Specimens are occasionally cleaned or polished in an attempt to pass them off as higher grades or as uncirculated strikes.

Specimens of the meteorites recovered in this way are still deposited in research collections, but most of the material is sold to private collectors.

Specimens that undergo WDS or EDS analysis are often carbon coated.

Specimens from the " golden age " of printing ( 1840s – 1890s ) are especially prized and bring in large sums at auctions.

Specimens are included in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University.

Specimens of Homo erectus and athletic specimens of Homo sapiens, for example, are virtually identical from the neck down but their skulls can easily be told apart.

Specimens which cannot be attributed with certainty to either the fossils or the pseudofossils are treated as dubiofossils.

Specimens are up to 30 cm ( 12 in ) long, and are found in the Western USA and South Western British Columbia.

Specimens falling between the two extremes are termed intermediate.

* Systematic catalogue of the Specimens of the Indigenous Mammalia and Birds that are preserved at the British Museum ( 1816 )

Specimens of the subarctic populations are usually small and very contorted, and are often distinguished as " arctic " downy birch, Betula pubescens subsp.

Specimens are invariably damaged during sampling, rendering them useless for captive study or cell culture.

Specimens of these old churches are still to be seen at Rome in the churches of St. Clement and S. Lorenzo fuori le mura.

Specimens are known from the early Cambrian to the upper Silurian periods.

Specimens of purported rat kings are kept in some museums.

Specimens are known to have been made of flint, chert, jasper, chalcedony and other stone of conchoidal fracture.

Specimens from southern India are however very similar in morphometrics to those from malayensis of Burma and the size variation may be clinal.

Specimens which we possess of Occitan drama are, comparatively few ; but researches in local archives, especially in old account books, have brought to light a considerable number of entries concerning the acting, at public expense, of religious plays, called, in Latin documents, historia or moralitas, most of which seem to be irretrievably lost.

Specimens are available for display in Chicago, Washington, and London.

Specimens larger than 3 cm usually possess gonads for sexual reproduction, which run most of the length of the radial canals and are visible in the photos in this article as whitish thickenings along the radial canals.

Specimens of uvarovite are much sought after by collectors for outstanding brilliance and color.

Specimens that are soft at room temperature are mounted on a cutting medium ( often made of egg white ) on a metal " chuck ", and frozen to cutting temperature ( for example at-20 degrees C ).

Specimens can reach massive proportions, and have thrived in drier climates ; impressive specimen trees have been grown in the Waring Gardens in Deniliquin, and in Hay.

Specimens so far found reach almost 10 cm in diameter, which is large for a scyphomedusa.

Specimens can reach around 25 cm in size.

The Datsuns toured Australia in 2002 with Melbourne band The Specimens and The Casanovas as well as playing a live to air on PBS radio.

" Specimens from these occurrences commonly have bright luster and rich color, with well-developed crystals in unusual and attractive arrangements.

Specimens in excess of have been caught with a specimen of landed in November, 2008 from the Norfolk Anglers ' Conservation Association ( NACA ) fishery at Lyng.

In 1760, noted Shakespearean editor Edward Capell included the play in his Prolusions ; or, Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry, Compil'd with great Care from their several Originals, and Offer'd to the Publicke as Specimens of the Integrity that should be Found in the Editions of worthy Authors, and concluded that it had been written by Shakespeare.

Beside contributing to Shakespeare studies with his book Tales From Shakespeare, Lamb also contributed to the popularization of Shakespeare's contemporaries with his book Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare.

Specimens have survived for over 40 years in captivity, with the oldest recorded ball python being more than 48 years old.

Specimens can be found in late autumn and winter, reaching 7 cm in diameter and weighing up to 100 g. Production is almost exclusively European, with France accounting for 45 %, Spain 35 %, Italy 20 %, and small amounts from Slovenia, Croatia and the Australian states of Tasmania and Western Australia ( see below ).

Specimens of the nominate form have sometimes been confused with lophorinus.

In Specimens of Early English Poets ( 1790 ), George Ellis printed a 13th century French poem called " The Land of Cockaigne " where " the houses were made of barley sugar and cakes, the streets were paved with pastry, and the shops supplied goods for nothing "

Specimens were commonly traded with English and European institutions.

Specimens of the civil script with annotations by Peter IIn the specimens of the civil script presented to Peter I in 1708, forms of ⟨ э ⟩ were included among forms of, but the “ forwards ” forms were deleted by Peter, leaving only ⟨ э ⟩ as a letter of the new alphabet.

Specimens of Pisanello's work as a painter still exist in Rome, Venice, Verona, Pistoia and two in the National Gallery, London ( The Vision of Saint Eustace and The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Anthony Abbot ).

* Specimens of Early English from 1298 to 1393 ( 1872 ), in conjunction with Richard Morris

After returning home to launch their new single, Shake It, they toured with The Datsuns again for New Zealand in October 2003, follow by two more Australian tours ; once with The Living End in November / December, followed by another tour in early 2004 with Starky and The Specimens.

The first known translation of Y Gododdin was by Evan Evans (" Ieuan Fardd ") who printed ten stanzas with a Latin translation in his book Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards published in 1764.

Specimens were selected for exhibition value as well as mineralogical significance, and the ' Treasures of the Mineral World ' exhibition is popular with geologists, rock hounds, and visitors of all ages seeking to enjoy the depth and diversity of the Earth's minerals.

John McClelland, Esq., Member of the Deputation to Assam for the purpose of investigating the culture of the Tea Plant: Specimens of Mammalia, Birds, and other subjects of Natural History, with drawings and descriptions.

Because of his experience with the Specimens translations, Ripley was chosen to be the managing editor of the Transcendental publication The Dial at its inception, working alongside its first editor Margaret Fuller.

Specimens living in habitats with food available primarily on the ground have a more dome-shaped shell with front extending downward over the neck.