GUIDELINES FOR THE CURATION OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS

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USES <strong>OF</strong> COLLECTIONS SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS PREAMBLE IN<strong>FOR</strong>MATION RETRIEVAL PREAMBLE DEFINITIONS CATALOGUES Master catalogue Other catalogues INDEXES Useful geological indexes Acquisition index Collectors index Locality index Stratigmphic index Classijied index Other indexes Storage location index Alphabetic index Place names index SCIENTIFIC USES PREAMBLE 2.1. 2.1.1. 2.1.2. 2.2. 2.2.1. 2.2.2. 2.3. 2.3.1. 2.3.2. 2.4. 2.4.1. ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS Security Visitor's comments LOANS AND ENQUIRIES Loans Enquiries PUBLISHING Specimen based publications Biographical and collection-based publications TYPE AND 'TYPES' Primary types
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A . GUIDELINES FOR THE CURATION '-
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CONTENTS Part A INTRODUCTION ACQUI
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GUIDELINES FOR CURATION OF GEOLOGI
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involved at all stages of curation
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ACQUISITION: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDA
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environomental (i.e. site) conserva
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PRIMARY ACQUISITION: COLLECTING AND
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clearly and indelibly labelled with
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2.1.3.2. Geochemistry 2.1.3.3. Geop
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2.2.1.3. Purchase 2.2.1.4. Exchange
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2.2.2.2. Private collectors This ca
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ACQUISITION DOCUMENTATION INTRODUCT
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DOCUMENTATION OF SPECIMENS DURING P
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Against the corresponding number in
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DOCUMENTATION GENERAL INTRODUCTION
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measurements, descriptions, photogr
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Fig. 3. Cataloguing a specimen usin
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Specimen Identity Numbers may be su
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ldentn Comment Object(s) OBJECT EXA
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Cooper (1982), Mayer (1974, 1976),
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its entitlement to retain a specime
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or otherwise borrowed. Those which
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must be that in which a specimen is
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must be used. An extendible numberi
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Multiple classifications and cross-
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itself the task of describing, figu
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4.4.1.2. Minerals 4.4.1.3. Rocks ne
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4.4.2. Identity and identification
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The MDA Geology Specimen Card allow
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4.4.2.6. Status A specimen acquires
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4.4.3.3. Colour Colour is a notorio
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Regis, Charmouth; for Whitby, Saltw
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Redundant or shifting countries and
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4.4.4.3. Collection This system, al
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at tracing the history and fate of
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Of immediate concern is the questio
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other information of significance m
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y documentation, development, techn
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The movement of a specimen is an ev
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When a specimen is replaced in its
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the nature of a specimen and within
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5.4.2. The documentation of complex
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6.1.1.2. conditions of loans a lett
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description of borrowed items (incl
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ecome separated from their accompan
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paragraphs above. It should be note
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6.2.2.4. Outlineprocedure for dispo
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SPECIMEN PRESERVATION SUMMARY AND R
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Page 145 and 146: 2.1.1. Storage 2.1.2. Display While
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Page 176 and 177: REFERENCES Note. The Newsletter of
Page 178 and 179: REF 3 DONOVAN, D. P. & STRUGER, J.
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Page 182 and 183: REF 7 SARJEANT, W. A. S. 1980. Geol
Page 184 and 185: APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 ADHESIVES The
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APP 17 TUBING, flexible, rubber an
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APP 19 CAIRN CHEMICALS LTD, 60 High
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ICI LTD, ICI House, Millbank, Londo
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APP 23 PHILIP HARRIS LTD, 30 Carron
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APP 25 TRYLON LTD, Freepost, Wolla
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APP 28 Appendix 3 Map. Map showing
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4. CLEVELAND Mr K. Sedman, Clevelan
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