The best approach is to try to find something that can be undone, if
necessary.  Plaster is hard to get back off of a specimen.

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Eddy WILMET <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I've got a very large fossil pecten maximus from a friend but the flat
> side is broken in pieces and I would like to reconstruct the complete
> shell by filling the bold shell up with a compound so I can put back the
> pieces of the flat shell on top of it recreating it almost completely. Can
> I use plaster to do this or is there something better on the market?
> Regards,:-)
>
> Eddy
>
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