I think it is a silly idea to use plaster or whatever. The best thing to do
is carefully glue together the pieces and keep both valves apart.

Arie W. Janssen, Gozo, Malta
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Blied" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Fossils


> wax might work
>
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> From: "David Campbell" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Fossils
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>> 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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