What's Hot In Ste.Marie: 2017

With the 2017 Show Theme of Sainte-Marie being Volcanic Rocks, we set out from our own volcanic rock of Hawai'i to France. Along we the way we make a quick stop in Dallas, Texas to pick up Jim and Gail Spann - very prolific American collectors who have never been to Sainte-Marie - and then we arrive in the grand city of Paris.
In Paris we visit both the School of Mines and the National Museum of Natural History before our trek to the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines mineral show.
Once in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, we are all treated to some of the finest mineral treasures to have come out of the ground and even old collections. Show Hosts Christophe Gobin, Eloïse Gaillou, Alain Martaud and, me, Bryan Swoboda guide you every step of the way.
The variety and rarity of the shared minerals will be sure to put a smile on your face as will the non-stop fun we all have as we go in search of...What's Hot In Sainte-Marie!!!
This episode, features interview with the following people from the mineral collecting world:
+ Eloïse Gaillou - Mines ParisTech (Paris School of Mines)
+ Cristiano Ferraris - National Museum of Natural History, Paris
+ Jordi Fabre - Fabre Minerals
+ Ian Bruce - Crystal Classics
+ Rudolph Watzl - Saphira Minerals
+ Marcus Budil - Budil Fine Minerals
+ Anton Watzl - Anton Watzl Minerals
+ Michel Cabrol - Merveilles de la Terre
+ Sébastien Kyayati - Cristallium
+ Maxima, Ophelia and Romain Brun - La Gardette miners
+ Karin and Wolfgang Wendel - Wendel Minerals
+ Mike Rumsey - Natural History Museum of London
+ Alain Martaud - Alain Martaud Minéraux
+ Sami Makki - Matrix India
+ Jürgen Margraf - Margraf Minerals
+ Federico Barlocher - Independent dealer
+ Martin Steinbach - Author, “Asterism”
+ Denis Gravier - Gravier & Gemmes
+ Sasha Zylberman - Nicolas Zylberman
+ Albert Russ Exhibit - Tellure Parc Minier
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.