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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Check out the International Generic Sample Number (IGSN) -previously the International Geo Sample Number and the System for Earth Sample Registration (SESAR)
<a href="https://www.geosamples.org/">https://www.geosamples.org/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Here is a wikipedia page link about IGSN
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Generic_Sample_Number">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Generic_Sample_Number</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">--Leslie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Leslie L. Skibinski<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Paleontological Research Institution<o:p></o:p></span></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>Heather Ouellette<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 5, 2025 12:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Natural History Collections Listserv <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Sand collection database?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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">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 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 style="mso-fareast-language:#0C00">Research Collections Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:#0C00">FAU Harbor Branch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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