Why should the mission statement of a petrology collection be so
significantly different from those of other collections? You are talking
about a relatively broad, defining document rather tha a list of
how-we-do-it procedures, right? Probably everyone on this list can send
you sample mission statements which can be referred to as you draft your
own, but, as a geological conservator, I am unaware of a separate
standard for petrology collection mission statements per se. I recommend
that you check out the article by Cato and Williams in the latest
Collections Forum for a discussion of policies--it's great. I wil mail
this to you by snail mail if you need a copy. Comments, anyone?
Sally Shelton
Collections Conservation Specialist
San Diego Natural History Museum
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On Wed, 9 Mar 1994, Terry Vidal wrote:
 
> Can anybody share a mission/scope of collection statement addressing rock
> collections.  I'm speaking of the seperate but equal clans of metamorphic,
> igneous and sedimentary rocks. _NOT_ minerals or fossils of any type... just
> rocks, the plain 'ole terrestrial kind.  Please help!
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> Terry Vidal
> Collections Manager
> University of Northern Iowa Museum
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