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30/06/06

Some actors of our meetings...

31/03/06

Contest of most beautiful green Mineral !

Excellent ambiance at this meeting dedicated to the contest of the most beautiful green mineral which saw a significant participation.
The first price was gained by our new member Fabrice Matheys, geologist working in Congo D. R., with enormous and strange
malachite, followed closely by an excellent chrysoberyl reported by our founder member Claude Hootele. The third position was occupied by Jean-Claude Defleur with a superb fibrous malachite. Among the other specimens showed, the participants selected a very good
cuprosklodowskite of Shaba and a beryl emerald variety of China.

L'assemblée	Le jury en délibération
Quelques minéraux verts...	dioptase - R.D. Congo
fluorite - Chine	cuprosklodowskite - R.D. Congo

16/12/05

Year End Drink.

06/07/05

Sicily.

The sicilian local Parliament had invited itself and spoke to us about the richnesses of Sicily…
Revolutionary speech on the Maffia and the "European Commission".

Photos GDQ

29/04/05

usual meeting with contest open to all the members on the topic :

«fossil fishes».

Exhibition of strange minerals and fossils.

18/03/05

Slide show - Contest of mineral determination.

The contest consisted of the determination of 20 minerals starting from slides realized by Robert.
The least which one can say is that it was not easy at all since even Michel Deliens had to give up.

1st prize ex-aequo : M. Genot (2/20) and M. Jauniaux (2/20).

We all need lessons of mineralogy....Robert !!!

25/2/05

PYRITE.

About 20 members took part in the contest.
A window was devoted to the exceptional pieces.

12/02/05

Initiation to the digital photography of Minerals (cfr photonum)

organized by M. Jauniaux

08/01/05

Notre réunion du samedi 8 janvier après-midi en notre local de Saint-Gilles a connu un franc succès.
Pas moins de 7 binoculaires se sont trouvés installés sur les tables (avec un lot de matériel ancien de Blaton à examiner – merci Monsieur Vandaele).
Robert a effectué une démonstration de dégagement des ammonites.
Christian avait apporté son matériel de détermination des gemmes et Jacques son appareil pour forer les pierres dures.
Notre visiteur le plus éloigné venait de Tournai.
La bibliothèque a été bien consultée (n'oubliez pas de ramener les ouvrages empruntés …) et les quelques bouteilles de vin amenées par l'un et l'autre ont été rapidement englouties …

R. Leemans

17/12/04

Fête de Sainte Barbe, patronne des mineurs.

Thème de la soirée : "vos plus beaux fossiles"

26/11/04

Slide Show

(bourse de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines et minéraux pers)
par Roger Leemans

22/10/04

Welcome of the new members.

Contest in two teams (questions about mineralogy and paleontology accessible to all).

Excellent environment during the meeting of October. The game presented by Robert Desruelles was appreciated with unanimity and allowed the winning team to share minerals from Rep. Dem. of Congo: quartz, malachite, smithsonite (Kipushi), bornite (Kipushi). As for
the losing team , it nevertheless was rewarded by specimens of fibrous malachite.

18/06/04

Holidays Preparation.

Presentation video/slides (Auvergne by R. Desruelles, our last field trips by M. Jauniaux)

Observation of micro-mounts with a binocular	Discovery of the ammonites of Robert

28/05/04

Special evening GEMOLOGY.

animated by Christian Voussure, with presentation of various cut stones
(do not hesitate to bring your family jewels for expertise).
Free distribution of rolled topazes.

23/04/04

Special evening "Sicily".

with slides, presentation of specimens and tombola.

There was wine of the country and… a surprise.

This meeting met a sharp success in a very cordial environment. After the presentation of the slides on the topic "Sicily", our members present could gracefully taste sicilian wines offered by Alda and Gerard Declercq and the CMPB as well as succulent "cannoli" prepared
by Anna and other pastries of the area. A table was furnished with books relating to the mining activities of Sicily and its extraordinary architectural and archaeological richnesses. Finally a beautiful tombola ended the evening (Celestite, Aragonite and
gypsum on sulphur of Canigasé Casale, epidote of Switzerland, barite and quartz biterminé of St Laurent le Minier, fibrous
malachite of Shaba…)

RLS

19/03/04

Special Evening "Fluorite" !

Presentation of your specimens and contest.

Great success for our meeting which had as a subject "the fluorite". About 10 pieces took part in the contest gained by Jean Vanhamme.
The second prize was awarded to a big pink fluorite of the Mont Blanc, which we were not authorized to photograph.
About thirty members were present.
Robert Desruelles presented a series of particular specimens and gave the required explanations.
Small crystals could be examined by means of our 2 binoculars.
The most courageous viewed until very late in the evening the video realized by Domenique Pierson during our journey in Sicily.

RLS

06/02/04

Inauguration