<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Do you know anything about the preservation history of the specimen? For example, when was it collected; was it frozen before being preserved; was it formaldehyde-fixed or preserved directly in alcohol; has it always been in isopropyl alcohol? Some photographs of the deterioration you have noticed would be very helpful.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">--John<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">John E. Simmons<br>Museologica<br>128 E. Burnside Street<br>Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010<br><a href="mailto:simmons.johne@gmail.com" target="_blank">simmons.johne@gmail.com</a><br>303-681-5708<br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.museologica.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=ojZwthtm_RvMiyLAKyHGiNNou78SaQuloQ8tfqMCRR4&s=znaiaoXBwnNGn1ee56RHUyjy0SUpa9aXPKTUGddiSAw&e=" target="_blank">www.museologica.com</a><br>and<br>Adjunct Curator of Collections<br>Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery<br>Penn State University<br>University Park, Pennsylvania<br>and<br>Instructor, Museum Studies<br>School of Library and Information Science<br>Kent State University<br></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Perry Poon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Perry.Poon@ocean.org" target="_blank">Perry.Poon@ocean.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am an employee of the Vancouver Aquarium in British Columbia. I am looking for advice in the deteriorating nature of the Aquarium’s Coelacanth. It is currently in 50% isopropanol, and the pH is less than 5.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deterioration is around the head, fin membranes , and towards the tail.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looking for expert advice, and I will send pictures to interested parties<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Perry Poon</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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