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Leyo 15:54, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Fachbegriff gesucht

Hallo Ra'ike, gibt es für Steine, die verschiedene Mineralien enthalten, z.B. File:Microcline - Albite, Tourmaline, Quartz, Minas Gerais, Brazil-8812.jpg, einen Fachbegriff? Raymond (talk) 17:05, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Hallo Raymond, eigentlich gibt es sogar zwei Begriffe. Auf die Stufe selbst bezogen handelt es sich um ein Mineral-Aggregat und auf die Minerale bezogen um eine Paragenese (auch Vergesellschaftung). Viele Grüße -- Ra'ike T C 17:08, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Danke schön. Das hilft mir weiter, um solche Aggregate in den strukturierten Daten auf Commons besser zu beschreiben. Raymond (talk) 17:53, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Gerne doch :-) Ist zusammen mit dem Aufpeppen der Bildbeschreibungen das Mindeste, was ich tun kann, wenn ich schon nicht dabei sein konnte. Viele Grüße -- Ra'ike T C 17:56, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Category:Goshenite

Hallo Ra'ike, Ich habe eben Fotos von Goshenit hochgeladen. Dabei fiel mir auf, dass möglicherweise in Category:Goshenite zuviele Fotos von Beryll drin sind, die da nicht reingehören könnten, zumindest nach meinem querlesen des Artikel über Beryll. Raymond (talk) 20:32, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Raymond, Danke für den Hinweis. Ich schau mich mal um :-) Viele Grüße -- Ra'ike T C 10:34, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Ok, die Kontrolle ging bei den aktuell 121 Dateien doch recht schnell. Es sind aber tatsächlich alles Goshenite (= farblose Berylle), die aber gelegentlich mit anderen Mineralen vergesellschaftet sind wie unter anderem mit Morganit, Schörl oder zoniertem Turmalin. Passt also alles. Viele Grüße -- Ra'ike T C 10:48, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Danke für die Prüfung, dann hatte ich wohl das falsch verstanden. Raymond (talk) 13:32, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

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Twist braid is not braid

A braid formed by interlacing three or more strands. "twist braid" is knot formed by 1 strand from ABoK #569. revert changes pls Zaripov999 (talk) 04:02, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Hello Zaripov999, a twist braid could be a special form of a braid, but the Category:Twist braids didn't exist (like other thousands of non-existent categories) and the top category is Category:Braids. If you want to help to clean up the Category:Braids, feel free to build and fill appropriately defined subcategories. Greetings -- Ra'ike T C 05:38, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

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Telluronevskite permission

Dear Ra'ike I have permission from Martin Števko. I asked him by email and he replied that he has no problem with publishing the mineral photos on Wikipedia. I forwarded that email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, but nothing has happened yet. Mineralog sk (talk) 08:02, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello Mineralog sk, please stop uploading images by Martin Stevko to Wikimedia Commons for the time being. I have found the “release” on the VRT website that you forwarded from Stevko.

However, the letter does not specify which images have been released for use, nor does it state the licence under which the images may be used. It is all the more important for Stevko to specify an exact licence if this is intended to be a general release for all his images.

I will try to clear that problem, but you could help and give the pictures the Category:Files by Martin Stevko, that are from Martin Stevko. -- Ra'ike T C 11:32, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

OK, I will add the category to those files. Hopefully, I can figure out how to do it. Mineralog sk (talk) 08:30, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

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