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GeneralGerman translator for label - Help!

21st Aug 2014 14:23 UTCStephen C. Blyskal Expert

I recently picked up a specimen of Agate and Amethyst on Ebay. The label with it is in German. I'm trying to determine whether this specimen is from Vosges, Lorraine, France or from some locality in Germany. Since there are a lot of German collectors in Mindat, I'm hoping one of them will see this and help me out.

Thanks in advance.

21st Aug 2014 16:16 UTCSigurd Stordal

Looks like the locality is this: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122560.html

For translation I give it a try: agate with layers of amethyst and quartz.

Hope this have helped.

21st Aug 2014 18:52 UTCStephen C. Blyskal Expert

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21st Aug 2014 20:14 UTCStephen C. Blyskal Expert

Thank you very much! So it is in the Vosges Mountains. I've actually been in Ribeauville, in 2008 when I made the Ste. Marie aux Mines show.

21st Aug 2014 21:25 UTCMartin Rich Expert

Translation:

"Agate with layers of Amethyst (-quartz), grinded"

4th Sep 2014 07:50 UTCPeter Haas

"angeschliffen" actually means "polished", not "ground ('grinded')". "Ground" = "zermahlen".

5th Sep 2014 21:24 UTCMartin Rich Expert

Ok, Peter, it's my mistake! But "to grind" is also a term for "beschleifen".

5th Sep 2014 23:47 UTCRoger Lang Manager

Peter, grinding can mean schleifen, polish means polieren even if the term is used for the german term schleifen too. If sth is grinded/ground but not polished bit may be better to write cut (geschnitten) but ground and polished is a different thing. Agree with Martin on that. Could be that there is some difference in AE and BE ... but we all three are no native speakers :-) I´ll throw bevel(l)ing in :-)

Of course it has to be ground not grinded :-)

5th Sep 2014 23:59 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager

"Waiter, this coffee tastes like mud!"

" Yes Sir, It was ground this morning."

6th Sep 2014 00:17 UTCRoger Lang Manager

;-) Rob

but to "grind an axe" definitely doesnt mean to pulverize it ;-)

6th Sep 2014 14:42 UTCReiner Mielke Expert

The interpretation probably also depends on what part of Germany you are from LOL.

6th Sep 2014 21:53 UTCMartin Rich Expert

Ha! I'm from Austria and not from Germany and it could be possible, that I can not understand German dialect and vice versa. :-D Anyway it is a nice specimen and I hope our discussion do not consternate Stephen.

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