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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Dec 28, 2013 10:32 Post subject: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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John S. White
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Posted: Dec 28, 2013 10:32 Post subject: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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With this discussion of Richard Gaines I felt it might be of interest to post a photograph of this fine man.
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Roger Warin
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Posted: Dec 28, 2013 10:50 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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Wow, thank you very much. I'm going to put his picture in my showcase.
Do you know of a written biography of Richard Gaines?
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Peter Megaw
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Posted: Dec 28, 2013 12:08 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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Great Shot of a relatively young RV Gaines.
perhaps this warrants starting a rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats. A lot of folks have heard the name but may not have a face to put to them...especially not from their primes
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Miguel Romero Dr. Miguel Romero in his mineral library in 1991. Peter Megaw photograph |
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Ed Huskinson
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Posted: Dec 28, 2013 12:18 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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Wow, you guys crack me up with all your eu-terms. I think that Peter won though, with euthanasia.
Thanks John. When I first attended the TGMS show in 1975, I met Dick Gaines. He took me under his wing, introduced me to Rock Currier (qwho was exhibiting that year -I don't remember what, exactly). Dick told me to buy the best that I could afford, he taught me a term for stream-polished topaz (a Portuguese term I think),, which I have forgotten. And he suggested that I subscribe to a little-known magazine called THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD - which I did. I would see him at subsequent shows, and he always had a few words for this budding collector.
What a great guy! Thanks John, for the photo of this remarkable person. Let's plan to talk about him if/when we get together in February.
All best wishes to everybody out there in Forumlandia
Ed in Kingman
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Posted: Dec 28, 2013 12:20 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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Nice shot of Miguel too. Thanks for this one, Pete
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Posted: Dec 28, 2013 13:08 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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A point of clarification on Richard Gaines....he HATED to be called Dick!
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Dec 28, 2013 16:00 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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Roger Warin wrote: | ...Do you know of a written biography of Richard Gaines?... |
Sure Roger, in the Mineralogical Record Biographical Archive
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Posted: Dec 28, 2013 18:00 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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Richard Gaines was one of the gentlemen with whom I would always have interesting long discussions and lunch/dinner always also joined by his wife in Tucson. A wonderful knowledgable man. Miguel Romero was a true gentleman.
Carlos Barbosa, Frederick Pough, John Adams are other exceptionally knowledgable people. I have slides somewhere.
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Posted: Dec 28, 2013 18:58 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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Another well known mineral guru...John Sinkankas in 1974
And Bill and Millie Schupp, longtime TGMS movers and shakers...with Morely Safer recording 60 Minutes segment on TGMS Show Floor 1980
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John Sinkankas John Sinkankas auctioneer 1974 TGMS/Mineralogical Record Auction |
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Posted: Dec 29, 2013 11:45 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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The first photo of Richard was taken in 1974. This one in 1998, just a year before he passed away.
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Posted: Dec 29, 2013 14:09 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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A very young Richard A. Bideaux
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Posted: Dec 29, 2013 21:22 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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A younger picture of Richard Gaines.
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Posted: Dec 31, 2013 06:26 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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A 1990 photo of Marge and John Sinkankas. John died in 2002, he was 87years old.
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Posted: Jan 11, 2014 20:56 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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Pre-mineral collecting Mineral Kingdom of Woodmere. (dealers ok in this gallery?)
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Gilbert Gauthier (Bob Gait photo) 1992 |
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Posted: Jan 11, 2014 21:09 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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Paul Desautels and John White at Stewart Mine (California) 1978
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Jan 12, 2014 06:26 Post subject: Re: Rogues gallery of photos of yesteryear's mineral collecting greats |
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John Medici wrote: | ...(dealers ok in this gallery?) |
Of course John. Please more! ;-)
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