What's Hot In Ste Marie: 2018

With the 2018 Summer Season, we once again head off to Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in the Alsace region of Eastern France. It's here that one of the best mineral shows in Europe is held every year and we dig in deep for a view of all the great fine minerals that show up every year here.
In addition to fine minerals, we also take some time to explore the wineries of the Alsace region - a region famous for its exceptional wines.
So join Show Hosts Christophe Gobin, Eloïse Gaillou, Alain Martaud and new host Eric DeCarlo as we go in search of What's Hot In Ste.Marie!!
Interviews in this program include:
+ Ludovic Hypolite and Sebastien Schwach from Domaine François Schwach Winery
+ Denis Leypold - Museum of Mineralogy of Strasbourg
+ Sylvían DesFarge - Sulvían DesFarge Cristallier
+ Dr. Federico Pezzotta - Mineralogical Collection Professionals
+ Diana and Ian Bruce - Crystal Classics
+ Rudolph Watzl - Saphira Minerals
+ Wolfgang Wendel - Wendel Minerals
+ Jürgen Margraf - Jürgen Margraf Minerals
+ Peter Ward - Greenlaws Mining Project
+ Monica Kitt - The Arkenstone
+ Louis Dominique Bayle - Le Règne Minèral
+ Jordi Fabre - Fabre Minerals
+ Michel Ambroise and Alain Pouget
+ Anton Watzl - Anton Watzl Minerals
+ Alain Martaud - Alain Martaud Minéraux
+ Frédéric Kuhn - Lampes de Mine
+ Tilman Hameister - Inter Prospekt HK Limited
+ Thorsten Pruess - ProCarat
+ Denis Gravier - Gravier & Gemmes
+ Boris Garaud - Opallion
SPECIAL NOTE: We are releasing this film so that it is FREE to the public via RUclips. This is in reaction to the current new Coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the world. The best advice to help head off this disease (other than washing hands, covering your coughs and not touching our faces) is self-isolation. So in this time of self-isolation, we at BlueCap Productions wanted to try and provide at least a little relief to the mineral collecting community with this free copy of this film. Please enjoy and be safe.

[@sharathb205]

Free upload of propritary videos is a huge charitable contribution to the mineral collecting fraternity. Particularly at a time when online platforms are making brisk business. Salute to Brian.

[@noorullah4450]

Thanks Bryan! Can't wait for more gorgeous videos to watch and you kept me alive in these critical situations

[@bluecapproductions]

I'm so happy to hear this. These are tough times and I'm glad I can help to make it, maybe a little bit, more bearable.

[@marcoais59]

I am pleased to have personally met Federico Pezzotta and his collaborator Alessandro Paladini ; for me they are the best references for mineralogical knowledge and professionalism about the lab samples processing.

[@bluecapproductions]

Absolutely!!! Very intelligent gentlemen and good friends too.

[@havenlew]

You can tell the amount of pride Federico takes in his work.

[@waynekington4426]

Thank you so much for posting these. They are really helping get through this Corona isolation thing.

[@bluecapproductions]

Nice to hear Wayne. I'll keep posting so YOU keep staying safe!!!

[@quantumparodox]

Lol is social distancing giving you the time to finish up a bunch of old videos? Either way, I've been enjoying them. thx

[@bluecapproductions]

Doing what I can to help EVERYONE!!! We are all family after all.