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Tales from MEXICO.
Rocks & Minerals
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January 1, 1999|
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COPYRIGHT 1999 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.
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Part 1
by Cal Graeber
Mineral dealer, appraiser, Fallbrook, California
The stories behind the acquisition of specimens are often as interesting as the specimens themselves. Here, dealers, collectors, and curators share their tales of obtaining specimens in Mexico.
AN UNPLANNED VISIT: More than twenty years ago during the time that Pala International was working the Amelia mine [of boleite/cumengite fame] near Santa Rosalia [Baja California Sur], Gilbert Gauthier [a French dealer] came by after the Tucson Show. He convinced Bill Larson to let me go ...
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Tales from MEXICO Part 2.
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; ...in Mexico. Part 2 by Wayne Thompson Mineral dealer, Phoenix, Arizona THE '72 SAN FRANCISCO...dropped out of school and became a mineral dealer. Even though I was a senior--only about...and Mineral Show, I was invited by mineral dealer Gene Schlepp to go with him, Bill Pinch...
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The Legendary Arthur Montgomery.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals
; ...of Dr. Arthur Montgomery. Field collector, mineralogist, mineral dealer, miner, teacher, author, founding member of the Friends...already an avid field collector, made the choice to become a mineral dealer. A seminal event in his life was an introduction, by Prof...
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In memoriam.(Chips from the Quarry)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals
; IN MEMORIAM: The mineral community was saddened by the death of mineral dealer Jean-Pierre Cand, age sixty-six, on 24 May of this year. He was mineral collecting in San Benito County, California, when a huge...
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In memoriam.(Chips from the Quarry)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals
; ...clubs, especially as editor of the newsletter of the Micromineralogists of the National Capital Area. On 5 April Colorado mineral dealer Dan Belseher, age forty-six, died after battling cancer for several years. His mineral businesses were Blue Sky Mining and...
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Seattle mineral artist: Saul Krotki (b. 1942).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals
; ...art teacher, martial arts instructor, lab technician, and mineral dealer. It's interesting to trace how he became involved in so...his first microscope. Krotki also worked for a time for mineral dealer Rock Currier (Jewel Tunnel Imports) and later established...
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Pay by the letter.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals
; ...September/October, and November/December 2004; March/April 2005), I make the following observation: At the latest Tucson Show, mineral dealer Alfredo Petrov had for sale a specimen of protomanganoferroanthophyllite; his price--$30, $1 per letter. Later, I remarked...
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Carlos do Prado Barbosa (1917-2003).(In Memoriam)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals
; ...of its most beloved members, Carlos Barbosa, a Brazilian mineral dealer, who died in April 2003. Carlos do Prado Barbosa was born...minerals in the Brazilian Heaven, Carlos! Luis A. Menezes is a mineral dealer specializing in rare and fine Brazilian minerals, especially...
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SCOTT J. WILLIAMS 1924-1997.
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals
; ...its most talented teachers and dealers when Scott J. Williams passed away 31 October 1997. Scott was renowned as a leading mineral dealer, beginning in the 1950s in California as one of the founders of Minerals Unlimited. Scott established his own mineral business...
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Martin Haubenreisser (b. 1938) and Uwe Haubenreisser (b. 1968).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals
; This is the first article I have written on a father and son who concentrate most of their art on mineral illustration. Mineral dealer Heinz-Dieter Gotter kindly introduced me to the `artists. Martin and Uwe Haubenreisser, at the 1997 Munich Show and acted...
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Anthony J. Nikischer (b. 1949). (Who's Who In Mineral Names.
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals
; ...since his youth, he became a part-time mineral dealer with the founding of the Excalibur...into a second career as a full-time mineral dealer. Nikischer was born on 11 March 1949...of another, long-established, rare-mineral dealer, Cureton Mineral Corporation. Forrest...
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