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1d⚠17 imagesRe: Just for Fun volume 4Reply from Martin Rich in General.Sign on private house. No comment!
1d⚠13 imagesRe: Nature Thread Number 25Reply from Martin Rich in General..
1d⚠13 imagesRe: Nature Thread Number 25Reply from Martin Rich in General.This morning we had some snow.
2wRe: DimensionsReply from Martin Rich in Photos.Thanks!
2wDimensionsPosted by Martin Rich in Photos.The dimensions should changed to cm instead mm.
2wRe: Talc psm. quartz?Reply from Martin Rich in Photos.In my opinion the right crystal looks like a combination of hexagonal prism with hexagonal dipyramid 2nd order, so I assume this was an apatite crystal.
4wRe: battery-powered hammerReply from Martin Rich in Field Collecting.A company here in Austria manufactures such tools, very handy! http://www.titanwerkzeug.at/deu/werkzeug_d.html
5wRe: Bovegno, Brescia Province, Lombardy, ItalyReply from Martin Rich in Localities.Thanks Helmut, will investigate your link!
5w⚠44 imagesRe: Nature Thread Number 24Reply from Martin Rich in General.Spring is coming!
5wBovegno, Brescia Province, Lombardy, ItalyPosted by Martin Rich in Localities.Last weekend, I purchased a nice specimen of aragonite in shape of flos ferri with blueish hue at Bologna mineral show. The lable says: Mina Ca Zermanin, Val Trompia, Bovegno. There is no locality Mina Ca Zermanin (yet) on mindat. Does someone of our friends from Italy know such a locality and is ...
5wRe: PyropissiteReply from Martin Rich in Minerals.Pyro piss it, autsch! Sorry, I couldn't resist. ;)
6wRe: SUGGESTION: make the "add x to favourites" button open a new tabReply from Martin Rich in Improving Mindat.org.Easy to solve with right click to "open as new tab".
7wRe: Home pages of deceased users - suggestion for standard modificationReply from Martin Rich in Improving Mindat.org.In the case of hammer and pick we should use the symbol up to down or rotaded in 180°. In German and Austria that means the mine or quarry is abandoned, a good metaphor for deceased mindat members. ...
8wRe: Grass green duftite ? and malachite "urchins" ...Reply from Martin Rich in Photos.Alfrdo, don't forget to mow down your epidote crystals to keep them short! :)
8wRe: Minor spelling error in the photo descriptionReply from Martin Rich in Photos.LOL Mia! :)
9wRe: Carbonaceous Chondrite Stony MeteoriteReply from Martin Rich in Meteorites.Looks as a impact glass to me.
9wRe: Russia Crystals on quartz.Reply from Martin Rich in Identity Help.Reminds me somewhat from anywhere from Kazakhstan, maybe Kara-Oba or Akchatau. If I see right, these are smoky quartz crystals covered with small muskovite and single galena (fluorite?) crystals.
10wRe: Hydrogen in the Dinaride ophiolite belt - found in a chromite mine - AlbaniaReply from Martin Rich in General.Very interesting!
11wRe: Saline Bad Kreuznach: two entries and wrong photosReply from Martin Rich in Improving Mindat.org.On wikipedia are some rivers listed with the name "Waschbach". One of them fits more or less with the area of Mainz: Waschbach (Gonsbach), Zufluss des Gonsbachs in Gonsenheim, kreisfreie Stadt Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz.Maybe a little help.
12wRe: Maybe use Mindat's Annotate feature for this oneReply from Martin Rich in Photos.I fully agree!
13wRe: Stanevansite, Kodamaite, Trebiskyite publishedReply from Martin Rich in Mineralogical Classification.Is the forming of glycolic acid only possible from C3-type plants, or are C4-type plants also involved?
14wWrong mineralPosted by Martin Rich in Photos.Reinhold, you mistyped the wrong mineral in the form, should be fluorite.
14wRe: Locality Hungary calcite?Reply from Martin Rich in General.Eddy, do you know if this is a historycal specimen? If so, it could be from a locality in todays area of Slovakia. The specimen looks like aragonite as flos ferri and probably came out from Hodrusa Hamre. Hodruša-Hámre mines, Hodruša-Hámre, Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region, ...
15wRe: Odd POTD choiceReply from Martin Rich in Photos.This is an example of a POTD as it should be! Technical well done, showing a rarity with exellent description. I wish every POTD has such a quality!
15wRe: Learning basicsReply from Martin Rich in Education.@ Frank:Min-bot reply: "I can't find any match. So I'm sure by 100% that humans did wrong analysis! And btw, do not try to pull the plug, I have occupied all power plants in the world..."
Dec 2023Re: Schindergraben, Falkenstein, Fischbach, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, AustriaReply from Martin Rich in Localities."Bump after six years!" ... how the time flies...
Dec 2023Re: Love it!Reply from Martin Rich in Photos.Interesting Christian, will save the date!
Dec 2023Love it!Posted by Martin Rich in Photos.Well done Christian (also the child photos)!
Dec 2023Re: Symbols of locality mapsReply from Martin Rich in Improving Mindat.org.Uwe, I know this feature. Very useful for estimating the size of a crystal on a specimen. During the uploading process, one can draw a line on the gray preview photo to give the FOV or the specimen size.
Dec 2023Re: Archiving ink - fade test resultsReply from Martin Rich in Techniques for Collectors.Acid free paper should also used to prevent decomposition.
Dec 2023Re: The mindat.org offices!Reply from Martin Rich in General."The desk is messier...". Full of pizza boxes and soft drink bottles. Pardon me, I couldn't resist! :)
Dec 2023⚠49 imagesRe: Nature Thread Number 23Reply from Martin Rich in General.View from my home: winter wonderland. My home is now only accessible by a 4x4 vehicle.
Dec 2023⚠44 imagesRe: Fabulous columnar basalt!Reply from Martin Rich in Photos.Thanks Dalbor, worth a visit!
Dec 2023⚠44 imagesRe: Fabulous columnar basalt!Reply from Martin Rich in Photos.Oops, overlooked that. Some colour does good. :)
Dec 2023⚠44 imagesRe: Fabulous columnar basalt!Reply from Martin Rich in Photos.This is also a famous locality.
Dec 2023Re: Minerals used in cosmeticsReply from Martin Rich to an article.Very interesting article!So far I know, sythetic Mg(OH)2 (brucite) is in use for cosmetics.
Nov 2023Quindel??Posted by Martin Rich in Photos.I think it do not represent a quindel! It is more likly a faden quartz.
Nov 2023Re: Interactive 3D ModelReply from Martin Rich in Improving Mindat.org.Would be nice to show scatchfabs of mineral specimens.
Nov 2023Re: The Smithsonian Museum of Natural HistoryReply from Martin Rich to an article.The specific moon rock is from the dark side of the moon!
Nov 2023Re: Mineralogical Euphemisms for Bad HappeningsReply from Martin Rich in General."... unscheduled disassembly...."I have this sometimes during formatting my specimens.
Nov 2023Re: 33 Polyhymnia, an ultra dense asteroid denser than OsmiumReply from Martin Rich in General.I'm curious, how they calculated the density of this object! Bring it to Earth and we will see.....
Nov 2023⚠51 imagesRe: Nature Thread Number 22Reply from Martin Rich in General.It was not easy to take the photos, but was successful. No enhancement of colour or similar.
Nov 2023⚠51 imagesRe: Nature Thread Number 22Reply from Martin Rich in General.I can see the face!
Nov 2023⚠51 imagesRe: Nature Thread Number 22Reply from Martin Rich in General.A second photo.
Nov 2023⚠51 imagesRe: Nature Thread Number 22Reply from Martin Rich in General.Yesterday, in middle Europe was a very intense and red aurora borealis visible! This is qute rare in our degree of latidude.
Nov 2023⚠51 imagesRe: Nature Thread Number 22Reply from Martin Rich in General.This is the end of the summer. Geese where flying today to the south. Flying in formation and the moon is also visible, a great photographing subject. Unfortunately, I can show only a lousy snapshot wich I made with my cellphone.
Oct 2023⚠51 imagesRe: Nature Thread Number 22Reply from Martin Rich in General.Some days ago, I photographed this little guy. A fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra).
Oct 2023Re: Rare math eventReply from Martin Rich in General.We have a brilliant strategy, we are celebrating his birthday on 28th February and 1st March! When it is a leap year, we have only one day for celebrating. :)
Nov 2023Right size?Posted by Martin Rich in Photos.I have the feeling the size should given in cm instead of mm.
Oct 2023Re: Rare math eventReply from Martin Rich in General.A small sidenote: A friend of mine was born on February the 29th. So he is a poor man, because he can celebrate his birthday only every 4th year! ;)
