Mineral specimen aggregator sites
John,
I was certainly unaware of SCC and Specify. However, the big issue with open access databases is who funds their upkeep. ICDD manages XRD data but with a subscriber license. Challenges for RRUFF and MinDat are the long-term future. An institution has the long-term interest in maintaining an institutional database of its collections. Mineralogy is not an institution.
Cheers,
George
George E. Harlow gharlow@amnh.orgmailto:gharlow@amnh.org
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From: John Jaszczak jaszczak@mtu.edu
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There has been a long-time formerly NSF funded database called SPECIFY for biological specimens,
and they have been seriously working on GeoSpecifyhttps://discourse.specifysoftware.org/t/about-the-geospecify-project-category/1026, which looks promising for geo and mineralogical collections data management.
(We have long been using Superbase but will need to transition at some point....)
John
John A. Jaszczak
Director and John and Phyllis Seaman Endowed Curator
of the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
Professor of Physics
Michigan Technological University
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On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 11:54 AM George Harlow via MSA-talk <msa-talk@minlists.orgmailto:msa-talk@minlists.org> wrote:
All,
It is a bit shocking with all the money dedicated to SESAR, EARTHCHEM, PetDB, etc., there is no such NSF sponsored repository for strictly mineralogical data. Petrological mineralogical data can be included in EARTHCHEM, and mineral specimens can be documented/IDed in SESAR, but stand-alone mineralogical data … ??
At AMNH we are working to get data associated with the mineral (and gem) collection accessible publicly. However, this effort is going to take some time before this task is completed. I realize this doesn't resolve creating something like MinDB, but it would get data only used in abstracts or documentation of a specimen into the public domain.
Cheers,
George E. Harlow, Curator emeritus gharlow@amnh.orgmailto:gharlow@amnh.org
Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences
American Museum of Natural History
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Thanks to all for the thoughtful responses.
Peggy Fisherkeller
Curator of Geology
Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
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Our museum is in the process of updating our collections management software. Among the many preferences, we’d like software that is compatible for uploading data to an aggregator website.
So, we’re reviewing aggregator sites. I’m familiar with sites for biological specimens, like https://www.idigbio.org/https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31367a34-4544474f5631-68572e4b3ebf7ac2&q=1&e=46fee7a3-0abb-4f1d-b790-a8454b215c9d&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idigbio.org%2F, but wondering if there is an equivalent site for mineralogical specimens.
Thank you!
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Peggy Fisherkeller
Curator of Geology
Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
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