Give it a good coat of mineral oil.
 
Jim Miller wrote:
 
> Once again I am turning to you folks who are much more knowledgeable than I
> for information. What's the best way to preserve the color in specimens of
> Polinices (Neverita?) duplicata? After boiling and removing the animal, my
> shells take on a mottled, cloudy, hazy quality. All the deep olive, pale
> tan and blue gray color seems to vanish in a milky mess. I have one old
> specimen that I collected in the 1970s and it doesn't have this
> discoloration, though it was cleaned the same way (boiling). Yes, I let the
> shell cool down before removing the critter -- I thought I might be taking
> it out of the soup too soon, but the next one looks exactly the same and it
> was very cool before I cleaned it.
>
> Help anyone??
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jim Miller
> Tallahassee, Florida
 
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Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.
 
Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells
 
Bobbi in Shell Creations