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Topic: Freeware: Mineral Database | |
ike wilson Replies: 61 Views: 183860 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Jan 02, 2008 09:42 Subject: Re: Freeware: Mineral Database |
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: 107534 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Aug 02, 2007 16:24 Subject: self collected |
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 ... |
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Topic: Very little mineralogy in mineral collecting today | |
ike wilson Replies: 94 Views: 244767 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: May 27, 2007 06:47 Subject: MINERAL INTEREST |
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: 203479 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: May 03, 2007 16:12 Subject: mineral labels |
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 ... |
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Topic: Mine closure | |
ike wilson Replies: 2 Views: 10134 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 17, 2007 16:36 Subject: collecting |
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 ... |
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Topic: Mine closure | |
ike wilson Replies: 2 Views: 10134 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 16, 2007 06:41 Subject: Mine closure |
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: 49607 |
Forum: The Ten Thousand Club Posted: Dec 14, 2006 17:42 Subject: mineral labels |
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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