GUIDELINES FOR THE CURATION OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS

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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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3.8.2. Photographic materials 3.8.
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Archives C3.8.1. The care and maint
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protection and specific treatments,
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field. The excavation of unstable f
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to storing the broken pieces unasse
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Borates. Most alter (dehydrate) to
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strength. Dental silicone moulding
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solution of the particular mineral.
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Fig. 11. Table of materials which m
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all exterior doors and windows requ
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locks of rock, for later laboratory
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Both the nature of the geological m
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ideal (e.g. BM(NH) London; Nat. Mus
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a considerable commitment from the
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of all of these specimens in the ev
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