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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Simon Moore [mailto:couteaufin@btinternet.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 05, 2016 2:42 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Cleaning out shells<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As an add-on to Paul’s suggestion I would add some lab. surfactant to the water so that it’s about 3% concentration, this will help to rehydrate the contents and it helps if the water is at least warm. Make sure the shower is working for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">With all good wishes, Simon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 05 Aug 2016, at 18:51, Callomon,Paul <<a href="mailto:prc44@drexel.edu">prc44@drexel.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>
[<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Karen Morton<br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[Nhcoll-l] Cleaning out shells</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Does anyone have any advice for the best way to clean out old shells? We received a donation of fossils and marine shells, and we are discovering that many of the shells
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We have already run everything through our freezer to make sure there weren’t any live pests included, so now we just need to try to get the contents out of the shells.
They don’t smell too wonderful!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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