The hardest shells I find to pack are the very delicate
Spondylus and Crassostrea that are attached to heavy rocks.
You have to somehow fix it so the 2 lb rock doesn't crush
the spines or frills of the shell it's packed with! Ugg!
Peter
>Yes, I have a gem Angaria vicdani in my collection,
>and the way I packed it when I moved was I put it in
>a small, deep box, and stuffed a wad of cotton in-between
>it and the box. It got shaken like hell during the trip, but it survived
>unscathed!
>
>- James
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Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
Collector of worldwide Mollusca
http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/seashell/index.html
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