I'm a new mineral collector, and I started searching for a video like this to jumb start my labeling process . There is so much good info. Thank you for this so helpful 👏
36:05 “who wants a 2” thick acrylic base?” ..... ehh .. well .. the Los Angeles County Museum Of Natural History’s Gem and Mineral Hall’s ‘California’ wall has literally every one of its world class Calif. specimens on solid square edge acrylic bases .. many over 2” tall .. and I think it looks awesome! I’ve modeled my own specimen cabinet after the California Wall at that museum. To each his subjective own I guess. It’s all good if your enjoying it. 👍
Sometimes there is a history behind the label. If you have the story behind it, you can pass on the old stories of past mineral to the future. Ask the seller if they have tags and or oral histories.
Question.... what advice would you give to a field collector who extracts from road cuts and not from mines? Would it behoove me to add that to the label or do I leave that out? Buyers might not see that specimen as significant as it truly is, simply due to the fact that it didn't come from a mine.
You can always put the county and state if you want to keep specific information private. You could also put a Rt. number or something instead of the exact road. Sometimes with roadcuts people will put [these are just fake numbers] "Roadcut along Rt.66 in Chesterfield County, VA" OR simply "Road Cut, Chesterfield County, VA" I would also say that mine or no mine, it wouldn't devalue the piece. As a collector who looks for rare and unusual locations, a NON-MINE would be more exciting as most roadcuts are limited in supply while mines had a ton of specimens on the market or tailings piles, so in some cases nice specimens from a roadcut would be just as interesting if not more! Hope this helps :)
I'm a new mineral collector, and I started searching for a video like this to jumb start my labeling process . There is so much good info. Thank you for this so helpful 👏
Thanks so much for this selection of information and sharing of what works for organizing!
Just starting to label my personal collection! Thank you for this information very informative
36:05 “who wants a 2” thick acrylic base?” ..... ehh .. well .. the Los Angeles County Museum Of Natural History’s Gem and Mineral Hall’s ‘California’ wall has literally every one of its world class Calif. specimens on solid square edge acrylic bases .. many over 2” tall .. and I think it looks awesome! I’ve modeled my own specimen cabinet after the California Wall at that museum. To each his subjective own I guess. It’s all good if your enjoying it. 👍
Sometimes there is a history behind the label. If you have the story behind it, you can pass on the old stories of past mineral to the future. Ask the seller if they have tags and or oral histories.
I recognize that voice... 😄
Question.... what advice would you give to a field collector who extracts from road cuts and not from mines? Would it behoove me to add that to the label or do I leave that out? Buyers might not see that specimen as significant as it truly is, simply due to the fact that it didn't come from a mine.
You can always put the county and state if you want to keep specific information private. You could also put a Rt. number or something instead of the exact road. Sometimes with roadcuts people will put [these are just fake numbers] "Roadcut along Rt.66 in Chesterfield County, VA" OR simply "Road Cut, Chesterfield County, VA" I would also say that mine or no mine, it wouldn't devalue the piece. As a collector who looks for rare and unusual locations, a NON-MINE would be more exciting as most roadcuts are limited in supply while mines had a ton of specimens on the market or tailings piles, so in some cases nice specimens from a roadcut would be just as interesting if not more! Hope this helps :)
The more exact the locality, the better. GPS makes it easy. Never worry what a buyer thinks.