[Nhcoll-l] Alternative fluid storage methods

Wed Nov 30 11:00:15 EST 2016

That is the assumption I was making when suggesting plastination -- that
the specimens were from a "teaching collection" with no scientific value.

Steve Halford (halford at sfu.ca)
Museum Technician (Retired)
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 8:10 PM, Alexandra Snyder <amsnyder at unm.edu> wrote:

> Are these cataloged museum specimens?  If so, I would not be treating them
> with these other forms of preservatives for loaning out to schools but
> rather I would be looking for specimens without data or scientific value
> (aka teaching collections)for school loans.  Specimens of scientific value
> should not be used in such a way that the physical characters are possibly
> destroyed via alternative preservations.
>
> On Nov 29, 2016 2:21 PM, "Watters, Jessa L." <jwatters at ou.edu> wrote:
>
>> I have been asked by a colleague for assistance regarding methods in
>> which to ship out fluid preserved specimens for educational purposes in
>> K-12 schools.  Teachers receiving the specimens will not normally have
>> access to ethanol to transfer any cheesecloth-wrapped, ethanol-soaked
>> specimens to a jar for use by their students (which is how I would send to
>> another museum, university, etc.).  We definitely do not want to break any
>> laws regarding shipping of hazardous materials, so we are looking for other
>> methods of sharing fluid specimens that still maintains their integrity.
>> The hazardous shipping cost for leaving them as-is in jars of ethanol is
>> also prohibitive when the kit is sent out every 2 weeks.
>>
>> A. Is there another fluid that could be used? (i.e. Carosafe or Carolina
>> Perfect Solution or others?).
>>
>> B. Does anyone have experience with sealing specimens into those acrylic
>> resin blocks?  Do specimens need to be prepped in a certain way before this
>> is possible?  Or can you take a standard formalin-fixed, ethanol-stored
>> specimen and seal it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Jessa
>>
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