[Nhcoll-l] the shipping of wee tiny microfossils

[Callomon,Paul]

One really useful packing material for delicate things is wadded Saran wrap. I have seen Cat's Tongue shells (Spondylus linguafelis) shipped in nested turbans formed from "ropes" of this material without losing one of their thousands of delicate, hair-like spines.
Another thought is to put things in containers that do not have corners - such as plastic spheres (think Kinder Eggs). They can scoot around a bit but never hit anything.

PC

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