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<p class="MsoNormal">GRSciColl might be a good spot to get this started (<a href="https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/">https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/</a>). You can enter general information about the collection and contact information. It’s a
low lift to make the collection discoverable.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">~Jessica<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Callomon,Paul<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 5, 2025 12:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Heather Ouellette <houellette@fau.edu>; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Sand collection database?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA">I’d be interested to see what folks say, as we have just such a collection here at the Academy too. Apparently sand collecting was a thing among the jet set once.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA">One use some of the samples have been put to was in a study of rheology (resistance) related to the hairs and spines on terrestrial crustacean legs. Sand of various grain sizes was
used to see whether having such things on their appendages enabled crabs to run faster uphill. I never saw the results, though…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:JA">Paul Callomon</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:JA"><br>
<i>Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates</i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:JA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:JA">Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:JA"><br>
<i><a href="mailto:callomon@ansp.org"><span style="color:blue">callomon@ansp.org</span></a> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:JA">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:JA"> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Heather Ouellette<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 5, 2025 12:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Natural History Collections Listserv <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Sand collection database?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:black">External.</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Recently I found that there is a collection of sand samples at Harbor Branch. There are almost 1,000 samples, from beaches on all 7 continents. All were collected from the 1960s through mid 1990s, by multiple individuals,
and collated by Orville Brim. Most of them have detailed information about the collecting localities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">This is a unique collection, but I’m not sure how to share this collection and its data with the scientific community. Are there online geology databases like Symbiota/GBIF? Would this data be of use or interest
to anyone? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;mso-fareast-language:#0C00">Heather Ouellette<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#0C00">FAU Harbor Branch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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