[coccoliths] [EXTERNAL] Models of coccospheres

[Self-Trail, Jean M]

Emma,

A couple of years ago when one of our labs got a 3D printer, they scoured the internet for 3D models of fossils.  They found plenty of foram models, but they were never able to find nannofossil models.  Maybe that's changed and someone has come up with a 3D printer model of a coccosphere--or even a coccolith.  However, as of about 2 years ago there wasn't anything available.

Good luck!

Cheers,
Jean

Jean M. Self-Trail, Ph.D.
U.S. Geological Survey
926A National Center
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr.
Reston, VA 20192
703-648-6013

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You are entitled to your informed opinion.
No one is entitled to be ignorant."  --Harlan Ellison

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Dear everyone

I have had a query from a museum that I have no idea how to answer

...about the possibility of making model coccospheres, they have specified that they would like them to be grape, orange or football sized

they then ask

-how to get hold of or make models like this?

-are they modelled on photos?

-are there such models already? (I know Mario C has them made from silicone)

-does 3D data exist that can be used for 3D printing of different species?

if anyone can help, that would be great:-)

thanks,

Emma


Emma Sheldon,

Biostratigrapher / Senior Researcher,

Stratigraphy Department,

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS),

Øster Voldgade 10,

DK 1350,

Copenhagen K,

Denmark.



Tel: 0045 9133 3712



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