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Jordi Fabre
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 Posted: Dec 19, 2015 15:08 Post subject: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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To start our classic Christmas / New Year thread this time I will use a beautiful "Nadala" (Christmas greetings in Catalonia) from the excellent artist Monse Pla who kindly has authorized their reproduction.
Happy Holidays to Everybody!
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| Raining wishes of peace ;-) |
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Peter Megaw
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Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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Location: Tucson, Arizona
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| Posted: Dec 19, 2015 15:30 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Feliz Navidad y un Próspero Año Nuevo a todos...con muchas piedras
Hope to see everyone at the real New Years in Tucson in a month!!!
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Roy Starkey
Joined: 01 Feb 2014
Posts: 60
Location: Bromsgrove
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| Posted: Dec 19, 2015 15:42 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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| Jordi Fabre wrote: | To start our classic Christmas / New Year thread this time I will use a beautiful "Nadala" (Christmas greetings in Catalonia) from the excellent artist Monse Pla who kindly has authorized their reproduction.
Happy Holidays to Everybody! |
Thanks Jordi - best wishes to all for a Happy Xmas and a mineralogically interesting New Year.
Roy
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Dimensions: | 7 x 5 x 4 cm |
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| An old specimen collected in the 1970s by the late Roger Harker |
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Peter Megaw
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Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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Location: Tucson, Arizona
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| Posted: Dec 19, 2015 15:43 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Something with a bit more Christmassy color to it for your seasonal enjoyment that I picked up at Tucson last year....another good reason to come
Happy Holidays to all
| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 6 x 5 x 1.5 |
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| Full 360 1.5 cm Red Cloud wulfenite on matrix...2014 find. Peter Megaw specimen, Jeff Scovil photgraph |
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Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2856
Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Dec 19, 2015 16:28 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Merry Christmas and Healthy New Year Wishes to all the FMF members and FMF visitors.
Don
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Roger Warin
Joined: 23 Jan 2013
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| Posted: Dec 19, 2015 16:56 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year !
| Mineral: | Calcite var. cobaltoan calcite |
| Locality: | | Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 6 cm |
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| collected in the 1980's by Dr. Joseph Lohest |
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vic rzonca
Joined: 18 Nov 2008
Posts: 820
Location: MA
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| Posted: Dec 19, 2015 20:10 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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May your wishes come true.
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| All the best to the collecting community. |
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Don Lum
Joined: 03 Sep 2012
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Location: Arkansas
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| Posted: Dec 19, 2015 20:16 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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| vic rzonca wrote: | | May your wishes come true. |
Thanks, Vic. Where are you in this picture?
Don
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Heimo Hellwig
Joined: 03 Aug 2014
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Location: Swakopmund
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| Posted: Dec 20, 2015 03:31 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to all!
| Mineral: | Quartz - Smoky |
| Locality: | | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | L 250mm x Dia 70mm |
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Tobi
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Dec 20, 2015 12:21 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Awesome Red Cloud wulfie, Peter!
Happy holidays to all of you :-)
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Pierre Joubert
Joined: 09 Mar 2012
Posts: 1605
Location: Western Cape
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| Posted: Dec 21, 2015 01:17 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Wishing you all a safe and joyfull festive season, and a blessed new year with many new minerals.
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Riccardo Modanesi
Joined: 07 Nov 2011
Posts: 618
Location: Milano
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| Posted: Dec 21, 2015 02:59 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Hi to everybody!
All my best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and an even more wonderful 2016!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.
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Hi! I'm a collector of minerals since 1973 and a gemmologist. On Summer I always visit mines and quarries all over Europe looking for minerals! Ok, there is time to tell you much much more! Greetings from Italy by Riccardo. |
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Susan Robinson
Joined: 05 Aug 2010
Posts: 163
Location: Hancock, MI
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| Posted: Dec 21, 2015 11:01 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Happy Holidays to all, and a big thank you to Jordi for all you do on your website to help the mineral collector community! Best wishes for 2016!
Susan Robinson
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Pete Richards
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Joined: 29 Dec 2008
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Location: Northeast Ohio
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| Posted: Dec 21, 2015 11:06 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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I'll add my greetings to the list, and add a Christmas puzzle. Can you determine what the "ornaments" are? How about their localities? Solution to be posted after Christmas.
Pete Richards
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Collecting and studying crystals with interesting habits, twinning, and epitaxy |
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Elise
Joined: 22 Dec 2009
Posts: 243
Location: New York State
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| Posted: Dec 21, 2015 11:41 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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"Deck the minerals with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la la la la la.
'Tis the season to be jolly,
Fa la la la la la la la la."
Happy Holidays All!
Cheers!
Elise
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| 60 mm quartz sphere (photo: E.A. Skalwold) |
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chris
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Location: Grenoble
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| Posted: Dec 21, 2015 12:35 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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| Locality: | | Sunnyside Mine group (American Tunnel Mine), Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA | |
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nicu
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Location: Bucharest
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| Posted: Dec 22, 2015 01:43 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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An enlightened and peaceful New Year to all...
Greetings from Romania !
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Chris Rayburn
Joined: 07 Oct 2013
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Location: Arvada, Colorado
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| Posted: Dec 22, 2015 10:55 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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| Happy holidays one and all! I'm so thankful I discovered this site! Heartfelt appreciation to Jordi and the cast of many that keep it up and running. What a valuable resource.
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Jamison Brizendine
Joined: 27 Feb 2014
Posts: 128
Location: Northeast Ohio
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| Posted: Dec 22, 2015 16:30 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Last Monday was our club Christmas Party. Our centerpiece was this beautiful cluster of hydrothermally grown quartz by Vlad. Thought I would share! The size is just an approximation.
| Mineral: | Hydrothermally Grown Synthetic Silicon Dioxide |
| Dimensions: | 20 cm x 17 cm x 7 cm |
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| A large cluster of hydrothermally grown synthetic silicon dioxide. The centerpiece and talking point of our club dinner. |
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am mizunaka
Joined: 09 Apr 2010
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Dec 22, 2015 22:33 Post subject: Re: Merry Christmas 2015 and Happy New Year! |
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Season's Greetings and Merry Christmas.
| Mineral: | Millerite |
| Locality: | | Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada, USA | |
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