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November 5

This installment will continue with what is new here at Munich.

Inside the International Pavilion where everyone was loosing their minds on the dazzling fluorite specimens on display with Richardo Prato the enormous and exceptional new specimens of epidote from Pakistan were overlooked.  These may in fact be clinozoisite but for now Richardo is calling them epidote. They are up to 25 cm in length,  gemmy and lustrous. As if that weren't enough he also had this incredible Jonas Mine specimen of rubellite that was 35-40 m in length.


Two of the specimens Prato had of the epidote/clinozoisites from Pakistan. 
The specimen on the left is about 15 cm in length and the twin on the right is about 11 cm.


This eye popping specimen of rubellite from the Jonas Mine in Brazil. 

In the overseas area of Hall B2 I found Gary Freeman who has been working the Mount Mica deposit in Maine.  What he's found are some of the finest specimens of crystallized rose quartz ever found in North America.  At first glance they look like pieces from Minas Gerais but they are not.  They were pulled from the ground this past September and are associated with smoky quartz and elbaite. 


Here are a group of cabinet sized specimens from the new find.


Considered the best of the find this is a 25-30 cm specimen.


Here are the two behind the production. Miner Richard Miller on the left and Gary Freeman on the right.

Also in the Overseas Area I saw Dr. Bruce Cairncross behind the Kalahari Mineral Ventures' booth filled with new specimens of shigaite from the N'Chwaning mine in South Africa.  There were also some interesting specimens of hollowed casts of calcite comprised of a mix of siderite and sphalerite.  Yes you heard me correctly - a carbonate and sulfide.  Bruce produced some analyses which clearly show the presence of both species in a mechanical mixture comprising the casts. Bizarre! These come from the Aggenys mine also in South Africa.  The shigaite specimens attracted quite a bit of attention as they are the best that have come out in many years. 


This specimen the left is 2.3 cm with a 0.5 cm shigaite crystal. On the right is a 
section of a larger cabinet specimen with scattered shigaite crystals to 1 cm across. 


This is an isolated cluster of sharp crystals of shigaite to 1.2 cm across.
 



This is a 30 cm specimen of the new find of siderite and sphalerite after calcite.


Here's a photo of Bruce Cairncross behind the booth with the new South African specimens.

I forgot to mention that Laurent Thomas of Polychrome also had a new find of amethyst with multiple phantoms from Morafeno, Mahajunga, Madagascar.  One of these specimens, in particular, has a phantom that looks strikingly like the Eiffel Tower.
 



This quartz crystals is about 10 cm in length.  Note the internal phantom that looks like
the Eiffel Tower. There are numerous other phantoms as well - typical of the new find.

Peruvian dealer Ramos Minerals had new specimens of barite preferentially coated with microscopic pyrite crystals.  These come from the Warihuayin Mine, Mira Flores Dist., Huanaco Dept., Peru. 


This is a 3 cm specimen of grayish blue barite with pyrite.

Brazilian dealer Luiz Menezes always has something new to offer.  No one works harder to find new things to offer and he's done it again with a new species called guimaraesite from Tarquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  Guimaraesite is the zinc analog of zanazziite.  It is found coating zanazziite. Luiz and French dealer J.J. Cailloux-Abello also had specimens of the new red variscite first seen at the Sainte Marie show this past summer.  Cailloux-Abello had a larger array of specimens available with pieces from small miniatures to large cabinet sizes.


This is a 2 cm specimen encrusted with Guimaraesite crystals to 2 mm across.
 


This is a 7 cm specimen with abundant spherical crystal groups of red variscite.


French dealer J.J. Cailloux-Abello on the right.

It is not all serious and all about minerals here in Munich.  There are lots of activities available to kids as well as adults including gold panning.

German dealer Gerd Wiedenbeck had a number of fine specimens from global locations including several large specimens of fluorite from England.  He also had his usual supply of Wein und Stein available.  Recall last year that I was able to sample some of his specialty wine.  I did again this year and it was quite good. 


There is at least one Chinese dealer with a great sense of humor.  All I can guess is that this must be a very special egg for 10,000 euros ... despite the glum expression. I could not pass up taking a photo of this display...

On the last day of the show I will collect images of the numerous displays here in Halls B1 and B3.

Past Shows & Reports
PLEASE NOTE: The minerals that were offered on these pages are all sold
1999
Munich Show
2000
Sainte Marie Show
Munich Show
2001
Sainte Marie Show
Munich Show
2002
Tucson Show
Sainte Marie Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2003
Tucson Show
Sainte Marie Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2004
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2005
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2006
Tucson Show
Bologna Show
Sainte Marie Show
East Coast Show
Munich Show
2007
Tucson Show
Dallas Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2008
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show
2009
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show

2010
Tucson Show
San Francisco Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show

Munich Show

2011
Tucson Show
San Francisco Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show
Munich Show

2012
Tucson Show
West Coast Show
East Coast Show
Denver Show 
Munich Show

2013
Tucson Show
Sainte Marie Show
Crystal Days (Poland)
Munich Show  

 

 
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