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yialtoday at 5:07 AM3 repliesview on HN

What would be the correct word? Specimen?

An ichnofossil is the fossil of activity of a living thing.

But specimen seems like it might work as long as you’re not using wet / embalmed with it.

Vitrification maybe almost works, but doesn’t seem to really work for a snowflake.

Aquastasis ? (Joking)

Apologies. After reading this I’m now wracking my brain trying to figure out what would be the correct word to apply to creating a /mold/ model / sample of a snowflake.


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maxbondtoday at 6:37 AM

Petrified? Like petrified dunes? Simply preserved?

moron4hiretoday at 5:28 AM

I believe it would just be called a casting or impression, even if it were an ancient object that had been preserved across geological ages.

taneqtoday at 5:27 AM

Imprint, maybe?