I was thinking of sand as well (I'm dorky too?). Then you could put the cloth
overtop of the sand.
Peter



>I usually have really 'dorky' ideas about shell curation but here are two more
>suggestions for tall skinny shells that roll around:
>- put in cardboard separators into a box so that each shell lays in a small
>section (like a cutlery drawer)!
>- fill the bottom of the tray with some sand - that might look nice too and as
>long as it is silica sand no harm should befall the shell.
>(for our international friends 'dorky' means something like 'silly' ).
>
>Nora
>Calgary, Alberta
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Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
Collector of worldwide Mollusca,
student of zoology and computers for life.
The beginnings of my website:
http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/seashell/index.html
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