Jhonatan,

There are 170 images in the queue for approval. I'm not the expert for Brazil but will try to help.

I looked at your image and there is nothing wrong with the quality. Congrats for the sharp image. We see more blurry images than sharp images lately.

But you say it has been analysed. A pic of that analyse would be perfect as child image to avoid that the pic is questionned afterwards.

Another thing : could you please just put the FOV in the provided area and not put it a second time in the text. It is of no use as it is already in the header. Thank you.

Post the analysis and I approve your image.

I hope this helps.

Paul.

Hello Jhonatan,

Thank you for the reply.

I'm happy that you appreciate my work on mindat as well as our UK friends.

I try to do my best to avoid errors and to improve the database, that's why I asked for the analysis you mentionned in your first message. You would be the first to post that !

I can assure you that there is no prejudice from my part and I think that I can speak for all the managers here. Jealousy and prejudice never build good databases or friendships like we have here.

We have a Brazilian expert but just noticed that his last visit on mindat was februari 4th.

That probably explains why your pic is not approved yet.

It would be great if you could ad to the text a quote like " this specimen is from a parcell, aquired ...................in 2019 and that a few where analysed by ( analitic method ) and proved to be .................".

I must admit that 1 expert for such a huge country like Brazil is not enough. He could be on mission, ill, to a great show like Tucson, to much work or not interested any more and thus unable to approve pictures. With a country of almost half Western Europe and so many localities it's nearly impossible to know them all.

Therefore we are always looking for local experts so if you know somebody who could fit the job and have some hours a week to spend here, he would be very welcome. 30 minutes every day viewing Brazilian pictures and localities can be very productive.

As Keith mentionned, most of us spend around 50 hours a week here on voluntary base. It's not indispenseable, but it helps !

Best regards from Belgium.

Paul.