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Apr 2020Re: Unknown labelsReply from Tim Baaij in Identity Help.I also believe Murzinka mine to be the locale, but the author of the label is who I'm after, thanks for helping though! Stay safe :)
Apr 2020Re: Unknown labelsReply from Tim Baaij in Identity Help.Here's the other side of the labels
Apr 2020Unknown labelsPosted by Tim Baaij in Identity Help.Hello everyoneI hope everyone's staying safe out there, I just received a package with a little topaz in it, which can with 2 older labels, I know it's a long shot, but with the level of expertise of some of you here, I thought I might as well ask if anyone recognises them, the labels are German, I ...
Dec 2019Re: Incorrect name?Reply from Tim Baaij in Improving Mindat.org.Bedankt Paul!
Dec 2019Incorrect name?Posted by Tim Baaij in Improving Mindat.org.Hello all,I was looking at the page for desert rose and came across the Dutch being named 'zand roos' I have personally never heard it being referred to as anything other than 'woestijn roos' which would make sense because that's also a literal translation, can another Dutch person confirm or ...
Dec 2019Re: locality confusion - Kassel, Germany - halite localityReply from Tim Baaij in General.Hey Paul and Mark, I've looked at the halites and my specimen looks identical to the one's found in the Neuhof-Ellers Potash Works.If I look at the cubes, some have clear lines running through them, like the ones in the pictures of the Neuhof-Ellers Potash Works, I am 99.99% sure it's from ...
Dec 2019locality confusion - Kassel, Germany - halite localityPosted by Tim Baaij in General.Hello fellow Mindat users!A while back, I was given a wonderful halite from the collection of the Dutch Wilfred Moorer, the label read "halite, Kassel, Germany"I never did find out where this was, or if it even was a real locality, last week however, I was visiting a dealer friend of mine, who had ...
Nov 2019Re: locality name confusionReply from Tim Baaij in General.Awesome! Thanks very much!
Nov 2019locality name confusionPosted by Tim Baaij in General.Hello everyone,I have recently purchased an amethyst scepter and the locality is confusing me.I personally believe that this is from Vatiha (I'll add a link) because the labels says something similar and both are in the Urals.can someone confirm or deny this?thanks all!
Sep 2019Re: The other side of Rock CurrierReply from Tim Baaij in General.wow what a cool little non-mineral to own!
Jul 2019Re: can't read labelReply from Tim Baaij in Identity Help.thanks very much!
Jul 2019can't read labelPosted by Tim Baaij in Identity Help.Hello everyone,
I purchased a aquamarine at Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, mostly for the old label, thing is, I can't read the label,
I can read the very last word, which is "Transbaikalien" so I assume it may be russian, the other word ends in
"gebirge" which I think it's mountains?
can anyone ...
