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In this context, specimen preparation means actions taken to either get a specimen ready for being housed in the repository or for specific research. Some examples would be opening a field jacket and using an air scribe and other tools to free the specimen from the surrounding matrix, using an approved consolidant to stabilize a fossil, and using saws and grinding wheels to  to prepare thin sections of a fossil coral.

When doing prep of any kind, you must create a record to go along with it.

When working from a field jacket, be All specimen prep is recorded in Specify. When working on a specific collection object, you would open that record in Specify, put the form in Edit mode and then click on the Specimen Prep button.

If you are working on a field jacket, use the Side bar list under the Data tab to open a Prep Record that is not bound to a specific cataloged specimen. Be sure to note the jacket ID (2).

You will change tools and consolidants many times over the course of working a jacketpreparation assignment, so please just click the green plus sign and make a new record.

Although at this time, Specify does not allow attachments to this field please photograph the preparation process at regular intervals.

1) Date field: Record the start and end date of each record.

2) Field jackets are assigned a number in the field. Take a photograph of the field jacket before you open it.

3) There is a set list of consolidants that can be used with specimens in the repository.

4) These are the tools made available to trained personnel.

4a) Details about the tool used- carbide tips, tip shape, type of brush etc.,

5) Describe the method used to prepare the specimen.

    circled area: the green '+' gives you a new blank record.

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Prep Tools and Consolidant are drop-down fields. Unlisted materials are not to be used. Ever. The collection manager can be petitioned to add consolidants, but until a consolidant is approved, it cannot be used.If you would like to use something not already on those fields, please get approval from the collection manager before proceeding. Please fill out the tool details for every tool you use- manufacture, composition (such as carbide tips) and other information you feel is relevant. Notes is a required field, where you are expected to outline the preparation method used, consolidant concentration and solvent, and other pertinent information.