Hi All,

As a curator in charge of a mineralogy-petrology collection here is my take. In short, the real and oft-overlooked different is that chemistry matters to us.

Best wishes,

Rachel

1) How are Earth Science Collections curated and organized?

Fossils:

Minerals are organised into two collections (1) Scottish and (2) Non-scottish then by Dana 8 number and registration number. Big groups are further subdivided into varieties, geography and then by registration number.
Meteorites are organised alphabetically by fall or find name (as per The Meteoritical Society)
Rocks are ordered by an in-house system based on (1) process, (2) chemistry and (3) geography (Continent-> region-> country-> county). At the end of each process group are suites (e.g. igneous suites or metamorphic aureoles). This is a modification of the BGS system with two additional groups deformation structures, and precipitates.
Ores are ordered broadly alphabetically by main chemical element extracted.
Thin sections are ordered by registration number (Registration number follows a year, lot, specimen number system)

2) I said mainly defined by taxonomy, geographical origin, Storage and
Stratigraphic age (based on the Synthesys classifications) Are there any
more? yes Chemistry (mineralogy, meteors)

2) What is the minimum information that would be required in World
collections catalogue for the discoverability of Earth Science
collections and for a research to locate particular collections of
interest.

Name (with associated hierarchy),

location (where found),

age of specimen (if relevant – increasingly used in mineralogy, useful for meteorite falls, important for sediments),

chemical formula,

donor (especially if pre WW2),

collection-store,

geological context (eg tektite from associated impact structure)

3) What descriptive information should be considered mandatory or
desirable for each Collection?

Size of collection (total and parts),

variety of specimen collections,

Collection - address,

some stable email address (e.g. not a specific curators name - these can change)

Dear All,

yes, that is a good question: what about geology, petrology and mineralogy?

I assume it should be the same, but taxon being replaced by sediment/rock/mineral name?

Greetings, Michael

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Am Fr., 3. Apr. 2020 um 17:01 Uhr schrieb Eder, Johanna <johanna.eder@smns-bw.de>:

Dear all,

for palaeontology I agree with what has been said already. What about petrology and mineralogy and geology collections?

It would be very useful to receive input from those of you who are curating such collections.

Best wishes, take care

Johanna

Am Fr., 3. Apr. 2020 um 16:24 Uhr schrieb Jiří Kvaček <jiri_kvacek@nm.cz>:

OH, yes. I agree with that.
People who are alive should not be mentioned there.
Jiri

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Dear Laura,

Agree with Steffen on this - we never show personal data (except taxon author names and responsible curators) in any kind of export/database.

All the best

andreas

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Hi Laura,
I agree with what’s been written so far. Just one comment regarding ‘, COLLECTOR NAME’ – this may conflict with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in case the collector is still alive.

Have a nice weekend,
Steffen

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Dear All

Jiri's comments covered also me. I think these info are ok for the needs.

With greetings

Babbis Fassoulas
On 3/4/2020 10:53 π.μ., Rasser, Michael W. wrote:
For some reason, my answer a few minutes ago was missing the subject line. In order to avoid confusion, I am re-sending it with the subject header. Sorry for this.

Am Fr., 3. Apr. 2020 um 09:50 Uhr schrieb Rasser, Michael W. <michael.rasser@smns-bw.de<mailto:michael.rasser@smns-bw.de>>:
Dear Laura, below are my comments on this:

1) How are Earth Science Collections curated and organized? I said
mainly defined by taxonomy, geographical origin, Storage and
Stratigraphic age (based on the Synthesys classifications) Are there any
more?

I agree with Jiri that this is enough!

Just to give a comparison with Andreas' list, our collections are organised and curated not only by systematic, but they cover all of the keywords above:
Level 1:
Amber
Amphibians, Fishes, Reptiles
Palaeobotany
Paleozoic and Triassic Invertebrates
Jurassic and Cretaceous Invertebrates
Tertiary and Quaternary Invertebates
Quaternary mammals
Tertiary mammals
Level 2:
Each collection is then organised by locality, stratigraphy, systematics, or a mixture of them, resp.

2) What is the minimum information that would be required in World
collections catalogue for the discoverability of Earth Science
collections and for a research to locate particular collections of
interest.

Not sure, if you mean discoverability of the collection itself, or of the museums objects that are housed in the respective collection. I assume that you mean discoverability of the objects:

* Taxon name (no higher taxon name needed)
* Repository number
* Stratigraphy
* Geography
* Housing institution
* Curator / contact address
3) What descriptive information should be considered mandatory or
desirable for each Collection?

* Name and address of institution
* Responsible curator / contact person
* Stratigraphic focus
* Systematic focus
* Geographic focus
All the best and stay healthy!
Michael

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