At the opposite of most of mineralogical museums - without neglecting the presentation of esthetic museological samples, the Museum has chosen to focus on the systematical mineralogy. Most of the work is devoted to increase the number of reference species in the systematic collection and to facilitate their acces by computer. In connection with the computarisation of the card index started this year, preliminary classification and inventory of the reserve minerals has occured. This decision having been taken after the severe regulation concerning the storage of radio active goods. Mineral and rocks of the collection are used and petrographical mineralogical cristallographical teaching tasks.
Samples are also at disposal of to scientists.
The arrival at part time of a new collaborator, teaching-scientist , specialist in cristallography and physics of minerals has allowed to undertake a real scientific valorization program of the collection with identification, determination of samples. In this mind, selection of reference mineral for microprobe, studies of slags, cinders artificials minerals, valuation of gem-stones have been done. Its aim being to have at disposal in a short time a reliable data base concerning the totality of minerals from the systematic and locality collections. More than 65000 samples are concerned. A preliminary reflexion led to the choice of the FoxPro software as a tool of setting up and management of the data base.