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Stephan WEISS
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Born 1955 in Munich/Bavaria, Stefan Weiß started to collect minerals in the "early days", around 1962/63.
Main collecting topic: Regional mineralogy of Alpine-veins in general (since 1968); minerals of Cornwall (since 1971) and minerals of Saxony (since 1989).
Special interest: Pegmatites and phosphate-group minerals.
University study: Geology of ore deposits from 1976 to 1981 (diploma).
Many field trips to the tin/copper mines & china clay pits of Cornwall/GB, to the alpine veins & pegmatites of Ticino/Switzerland, as well as some "crystal hunting" in the Austrian and Italian Alps.
Starting the first trials in mineral photography.
1982-1989 : Geological field work in Scotland for the mineralogy department of Munich university, finishing a phD-work on the igneous petrology of Ballachulish ring complex, and doing further research & teaching for the institute of mineralogy.
1989 : The change to "books & magazines" at Weise Verlag Munich.
Editor of LAPIS magazine since March 1993, doing complete layout & editing.
Up-to-date papers & international contributions with good photos are always welcome!
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Exploring a 7 m-long adularia vein above Cavagnoli glacier, Ticino, Switzerland: Stefan Weiß (front), Giorgio Colombo and Claudia Weiß - taking a "time-off" from crystal digging.
Photo: Raimondo Buri, August 1993.
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