[Nhcoll-l] Removing masking tape from rocks and minerals

[Steve Halford]

I infer that these "found" specimens do not have a lot of associated
provenance.  Any information you have on them is precious. The labels
themselves are part of the in-storage history of the specimens and should
be retained in some form, even if only photodocumented before removal.
$.02 Canadian,
Steve.

Steve Halford (halford at sfu.ca)
Museum Technician (Retired)
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University


On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Katie Connolly <katie at cablemuseum.org>
wrote:

> I have unearthed a collection of geology specimens, most being labeled
> with masking tape. The tape is very old… I’m guessing it has been stuck on
> the rocks for almost fifty years. These are old “found in the collections”
> type objects and now I have to catalog them and put them away in a more
> organized manner. Any advice on how to remove the tape, or is it best to
> just leave the masking tape on it? Any help is appreciated. Thank you in
> advance!
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