mossyrockhound
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by mossyrockhound on Jul 8, 2016 21:49:46 GMT -5
We just returned from a Europe/Russia trip. We saw a lot of neat stuff. The opulence of what we saw in St. Petersburg, Russia blew me away. Here are two photos showing an example of just how rich the Russian emperors were. Our guide told us that if we took 1 minute to look at each exhibit, didn't take time to eat or sleep, it would take us 7 years to view everything in the Hermitage Museum. These two photos were taken in the Hermitage Museum. We took a tour of Catherine's Palace and the Hermitage Museum in one day. We could have used a whole month. Some really nice malachite:  And some really nice lapis:  Thanks for looking. |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jul 8, 2016 22:24:38 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing. Those are quite nice slabs.
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 9, 2016 0:07:14 GMT -5
A friend has been to the replica of the amber room, says it's amazing.
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icatz
spending too much on rocks
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Post by icatz on Jul 9, 2016 7:39:36 GMT -5
Wonderful!
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mossyrockhound
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2011
Posts: 1,315
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Post by mossyrockhound on Jul 9, 2016 11:55:51 GMT -5
A friend has been to the replica of the amber room, says it's amazing. The amber room in Catherine's Palace is truly amazing. For some reason, the amber room is the only room in the whole place where they wouldn't let me take pictures. There is at least one good photo of it on Wikipedia though. With all the people in the room at the same time I was in there, I couldn't have gotten a photo that did it justice anyway. |
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Post by mohs on Jul 9, 2016 12:32:48 GMT -5
I'm not going to get political
but
wait for it
Russian's Rock !
mohs
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NDK
Cave Dweller 
Member since January 2009
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Post by NDK on Jul 11, 2016 18:56:26 GMT -5
That is spectacular!
Thanks for thinking of us & taking a few pix.
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Post by frane on Jul 12, 2016 15:51:20 GMT -5
I just can't imagine how it would be to find those stones large enough to make such beautiful items out of!
Thanks for sharing with us.
Fran
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