[Nhcoll-l] Numbers on specimens

[Callomon,Paul]

2. Has anyone ever been in a position where the number placement has been problematic for research purposes, and how were you able to resolve the issue - if at all.

If a number in India Ink or similar ink is on a smooth part of the specimen, such as the interior of a bivalve shell, then it can be removed using a white eraser (a “drafting” eraser made of white polymer, such as Staedtler Mars Plastic, not the red pencil-tip rubber “erasers” that inexplicably continue to be sold despite not working at all) dipped in water. You can cut the eraser with a craft knife to make sharp points or fine edges for smaller or harder-to-reach numbers.


Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates
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