Well

As I said to friends, I could not resist the chance of going to Expominer, although my poor stomach was not keen to go with me (a bad case of gastroenteritis)

Well, what I saw was similar to Jordi's comments about Munich: few novelties... but many specimens that it would be hard to see if it were not for the recycling of old collections.
In my opinion the dealers from Morocco seemed to have fewer minerals and many more fossils. And the fossils looked to me about as authentic as a three and a half dollar bill. While I do not understand much about this (or even nothing) a quick look suggested that one should go nowhere near them...
The Afghan and Pakistani dealers had little material for collectors, although I did see a table covered with aquamarine, which was being sold by the pound for cutting and which was not bad (I know, it is a heresy but one had to notice them...)
An Afghan curiosity was the zoisite from Waziristán that, apart from its habit and lack of heat treatment, I would swear could be the Tanzanite variety. They are free of matrix, which is a pity. They do not need to bring the mountain, but a little bit of matrix please...
The Chinese dealers had little to report. A few of the new Chinese Wulfenites were being sold by the local dealers.  From India the normal material.  Nice, charming people but very little to show (maybe Munich had been good to them).  Well we do not always have luck.

This year, to my disappointment, the sulfides from Rumania stood out for their absence. There was a case of Gold from Brusson that stunned me, as did their prices.

In terms of new minerals: the Senegalites, which might be larger crystals than the previous finds and some huge Stolzites. As Jordi said, the sad part was that most were damaged. I bought one of the few undamaged one from him...
I saw a selection of the new Goethites from Tharsis, great but too big for me.

And for my personal pleasure: a selection of systematic specimens, but with visible crystals, the esthetics of the small and cheap.

To me the most interesting pieces were the ones recycled from old collections: English material from Cornwall that I have heard about but never seen before, Italian material that makes one gape, Pala Kunzites...

There were lots of stands with jewelry made from natural stones. What shocked me most was a stand of Narguiles, which were interesting and good.  But what on earth they were doing there I have no idea...
The faceting area was full of people (which was a nuisance, as I had things to ask...)

The Jaima was exotic, but why...

I had a chance to talk to one of the children that were admiring the stones.
I despair about their knowledge: the crystalline form of Amethyst is: amorphous (really)!
I tried to explain, and noted that once things were explained they were interested...
But it would be nice if someone they knew were to explain to them that it is not polite to address a dealer with "you, do you understand minerals" - then things would be even better.

Overall impression: a year with few novelties but with a wide range of material that has come from other collections, and the classic material is very interesting. As a result this year my wallet complained more than it did last year!
And if someone decides to bring more systematic material for collectors next time, this humble servant would be grateful (as I guess would be many other collectors)

Un saludo
Lluís