on 11/16/06 7:22 AM, mark ford at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> True but I was thinking more about a 'traceable route' than just a glorified
> label, things like TKW, even classification can change over a meteorites life
> ... but information like 'I sprayed VCI all over it', 'ex nininger', 'part of
> the piece that smashed up a house' all this information is important stuff,
> especially if it was ever studied scientifically.
> You can of course just collect 'space rocks', but many of us collect historic
> meteorites too !! I am concerned that we are not leaving much historical stuff
> for future generations.
> How many pieces of the Garza stone are now sitting in plastic boxes with a
> label saying 'Park Forest'?? What about the story behind it or the fact that
> it never touched the ground or got wet in the rain?
> I could go on a million times but I will leave it at that.
> Mark
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Hi Mark and all,
Interesting you should mention Park Forest. I have 8 DIFFERENT
hammers from Park Forest and have utilized the following format for
all my hammers, which I find quite adequate:
While I do not provide ALL the information (see the "bluebook"),
for all my hammers I have gone to a "standardized" format depending
upon size:
- for the 2 X 2 macromount boxes (and the larger pieces) I print on card
stock with name, date of fall and item struck on the front. On the
back, I include additional information, such as type, weight of the
specimen, etc. Though a macromount or riker box will protect a
label on standard thickness paper, card stock just looks nicer to me.
- for very small specimens I use the membrane boxes and print the
information on standard paper, then use a paper cutter to cut the paper the
proper width and length, then tape it around the side of the membrane box
once the specimen is inserted. In most cases, I had write the weight of the
specimen on this label unless it is a true "Bessey Speck," in which case,
the specimen is in a gelatin capsule before placing in the membrane box,
as such tiny specimens will not be gripped by the membrane within the
box and tend to wander off to the edge of the display box.
I took a few photos to demonstrate this and they can be seen at:
http://community.webshots.com/album/555663888rIOxSu
Originally, I was doing all the labels by hand, but decided this looked
far nicer, even though it lost a bit of the "personal touch."
Every dealer does it differently and that is one of the aspects I don't
think collectors can ever expect to change. I don't see why everyone doesn't
make their own labels and save the dealer labels separately (in alphabetical
order for easy retrieval) and then their entire collection would have
consistent labels - I have seen many collections (other than my own) that
do this and it is quite a bit more attractive than a myriad of different
shapes, sizes and colors of cards from the dealers from whom the piece was
acquired.
Best wishes, Michael
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