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[Tobi]

A large quartz on hematite from Jinlong, China.

[Tobi]

Magnetite from Bolivia.

[Tobi]

A verdelite tourmaline in quartz from Brazil.

[Tobi]

Amazonite from Colorado, vanadinite from Morocco, wulfenite from the San Francisco Mine in Mexico.

[Tobi]

Iron ores and artwork: Two pyrites from the Huanzala Mine and a hematite from Elba next to my drawing of the museum.

[Tobi]

Quartz: Rock crystal from Jinkouhe/China, milky quartz from Madagascar and a smoky quartz from Brazil.

[Tobi]

A closer photo of the smoky quartz on cleavelandite. Comes from Galilea, Minas Gerais (BRA).

[Tobi]

Canadian apatite, double-terminated crystal in calcite.

[Tobi]

Almandine garnets, on the left a plate of crystals in mica shist from Ziller Valley (A), on the right a large single crystal from Brazil.

[Tobi]

Another shot of the two Peruvian pyrites together with my drawing.

[Tobi]

Fluorite on feldspar from the Erongo mountains, Namibia.

[Carles Millan]

Congratulations, Tobias!

Good work. The display is really elegant and your collection brilliantly exposed. You must be proud of it.

How long will it be there? Two or three months, as you said? I can't see anywhere your name as the collection's owner. I think it should be visible.

[Tobi]

Thank you, Carles, indeed i'm very proud! It will be there for three months, that's correct.

Don't worry, there IS a label with my name. Prof. Masberg and Mr. Keller already made it and they even showed it to me, it says "Sammlung Tobias Martin" (Tobias Martin Collection). I couldn't yet take a photo of it because i had to work after the display setup and so i had to leave before the label was attached.

And because i had to leave i also couldn't follow Mr. Masbergs invitation to a cup of coffee and a bit of talking. But we will do that next monday, and then we'll also have an "official" fotoshooting because there will be a short report of the collectors display on the homepage of our university. I will post the link as soon as the report is online.

[Jason]

Congrats tobias..I am very impressed and happy for you..well done!

[Tracy]

Congratulations Tobias - a lovely exhibit! And excellent artwork too - you have real talent.

- Tracy