# Securing minerals: dust, shock, and the specimen that crumbles

> Secure minerals: shock-free, not in full sun, toxic specimens not open in a child's room, label with the piece.
> Quelle: https://tresorrari.de/artikel/mineralien-sammlung-sichern · Stand: 2026-10-01 · Tresorrari Redaktion

A mineral specimen crumbles when it hits the specimen next to it, and some specimens do not belong in the open in a room where children touch the dust. In the overview [Security for collectors](/artikel/sicherheit-fuer-sammler) you store shock-free and you read what you have in the house before you build a display case in the hall.

## Storage

Each specimen with air, a label that does not stick directly on the crystal face, dark if the color is light-sensitive. You lift by the matrix, not by the tip.

## When someone comes

Heavy and often uninteresting, small aesthetic specimens get taken if they look like jewelry. Those do not lie by the door. The list states the find spot only if you can document it. An invented find spot is a lie in the folder.

## The folder

Mineral, find spot as far as documented, dimensions, proof, photo. Toxic pieces, or pieces that shed dust, marked as such and locked away.


## Häufige Fragen

### Hold it by the tip?

No. By the matrix.

### Every mineral in the hall?

No, if dust or poison is an issue. Locked away, and read what you own.

### Guess the find spot?

No. Write down only what you can document.