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So, what happened?

December 2011:

While we are travelling between Europe, Japan and Bolivia in december: we wish you all a travel happy healthy lovely 2012! 

 

November 2011:

Back from trips in Germany and Switzerland. With interesting TL-minerals, of course :) Example: Faujasite-xx from the classical TL in the Kaiserstuhl. Drop us an email for more details.

 

Ready and coffee... Ready and coffee...

October 2011:

Back from the Munich & Liège mineral fairs: it was an intense time... Thanks to everyone stepping by at our tables for a chat, for a drink, and for buying some of our ugly and rare minerals. Thanks :)

And... click here for a new article by Alfredo :)

 

September 2011:

No news. No news?! No news ;) We were travelling around, visiting mineral fairs, creating a baby-room. Doing the kind of things that make life beautiful...

August 2011: 

Back from Switzerland and Italy with rare&ugly&new&nice specimens of Preiswerkite from the type-locality at the Geisspfadpass (to 6cm large nodules!), Niobian-Anatase (!) from the Fleschsee, Chromite with Barium-Phlogopite from the Finero complex and some rare Mn-minerals from the Schmorrasgrat. More later when analyses are finished. Don't hesitate to contact us when you're interested ;)

Adranosite-(Fe): photo Jean-Marc Johannet (click on image to enlarge) Adranosite-(Fe): photo Jean-Marc Johannet (click on image to enlarge)

July 2011: 

Adranosite-(Fe): if you're a systematic collector looking for it: we have it...! We found it first in 2005, after which Dr.Uwe Kolitsch and Dr.Franz Brandstätter described it as a new phase in 2007. Now, in 2011, Donatella Mitolo et al. are publishing it as a new mineral. If you want a specimen: contact us ;) O yes: and we were two weeks in Switzerland and found some rare Mn-V-As-minerals. You know where to find us if you're interested, analyses are still running ;)

Master and slave at work (click on image to enlarge) Master and slave at work (click on image to enlarge)

June 2011: 

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table in Ste.Marie-aux-Mines. You made it a super mineral fair for us! We had a lot of fun during the long days at our side of the table, and very enjoyable evenings. See you in Poland next week, San Francisco, on our travels and... in Munich in the 'guests from overseas section' in hall A6!

Almost there :) click on image to enlarge Almost there :) click on image to enlarge

May 2011: 

One half of us is just back from 3 weeks in France, Italy & Switzerland and the other half of us from California & Japan (and back in Japan as we speak). Of course we brought back rare and ugly minerals. If you ask for it at our table 8 in hall VE2 in Ste.Marie-aux-Mines, you will get a glass of Genepy ;) But if you can't wait that long, then contact us and ask for more details.

Lannonite (click on image to enlarge) Lannonite (click on image to enlarge)

April 2011: 

We found the best Lannonite we've ever seen at the Anna mine, combined with Thermessaite, "Unnamed NH4-Thermessaite", Adranosite, "Unnamed Fe-Adranosite", "Unnamed MgAl-Sulphate", Görgeyite and beautiful Clairite+Metavoltine. We'll be bringing it to Ste.Marie-aux-Mines of course. But if you can't wait that long to buy them, then contact us.

March 2011: 

We were in Italy again (it was warm&spring there already ;) and returned from the Paglio Pignolino with very cool&nice Smithsonite pseudomorph after Calcite (to ca.5cm long), with small Hemimorphite, Wulfenite and Greenockite crystals grown on top of those pseudomorphs. Interesting material... If you're interested, contact us, and we'll reserve you a specimen. 

Canavesite-xx on Nesquehonite-xx, Brosso (found by Frank de Wit, photo Gerhard Niceus) (Click on image to enlarge) Canavesite-xx on Nesquehonite-xx, Brosso (found by Frank de Wit, photo Gerhard Niceus) (Click on image to enlarge)

February 2011: 

We just returned from Italy (Brosso mine, Balangero quarry etc), with superb Canavesite (TL Brosso!) on Ludwigite-matrix with Dypingite, Inderite, Nesquehonite, Szaibélyite etc. Also nice pseudomorphs from Szaibélyite after Ludwigite. If you're interested, contact us, and we'll send you a specimen. 

Canavesite-xx with Nesquehonite-xx, Dypingite-xx on Ludwigite with Szaibelyite (6 x 5 cm specimen) (click on the photo for the 4000x3000 pixel version) Canavesite-xx with Nesquehonite-xx, Dypingite-xx on Ludwigite with Szaibelyite (6 x 5 cm specimen) (click on the photo for the 4000x3000 pixel version)

January 2011: One of us was preparing for Tucson (of course ;) -> We're @ Hotel Tucson City Center room 340! And the better half of us was travelling in Switzerland and Italy (underground)... We returned home safe, and with nice minerals for you ;)

 

December 2010: we were in Japan and the Dominican Republic for Larimar and other nice minerals. You have seen those those in Tucson, if not, contact us, and we'll send you a specimen.

Collecting minerals with the Matterhorn in the background. At sunset. Unforgettable... Collecting minerals with the Matterhorn in the background. At sunset. Unforgettable...

November 2010: back from three weeks Switzerland. Visited 17 mines and found rare Y-minerals underground, secondary Uranyl Sulphates with Uraninite, Lead-Silver-minerals, Chamosite from the old typelocality high up in the Alps, Erythrite, Cobaltite etc in an old Iron-Cobalt mine, etc. Click here for fresh pictures on Facebook. 

Inbetween: attended mineral fairs in Denver, Franklin/NJ, New York, Tokyo, Munich, and we were in Spain, Germany etc. We cannot sit still. Don't worry.

 

August 2010: new article published in MineralNews: "Hell can be beautiful... On the Fossa crater, Italy". Click here to read it (in pdf).

 

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