[meteorite-list] Labeling specimens

[Walter Branch]

Hello Everyone,

I don't like the idea of marking in any way a meteorite specimen.

Over the years, I have bought planetary specimens from Jim Strope and I 
think Jim has a great way of producing an adequate paper record of a 
specimen.  Jim scans the specimen and prints a COA with the scanned image, 
large enough to unmistakenly identify the specimen.  He also adds a brief 
description of the specimen (weight, clasification ,etc.).

Scanning works well for flat specimens such as slices but for individuals, a 
picture would serve the same purpose.

I remember seeing a piece of software a few years ago that was a database of 
geological specimens, meant for collectors.  The fields could be customized 
for a meteorite collection and images could be incorporated as part of the 
recoard for a given specimen.  I can't remember if it was a flat file or 
relational type database.  Has anyone seen this?

-Walter Branch