Well the last day of the show has come and everyone is about to head to their respective part of the world.  I took the opportunity to view all of the exhibits.  I could easily have taken hundreds of photos but decided on those that I thought would best convey a sense of what was on display here.

The first set of photos were taken in Hall B3.

The next set of photos are of a display of the elements arranged in their respective place on the Periodic Table.  After looking at this display I decided to do a little experiment in my mind .....

I took some Silicon, Oxygen, Titanium and Barium (the above elements) and mixed them up and was amazed to see what came out of the test tube:  A blue triangle!

The theme of the show this year was Masterpieces.  The Houston Museum - with curator Joel Bartsch - placed some incredible minerals on display from the collection.  Unbelievable... The following pictures are of some of the better specimens but by no means all of the best specimens - shoot: they were all great specimens! What I would term eye candy ...

This will do it for me for the 2006 Munich Show.  The show exceeded my expectations and I know I did not see everything that was here.  It is way too enormous to ever hope to do that in the short five days that it "exists".  It was a great time to visit with friends and seeing people for the first time though I had communicated via email many times in the past - Hello again Nicholas S. from England!

I will start to post specimens from this show in about a week from now.  I have some travelling and jet lag to recover from and trimming and cleaning before photographing specimens and then posting them.  It will all be good and fun.

I would also like to thank the Keilmanns for their tireless work to put together this important mineral event.  Without question it is the finest mineral show in the world and the attendance and enthusiasm I saw in the dealers and attendees confirms it. This place was absolutely packed with people during the two public days.  No question that I will be back here again in 2007.

I would also like to extend my personal thanks to Uli and Karin Burchard for their hospitality and opening up their beautiful home to me for a visit during my stay in Munich.

Until November of 2007 - 

Auf Wiedersehen und ich sieht wieder hier in München folgendes Jahr!

John Veevaert
Trinity Mineral Company

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