Contributors listing mineral species occurrences into locality files should keep in mind that only what is entered into the reference block is visible to other users. If you use "Personally found and identified" that is all other users will see, your name as the contributor will NOT show, in other words, it is useless. Mindat allows references other than citations from literature. This allows Mindat to capture occurrences that are not yet published. The references used under such circumstances must be relevent. Following are examples of acceptable references:
Personally collected by (your name here) in 2007
Collection of (your name here), specimen catalogue number (optional)
Collected by (someone's name here) & analyzed by (someones name here)
Collection of (your name here) based on label from Schortmann Minerals (or whatever)
Collection of (your name here) ex: (original collection name here).
Dr. (name here), personal communication (pers. comm.) 2007
(name here), Curator, XYZ Museum of Slammin Specimens, pers. comm. 2006
Please make your valuable contributions meaningful - use proper references. Thanks!
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/12/2007 05:33PM by David Von Bargen.
