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Identity HelpID Mineral Catalog Card Source - New York area

22nd Jan 2016 20:02 UTCKelly Nash 🌟 Expert

I recently acquired several New York City specimens with accompanying labels/catalog cards (3 x 5 inches) like the one in the picture. They look like they are from a museum or university but I can't tell which one. Has anyone seen one like this?

24th Jan 2016 17:25 UTCKelly Nash 🌟 Expert

Appears the answer is right here in Mindat, courtesy of one of Herschel Friedman's photo upoads. Slogging through label photos here I found this one he posted Paterson Museum Label. Just another example of what a great resource Mindat is.

It would be nice if someday there was a way to combine and organize the label photos here along with those from Mineralogical Record's archive of labels. For those without names, maybe some image-matching software would allow narrowing them down. I remember visiting Larry Conklin once, he was able to recognize the handwriting, particular fonts and colors of numbers on specimens, and materials like adhesive tape, and ID the provenance of many old specimens. A valuable skill for historic specimens.

24th Jan 2016 21:04 UTCGary Moldovany

I also have a number of specimens with this old label. Just to verify that this is indeed an old Paterson Museum label. They de-accessioned a large quantity of minerals from their collection about 2 1/2 years ago.

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