For general comments about the site http://www.mindat.org/msgboard-6.html Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:43:17 +0000 Phorum 5.2.8-RC1 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161293#msg-161293 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161293#msg-161293 Thanks for the wonderful travelogue. I've always wanted to visit Morocco, but could never do it. Your, Jeff''s, and Leslie's photos are great. Thank them for me as well.
I've read your previous trip reports and wait expectantly for your next journey.

Thanks again !
Ed]]> Ed Godsey General Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:19:14 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161241,161243#msg-161243 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161241,161243#msg-161243 Uwe Kolitsch General Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:49:10 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161241,161241#msg-161241 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161241,161241#msg-161241
If anyone knows how to contact Paul Keller Universitat Stuttgart, Germany, please pass on this sad news.

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R.I.P. Lottie

:(]]> Debbie Woolf General Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:43:07 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161199#msg-161199 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161199#msg-161199
Thanks,

Jared]]> Jared Freiburg General Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:53:28 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161192#msg-161192 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161192#msg-161192 and to have Jeff accompanying you too, that could only have been a pleasure....]]> Ray Hill General Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:13:06 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161185#msg-161185 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161185#msg-161185
[rylibweb.man.ac.uk]


Regards,

Lou]]> Lou Rector General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:33:11 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161175#msg-161175 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161175#msg-161175
Jared]]> Jared Freiburg General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:15:16 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161173#msg-161173 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161173#msg-161173
I am very thankful you take the time and are willing to share your experiences!

All the very best,

John]]> John Cornish General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:09:48 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161170#msg-161170 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161170#msg-161170 David Von Bargen General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:45:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161165#msg-161165 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161165#msg-161165
If you're interested in sulphide mineral assemblages and parageneses I would strongly recommend Paul Ramdohr's "The Ore Minerals and their Intergrowths". Its a rather weighty tome in two volumes, and may be difficult to get nowadays, but it was a veritable bible for me working as an applied mineralogist in the mining industry twenty years ago, and still has a prominent place on my bookshelf as a collector's reference. Just checking the inside cover, and I see it was published by Pergamon Press, in 1980.

Cheers
mal]]> Malcolm Southwood General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:30:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161153#msg-161153 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161153#msg-161153 Jared Freiburg General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:09:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161149#msg-161149 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161149#msg-161149 Scott Sadlocha General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:35:06 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161147#msg-161147 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161147#msg-161147 www.minsocam.org]

[www.minsocam.org]]]> David Von Bargen General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:27:24 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161145#msg-161145 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161145,161145#msg-161145
Thank you,

Jared]]> Jared Freiburg General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:17:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,161131#msg-161131 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,161131#msg-161131 Donald Peck General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:12:56 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,161111#msg-161111 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,161111#msg-161111 Just to clarify!]]> Gail Spann General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:36:38 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,161105#msg-161105 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,161105#msg-161105 David Bernstein General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:12:27 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161103#msg-161103 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161103#msg-161103 Alessio Piccioni General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:28:35 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,158731,161093#msg-161093 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,158731,161093#msg-161093
as I promised I added several photos of demantoids at MinDat.
All them are listed here:
http://www.mindat.org/user-5160.html#2_0_0_0_0__
If whenever you need our photos remember that we are not on CopyRights! We base on CreativeCommons - non-comercial use is free and you can do it without asking for permission. So - use them!

Best regards
Tom]]> Tomasz Praszkier General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:54:32 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161086#msg-161086 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161086#msg-161086
Morocco is an amazing country great for all tastes: historic towns, great weather, deserts,forests, montains and seas! A fabulous geology and much more!
To rest, treck or make mineral searching trips!
Your pictures remind me many places!
Wonderful!

Val]]> Valere Berlage General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:01:24 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161078,161078#msg-161078 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161078,161078#msg-161078
Also, does anyone know of any other mineral that exhibits botryoidalism formed in a serpentinite matrix besides secondary deposits of quartz?
Thanks.

(edit) The lack of replys is encouraging:)...I suppose serpentines are known to be found in the botryoidal...but thier softness gives them away.]]> Ezekiel Hughes General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:49:28 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161074#msg-161074 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161074#msg-161074 Thanks, Tom.]]> Amir C. Akhavan General Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:07:14 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161068#msg-161068 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161068#msg-161068 Jim Hall General Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:26:24 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161061#msg-161061 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,161061,161061#msg-161061
I added a photo report from my last trip to Morocco, you can read it here :
[www.spiriferminerals.com]

while still on the subject of advertizing - if you think it is inappropriate to post here such links please remove it.
Anyway I hope it is OK with you and you will have fun reading it!

Best wishes,
Tom]]> Tomasz Praszkier General Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:34:04 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,159378,160930#msg-160930 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,159378,160930#msg-160930 Most old collectors, especially those who have put in a lot of time in the field have a lot of interesting things they could tall us about the places they have been and the things they have done. We hope to capture all that stuff in Best Minerals. When we get the articles finished on the first two or three hundred more common minerals there will be a framework where this data can be accumulated. But we muss somehow convince the people with these experiences to go to Best Minerals and write down all that good stuff. If they don't much of it will disappear when they die. Even now, enough articles have been completed through the first draft that people can go there and start adding interesting experiences that they have had with various minerals from various localities.]]> Rock Currier General Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:07:00 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,160927#msg-160927 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,160927#msg-160927
Please do not feel that you may have done the wrong thing by provoking the thinking process for many of our members. Often it is only when the mind is provoked do the clearest thoughts become evident, only when the minds of many think along a similar line of interest does an outcome become clearest.

I thank you for your question and the many comments that have been provided.

Well done Michel, please do not stop asking question no matter how provocative.

Andrew Tuma]]> Andrew Tuma General Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:20:37 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160919,160919#msg-160919 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160919,160919#msg-160919
Bill Lechner
(president, Canadian Micro Mineral Association)]]> Bill Lechner General Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:23:09 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,159378,160909#msg-160909 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,159378,160909#msg-160909
If you ever get tired of any of your Sweet Home rhodocrosites or Tsumeb specimens you can sell the to me, if the price is right.

The What's New in Minerals column of the Mineralogical Record is the place where new mineral finds are announced. If you discover new finds of minerals you should email Tom Moore at the magazine and he will publish your data and any good pictures you send him.

One last question: Do you feel that minerals from Mt. St. Hillaire, Asbestos, Bancroft or other classic locations in Canada are no longer "interesting"? They are (and always will be) interesting to me.

The video of Minette's collection captured a moment in time before the collection was disbursed and I found it interesting for that reason. I wonder if Jim kept records of his collecting exploits? That, as Rock suggested, would be very interesting and informative reading.

Best wishes,

Joe .]]> Joseph Polityka General Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:08:11 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,160907#msg-160907 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,160907#msg-160907
My use of the word provocative was intended to mean the thread made us think deeply about the topic. Maybe I should have left the word out. I did not mean to imply that you started the thread for negative reasons. I look at your suggestion in a positive (+) light.

Best,

Joe]]> Joseph Polityka General Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:10 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,160903#msg-160903 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,160729,160903#msg-160903
Johan and Will Larson have perfectly understood my means with some very usefull answer.

I want make thinks clear , i did not have the feeling to write a provocative mindat thread.
But may be the last sentence of Joseph was not clearly understood.

But after just 2 days, the tread seems to get more answers than expected, thanks again

Michel]]> Michel AMBROISE General Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:48 +0000