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Even the old guys mixed things up!

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Ever had a discussion along the lines of "I have this old specimen, but it has no labels so I am not sure of where or what it is?"

Most of us have and the mystery sometimes never gets solved, we have quite a pile here, which sometimes has a happy ending when a match or research turns up an answer.

Here is a good example of never trusting old labels 100%, even if they are genuinely attached to the specimen.

This fine Swiss fluorite and stellerite has a long label heritage with matching collection numbers stating it is from Binntal.

It came to us from Peter Uerpmann's collection, via Georg Gebhard. Gebhard has obviously seen a problem and has re-attributed the piece as being from Gibelbach also in Wallis but in the next valley over, about 5 miles (8Km) away.

We are pretty sure Gebhard's notation is correct, and after around 100 years the information updated.

Just one of those interesting things!

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