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
- ARPA— Glossary · Law
- Assemblage— Glossary · Field
- Asterism— Glossary · Minerals
- Authentication opinion— Glossary · Authentication
B
- BCE / CE and BP— Glossary · Dating
- Bed— Glossary · Stratigraphy
- Biface— Glossary · Lithics
- Binomial name— Glossary · Taxonomy
- Biostratigraphy— Glossary · Time
- BLM— Glossary · Law & bodies
- Bone bed— Glossary · Preservation
- Bronze disease— Glossary · Conservation
- 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
- CPIA and the designated list— Glossary · Law
- Crystal system— Glossary · Minerals
D
- Death assemblage— Glossary · Preservation
- Debitage— Glossary · Lithics
- Dichroism and pleochroism— Glossary · Minerals
- Disposition certificate— Glossary · Provenance
- Druse (drusy)— Glossary · Minerals
- Dug relic— Glossary · Historic
E
- Enhancement and treatment— Glossary · Disclosure
- Eon, era, period, epoch, age— Glossary · Time
- Ethafoam— Glossary · Curation
- Ethnographic material— Glossary · Classes
- Ex-collection— Glossary · Provenance
- Export licence (UK)— Glossary · Law
- Export permit— Glossary · Provenance
F
- Fall and find— Glossary · Meteorites
- Feature— Glossary · Field
- Flake scar— Glossary · Lithics
- Flan and die— Glossary · Numismatics
- 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
- Grade and the G-scale— Glossary · Condition
- Ground stone— Glossary · Lithics
- Group— Glossary · Stratigraphy
- GSSP— Glossary · Time
H
- Hafting element— Glossary · Lithics
- Heat treatment— Glossary · Lithics
- Holotype— Glossary · Taxonomy
I
- IMA— Glossary · Minerals
- In situ— Glossary · Field
- Inclusion— Glossary · Preservation
- Index fossil— Glossary · Time
- Indian Arts and Crafts Act— Glossary · Law
- 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
- NAGPRA— Glossary · Law
- Neotype and lectotype— Glossary · Taxonomy
- Nodule— Glossary · Preservation
- Nomen dubium— Glossary · Taxonomy
- NWA number— Glossary · Meteorites
O
- Object of cultural patrimony— Glossary · Law
- Off-gassing— Glossary · Curation
- Old collection— Glossary · Provenance
- Outcrop and exposure— Glossary · Field
P
- Paratype— Glossary · Taxonomy
- Part and counterpart— Glossary · Preservation
- Pastiche— Glossary · Disclosure
- Patina— Glossary · Disclosure
- Patina (metal)— Glossary · Disclosure
- Patina (stone)— Glossary · Disclosure
- Pay-to-dig— Glossary · Field
- Percussion flaking— Glossary · Lithics
- Permineralisation— Glossary · Preservation
- Phosphorescence— Glossary · Minerals
- Phosphorite— Glossary · Lithology
- Plow zone— Glossary · Field
- Point type— Glossary · Typology
- Preparation— Glossary · Preparation
- Pressure flaking— Glossary · Lithics
- Provenance— Glossary · Provenance
- Provenience— Glossary · Provenance
- PRPA— Glossary · Law & bodies
- Pseudomorph— Glossary · Minerals
- Pyrite decay— Glossary · Curation
R
- Radiocarbon dating— Glossary · Dating
- Rechipping— Glossary · Disclosure
- Recrystallisation— Glossary · Preservation
- Regmaglypt— Glossary · Meteorites
- Relative humidity (RH)— Glossary · Curation
- Repair— Glossary · Disclosure
- Replacement— Glossary · Preservation
- Resharpening— Glossary · Lithics
- 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
- Sherd— Glossary · Ceramics
- Silica gel— Glossary · Curation
- Site number— Glossary · Provenance
- Slip and glaze— Glossary · Ceramics
- Specific gravity— Glossary · Minerals
- SSSI— Glossary · Law & bodies
- Stage— Glossary · Time
- Stratigraphy (archaeological)— Glossary · Field
- Streak— Glossary · Minerals
- Supergroup— Glossary · Stratigraphy
- Surface find— Glossary · Field
- SVP— Glossary · Law & bodies
- Synonym— Glossary · Taxonomy
T
- Taphonomy— Glossary · Preservation
- Taxonomic ranks— Glossary · Taxonomy
- Thermoluminescence test— Glossary · Authentication
- Thumbnail, toenail, miniature, cabinet— Glossary · Minerals
- Thunderegg— Glossary · Minerals
- Tooling— Glossary · Disclosure
- Topotype— Glossary · Taxonomy
- Trace fossil (ichnofossil)— Glossary · Preservation
- Treasure Act and the PAS— Glossary · Law
- Twinning— Glossary · Minerals
- Type locality— Glossary · Stratigraphy
- Type locality (mineral)— Glossary · Minerals
V
- Vug— Glossary · Minerals
W
- Widmanstätten pattern— Glossary · Meteorites