[Rockhounds] Ideal Mineral Cabinet

[Bill McCullough]

I put plastic storage cabinets for small parts on the wall. These are
available from Sears or Lowe's and probable many other sources. They come in
many configurations. I have three mounted over the sofa. I can display a
dozen or twenty on the tops of these. I rotate the displayed specimens.
Small collection -- simple solution. 

--Bill McCullough

-----Original Message-----
From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
[mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Sandra B. Gee
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:37 AM
To: Rock Currier; Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem
collectors
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Ideal Mineral Cabinet

People tend to talk about display cabinets for cabinet
sized specimens.  What about display cabinets for
miniatures?

Sandra

--- Rock Currier <rockcurrier at cs.com> wrote:

> Armando,
> 
> I am not sure there is any such thing as an 'ideal'
> mineral cabinet. I think 
> you first have to define what kind of specimens you
> want to store in your 
> mineral cabinet and what their size distribution is.
> Other considerations 
> are the value of the specimens you want to place in
> your cabinet and the 
> predilections of the person who wants the cabinets.
> Do you want to make it a 
> set of drawers to hold specimens or do you want a
> glass display case so that 
> you specimens can be immediately visible, or do you
> want a combination of 
> both.
> 
> 
> 
> As for an ideal footprint, it would depend on the
> space you want to put the 
> cabinet in. If cost is no object, you can hire the
> best woodworkers and have 
> them build a cabinet to fit whatever space you wish.
> If you are an 
> institution that is looking to efficiently house
> their collection you may 
> want to go with one of those track systems where you
> can roll the cabinets 
> back and fourth on a track to minimize the aisle
> space between your 
> cabinets. With a system like that you can maximize
> your storage space. If 
> you want to create a cabinet to sell to mineral
> collectors you have to make 
> some general assumptions about what the most popular
> sizes might be. Kieth 
> Williams makes high-end specimen cabinets that cost
> several thousand dollars 
> each and he has orders enough to keep him busy for
> many months to come.
> 
> 
> 
> Do you want to make a set of drawers? What is the
> size distribution of your 
> specimens? What is their average value?
> 
> Rock
> 
> 
> 
> 
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