May 13, 2026
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Eight Metres of Uncertainty on Highway Twenty-Two
Mineral Specimen CollectingSix rocks came home. Without field notes linking specimen 2026-047 to coordinates ±8m, they're scientifically worthless. The notebook matters more than the hammer.
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Property Lists: When Metadata Outweighs the Specimen
Property Lists 🔗 Mineral Specimen CollectingStoring mineral properties as key-value pairs—because a Bisbee malachite without provenance is just green copper.