Chris Jewson is a keen and knowledgeable mineral collector in Cornwall, England. I met Chris when he came to Australia back in 2006. We have kept in touch since. I have a number of Cornish minerals in my collection that came from Chris directly (such as the arsenopyrite trilling below),...
Bernie was a well-known and well-liked Melbourne-based mineral collector. He was active in the Nunawading and District Lapidary Club where I first met him. Bernie, with wife Margaret, were also foundation members of the Mineralogical Society of Victoria. One of Bernie and Margaret’s favourite mineral collecting places was the Mt...
Yes, me! Not only have I been a recipient of mineral specimens from others, but also from myself! How could this be you might ask. Well, in past times, I, as have many other collectors, have traded or otherwise gifted mineral specimens. On the odd occasion, when a mineral collection...
