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Amethyst Buying, Tafelkop, Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 2011

Details: Category: Stories From The Field; Published: Monday, 03 August 2015 19:35; Written by Mark Kielbaso

In 2011 Mark Kielbaso of Mine Rat Minerals got the opportunity to travel to the Tafelkop Area in the Goboboseb Mountains, about 35 kilometers from the Brandberg Mountains, looking for Amethyst specimens that come from the host basalt. Mark was invited to visit the mining area claimed by Monty Van Der Smit, who runs a local crew of miners, and at the end of a hard day ended up camping out at the famous The White Lady guesthouse and restaurant.

Mineral Specimen Purchasing in China, Fall 2014.

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Published: Monday, 08 June 2015 16:32

Written by Mark Kielbaso

Fall of 2014 was a time of revolution in Hong Kong, termed "The Umbrella Revolution." I flew in hoping to further hone my cooking skills and take a look at some new mineral finds.

Mineral Specimen Purchasing in China, April 2014.

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Published: Thursday, 23 April 2015 16:32

Written by Mark Kielbaso

Mark Kielbaso negotiating prices with a mineral dealer in China.

April of 2014 brought a trip to China with hopes of acquiring mineral specimens from some exciting new finds. Of course no adventure in mineral buying in China would be complete without the local cuisine and interactions with the populous.

Adamite and Wulfenite Collecting Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, México

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Published: Tuesday, 09 December 2014 13:45

Written by Mark Kielbaso

Mark Kielbaso on the Washington A. Roebling Suspension bridge at Ojuela, which was constructed in 1862..

In the late fall of 1998 Stan Esbenshade and I got the chance to spend five days underground in the Ojuela mine in Mapimi Mexico looking at and digging in the various chimneys there. We were there to check on the progress of one of the crystal extraction crews working for Top Gem Minerals in the San Judas Chimney looking for the purple adamite that Mike New had worked on in 1981.

Amethyst Buying, Tafelkop, Brandberg Area, Erongo, Namibia 2011

Mineral Specimen Purchasing in China, Fall 2014.

Mineral Specimen Purchasing in China, April 2014.

Adamite and Wulfenite Collecting Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, México

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