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Hi Martha, It looks like the specimen is de-calcified (the original calcite that made up the ossicles of the stems have been dissolved away leaving void moulds) but it is hard to say anything more from this photograph. Any locality info? Regards, Matt Williams (BRLSI) Lawrence,Martha (Cultural & Community Services) wrote: > > Hi, > > A member of the public brought an interesting crinoid specimen in to > the museum – photo attached. Can anyone tell me more about it – why > are there voids around the crinoid stems? Is this unusual or just new > to me? > > Any comments are very welcome. > > Best wishes, > > Martha Lawrence > > Assistant Museums Manager > > Buxton Museum and Art Gallery > > Terrace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6DA > > 01298 24658 > > www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buxtonmuseum > > > Think before you print! Save energy and paper. Do you really need to > print this email? > > Derbyshire County Council works to improve the lives of local people > by delivering high quality services. You can find out more about us by > visiting 'www.derbyshire.gov.uk'. If you want to work for us go to our > job pages on 'www.derbyshire.gov.uk/jobs'. You can register for e-mail > alerts, download job packs and apply on-line. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Please Note > This email is confidential, may be legally privileged and may contain > personal views that are not the views of Derbyshire County Council. It > is intended solely for the addressee. If this email was sent to you in > error please notify us by replying to the email. Once you have done > this please delete the email and do not disclose, copy, distribute, or > rely on it. > Under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act > 2000 the contents of this email may be disclosed. > > Derbyshire County Council reserves the right to monitor both sent and > received emails. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >