[NHCOLL-L:5022] Re: Labeling rocks and fossils

[amy davidson]

Dear Rodrigo

The following resource may be useful to you. It is a poster written by two
fossil preparators and a conservator about using a standardized marking
kit to label fossils.

>http://www.vertpaleo.org/education/documents/Davidson_et_al_2006.pdf

Amy Davidson

Dear colleagues,
>
> My museum has used a water-based correction fluid as a base layer to label
> catalog numbers onto our rock and fossil collections for many years (and
> later coated said number with nail polish). I'm well aware that such
> labeling is not the best practice for most other collections, but it is
> still generally accepted for rocks and fossils as far as I know (something
> akin being described as such in "The New Museum Registration Methods,"
> Buck and Gilmore, Eds.)
>
> I haven't heard of anything new on the subject, but was curious what those
> of you that have geological collections under your care use.
> I'm quite frankly tired of rehydrating dried-up correction fluid bottles
> that were never opened, and feel something like acrylic-based white paint
> might be better.
>
> Any ideas? Suggestions? Info I should be aware of? I would much appreciate
> any help and to hear your thoughts and experiences on this topic.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Rod
>
> Rodrigo Pellegrini, MA, MS
> Registrar, Natural History Bureau
> New Jersey State Museum
> PO Box 530
> Trenton, NJ 08625-0530
> USA
>
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