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Jolyon Ralph has uploaded:
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Jolyon Ralph has published 329 articles on mindat.org
 
Hello, and thank you for reading!

This is my personal page on mindat, and I will update this from time to time to explain a bit more about me and my interests. As you probably know, I created mindat.org. It started as a personal PC database that I wrote from scratch - work I started on Christmas Day 1993. The first website version of mindat.org went live in October 2000 - and it has grown phenomenally ever since - thanks to the huge efforts of everyone who contributes.

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My First Specimen
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My First Specimen (magnified)
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My First Specimen
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My First Specimen (magnified)
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My First Specimen
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My First Specimen (magnified)


My first specimen was this pebble containing some very rough Quartz crystals, from Tintagel in Cornwall, which I found when I was 6 years old in the summer of 1976. It was a family holiday to Cornwall, we were staying in a bungalow in the village of Egloshayle, near Wadebridge. Looking at the specimen more recently, I noticed it had dozens of tiny but perfect Anatase crystals throughout it! Here is a macro photo taken by my brother of one of these sub-millimetre crystals.

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Latest message posted:8th May 2024

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1dImportant notice - email verification will be enabled!Posted by Jolyon Ralph. 22 replies in Improving Mindat.org.1w⚠22 imagesChatGPT - a system too clever and creative for its own good?Posted by Jolyon Ralph. 100 replies in General.3wUsing CZUR book scannersPosted by Jolyon Ralph. 8 replies to an article.4w⚠54 imagesShare your mineral memes!Posted by Jolyon Ralph. 107 replies in General.4wNew locality association visualization toolPosted by Jolyon Ralph. 2 replies in Improving Mindat.org.5wMake mindat into a standalone Windows/Mac application (almost)Posted by Jolyon Ralph in Improving Mindat.org.5wZiguighara Mountains, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, PakistanPosted by Jolyon Ralph. 10 replies in Localities.6w🦟 BUG: Problems with locality editingPosted by Jolyon Ralph. 2 replies in Improving Mindat.org.6wNew 'cotterite' specimen found!Posted by Jolyon Ralph. 11 replies in General.7wWrong refugio mine?Posted by Jolyon Ralph. 4 replies in Photos.7wDoes anyone have Collector's Corner Fall 1980 issue?Posted by Jolyon Ralph in The Rock H. Currier Digital Library.8w🦟 BUG: Photo titles/locs not being shown on the search by color page.Posted by Jolyon Ralph. One reply in Improving Mindat.org.8wNew Feature - search photos (at a locality) by colorPosted by Jolyon Ralph. One reply in Improving Mindat.org.9wShannonitePosted by Jolyon Ralph. 8 replies in Minerals.10wTucson 2024Posted by Jolyon Ralph. 39 replies to an article.11w🦟 BUG: Significant slowdown when viewing PDFs in the Reference LibraryPosted by Jolyon Ralph in Improving Mindat.org.12wLimonitePosted by Jolyon Ralph. 29 replies in Minerals.13wTucson 2024Posted by Jolyon Ralph to an article.13wMindat Tucson Meetup, Saturday 3rd Feb 2024 eveningPosted by Jolyon Ralph. One reply in General.13wMining and Minerals in Computer GamesPosted by Jolyon Ralph. 26 replies to an article.

 
 
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