[Rockhounds] Lables for your specimens

[Rock Currier]

Robert said,

Hi everybody can anybody tell me were i can download free lables for my rock
collection thanks.

Robert, is your collection a rock collection or a mineral collection? Do you
have any existing labels with the specimens? If not, do you know what
minerals are on your specimens? Without knowing what minerals you have on
your specimens, downloading labels will not do you much good as you will
just be guessing what should be on the labels. Do you know the minerals, but
need help with the localities? Assuming you know the minerals and the
localities, I would recommend you make up your own labels. Make something
distinctive and detailed with you name on the label. It will add value to
the specimens if you do it well. If you would like some ideas of labels
others have made for their specimens go to the Mineralogical Record website,
and find their on line label archive. It is the most extensive in existence
and will give you hundreds if not thousands of good examples. If you need
help matching localities to your specimens, use the mindat.org online
database. At the bottom of the main page, type in the name of the mineral
and click on search. When the data on that mineral comes up, click on the
link that will show you photos of all the pictures of that mineral that are
in the database. Probably better than 90% of the time you will find
specimens just like yours in the database. Then you will know what the
locality for your specimen is.

Rock

Rock