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Tobi

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Posted: Oct 29, 2015 14:15 Post subject: Terra Mineralia (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Hi folks,
Yesterday and today I finally took a trip to TERRA MINERALIA in Freiberg/Saxony, maybe the best and most valuable mineral collection/exhibition in the world. Maybe the Giazotto collection in Italy and the MIM Museum in Beirut can compete with it, I don't know for sure. But what I saw in these two days in Saxony was so thrilling, so outstanding, so awe-inspiring, all mineral collections I've seen in my entire life look like a small cute box of rubble compared to the incredible treasures that are on display in Freudenstein Castle in Freiberg. This may sound brain-washed, and indeed my mind will take long to handle what I saw there ...
However, I just returned home from Freiberg and realized that I took 500 photos instead of the 150-200 I planned ;-) I will inspect them now to look for bad quality photos and then I will start uploading them here, it could reach the dimensions of a Gail Spann show report - don't say I didn't warn you ;-)
I will not put many comments in the report, those photos don't need any words. I tried to capture the label in each picture and I'm sure you will identify everything though it is in German ;-)
An info about the specimen sizes: Yes, most of them are large, some even very large. Always take the black labels as reference, nearly all of them have a width of exactly 10 cm ...
Have fun!
Tobi
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Nerdite (var. tobite) Marburg, Hesse, Germany Specimen height 179 cm A nervous and excited mineral nerd (length nearly 1,80 m) waiting to enter paradise ;-) |
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Posted: Oct 29, 2015 15:04 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Posted: Oct 29, 2015 15:11 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Posted: Oct 29, 2015 15:17 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Posted: Oct 29, 2015 15:27 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Posted: Oct 29, 2015 15:37 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Some more and then I will take a break, more will follow later this evening or tomorrow ... MANY more ;-)
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Posted: Oct 29, 2015 17:39 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Definitely Lady Erika Pohl-Ströher has good taste!
Let me add a link to the origin of The Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher Collection
Tobi, thanks for posting this, is a consolation for those who we don't go to Munich.
Let's go with more treasures please ...
_________________ Josele |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 02:58 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Josele wrote: | Definitely Lady Erika Pohl-Ströher has good taste! |
A good taste and a lot of money ;-)
Josele wrote: | Let's go with more treasures please ... |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 03:06 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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I think I don't need any words ... just again the info that the labels measure 10 cm ;-)
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 03:15 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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For me, it is a trip of 400 km to Freiberg - and it was absolutely worth it. My recommendation to everyone who loves minerals: Go there at least once in your life and visit this extraordinary collection, no matter how long the journey may be for you ...
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 03:25 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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And concerning the number of specimens you should keep in mind that I took photos of about 10 percent of the collection ...
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 03:30 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 03:42 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 04:12 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Actually Tsumeb is not a field of interest for me ... but these specimens, wow :o
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 05:02 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 05:30 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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In this post and in the next one you'll see that having just one large, superb rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning Mines in a collection would be boring - it's better to have many ;-)
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 06:16 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 08:56 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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Posted: Oct 30, 2015 09:07 Post subject: Re: TERRA MINERALIA (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany) |
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