Paleonet: Wanted: Chalk and/or coccolith and acritarch strews

[James Mahaffy]

I have some chalk from the local Greenhorn formation (Cretaceous) from a
local exposure.  I have not looked for coccoliths but it does yield nice
forams.  Let me know if you want a piece.
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James Mahaffy (mahaffy at dordt.edu)          Phone: 712 722-6279
498 4th Ave NE
Biology Department                                     FAX :  712
722-1198
Dordt College, Sioux Center IA 51250-1697

>>> On 5/6/2007 at 2:56 PM, in message
<20070506195941.682777110B1 at gray.dordt.edu>,
"Whitey Hagadorn" <jwhagadorn at amherst.edu> wrote:
> Colleagues:
> 
> I'm seeking a few microfossil slides or samples to augment our
> micropaleo teaching collections, and am hoping you can help me out. 
In
> particular, I'm seeking:
> 
> 1) A small piece of coccolithophore-rich chalk or ooze (from which I
can
> make a microscope slide strew);
> 2) A coccolithophore microscope slide strew; 
> 3) An acritarch microscope slide strew or mount.   
> 
> If you have an extra of any of these items, I'd be most grateful if
you
> could send it to me. 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> 
> Whitey Hagadorn
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Department of Geology
> Amherst College
> Amherst, MA 01002
> http://www.amherst.edu/~jwhagadorn 
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