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Glossary

The words on a label and in a paper, defined.

A

• AAPS— Glossary · Law & bodies
• Accession number— Glossary · Provenance
• Acid-free and archival— Glossary · Curation
• Adularescence— Glossary · Minerals
• Amber versus copal— Glossary · Preservation
• Asterism— Glossary · Minerals

B

• Bed— Glossary · Stratigraphy
• Binomial name— Glossary · Taxonomy
• Biostratigraphy— Glossary · Time
• BLM— Glossary · Law & bodies
• Bone bed— Glossary · Preservation
• Byne's disease— Glossary · Curation

C

• Cabochon— Glossary · Minerals
• Carbonisation— Glossary · Preservation
• Cast (replica)— Glossary · Disclosure
• Casual collecting— Glossary · Law & bodies
• Certificate of authenticity (COA)— Glossary · Provenance
• Chain of custody— Glossary · Provenance
• Chatoyancy— Glossary · Minerals
• Chert and flint— Glossary · Lithology
• Chondrite— Glossary · Meteorites
• Chronostratigraphy— Glossary · Time
• CITES— Glossary · Law & bodies
• Cleavage— Glossary · Minerals
• Composite— Glossary · Disclosure
• Concretion— Glossary · Preservation
• Condition report— Glossary · Curation
• Consolidant— Glossary · Preparation
• Coprolite— Glossary · Preservation
• Crystal system— Glossary · Minerals

D

• Death assemblage— Glossary · Preservation
• Dichroism and pleochroism— Glossary · Minerals
• Disposition certificate— Glossary · Provenance
• Druse (drusy)— Glossary · Minerals

E

• Enhancement and treatment— Glossary · Disclosure
• Eon, era, period, epoch, age— Glossary · Time
• Ethafoam— Glossary · Curation
• Ex-collection— Glossary · Provenance
• Export permit— Glossary · Provenance

F

• Fall and find— Glossary · Meteorites
• Flat— Glossary · Trade
• Float— Glossary · Field
• Floater— Glossary · Minerals
• Fluorescence— Glossary · Minerals
• Formation— Glossary · Stratigraphy
• Fracture— Glossary · Minerals
• Fusion crust— Glossary · Meteorites

G

• Gastrolith— Glossary · Preservation
• Geode— Glossary · Minerals
• Group— Glossary · Stratigraphy
• GSSP— Glossary · Time

H

• Holotype— Glossary · Taxonomy

I

• IMA— Glossary · Minerals
• In situ— Glossary · Field
• Inclusion— Glossary · Preservation
• Index fossil— Glossary · Time
• Inpainting— Glossary · Disclosure
• Iridescence— Glossary · Minerals

L

• Labradorescence— Glossary · Minerals
• Lacey Act— Glossary · Law & bodies
• Lagerstätte— Glossary · Preservation
• Landowner agreement— Glossary · Provenance
• Limestone— Glossary · Lithology
• Lithology— Glossary · Stratigraphy
• Locality data— Glossary · Provenance
• Lustre— Glossary · Minerals

M

• Ma— Glossary · Time
• Matrix— Glossary · Preservation
• Member— Glossary · Stratigraphy
• Micromount— Glossary · Minerals
• Mohs hardness— Glossary · Minerals
• Mould and cast— Glossary · Preservation

N

• Neotype and lectotype— Glossary · Taxonomy
• Nodule— Glossary · Preservation
• Nomen dubium— Glossary · Taxonomy
• NWA number— Glossary · Meteorites

O

• Off-gassing— Glossary · Curation
• Outcrop and exposure— Glossary · Field

P

• Paratype— Glossary · Taxonomy
• Part and counterpart— Glossary · Preservation
• Patina— Glossary · Disclosure
• Pay-to-dig— Glossary · Field
• Permineralisation— Glossary · Preservation
• Phosphorescence— Glossary · Minerals
• Phosphorite— Glossary · Lithology
• Preparation— Glossary · Preparation
• Provenance— Glossary · Provenance
• PRPA— Glossary · Law & bodies
• Pseudomorph— Glossary · Minerals
• Pyrite decay— Glossary · Curation

R

• Recrystallisation— Glossary · Preservation
• Regmaglypt— Glossary · Meteorites
• Relative humidity (RH)— Glossary · Curation
• Repair— Glossary · Disclosure
• Replacement— Glossary · Preservation
• Restoration— Glossary · Disclosure
• Reversibility— Glossary · Curation
• Riker mount— Glossary · Curation

S

• Sandstone and siltstone— Glossary · Lithology
• Scale bar— Glossary · Curation
• Septarian— Glossary · Minerals
• Shale— Glossary · Lithology
• Silica gel— Glossary · Curation
• Specific gravity— Glossary · Minerals
• SSSI— Glossary · Law & bodies
• Stage— Glossary · Time
• Streak— Glossary · Minerals
• Supergroup— Glossary · Stratigraphy
• SVP— Glossary · Law & bodies
• Synonym— Glossary · Taxonomy

T

• Taphonomy— Glossary · Preservation
• Taxonomic ranks— Glossary · Taxonomy
• Thumbnail, toenail, miniature, cabinet— Glossary · Minerals
• Thunderegg— Glossary · Minerals
• Topotype— Glossary · Taxonomy
• Trace fossil (ichnofossil)— Glossary · Preservation
• Twinning— Glossary · Minerals
• Type locality— Glossary · Stratigraphy
• Type locality (mineral)— Glossary · Minerals

V

• Vug— Glossary · Minerals

W

• Widmanstätten pattern— Glossary · Meteorites