[Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens

[Callomon,Paul]

In our back yard, the traditional materials for marking fossils with numbers were used: white base coat - WiteOut; ink - Rotring mapping pen; top coat - clear nail varnish. My father used these for over 50 years, with durable, non-yellowing results.
Here at the Academy (Malacology and General Invertebrates) we use Pigma pens directly onto shells; the fine .005 nib is best, but we also use the more durable .01 for marking labels. I personally still use a fine steel (fountain) pen for everything, including specimens; pens and ink (India Ink) are made by Platinum, Pilot and Sakura. These are in common use in Japan, where there's often a need to write complex Chinese characters really small.


Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates
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