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nimfiara · Joined: 11 Jan 2011 Posts: 50 Location: Cadiz

Hi minernautes!
My name is M ª Jesús and I am a collector of southern Spain.
I have over 15 years in collecting minerals and write in Spanish FMF since 2008, but so far I have not dared to sign up for the English translation.

Sorry for my English, I'm really bad with languages.

I hope to understand all the messages you write here they are really interesting.

Kisses to all.

pro_duo · Joined: 20 May 2009 Posts: 28 Location: California

Even you are new, but 15years are not that new. I only have over 2 years.
it doesn't matter with English, we both are bad in English since our first languages are not English.

Maxilos · Posted: Jan 11, 2011 09:37 Post subject: Re: Hello, I'm new in the forum

Hi,

15 years!? I am collecting now for 10, if i'm correct.
By the way: never ever start a conversation or a post with appologising that your are not verry good with that language. To be honest, I'm not that good either!

Mark

nimfiara · Joined: 11 Jan 2011 Posts: 50 Location: Cadiz

Thanks for the welcome!

Yes, I started collecting at 9 years old and since then I have not stopped it. Currently I have 28 years, so you see, step by step a lifetime devoted to minerals.

I started collecting miniatures and systematic in size 4x4, but I have gradually been expanding the library and now I have more than 2000 pieces, divided into cabinet, systematics of size 4x4, micromounts and some small secondary collections: gems, twins and tourmalines.

The vast majority of my pieces have been collected by me or exchanged with other collectors, although I have bought some pieces, mainly those that are from outside Spain.

If you are interested, I have part of my collection photographed and uploaded to the forum Tuplaneta on the link below.

https://www.tuplaneta.es/cpg1413/index.php?cat=10015

It are only some of them, because I have no time to photograph everything, but gradually they will complete.

Add a couple of pictures of parts of my collection, hope you like it.

GneissWare · Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 1287 Location: California

Welcome!!

English is my native language, and I'm not so good at it. Your English is much better than my Spanish ;=)

Your minerals are quite nice, and particularly I like the Fluorite from the Emilio Mine.
Bob

Peter · Posted: Jan 11, 2011 11:35 Post subject: Re: Hello, I'm new in the forum

Bienvenido!
Especially welcome to you! There are few people who have had a life long interest and there are much fewer women colelcting minerals then men, strangely enough!
I am also a lucky one who have had the pleasure to collect mineral since childhood!

Thank you for posting nice photographs of your lovely minerals!
Best regards
Peter

chris · Posted: Jan 11, 2011 11:39 Post subject: Re: Hello, I'm new in the forum

Welcome,

Don't worry for your English. It is not my native language either & your have been a mineral collector for much longer as I.

I hope you'll enjoy talking about rocks with us.

Christophe

nimfiara · Joined: 11 Jan 2011 Posts: 50 Location: Cadiz

Thank you very much!
I am very happy with the warm welcome that you offer me.
I hope to collaborate wherever possible

I upload some pictures, I hope not to bore you with them.

Ed Huskinson · Joined: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 318 Location: Kingman, Arizona

Welcome to the Forum!!! As for your command of the English language, Non perspirado, many of us are fluent en Espanol. Your minerals speak for themselves. I particularly like the little purple octahedral fluorite.

Again welcome, and we all look forward to many more posts from you.

Ed in Kingman

James Catmur · Posted: Jan 11, 2011 12:54 Post subject: Re: Hello, I'm new in the forum

Welcome to the English Forum. I have read many of your contributions to the Spanish forum and it is really great to have you on the English one too

James

Peter · Posted: Jan 11, 2011 15:55 Post subject: Re: Hello, I'm new in the forum

Thank you for also posting personal photographs which I appreciate very much.
From museums, mineral show and as a young collector reading! Very nice. I myself have very very few images of collecting or myself at young age but very interesting to see others! Nice mine and outcrop photo!

Montanpark · Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 241 Location: Mainz

Hi and welcome to the english section,
you posted some nice photos and minerals ... please enjoy this part of the forum!

Cheers
salud (?, my spanish is a mess ;-) )
Roger

Turbo · Joined: 30 Sep 2009 Posts: 260 Location: Delaware

Welcome to the English side. I always love to see purple aragonites.

Carles Millan · Posted: Jan 12, 2011 05:35 Post subject: Re: Hello, I'm new in the forum

Be welcome M ª Jesús!

Very glad to meet you here.

Glenn Rhein · Joined: 09 Jan 2011 Posts: 90 Location: warwick New York

All the picutres of your specimans are wonderfull. I especially like the Gypsum
Good Luck,
Glenn

Tobi · Posted: Jan 13, 2011 07:01 Post subject: Re: Hello, I'm new in the forum

Hi and another warm welcome from Germany,

nice to have another member in this section of the FMF community. I like the pictures you posted, especially the fluorites. And according to what the others said: You shouldn't worry about your English, you see it works well. Don't forget that English is not everyone's native language here in this section, so you are not alone ;-)

Best wishes
Tobi

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