although in reality there is always more than it seems ;-)
As this has been happening for some time and it seems that progressively is increasing, the balance is changing and many collectors are not going to the Shows so much "for new discoveries" but to find recycled specimens that fit their desires. The offer of pieces of collections that have been put on sale is being higher than the appearance of new discoveries and therefore in the main displays are seeing many more classics than new discoveries.
That said, what I saw or knew as a new discovery in this Munich 2018 was:
- Lovely yellow Fluorites from a small mine, Four de Cluzel, satellite of the well known Peyrebrune Mine in Tarn, Occitanie, France, and which was not known until now more than by local collectors. The works of a small group of searchers have given an exceptional result with the find of very intense yellow color Fluorites and with a large crystal size, often associated with Quartz and occasionally by Barite crystals coated with Quartz.
- After the novelty in Tucson of the Alpine Quartzes of the Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India (see https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=60976#60976 ) we have now seen in Munich a new batch of very transparent and large Quartzes with delicate inclusions of Rutile. We will have to pay attention to what this area of India will continues to supply.
- The biggest source of news of the recent years is being Morocco and although Munich is not the main Show of minerals from that country, there were several new things. To highlight what has recently been found in new shafts recently opened in the Aït Ahmane Mine: large Barite crystals partially coated by white Actinolite, large groups of transparent crystals of Quartz with Calcite, in some cases with clear crystals of Sphalerite of yellow-reddish color, and also isolated crystals with good size of Calcite sometimes associated to Djurleite.
Among what is not so new but recent, it should be pointed out that the Malachite-Azurites from El Fetch continue to appear, that extraordinary Roselites have been found recently in Agoudal, and that Bou Nahas, indefatigably, continues to produce excellent Barytes, Pyrites, Marcasites, Chalcopyrites and all kind of carbonates, and to this we must add the recent find there of colored Sphalerites that, at the moment, do not appear in sharp crystals.
- Finally, Spain offered a novelty that is not really new ;-) and which I will talk about later when I have definitive analytical results. Sorry for not being able to specify more now but I did not want to stop mentioning it in this column although it may or may not come in depending on what the analysis confirm (or not ;-)
Munich 2018-Fluorite with Quartz-Four_de_Cluzel_Mine_Peyrebrune_Occitanie_France.jpg
Mineral:
Fluorite
Locality:
Four de Cluzel Mine, Peyrebrune area, Montredon-Labessonnié, Le Haut Dadou, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie, France
Dimensions:
5.6 × 5.5 cm
Description:
Mined between April-August 2018 Photo: Joaquim Callén
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Munich 2018-Rutiles-Kullu Valley_India.jpg
Mineral:
Rutile on Quartz
Locality:
Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India
Description:
A Showcase with the Quartz with Rutile from Kullu District, India...
Found in August 2018 One of the new Barytes from the Aït Ahmane Mine that besides being big and showy have the peculiarity of being partially coated for white Actinolite.
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Munich 2018-Quartz with Calcite-Bouismas Mine_Bou Azzer area_Morocco.jpg
Posted: Nov 09, 2018 08:39 Post subject: Re: Munich Show (Mineralientage) 2018
Hi,
I arrive late to talk about the Munich Show2018, because I had to prepare the Intermineral Show of Liege 2018 (Nov 3 & 4).
I have excellent memories of the Munich Show.
Above all, one had to go to Munich to admire the "Sondershow Elemente".
While in previous years, the exhibition theme was held in an alcove, this year it was open to everyone.
The expo was dedicated to the elements, pure of course, but also included in original chemical combinations.
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Description:
A nice welcome !
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Mineral:
Copper
Locality:
Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
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Mineral:
Chalcostibite
Locality:
Saint-Pons area, Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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