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Hi. I downloaded the database on to my comp. BUT I cannot find a way of making my own index, I cannot find any intructions with the download, its a good database if I can use, i may be thick, help ple ...

I would have thought that reading ..self collected ...would mean what it says , and if thats confusing God Help Us one and all.
All my specimens have labels and a card file. the card gives all known ...

i HAVE BEEN COLLECTING FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, AND i STILL FING IT TRULY INTERESTING , IT IS A NICE WAY TO MEET NEW FRIENDS, THE MINERALS MAKE A GOOD TALKING POINT, i ATTEND OUR CLUB SHOW IN dERBYSHIR ...

Hi Jordi.
What a lot of English REAL collectors do is keep a card index which matches the label and the specimen. The specimen has a number affixed which in turn is on the card index. Not all the inf ...

Hi Jordi

At least we can still collect at Pedros mine, that should be here for some time, also Ambasaguas. Reading Bocamina I see sites that seem to be collectable. We still have some collecting si ...

As of today the Florence Mine at Egremont Cumbria is closed and flooding, I had the pleasure of spending the last two weeks recovering specimens from the flooding mine. Haematite and spme specularite. ...

My feeling is that old labels accompanying old specimens ( they are all old) meaning "old timers" relating to pre 1900 or pre whatever usually before 1950, add to the journey of the specimen ...

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Topic: Freeware: Mineral Database
ike wilson Replies: 61 Views: 184632	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jan 02, 2008 09:42 Subject: Re: Freeware: Mineral Database
ike wilson Replies: 61 Views: 184632	Hi. I downloaded the database on to my comp. BUT I cannot find a way of making my own index, I cannot find any intructions with the download, its a good database if I can use, i may be thick, help ple ...
Topic: Self collected
ike wilson Replies: 46 Views: 107830	Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Aug 02, 2007 16:24 Subject: self collected
ike wilson Replies: 46 Views: 107830	I would have thought that reading ..self collected ...would mean what it says , and if thats confusing God Help Us one and all. All my specimens have labels and a card file. the card gives all known ...
Topic: Very little mineralogy in mineral collecting today
ike wilson Replies: 94 Views: 245802	Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: May 27, 2007 06:47 Subject: MINERAL INTEREST
ike wilson Replies: 94 Views: 245802	i HAVE BEEN COLLECTING FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, AND i STILL FING IT TRULY INTERESTING , IT IS A NICE WAY TO MEET NEW FRIENDS, THE MINERALS MAKE A GOOD TALKING POINT, i ATTEND OUR CLUB SHOW IN dERBYSHIR ...
Topic: Right labels
ike wilson Replies: 35 Views: 203804	Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: May 03, 2007 16:12 Subject: mineral labels
ike wilson Replies: 35 Views: 203804	Hi Jordi. What a lot of English REAL collectors do is keep a card index which matches the label and the specimen. The specimen has a number affixed which in turn is on the card index. Not all the inf ...
Topic: Mine closure
ike wilson Replies: 2 Views: 10149	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 17, 2007 16:36 Subject: collecting
ike wilson Replies: 2 Views: 10149	Hi Jordi At least we can still collect at Pedros mine, that should be here for some time, also Ambasaguas. Reading Bocamina I see sites that seem to be collectable. We still have some collecting si ...
Topic: Mine closure
ike wilson Replies: 2 Views: 10149	Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 16, 2007 06:41 Subject: Mine closure
ike wilson Replies: 2 Views: 10149	As of today the Florence Mine at Egremont Cumbria is closed and flooding, I had the pleasure of spending the last two weeks recovering specimens from the flooding mine. Haematite and spme specularite. ...
Topic: Labels and history
ike wilson Replies: 16 Views: 49688	Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Dec 14, 2006 17:42 Subject: mineral labels
ike wilson Replies: 16 Views: 49688	My feeling is that old labels accompanying old specimens ( they are all old) meaning "old timers" relating to pre 1900 or pre whatever usually before 1950, add to the journey of the specimen ...