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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Yes, ours too.  The gold standard is obviously borosilicate but there are few museums that can afford it for large collections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We purchase our jars from O’Berk Kols-Containers: 
</span><a href="https://www.oberk.com/containers/glass?nav=menu">https://www.oberk.com/containers/glass?nav=menu</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Andy Bentley<br>
Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>
University of Kansas<br>
Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#1F497D">Dyche Hall<br>
<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9">1345 Jayhawk Boulevard</a><br>
<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9">Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561</a><br>
<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://9">USA</a><br>
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Tel: <a href="tel:%28785%29%20864-3863" target="_blank">(785) 864-3863</a><br>
Fax: <a href="tel:%28785%29%20864-5335" target="_blank">(785) 864-5335</a> <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu" target="_blank">abentley@ku.edu</a>  </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Callomon,Paul<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 5, 2019 1:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gartner, Heidi RBCM:EX <HGartner@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca>; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] glass storage for fluid collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Our standard screw-top jars are soda-lime and have held up just fine for over 60 years.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Paul Callomon</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
<i>Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA<br>
<i><a href="mailto:callomon@ansp.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">callomon@ansp.org</span></a> Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170</i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gartner, Heidi RBCM:EX<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 5, 2019 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] glass storage for fluid collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I’ve recently sourced a new potential provider for glass jars for our fluid collection.  However, the cost is so cheap I am suspect of the quality of the jars.  I’ve asked them to send some spec sheets and I am wondering what the best features for long term storage that I should look for?  Is soda lime glass acceptable?<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you for the feedback or direction to recent resources!<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collection Manager and Researcher, Invertebrates  |  Collections, Care and Conservation</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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