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Article: Use of ethanolamine thioglycollate in the conservation of pyritized fossils

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 27
Part: 2
Publication Date: May 1984
Page(s): 421 – 424
Author(s): Lorraine Cornish and Adrian Doyle
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CORNISH, L., DOYLE, A. 1984. Use of ethanolamine thioglycollate in the conservation of pyritized fossils. Palaeontology, 27, 2, 421–424.

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Abstract

The neutralization and removal of decay products from pyritized fossil material with ethanolamine thioglycollate is described. Its use on a wide range of material is a significant improvement over previous techniques which, although satisfactory, were complex and hazardous to the preparator.
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