Re: Disaggregation

[jlipps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jere H. Lipps)]

Thanks. I'm glad you ran that info down.  I'll see about getting some for
us over the hill.

>In regards to locating Quaternary O for the purposes of disaggregation.
>Although Q.O isn't made any more, a very similar product is available:
>Miramine OC available from Rhone-Poulenc Inc.  I talked with a chemist
>there and he assured me this was about the same stuff, and it has worked
>reasonably well for me.  Hint:  if you call them to order it, ask about
>trial sizes, I got a gallon sample and its lasted me quite awhile, they
>want to sell it by the drum.  I have used it to clean up Paleozoic
>brachiopods and other invertebrates by boiling the specimens in the stuff
>for a couple hours and for some types of shales it works wonders- for
>others it is worthless.
>
>Hope this helps
>Hal Lescinsky, UCDavis