[Nhcoll-l] Sand collection database?

[Leslie L Skibinski]

Check out the International Generic Sample Number (IGSN) -previously the International Geo Sample Number and the System for Earth Sample Registration (SESAR)   https://www.geosamples.org/.

Here is a wikipedia page link about IGSN   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Generic_Sample_Number


--Leslie


Leslie L. Skibinski
Collections Manager

Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca, New York  14850

(607) 273-6623  ext. 128



From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Heather Ouellette
Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 12:39 PM
To: Natural History Collections Listserv <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Sand collection database?

Hello all,
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.

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?

Heather Ouellette
Research Collections Manager
FAU Harbor Branch


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