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ｫﾊﾈﾈﾎ­ｳﾉﾎ­ｸ"ﾁﾆﾊﾈﾉｳﾂﾂﾎﾃ"ｺﾒﾍﾅﾊ" ﾅﾊ"ﾁｸﾂﾒ ﾉﾅﾃﾉｸﾀ"ｸ ﾑ"ｸﾅﾊﾆﾀﾌｸﾂﾁｶﾉｾ"ﾁｸﾀ1ｵ"ｺﾂｸﾊﾁﾅﾁｼﾆﾀﾃｶﾉｾ , ､ｸﾒﾆﾀﾅﾃ (10ｯ7ｯ4 ｼﾁ.) Gypsum crystal cluster covered by aurichalcite and/or glaucokerinite , Lavrion , Hellas (10X5X4 cms).

･ﾎｹ"ﾋｿﾅﾆｶﾉｾﾇ . ｬﾅ"ｸﾁｸﾉｴﾆｺｸﾈﾉﾅ"ﾅﾆﾊﾁﾉﾅﾂﾅｺﾀﾁﾑ"ｻｼｶｺ­ｸ"ｼｶﾃｸﾀ"ｸ ﾑ"ﾉﾅ"､ｸﾒﾆﾀﾅ, ｼﾃﾓ"ﾅ"ｼ ｼﾄｼﾆｺｸﾈ­ｴﾃﾅﾇ"ﾂｶｿﾅﾇ ｼｶﾃｸﾀ"ｸ ﾑ"ﾉｾﾃ"｣ｶﾃｸ Purple fluorite. The mineral specimen is from Lavrion, Hellas while the cut stone is from China

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ｬｸ"ｨｪｭ｣ｬｨ､ｨ￨｢｣z"ｦ}z-NEWS ON MINERALS ﾈｼ"ﾈﾊﾃｼﾆｺｸﾈｶｸ"­ｼ"ﾉﾅ"ｩｨ､｢ｬ｢ｫｬ｢｣ｨ"｢Äｪｭ･z"ｬｨｭ"ｨ･｢､ｨｭ"ｩ}｢ｪz｢µｫ"ﾁｸﾀ"ﾉﾅﾃ ﾈﾊﾃﾉﾅﾃﾀﾈ­ﾑ" ﾁｸﾀ" ﾉｾﾃ" ﾈﾉｵﾆﾀﾄｾ" ﾉｾﾇ" ｬﾆｳ ｼｽｸﾇ" ｩｼﾀﾆｸﾀﾓﾇ , ｻｾ­ﾀﾅﾒﾆｺｾﾈｸﾃ" ｴﾃｸ" ﾅﾂﾒ" ﾑ­ﾅﾆﾋﾅ – ﾁｸﾉｳ" ｺｼﾃﾀﾁｵ" ﾅ­ﾅﾂﾅｺｶｸ ｾ­ｼﾆﾅﾂﾑｺﾀﾅ"ｺﾀｸ"ﾉﾅ"ｴﾉﾅﾇ 2009 ,ﾉﾅ"ﾅ ﾅｶﾅ"ｴｺﾀﾃｼ" ｼﾆﾀｽｵﾉｾﾉﾅ , ｸﾋﾅﾒ"ﾈﾉｾﾃ"ﾅﾊﾈｶｸ"ｸ ﾅﾉｼﾂｼｶ"ｴﾃｸ"ﾂｼﾒﾁﾎ­ｸ"ｸﾋﾀｼﾆﾎ­ｴﾃﾅ"ﾈﾉﾅﾃ ｨｪｭ｣ｬｨ" ｩ､ｨｭｬｨ. Tﾅ" ｾ­ｼﾆﾅﾂﾑｺﾀﾅ" ｸﾊﾉﾑ" ｼﾁﾉﾑﾇ" ｸ ﾑ" ﾉﾀﾇ" ﾂｾﾆﾅﾋﾅﾆｶｼﾇ" ﾅﾊ" ｼﾆﾀｴﾌｼﾀ ｺﾀｸ" ﾉﾅ" ｴﾆｺﾅ" ﾅﾊ" ｺｶﾃｼﾉｸﾀ" ｸ ﾑ" ﾉﾅ ｩｨ､｢ｬ｢ｫｬ｢｣ｨ" ｢Äｪｭ･z" ｬｨｭ" ｨ･｢､ｨｭ" ｩ}｢ｪz｢µｫ , ﾉﾅ" ｿｸﾊ­ｳﾈﾀﾅ" ･ﾅﾊﾈｼｶﾅ" ･ｸﾆ­ｸﾆﾅﾉｼﾌﾃｶｸﾇ" ﾈﾉｾ" ﾃｵﾈﾅ" ｬｵﾃﾅ , ﾉｸ ｨｪｭ｣ｬｨ､ｨ￨｢｣z"ｦ}z-NEWS ON MINERALS ﾁｸﾀ"ﾉｾﾃ"ｴﾁｿｼﾈｾ GeMin, ﾈﾉﾀﾇ"ﾈｼﾂｶｻｼﾇ"ﾉﾅﾊ" ﾅﾊ"ｸﾃﾉﾀﾈﾉﾅﾀﾌﾅﾒﾃ ﾈｼ"ﾁｳｿｼ"­ｵﾃｸ , ﾊ ｳﾆﾌﾅﾊﾃ"ﾑ­ﾅﾆﾋｼﾇ"ﾋﾎﾉﾅｺﾆｸﾋｶｼﾇ"ｼﾄｸﾀﾆｼﾉﾀﾁﾓﾃ"ﾅﾆﾊﾁﾉﾅﾂﾅｺﾀﾁﾓﾃ"ｻｼﾀｺ­ｳﾉﾎﾃ"ｸ ﾑ"ﾉｾﾃ"}ﾂﾂｳｻｸ"ﾁｸﾀ"ｻﾀｳﾋﾅﾆｼﾇ"ｯﾓﾆｼﾇ. vﾂｸ ﾉｸ" ﾅﾆﾊﾁﾉﾅﾂﾅｺﾀﾁｳ" ｻｼｶｺ­ｸﾉｸ" ｼｶﾃｸﾀ" ｸ ﾑ" ﾉｾﾃ" ﾈﾊﾂﾂﾅｺｵ" ﾉｾﾇ" zﾂｼﾄｳﾃｻﾆｸﾇ" ￨. ･ｾﾃｸﾉｶｻﾅﾊ , ｼﾃﾓ" ｾ" ﾋﾎﾉﾅｺﾆｳﾋﾀﾈｾ" ﾉﾎﾃ ﾅﾆﾊﾁﾉﾅﾂﾅｺﾀﾁﾓﾃ" ｻｼﾀｺ­ｳﾉﾎﾃ" ｴﾌｼﾀ" ｺｶﾃｼﾀ" ｸ ﾑ" ﾉｸ" ｨｪｭ｣ｬｨ､ｨ￨｢｣z" ｦ}z-NEWS ON MINERALS. ｡ｸ" ﾆｴ ｼﾀ" ｼ ｶﾈｾﾇ" ﾃｸ ｸﾃｸﾋｴﾆﾅﾊ­ｼ" ﾉｾﾃ" ｼﾄｸﾀﾆｼﾉﾀﾁｵ" ｼﾆｺｸﾈｶｸ" ﾅﾊ" ｴﾌｼﾀ" ｺｶﾃｼﾀ" ｺﾀｸ" ﾉｾﾃ" ﾁｸﾂﾂﾀﾉｼﾌﾃﾀﾁｵ" ｸﾆﾅﾊﾈｶｸﾈｾ" ﾉﾅﾊ" ｾ­ｼﾆﾅﾂﾅｺｶﾅﾊ" ｸ ﾑ" ﾉｾﾃ “}ｵﾌﾋﾇｹ"‾ ﾁﾂﾆﾁﾄﾏﾄｷｹﾈ” ﾁｸﾀ"ﾉﾅﾊﾇ"ﾈﾊﾃｼﾆｺｳﾉｼﾇ"ﾉｾﾇ. - ORY KTOLOGI KA N EA- N EW S ON M I N ERALS , in colla bo r a t ion w it h t h e Pir a e us Ba nk Gr ou p Cu lt u r a l Fou n da t ion u n de r t h e coor din a t ion a n d su ppor t of Pir a e u s Ba n k , h a ve cr ea t e d a be a u t if u l ca le n da r f or t h e yea r 2 0 0 9 w h ich is m ost sou gh t fo r by M in er a l Colle ct ors. I n f a ct , t h is is a lbu m on TH E M I N ERAL W EALTH , a s a pa r t f ro m t h e in f or m at ion cit e d on t h e w or k don e b y t h e Pir a e u s Ba n k Grou p Cu lt u r a l Fou n da t ion , t h e e x ce lle n t Th e M u se u m of M a rb le Cra ft s a t Py rgos on Tin os I sla n d , ORYKTO LOGI KA N EA- N EW S ON M I N ERALS a n d GeM in Ex h ibit ion , t h e re a r e 1 2 be a u t ifu l colo r p h ot ogra ph s of 1 2 su pe rb m in e ra l spe cim e n s from H e lla s a n d ot h e r Cou n t rie s. All t h e spe cim e n s a ppe a r in t h is ca le n da r a re f rom t h e colle ct ion of Ale x a n d ra G. M in a t idou , w h ile ph ot ogra ph y w a s don e b y ORYKTOLOGI KA N EA – N EW S ON M I N ERALS. W e a lso sh ou ld m e n t ion t h e e x ce lle n t w o r k don e b y “Br idg e of Com m u n icat ion ” a n d co lla bora t ors fo r t h e f in e a rt ist ic presen t a t ion of t h is Ca len d a r 2 0 0 9 .

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}､､ ｦ｢｣ "}ｬz｢ｪ}｢z"ｩｪｨｫｬzｫ｢zｫ"ｬ ｫ"ｮｭｫ ｫ "}ﾂﾂｾﾃﾀﾁｵ"}ﾉｸﾀﾆｶｸ"ｩﾆﾅﾈﾉｸﾈｶｸﾇ"ﾉｾﾇ"ｮﾒﾈｾﾇ"ｻﾀﾅﾆｺｸﾃﾓﾃｼﾀ 6-8 ｮｼｹﾆﾅﾊｸﾆｶﾅﾊ 2009 ｩｸﾃｼﾂﾂｵﾃﾀﾅ"Äﾀｵ­ｼﾆﾅ"ｫﾊﾃｴｻﾆﾀﾅ , ﾈﾉﾅ ｩﾃｼﾊ­ｸﾉﾀﾁﾑ"ﾁｴﾃﾉﾆﾅ"ﾉﾅﾊ"Äｵ­ﾅﾊ"zｿｾﾃｸｶﾎﾃ (zｶｿﾅﾊﾈｼﾇ «zｦｬµｦ "ｬｪ｢ｬｫ » ﾁｸﾀ «｣ｨｦｬｨ￨､ｨｭ» ) , ­ｼ"ｿｴ­ｸ :

Å｡"ﾌﾋﾉﾁﾂｶ"ﾂﾃｿﾇﾆﾄﾆ­ﾁｴ"ﾊｿﾈ"‾ﾃﾃｴｼｹﾈ. {ﾅｷｹ"ﾂｹﾁ" ﾇﾆﾉﾊｹﾉｷｹ»

｡ｸ"ｸﾋﾅﾆｳ"ｯﾂﾎﾆｶｻｸ, ｩｸﾃｶｻｸ, ｨﾀﾁﾅﾈﾊﾈﾉｵ­ｸﾉｸ, ｯｼﾆﾈｸｶﾅ" ｼﾆﾀｹｳﾂﾂﾅﾃ, ｡ｸﾂｳﾈﾈﾀﾅ" ｼﾆﾀｹｳﾂﾂﾅﾃ, ￨ﾂﾊﾁｳ"ﾃｼﾆｳ, }ﾃｻﾀｸﾀﾉｵ­ｸﾉｸ ­ｼ" ｸﾁﾆｸｶｼﾇ" ﾈﾊﾃｿｵﾁｼﾇ (ﾈ ｵﾂｸﾀｸ, ｿｼﾆ­ﾅ ｾｺｴﾇ), ￨ｼﾎﾂﾅｺｶｸ, ｩｸﾂｸﾀﾅﾃﾉﾅﾂﾅｺｶｸ, ￨ｼﾓﾉﾅ ﾅﾊﾇ, ｩﾆﾅｹﾂｵ­ｸﾉｸ" ﾉﾅﾊ" ｼﾂﾂｾﾃﾀﾁﾅﾒ ﾌﾓﾆﾅﾊ ( ﾅﾊ" ﾈﾌｼﾉｶｽﾅﾃﾉｸﾀ" ­ｼ" ﾉｾ" ｹﾀﾅ ﾅﾀﾁﾀﾂﾑﾉｾﾉｸ" ﾁｸﾀ" ﾉｾ" ﾋﾊﾈﾀﾁｵ" ﾁﾂｾﾆﾅﾃﾅ­ﾀｳ" ­ｸﾇ), ﾆﾅﾈﾉｸﾈｶｸ" ｸﾃｶｻｸﾇ, ﾌﾂﾎﾆｶｻｸﾇ, ｹﾀﾅﾉﾑ ﾎﾃ. ｫﾁﾅ ﾑﾇ"ﾉﾅﾊ"ｫﾊﾃｼｻﾆｶﾅﾊ"ｼｶﾃｸﾀ • ﾃｸ" ｸﾆﾅﾊﾈﾀｸﾈﾉｼｶ"ｾ"ｼﾄｴﾂﾀﾄｾ"ﾉﾅﾊ"}ﾂﾂｾﾃﾀﾁﾅﾒ"ﾌﾓﾆﾅﾊ (ｩｸﾂｸﾀﾅﾃﾉﾅﾂﾅｺﾀﾁｵ, ￨ｼﾎﾂﾅｺﾀﾁｵ) • ﾃｸ" ｸﾆﾅﾊﾈﾀｸﾈﾉｼｶ"ｾ"ﾊ ｳﾆﾌﾅﾊﾈｸ"ﾁｸﾉｳﾈﾉｸﾈｾ"ﾈﾉｾﾃ"}ﾂﾂｳｻｸ"ﾈｵ­ｼﾆｸ. " ﾅﾀﾁﾀﾂｶｸ"ﾅﾀﾁﾅﾈﾊﾈﾉｾ­ｳﾉﾎﾃ, ﾋﾊﾉﾓﾃ, ｽﾓﾎﾃ, ­ﾀﾁﾆﾅﾅﾆｺｸﾃﾀﾈ­ﾓﾃ, -ｾ" ｹﾀﾅ ﾅﾀﾁﾀﾂﾑﾉｾﾉｸ- ｸﾂﾂｳ" ﾁｸﾀ" ｾ" ﾅﾀﾁﾀﾂｶｸ" ｼﾉﾆﾎ­ｳﾉﾎﾃ" ﾁｸﾀ" ｺｼﾎﾉﾑ ﾎﾃ, -ｾ" ｺｼﾎ ﾅﾀﾁﾀﾂﾑﾉｾﾉｸ- ﾁｸﾀ" ﾃｸ ｸ ﾅﾉｼﾂｴﾈｼﾀ"ﾈｾ­ｼｶﾅ"ｸﾃｸﾋﾅﾆｳﾇ"ｺﾀｸ"ﾉﾅ"­ｴﾂﾂﾅﾃ • ﾃｸ"ｸﾃｸｻｼﾀﾌｿｼｶ"ｾ"ｸﾄｶｸ"ﾉｾﾇ"ﾋﾊﾈﾀﾁｵﾇ"ﾁﾂｾﾆﾅﾃﾅ­ﾀｳﾇ"­ｸﾇ • ﾃｸ" ｸﾆﾅﾊﾈﾀｸﾈﾉﾅﾒﾃ" ﾅﾀ" ﾈﾒｺﾌﾆﾅﾃｼﾇ" ｸ ｼﾀﾂｴﾇ" ﾁｸﾀ" ﾉｸ" ﾆﾅｹﾂｵ­ｸﾉｸ" ﾉｾﾇ" ｼﾂﾂｾﾃﾀﾁｵﾇ" ﾋﾒﾈｾﾇ, ﾅﾀ" ﾁｶﾃｻﾊﾃﾅﾀ, ﾉｸ ｸ ｼﾀﾂﾅﾒ­ｼﾃｸ"ｼｶｻｾ"ﾉｾﾇ"}ﾂﾂｳｻｸﾇ • ﾃｸ" ｸﾆﾅﾊﾈﾀｸﾈﾉﾅﾒﾃ"ﾅﾀ" ﾆﾅﾈﾉｸﾉｼﾊﾑ­ｼﾃｼﾇ" ｼﾆﾀﾅﾌｴﾇ, ﾉｸ"­ｴﾉﾆｸ" ﾆﾅﾈﾉｸﾈｶｸﾇ"ﾉｾﾇ"ｹﾀﾅ ﾅﾀﾁﾀﾂﾑﾉｾﾉｸﾇ"ﾉｾﾇ"}ﾂﾂｳｻｸﾇ ｫﾉﾑﾌﾅﾇ"ﾉﾅﾊ"ｫﾊﾃｼｻﾆｶﾅﾊ"ｼｶﾃｸﾀ • ｾ" ﾂｾﾆﾅﾋﾑﾆｾﾈｾ"ﾉﾅﾊ"ﾁﾑﾈ­ﾅﾊ"ﾓﾈﾉｼ"ﾃｸ"ｼﾁﾉﾀ­ｵﾈｼﾀ"ﾉﾅ"ﾋﾊﾈﾀﾁﾑ" ﾂﾅﾒﾉﾅ"ﾉｾﾇ"ﾌﾓﾆｸﾇ"­ｸﾇ • ｾ" ｻﾀｴｺｼﾆﾈｾ" ﾉﾅﾊ" ｼﾃｻﾀｸﾋｴﾆﾅﾃﾉﾅﾇ" ﾁｸﾀ" ｾ" ｼﾊｸﾀﾈｿｾﾉﾅ ﾅｶｾﾈｾ" ﾉﾅﾊ" ﾁﾑﾈ­ﾅﾊ" ｺﾀｸ" ﾃｸ" ﾆﾅﾈﾉｸﾉｴﾍｼﾀ" ﾉｾ" ﾋﾊﾈﾀﾁｵ ﾁﾂｾﾆﾅﾃﾅ­ﾀｳ"­ｸﾇ. ￨ﾀｸ" ｼﾆﾀﾈﾈﾑﾉｼﾆｼﾇ" ﾂｾﾆﾅﾋﾅﾆｶｼﾇ : }､､ ｦ｢｣ "}ｬz｢ｪ｢z"ｩｪｨｫｬzｫ｢zｫ"ｬ ｫ"ｮｭｫ ｫ ｦｶﾁｾﾇ 20 - 105 57 zｿｵﾃｸ ｬｾﾂ.: 210 33 14 563, 210 32 25 285 - Fax: 210 32 25 285 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.eepf.gr

HELLENIC SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE The Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN) organizes a Panhellenic Congress on 6-8 February 2009 in Athens ,Greece on the

“Physical Herit age of Greece. Value and Prot ection” Topics to covered are on Fauna , Flora , Ecosystems , Land and Marine Environment , Drinkable Water, Caves , Thermal Springs , Geology , Paleontology , Geotopes , protection and many other interesting topics. HSPN has been instrumental in the creation of most Greek National Parks, Ramsar wetlands and many other protected areas. It has also played a leading role in the efforts to protect endangered species. Today, it is active along four axes: Environmental Education Nature protection programmes Environmental intervention General Public awareness For more information contact :

HELLENIC SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATURE 20, Nikis St ., 105 57 At hens Tel. 0030-210-3224944, Fax 0030-210-3225285 E-mail: [email protected], Websit e: ht t p:/ / www.eepf.gr

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22 ｾ GeMin 2008- 22 nd GeMin 2008 Some highlights - ｫﾉﾀｺ­ﾀﾑﾉﾊ ｸ

The 22 nd GeMin 2008 International Mineral, Gemstone , Jewellery and Fossil Exhibition took place in Athens , Greece on 28-29-30 November 2008. This is the annual event in Greece for the Earth Sciences people. GeMin covers displays on minerals , gemstones , fossils , gemstone jewellery , scientific books and periodical publications . Top mineral specimens , gemstones , fossils , gemstone jewellery on display from Canada , Greece , India and Morocco gave the joy and the chance to all visitors of GeMin to enrich their collections and to various mineral, gemstone, fossil and jewellery shops in Athens and Piraeus area to make bulk orders on what is new in the market. We are happy to organize for 22 consecutive years this unique event of its kind in the area centred in Greece as all collectors are anxious every year to meet each other in GeMin ,talk ,cooperate , exchange minerals, gemstones, fossils , gemstones jewellery and be happy until the next 23rd GeMin 2009 (!!) , which will be held on 27-28-29 November 2009. So mark the date in your Calendar in 2009 and be there !

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