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Gail
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
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Location: Texas, Lone Star State.
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 Posted: Jul 04, 2014 08:23 Post subject: Re: Cataloging specimens - What records to keep |
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Philip,
Plastic bags are far better than nothing! You can go online and order acid free "archival" sleeves for labels of all sizes. I like them because they don't add to the deterioration of really old and beloved labels.
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Minerals you say? Why yes, I'll take a dozen or so... |
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Philip Mostmans
Joined: 08 Nov 2011
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Location: Mechelen
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| Posted: Jul 04, 2014 08:27 Post subject: Re: Cataloging specimens - What records to keep |
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| keldjarn wrote: | | As an answer to the question of Philip : Yes - your cataloging strategy will change and should be adapted to your (changing?) collecting strategies - BUT you should allways retain as much information as possible (including old labels and receipts) when acquiring a specimen and keep it securely with the specimen. Precise locality information, source of the specimen and possible reference to means of identification are of prime importance. Information about the specimen itself (size, weight, associated minerals, value - even the id. of the mineral etc) can allways be derived from the specimen at a later date). |
Interesting insight. I never thought about specimen data as primary and secondary data. Might incorporate this into my database.
| keldjarn wrote: | | Be conscious about what your really enjoy about minerals and collecting and use most of the available time and resources to pursue these interests. For most of us the cataloging is just a necessary "obligation" to ourselves and to the posterity and not what we really want to do. |
I do enjoy cataloging... :-)). I do get your point however. You have to make time to look at your specimens as well, not stare at data or photographs all day long. They are not nearly as rewarding as the real deal.
I am still a bit weary as to "in the cloud" cataloging software (like eg. Mindat). As good the initiative might be (even with the integration with the rest of mindat) I feel you still lose some of the control over the data you enter (like with the photographs you upload to the website). Normally I am an early adopter for these sort of things, but not in this case. |
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Susan Robinson
Joined: 05 Aug 2010
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Location: Hancock, MI
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| Posted: Jul 04, 2014 09:39 Post subject: Re: Cataloging specimens - What records to keep |
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Another thing to remember when cataloging minerals, especially rare species, is if they have been analytically verified. The info to add is by what methods (XRD, SEM, EDS), and when and by whom.
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