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[Tobi]

Great service from the guys of BlueCap Productions: Because many people have to stay at home in these hard times, they released many full videos for free on their Youtube channel, e.g. reports from all great shows of 2019 (St. Marie, Munich, Tucson), some of them 3 hours or longer. They made the following note under each of their new videos:

"SPECIAL NOTE: We are releasing this film so that it is FREE to the public via YouTube. This is in reaction to the current new Coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the world. The best advice to help head off this disease (other than washing hands, covering your coughs and not touching our faces) is self-isolation. So in this time of self-isolation, we at BlueCap Productions wanted to try and provide at least a little relief to the mineral collecting community with this free copy of this film. Please enjoy and be safe."

Really great, thanks to the BlueCap team!

https://www.youtube.com/user/bluecapproductions/videos

[BlueCapProductions]

Thanks Tobi!!!

[Tobi]

[Gail]

Always a JOY to see the many faces of the mineral world. Thank you Bryan.

[Dany Mabillard]

Thank you Bryan and BlueCap Productions.
Sure it will help people to forget for some hours watching these interesting videos the dramatic situation occurring all over the world.

Be safe and stay home.

[BlueCapProductions]

As the COVID-19 situation continues to keep us all isolated at home (I hope), we here at BlueCap Productions will continue to release past episodes of our What's Hot... series in the hopes that it helps everyone with their time in isolation. We do this with the SINCERE hope that everyone takes this situation seriously and that everyone keeps yourselves safe as well as keep others safe.

So here's our latest release: What's Hot In Ste.Marie: 2018

With the 2018 Summer Season, we once again head off to Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in the Alsace region of Eastern France. It's here that one of the best mineral shows in Europe is held every year and we dig in deep for a view of all the great fine minerals that show up every year here.

In addition to fine minerals, we also take some time to explore the wineries of the Alsace region - a region famous for its exceptional wines.

So join Show Hosts Christophe Gobin, Eloïse Gaillou, Alain Martaud and new host Eric DeCarlo as we go in search of What's Hot In Ste.Marie!!

Interviews in this program include:
+ Ludovic Hypolite and Sebastien Schwach from Domaine François Schwach Winery
+ Denis Leypold - Museum of Mineralogy of Strasbourg
+ Sylvían DesFarge - Sulvían DesFarge Cristallier
+ Dr. Federico Pezzotta - Mineralogical Collection Professionals
+ Diana and Ian Bruce - Crystal Classics
+ Rudolph Watzl - Saphira Minerals
+ Wolfgang Wendel - Wendel Minerals
+ Jürgen Margraf - Jürgen Margraf Minerals
+ Peter Ward - Greenlaws Mining Project
+ Monica Kitt - The Arkenstone
+ Louis Dominique Bayle - Le Règne Minèral
+ Jordi Fabre - Fabre Minerals
+ Michel Ambroise and Alain Pouget
+ Anton Watzl - Anton Watzl Minerals
+ Alain Martaud - Alain Martaud Minéraux
+ Frédéric Kuhn - Lampes de Mine
+ Tilman Hameister - Inter Prospekt HK Limited
+ Thorsten Pruess - ProCarat
+ Denis Gravier - Gravier & Gemmes
+ Boris Garaud - Opallion

Check it out online for FREE at:

https://mineralfilms.com/whis18