Collections and Storage
My ideas on storing your collectables, and how to maintain order and value in the long term.
Roger Harker collection specimens – set 2
I recently managed to get a hold of some excellent quality specimens formerly owned by Roger Harker, a prominent British mineralogist who happens to have studied in my home city of Leicester. Plenty of these were owned by other well known figures in the mineralogy...
Roger Harker collection specimens – set 1
I recently managed to get a hold of some excellent quality specimens formerly owned by Roger Harker, a prominent British mineralogist who happens to have studied in my home city of Leicester. Plenty of these were owned by other well known figures in the mineralogy...
Preserving provenance: removing adhered labels from boxes
This article is primarily written from a UK-centric point of view, but I know there is a similar downturn in mining in other European countries too. With the almost complete end of the mining industry in the UK, with land reclamation, with the protection of sites for...