MINERAL DUE DILIGENCE: DEFENSE, EVIDENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY

Mineralogical Due Diligence: Protection, Evidence, and Responsibility explores the transformation of mineral collecting into an increasingly structured international market, where the value of specimens no longer depends solely on aesthetics or rarity, but on their documentary defensibility.The book explains why provenance, history, images, collection notes, and traceability constitute the true identity of a mineral and determine its long-term patrimonial value. As has already occurred in the art world, documentation becomes the essential tool to ensure secure transfers, insurability, inheritance planning, and scientific credibility.Not a procedural manual, but a work of critical understanding aimed at collectors, market professionals, institutions, and scholars. This book introduces the concept of due diligence applied to mineralogy, placing documentary memory at the center of protection, evidence, and responsibility.In a mature market, transparency is not an option: it is the foundation of value. Read more