Dear all. We are pleased to inform you about the Ural Mineralogical Festival, which will be held from July 3 to 21, 2019, in Yekaterinburg city, Ural region, Russia.
The festival program includes the following events: - Yekaterinburg Mineral Show - The Regional Exhibition-Fair of Minerals and Russian Traditional Jewelry Arts - Visiting the largest Malyshevskoe emerald deposit (emerald, alexandrite, phenakite, fluorite, еuclase, etc.) - Visiting the factory on processing and faceting of emeralds - Visiting the unique crocoite mine - Visiting the Lipovskoe tourmaline deposit (tourmaline, blue topaz, aquamarine, morganite, chrysoberyl, ruby, spinel, fire opal, etc.) - Visiting the private amethyst mine, where the imperial amethysts are being mined, which are considered among the best in the world - Visiting the famous Murzinka village and old mines of the 18th and 19th centuries for amethyst, blue topaz, heliodor, aquamarine. - visiting the other mines for sapphire, emerald, demantoid, citrine, gold, platinum, etc. - visiting the Ural State Mining University - scientific conferences - meeting with local geologists, prospectors, collectors, and jewelers - master classes for the extraction of gems, and the making of mining tools, and cutting stones, etc. - special program in 5 mineralogical museums - folk celebrations, handicrafts fair.
Guests from abroad will receive presents and surprises.
The festival will be held during 3 weeks. We invite you to attend this event one weekend, optimally 2-3 days, as you see fit. If there is a need, we will assist you to obtain a visa.
I would love someone (hint, hint, Alexander) to organize something like that again, maybe throwing in St. Petersburg.
Barbra, During the festival, we organize the similar trips(same as your original trip), on 2-3 days you can visit 6-10 deposits Now we are forming groups on July 11-14 and July 18-21
1bwana1 wrote:
I want to go too. Roadtrip!!!!!!!!
Welcome, please write me to Email
Anyone who wants to come to Russia for minerals, to the festival or at another time, write to me, we will give you the details. uralfest19@mail.ru
Now that looks like the trip of a lifetime for any self-respecting gem specialist or just enthusiast! I just feel like an idiot now, I DO live in Russia and never heard of that... I should look into the ways to go there, I hope I won't have to take 3 different flights or spend 72h in a train...
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