Re: Avocational micropaleontologists

["Ernest H. Olsen" <eolsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Sternberg wrote:
> 
> My wife and I have attended two workshops on microfossils, focusing (no pun
> intended) on forams.  We learned how to disaggregate the matrix, sieve it,
> and sort and glue forams on slides.  We haven't pursued that much, fossil
> leaves are our main focus, but we have several baggies of sieved material
> to sort through on those dreary  Northwest winter nights.
> Michael
> 
> At 07:17 AM 8/27/97 -0700, you wrote:
> [snip] How many people pursue micropaleontology as a hobby these
> >days? I've never met even one such person.

   I would be intrested in a pinch of each of your samples.

Thank You 

E. Olsen