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Chollet Pascal

Registered member since 30th Mar 2008

Pascal Chollet has uploaded:
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Pascal Chollet has published 1 article on mindat.org
 
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Ben voilà. J'ai croisé sur un marché de mon petit village du sud de la France un "Marchand de cailloux" qui m'a donné le virus. Et c'est parti.

Adolescent, les premières sorties dans des anciennes mines où il n'y avait rien à trouver, ou presque ; et puis : Duranus et Cap-Garonne.

Et le virus ne m'a jamais quitté. Je l'ai mis en veilleuse, d'autres passions l'ayant parfois étouffé (la musique surtout) mais il reste toujours bien vivant, bien présent : 30 ans qu'il me hante pour mon plus grand bonheur : Très bonne maladie !!!

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Here I am. I met, on a market, in the little town in south of France where I was born, a Crazy guy who was selling stones. and he gave me his disease.

As a teenager I first visited ancient mines... where there was almost nothing to find. But I quickly discovered Duranus, and Cap-Garonne (still my main interest).

This disease never left me. I did other things, got other deseases (especially music) but this main one remains still alive and comes back again and again... for my greatest joy.

Pascal

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Total messages posted:225
New threads started:71
First message posted:22nd Apr 2008
Latest message posted:12th Jul 2025

My Latest Discussions and Replies

4w Problem adding a referencePosted by Pascal Chollet. 14 replies in General.5w Orpiment wrong location ?Posted by Pascal Chollet. 4 replies in Photos.5w Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FrancePosted by Pascal Chollet. 5 replies in Localities.7w Les Malines District, Occitanie, FrancePosted by Pascal Chollet. 15 replies in Localities.12w Lithophyse wrong localityPosted by Pascal Chollet. 7 replies in Photos.Feb 2025 Doubtful tunisitePosted by Pascal Chollet in Photos.Nov 2024 Inappropriate arbitrary namePosted by Pascal Chollet. 3 replies in Photos.Nov 2024 Doubtful localityPosted by Pascal Chollet. 3 replies in Photos.Nov 2024 Identification questionned - how to fix it ?Posted by Pascal Chollet. 5 replies in Photos.Oct 2024 Misidentified samplePosted by Pascal Chollet. One reply in Photos.Jun 2024 Misidentified carbonatePosted by Pascal Chollet. One reply in Photos.Feb 2024 Wrong technical datas about the used materialPosted by Pascal Chollet. 3 replies in Photos.Oct 2023 wrong sizePosted by Pascal Chollet. One reply in Photos.Dec 2022 Possibly misidentified samplePosted by Pascal Chollet. 2 replies in Photos.Dec 2022 Etang de Reliez, Lachaux, Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FrancePosted by Pascal Chollet. One reply in Localities.Oct 2022 Bug entering mineral namePosted by Pascal Chollet. 15 replies in Improving Mindat.org.Mar 2022 Misidentified mineralPosted by Pascal Chollet. One reply in Photos.Aug 2021 Geminite - Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FrancePosted by Pascal Chollet. 6 replies in Photos.Aug 2020 Erroneous localityPosted by Pascal Chollet. 2 replies in Photos.Jul 2020 specimen sizePosted by Pascal Chollet. 2 replies in Photos.

 
 
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