<div dir="ltr">Hello all;<div><br></div><div>One of our curators recently collected a sample of  waterlogged wood (could be clay) with crystals of vivianite on it. Vivianite changes color when exposed to air (which is already happening) and the wood/clay is drying out. Does anyone have any tips for how to preserve it? Keep it in glycerine? Or oil? I welcome your suggestions. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-443019790456479202gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div> <div>Met vriendelijke groeten,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Becky Desjardins</div><div>Taxidermist/Preparator<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://logo.naturalis.nl/logo.png" alt="" border="0"><br></div> </div> <br> <p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:black">T </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px;white-space:nowrap">071-751 9252</span></font><span style="color:black;font-size:xx-small"> , M  06-16144902</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:xx-small;color:black"><br>Darwinweg 2 - 2333 CR Leiden<br>E <a href="mailto:Becky.Desjardins@naturalis.nl" target="_blank">Becky.Desjardins@naturalis.nl</a> I , <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.naturalis.nl_&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=9gG_DklWLxsTRW4hBfOVfu37farkF4kFuQi8IKeNO0Y&s=SjnEWfoDPTAf6RfRqX33-beWwzQ3nWO5sTM9_X9FAb0&e=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.naturalis.nl</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Due to the construction of new public museum facilities, depots, labs and offices, the zoological, geological and paleontological collections of Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden will be closed to </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">all </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">visitors, including Synthesys Access applicants, as well as for </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">all </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">loan requests for two </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">months </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">during March and April 2016, and for a period of about two </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">years </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">from August 2016 till summer 2018. The botany collections, housed elsewhere in Leiden, will remain open to visitors and available for loans until further announcement. In case of logistic questions and updates on planning and progress, please check </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.naturalis.nl_&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=9gG_DklWLxsTRW4hBfOVfu37farkF4kFuQi8IKeNO0Y&s=SjnEWfoDPTAf6RfRqX33-beWwzQ3nWO5sTM9_X9FAb0&e=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">www.naturalis.nl</span></a><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> or contact </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:tra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