[Nhcoll-l] Algae in jars - to refill or not to refill

[Gali Beiner]

Dear All,

We have a group of jars containing algae, apparently collected in the
1970s. Some of the jars still hold a little liquid but most of the solvent
has gone and quite a few jars are now completely dried out.

... In addition, it isn't absolutely certain what the solvent was -
possibly formalin. I've been asked whether it would be OK to refill the
jars with 70% ethanol. Can anyone here give advice relating to algae within
this context?

Thank you,
Gali

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Gali Beiner (ACR)
Conservator, Palaeontology Lab
National Natural History Collections
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram
Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Fax. 972-2-6585785
*gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il <gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il>*

*https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en <https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en>*
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