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At the Fabre Minerals stand you can spend hours and hours viewing the huge number of pieces shown, with each of the details that these offer. It is another thing to choose one from among so much variety, one that fits in the collection, both for one's collection criteria and budget
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Jordi Fabre and Pep Gorgas, with Rocks and Minerals magazine in their arms, in lively conversation in front of Jordi's booth |
A very high level of participants in a single photo. From the back and in the middle José Ramón García (RIP), to his left Jordi Fabre and then Dr. Joan Massagué, Miguel Calvo, Frederic Varela and Martí Rafel |
Miguel Ángel Amaya from Seville in "jet lag" mode in front of Jordi Fabre |
| THE JORDI FABRE COLLECTION (DUPLICATES) |
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For several years the Expominer Show was held in this pavilion, number 6 of the Montjuïc Fairgrounds. It was later moved to pavilion number 1, much larger and with better accessibility |
Among the parallel activities held during the Show are the conferences organized by the Grup Mineralògic Català (GMC) where the academic world approaches that of collectors and the general public attracted by the Earth sciences |
Joaquim Callén being interviewed while Eloïsa (RIP) chats with Jordi Fabre. In the background, Martí Curto, security |
Carme and Marta in lively conversation
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Looking is irresistible when faced with so much beauty and mineral variety. |
Imagining this creature alive and in its habitat is somewhat scary. Luckily we see it here in fossilized mode. |
Pavilion number 1 of the Montjuïc Fairgrounds, just before the stalls fill up with minerals and fossils |
Ester Pulido and her husband Juan Nicolas Mesas of the company Tesoros Naturales, from Zaragoza, Spain, are regulars at mineral shows and can be considered veterans of both the national and international scenes
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Here are two people who modernized the GMC with their drive and tenacity, leading the Grup Mineralògic Català to a level never before achieved: Frederic Varela and Marti Rafel, Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Group during their mandates |
The workshops organized by the GMC are a guaranteed success. In this photo Pep Ignacio is explaining the properties of gypsum crystals to a group of schoolchildren. Judging by their expressions on the image, they are really interested. The future for geologists and collectors seems assured |
When the Show was held in pavilion number 6, there were really long queues to enter |
Taking notes in front of the minerals. In Expominer, schoolchildren with pending homework visit frequently
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Good provisions at the show. Typical Berber stall with sweets made from sugar and almonds and delicious Moroccan tea |
In the foreground one of the Montjuïc fountains, out of use, with the Venetian Towers windows in the background and part of the Barcelona skyline |
One of the workshops that never fails to be popular is on the technique of panning to search for gold. And the fact is that gold fever is never far away… and may still be here! Even Spanish public television is interested in the subject, while the kids are waiting impatiently for their next turn at panning to start |
Looking, observing, and not touching too much, are essential behaviors in front of a mineral stand
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Frederic Varela, administrator of FMF and former president of the GMC, with Esperanza, widow of Dr. Joan Viñals |
An activity that never fails to attract people of all ages, the opening of geodes... in search of crystallized holes |
In a show like Expominer you can find minerals from all over the world. In this case the crocoites from Tasmania, in distant Australia, play a major role |
The historic Armando Silva who, in Spain and the rest of Europe, for so many years was offering the Fluorites, Barytes and Calcites from Villabona
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Photos yes, but of the stones. Thank you! |
They say children don't lie. Well, seeing the looks on those faces, it is obvious that minerals are attractive and that they often arouse much greater interest than other ‘objects’ |
The booth of the Grup Mineralògic Català at Expominer. |
Temporary exhibit, in this case on mineral fluorescence, a curious electrochemical phenomenon that leaves viewers with their mouths hanging open when viewing certain minerals under ultraviolet light
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Those of us who were lucky enough to know Joan Viñals know what he was like. Those who did not know him should know that the world, including the mineralogical world, is a little better thanks to people like him |
Learning in science is based on observation and experimentation, something that that is well developed in children. The future belongs to them |
It is never too late to learn or remember the "old" days, with specific lectures on what we like |
On an intermediate scale between children and adults, secondary education is of vital importance. Thanks to the GMC (Catalan Mineralogical Group), prizes for research in the geological sciences are awarded, with the collaboration of the sponsors: Kunugi, Fabre Minerals, and Kucera Minerals
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