[meteorite-list] Need ideas for numbering collection

From: greg Edwards <edwardsg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Jul 10 17:08:46 2004
Message-ID: <ccd48a60040710140873549c89_at_mail.gmail.com>

I am a begining collector, so I would like to know what others are doing.

I am giving each meteorite an accession number, starting with M001.
Tektites are Txx

I am recording what I have in a spreadsheet with the following column headings:
Accession Number
Meteorite Name
Class (Iron, Stone, CC, etc.)
Type (Coarse Octahedrite, Ordinary Chondrite-Olivine Bronzite, etc.)
Group (IAB, CV, etc.)
Petrologic Type (Og, 3, etc.)
Shock
Weathering
Slice or Fragment or Whole
Size
Mount (Micromount, Bag, Ryker box, etc.)
Location of Fall
Date of Fall (if known)
Date of Discovery
Label
Photos (do I have photos of this?)
Articles (do I have copies of articles on this item?)
Chrondrites (0-10 in tems of quality or interest)
Interesting (0-10 - how interesting is this item)
Obtained When
Obtained From
Price
Notes

Not all columns make sense for all times of items, but it is
adaptable. I have changed/added a bit since I restarted a year or so
ago (I built a small collection about 20years ago).

Suggestions welcomed!

Thanks

Greg Edwards

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:59:01 -0700, minador <minador_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I've been wanting to create a numbering system for my collection. Right now
> I'm just using the specimen name with the gram weight. Believe it or not, I
> actually have a few specimens with the same weight! So I need to come up
> with something more versatile. The few ideas I've come up with or have seen
> aren't very attractive. I guess this sort of thing will always involve
> compromise though. I would like to hear what you do for your collections.
> Contact me off list if you don't want to post publicly.
>
> Happy collecting!
>
> Mark Bowling
> Vail, AZ
>
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