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Tour of the Halls at the 2001 Munich Show

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The Official 2001 Munich Show Homepage

All specimens are from this show are now Sold though not necessarily marked as such
 
 

The Munchen Messe

Click any of the images for a tour of the Hall.




I attended the 2001 Munich show from the dates of October 24th through October 28th.    There were over 750 dealers spread out over 3 enormous halls - each larger than the main show at the Tucson Convention Center.  It is absolutely not possible to completely cover a show of this size in the days alloted.   This is easily the largest show in the world in terms of concentration of mineral dealers in one place.

What I have attempted to do with this year's show is provide a daily diary of sorts that details who and what I saw.  Also, I have created a virtual tour of sorts for the three halls that comprised the show.  There are also a few scattered mpgs spread about the pages so if your connection is fast or you have time for 1+ meg download consider a moving tour with sound for several of the sites at the show.

My general impression of Munich 2001 is that this was a very good show.  The show was well attended and there were quite a few new and interesting finds.

I want to extend my sincere thanks to show organizer Johannes Keilmann who provided a pass for me to use at the show.  The size of the Munich show is hard to fully comprehend and what it takes to pull off must be nothing short of a hurculean effort.

One item of interest:  On my return from Munich I was detained in San Francisco because minerals I was carrying set off a radiation detector.  I was staring at the prospect of losing about 25 specimens to ignorance and fear just because they were natural sources of radiation.  I spent the better part of one hour relating to the customs agents why a mineral could be radioactive - naturally.  Finally someone went into the office and got on the web and looked up cuprosklodowskite and becquerelite and were "astonished" to find that uranium was found in nature...  Without sounding too irreverent I had to ask them where they thought elements like uranium and thorium came from???  A lab in Los Alamos or Livermore???  The jist of it is that I convinced them that I was not a secret spy or working for some clandestine nuclear operation and was allowed to continue on to the last leg of my journey... Things to keep in mind.

Look for many new mineral specimens to be posted on Nov 3rd through the 9th.

The links above and below will take you to various pages relating to the 2001 Munich Show.

I look forward to Munich 2002 next year.

Cheers,

John

Follow the links below to see pages from the largest show in Europe!


October 24th
October 25th
October 26th
October 27th
Last Day
Erythrite
Moroccan Apatite
Namibian Schorl
Spanish Sphalerite
European Minerals
Pink Fluorite
Madagascar
Radioactive Minerals
Italian Sulfur
Brazil
Rare Species
China
Pakistan & 
Afghanistan
Romania
Mineral Shows
Home Page

1999 Munich Show        2000 Munich Show       2001 Munich Show

The Official 2001 Munich Show Homepage


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