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Dominiquest
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Topic Started by Dominiquest
on 10/2/2009 3:58 AM   
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I have come up with a new method of biological specimen preservation of macroflora and macrofauna (all organisms visible to the unaided eye). it requires only an initial treatment of cleaning the organism and removing maximum surface moisture and then melting the preservation medium (synthetic) which is then poured into the bottle containing the organism... the substance is colourless and doesn't discolour for long periods... placing the container (preferably glass) in the sun for a while after the procedure, removes excess bubbles that betters the appearance and reduces chances of the specimen getting decomposed by microbes... testing with soft bodied and hard bodies organisms has given good results and I will post pictures of the process after the next preservation session.

Dominique Frances Hoover


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hilltrekker
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on 10/2/2009 18:16 PM   
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That's wonderful. Waiting for the pics...



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