Name: Harjo Neutkens (1967)
Married to Rachel.
We've got one daughter, the most beautifull girl in the world, Sarah.
I studied arts (painting) and music (early plucked instruments).
Nowadays I'm working as a musician in several (mainly baroque) orchestras doing lots of concerts and recordings (lots of Bach, Haendel, Vivaldi, Telemann, Monteverdi etc..).
In the mineralogical field my main interest lies in the minerals from Belgium, those from the Hohe Tauern mountains of Austria and in the minerals from the Bergisches Land area in Germany.
I only collect my own finds, I don't swap or buy...so every crystal has it's own history attached to it.
Collecting in the field with friends is a good way to "chill out" for me, after concerts or recording where the mind has to do overtime it's great to do some hard physical labour in a quarry or up in the mountains and have a beer with friends afterwards!
I'm also a very enthousiastic mineral photographer, allways trying to compose a nice picture.
I'm a member of the strahlen.org board where we have an active forum and very informative website, for instance, I'm compiling a mineral photography "Hall of Fame", you should take a look!! ( www.strahlen.org/halloffame )

Cheers

Harjo