I have written my own Access application to keep records of my meteorites. They are numbered in order of their aquisition, with a prefix for my collection.
A part of them is on exhibition, a part is stored away. Those pieces stored away are put into zipbags with the inventory number, the name and weight written on the bag, just in case the database gets corupted :-). Those pieces on exhibition are put into boxes, with a sticker on the bottom of the box displaying the inventory number and the name. A second sticker on the box shows the name of the item. For each and every meteorite I add to my collection, I keep records of Inventory number, Name, weight, if it is an individual, partslice, fragment and so on, the visual quality of the piece, that date of purchase, the seller, the price and which status the piece is in (purchased, paid, in exhibition, in depot, for sale, sold). In addition, I have a picture of every specimen in the database. The collection database is matched with a general meteorite database for class, geographical data and so on. Information overkill? Maybe, but this way I can see which pieces belong to certain class, where pieces are, what I have to ask for when selling and much more. _____ Best regards, Bernhard "Rendelius" Rems CEO RPGDot Network This outgoing mail has been virus-checked. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peanut .. Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 11:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] Numbering Meteorites Hello All, Back in July, there were posts that touched base on numbering and organizing personal collections. At the time, I didn't have enough meteorites that would require the use of numbers. Well, that has changed. A number of ideas were presented and I was hoping to get a few more. Also Glenn Huss used a simple system of numbering consisting of the letter H (Huss?) and numbers. This is a good system. My question is, Would it be considered "TABOO" to adopt the same or similar numbering system, realizing it lacks originality, I just figure...... If it works? Also, Thanks for all that provided information on SAU001 and NWA 237 and to those who gave their opinions on my auctions. Thanks, Cj ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
