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1mIt was handed over to me by a local from Surigao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines.Posted by Surigao. 4 replies in Identity Help.
21mFeldspar from the Erongo Mtns.Posted by Antonio Nazario. 5 replies in Improving Mindat.org.
1hDuplicate photoPosted by Russ Rizzo in Photos.
1h⚠21 imagesNature Thread Number 42Posted by Rolf Luetcke. 36 replies in General.
5hQuartz-betaPosted by Lalith Aditya Senthil Kumar. One reply in Minerals.
6hList top 50 localities does not loadPosted by Herwig Pelckmans in Improving Mindat.org.
7h⚠39 imagesPlease show us your recent acquisitions - volume 23Posted by Kevin Conroy. 83 replies in General.
7hWhy does the species name have a strike through it?Posted by Nik Nikiforou. 2 replies in General.
8hInternational Conference of Mining and Underground Museums in PolandPosted by Marc Remmert in Minerals and Museums.
8hCalcite from Armasa Quarry, Navarre, SpainPosted by Mikel Platero. 12 replies in Photos.
12hNipissing - cobalt mineral?Posted by Yunkuan Wu. 2 replies in Identity Help.
12hTourmaline from An Phú, VietnamPosted by Jeremy Szekeres. 6 replies in Field Collecting.
12hCatalogue of Type Mineral Specimens (CTMS)Posted by Herwig Pelckmans. 25 replies in Mineralogical Classification.
13hBlack needle crystals, Mt Lassen, CAPosted by Paul Hernday. 4 replies in Identity Help.
18hImproving ID inquiries (one small step)Posted by Ed Clopton. 8 replies in Improving Mindat.org.
20hExploitation carte Info TerrePosted by Arthur Solvery. 4 replies in Field Collecting.
1dAny info about Prosperite associate?Posted by Yash Redkar. 2 replies in General.
1dpersonal photos on mindat => personal to whom?Posted by Herwig Pelckmans. 3 replies in Improving Mindat.org.
1dWhat is the green mineral?. Posted by Mikel Platero. 2 replies in Photos.
1d🦟 BUG: Highlighted glossary terms in inbox (deactivation doesn't work?)Posted by Niels Brouwer. 9 replies in Improving Mindat.org.
1dCalcite and other minerals?Posted by Jerry May. 4 replies in Identity Help.
1dhttps://www.mindat.org/photo-852558.html is not levynePosted by Volker Betz. 4 replies in Improving Mindat.org.
1d⚠73 imagesShare your mineral memes! (Part I)Posted by Jolyon Ralph. 148 replies in General.
1dAttn: Langban Experts! This ‘eveite’ is possibly vargite? Posted by Jason B. Smith. 19 replies in Identity Help.
2d⚠14 imagesNorfolk, UK - purple majorite garnet ?Posted by Matt Mateja. 19 replies in Identity Help.
2dCheap "Geiger Counters"Posted by Fred E. Davis. 14 replies in General.
2dElbrusite-(Zr) -> Elbrusite - Description errorPosted by Hamza Ilhan Sito. One reply in Photos.
2dCan we upload fossil images from published materials?Posted by bhm. 6 replies in Fossils.
2dThe OP deleted his message - is this still allowed to happen?Posted by Herwig Pelckmans. 3 replies in Improving Mindat.org.
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