Date:         Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:27:49 +1200
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Concholin
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>I am aware that the individual layers of the shell is also bonded
>together with concholin, so the process should not be too
>aggressive, or it should be easily arrested when the surface layer
>is removed, to avoid dissolving the whole shell.

Laundry bleach (sodium hypochlorite solution) at 100% will do the trick.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut