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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;mso-fareast-language:#0C00">Heather Ouellette<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:#0C00">Research Collections Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:#0C00">FAU Harbor Branch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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