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Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 24 Jul 2002 23:08:25 +1200
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>Dear Tom et al.,
>
>I'm not certain as to how to receive the expression "museum quality."  To many
>shellers, that characterization relates to specimen quality, and it places an
>object somewhere below "Good" by Hawaiian Malacological Society
>(HMS) standards
>and barely identifiable.
>
>Harry

Hmmm. To me "museum" quality means the specimen exists, no more and
no less. And I (unofficially) curate a paleontological museum.

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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
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